Rasch analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale: Transformation from an ordinal to a linear measure

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 1070-1081

  Medvedev, Oleg N ^a   Krägeloh, Christian U ^a   Hill, Erin M ^b   Billington, Rex ^a   Siegert, Richard J ^a   Webster, Craig S ^c   Booth, Roger J ^c   Henning, Marcus A ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

measurement; Perceived Stress Scale; psychometrics; Rasch analysis; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEVICES; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042181127     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105316689603     Document Type: Article

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