Development of the Brief Inventory of Perceived Stress

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 631-644

  Lehman, Kenneth A ^a   Burns, Michelle Nicole ^a   Gagen, Emily C ^a   Mohr, David C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Factorial invariance; Measurement; Perceived stress; Psychometric properties; Stress appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860997493     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21843     Document Type: Article

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