Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece
By E. Andreou, E. Alexopoulos, C. Lionis, L. Varvogli, C. Gnardellis, George P. Chrousos, C. Darviri. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011
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Objective: To translate the Perceived Stress Scale (versions PSS-4, −10 and −14) and to assess its psychometric properties in a sample of general Greek population. Methods: 941 individuals completed anonymously questionnaires comprising of PSS, the Depression Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21 version), and a list of stress-related symptoms. Psychometric properties of PSS were investigated by confirmatory factor analysis (construct validity), Cronbach’s alpha (reliability), and by investigating relations with the DASS-21 scores and the number of symptoms, across individuals’ characteristics. The two-factor structure of PSS-10 and PSS-14 was confirmed in our analysis. We found satisfactory Cronbach’s alpha values (0.82 for the full scale) for PSS-14 and PSS-10 and marginal satisfactory values for PSS-4 (0.69). PSS score exhibited high correlation coefficients with DASS-21 subscales scores, meaning stress (r = 0.64), depression (r = 0.61), and anxiety (r = 0.54). Women reported significantly more stress compared to men and divorced or widows compared to married or singled only. A strong significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation between the stress score and the number of self-reported symptoms was also noted. Conclusions: The Greek versions of the PSS-14 and PSS-10 exhibited satisfactory psychometric properties and their use for research and health care practice is warranted.
Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, Oncology, Social Psychology
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- Relationships among smartphone addiction, stress, academic performance, and satisfaction with life (2016, background): “Used in hundreds of studies and validated inmany languages, the PSS offers useful psychometric properties (Andreou et al., 2011; Leung, Lam,& Chan, 2010; Reis, Hino, & A~nez, 2010; Remor, 2006; Roberti, Harrington, & Storch, 2006).”
- A gender perspective on work-life balance, perceived stress, and locus of control (2016, background): “82 (Andreou et al., 2011); additionally, this study found a similar value of 0.”
- Review of the psychometric evidence of the perceived stress scale. (2012, methodology): “As might be Table 1 General Characteristic of Selected Studies Reference PSS version Language/country Translation Population (sample size) Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein (1983) PSS-14 English/USA N/A Two samples of college students (n 1⁄4 332 & n 1⁄4 114) Enrolled in a smoking-cessation program (n 1⁄”