A Japanese version of the perceived stress scale: Translation and preliminary test

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Mimura, Chizu ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Cross cultural translation; Internal consistency; Stress measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTION TEST; JAPAN; LINGUISTICS; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRANSLATING;

EID: 1642603861     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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