Reassessment of the psychometric characteristics and factor structure of the 'Perceived Stress Questionnaire' (PSQ): Analysis in a sample of dental students

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Montero Marin, Jesús ^a,e   Piva Demarzo, Marcelo Marcos ^b   Pereira, Joao Paulo ^c   Olea, Marina ^a   García Campayo, Javier ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^e Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; DEPRESSION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GOLDBERG ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY STUDENT SURVEY; PERCEIVED STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899818779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087071     Document Type: Article

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