Measurement properties of the Arnetz and Hasson stress questionnaire in Swedish university freshmen

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-279

  Andersson, Claes ^a   Johnsson, Kent O ^a   Berglund, Mats ^a   Öjehagen, Agneta ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Measurement properties; stress; university freshmen; Visual Analogue Scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNETZ AND HASSON STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VARIANCE; VARIMAX ROTATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549127294     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808099970     Document Type: Article

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