Criterion validation of a stress measure: The Stress Overload Scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 985-996

  Amirkhan, James H ^a   Urizar, Guido G ^a   Clark, Sarah ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion validity; SOS; Stress measure; Stress overload; Validation methods

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREGNANCY; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ASSESSMENT; STRESS OVERLOAD SCALE; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940105451     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000081     Document Type: Article

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