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Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece
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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.
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- Authors
- Andreou, E., Alexopoulos, E. C., Lionis, C., Varvogli, L., Gnardellis, C., Chrousos, G. P., & Darviri, C.
- Affiliations
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- University of Crete (GR)
- Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Alexopoulos, Evangelos C.
- ORCID
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2011-08-11
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 3287-3298
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3166743
- OpenAlex
- W2133502190
- Cited by
- 641
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 24.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Keywords
- Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-14, PSS-10, psychometric properties, Greek translation, cross-cultural adaptation, construct validity, reliability statistics, DASS-21, depression, anxiety, stress, sex differences, marital status, stress symptoms
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Cities, Depression, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Greece, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Reproducibility of Results, Sex Distribution, Young Adult
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