Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece

Eleni Andreou, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, Christos Lionis, Liza Varvogli, Charalambos Gnardellis, George P. Chrousos and Christina Darviri
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Eleni Andreou: Postgraduate Course Stress Management and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Soranou Ephessiou Str. 4, GR-115-27, Athens, Greece
Evangelos C. Alexopoulos: Postgraduate Course Stress Management and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Soranou Ephessiou Str. 4, GR-115-27, Athens, Greece
Christos Lionis: Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion 74100, Crete, Greece
Liza Varvogli: Postgraduate Course Stress Management and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Soranou Ephessiou Str. 4, GR-115-27, Athens, Greece
Charalambos Gnardellis: Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece
George P. Chrousos: Postgraduate Course Stress Management and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Soranou Ephessiou Str. 4, GR-115-27, Athens, Greece
Christina Darviri: Postgraduate Course Stress Management and Health Promotion, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Soranou Ephessiou Str. 4, GR-115-27, Athens, Greece

IJERPH, 2011, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: 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 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.

Keywords: Perceived Stress Scale; translation; psychometric properties; validation; Greece (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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