Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the perceived stress scale in policewomen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Zhen ^a   Chen, Jue ^a   Boyd, Jennifer E ^b   Zhang, Haiyin ^a   Jia, Xiuzhen ^a   Qiu, Jianyin ^a   Xiao, Zeping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHINESE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POLICEWOMEN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; DEPRESSION; LANGUAGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 82555175840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028610     Document Type: Article

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