Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Swedish version of the Perceived Stress Scale

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 494-499

  Eklund, Mona ^a   Bäckström, Martin ^a   Tuvesson, Hanna ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Homogeneity; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; STRESS; SWEDEN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907163421     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2013.877072     Document Type: Article

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