An assessment of the psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS10) with business and accounting students

Accounting Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-59

  Smith, Kenneth J ^a   Rosenberg, Donald L ^b   Haight, G Timothy ^c  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting and business students; Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS10); Validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896445672     PISSN: 1911382X     EISSN: 19113838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12023     Document Type: Article

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