Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale-4 in a Community Sample

Stress and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-176

  Ingram, Paul B ^a   Clarke, Erik ^a   Lichtenberg, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

gender differences; psychometrics; stress; test reliability; test validity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MODEL; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; DEVICES; DIAGNOSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84940272940     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2592     Document Type: Article

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