Psychometric evaluation of perceived stress scale for Turkish university students

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Örücü, Müge Çelik ^a   Demir, Ayhan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Perceived stress scale; Reliability; Turkish university students; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF CONCEPT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 67650649462     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1218     Document Type: Article

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