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Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Brain Sciences
Publication Date
3-26-2021
Abstract
University students experience high levels of stress due to university transition, academic commitments, and financial matters. Higher stress perceptions along with limited coping resources endanger mental health for a considerable number of students and may ruin their performance. The current study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (10 items), PSS-10, in a sample of 379 female Emeriti students. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in two factors with eigenvalues of 3.88 and 1.19, which explained 60.6% of the variance. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed good model fits of two correlated factors (Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.962, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.950, standardized root-mean-square residual (SRMR) = 0.0479, and root mean-square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.067). Internal consistency of the PSS-10 and its positive and negative subscales was acceptable (coefficient α = 0.67, 0.79, and 0.86, respectively). Multigroup analysis revealed that the PSS-10 holds invariance across different groups of age, marital status, and financial status (average monthly expenditure). Convergent and concurrent validity tests signify the importance of considering scores of subscales of the PSS-10 along with its total score.
DOI Link
Volume
11
Issue
4
First Page
419
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Mohammed Ali, Amira; Hendawy, Amin Omar; Ahmad, Ohoud; Al Sabbah, Haleama; Smail, Linda; and Kunugi, Hiroshi, "The Arabic Version of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale: Factorial Validity and Measurement Invariance" (2021). All Works. 4156.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/4156
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Open Access
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Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series