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Contrasting the Hassles Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale: Who's really measuring appraised stress?

Cohen, Sheldon·1986·American Psychologist

DOI 10.1037/0003-066x.41.6.716

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Responds to the criticism of the perceived stress scale (PSS) developed by the present author and colleagues (see record 1984-24885-001) by R. S. Lazarus et al (see record 1986-10765-001) in their defense of the hassles scale they developed. It is contended that the PSS predicts psychologic and physical symptoms and health behaviors after controlling for any redundancy with psychological symptom measures.

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“1983; Cohen 1986).”
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“Items are intentionally general, designed to evaluate “ the degree to which respondents ﬁ nd their lives unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloading ” and feel that these demands exceed their capacity to effectively cope (Cohen, 1986, p. 717).”
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Authors: Cohen, S.
Affiliations: Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Corresponding author: Cohen, Sheldon
ORCID: Cohen, Sheldon
Venue: American Psychologist
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1986-06
Volume: 41
Issue: 6
Pages: 716-718
ISSN: 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
1935-990X
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066x.41.6.716
OpenAlex: W2071713180
Cited by: 231
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 5
FWCI: 5.83
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords: Perceived Stress Scale, stress measurement, psychosomatic symptoms, health behavior, psychological symptoms

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