the thai version of the pss-10 an investigation of its psychometric properties泰国版的pss-10调查的心理属性.pdfVIP

Wongpakaran and Wongpakaran BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2010, 4:6 /content/4/1/6 R E S E A R C H Open Access Research The Thai version of the PSS-10: An Investigation of its psychometric properties † † Nahathai Wongpakaran* and Tinakon Wongpakaran Abstract Background: Among the stress instruments that measure the degree to which life events are perceived as stressful, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is widely used. The goal of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Thai version of the PSS-10 (T-PSS-10) with a clinical and non-cl inical sample. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and the factorial structure of the scale were tested. Methods: A total sample of 479 adult participants was recruited for the study: 368 medical students and 111 patients from two hospitals in Northern Thailand. The T-PSS-10 was used along with the Thai version of State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Thai Version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the Thai Depression Inventory (TDI). Results: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) yielded 2 factors with eigenvalues of 5.05 and 1.60, accounting for 66 percent of variance. Factor 1 consisted of 6 items representing stress; whereas Factor 2 consisted of 4 items representing control. The item loadings ranged from 0.547 to 0.881. Investigation of the fit indices associated with Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation revealed that the two-factor solution was adequate [χ 2 = 35.035 (df = 26, N = 368, p 0.111)]; Goodness-of-Fit Index (GFI) = 0.981; Root Mean Square Residual (RMR) = 0.022; Standardized Root Mean square Residual (SRMR) = 0.037, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.989; Normed Fit Index (NFI) = 0.96, Non-Normed Fit Index (NNFI) = 0.981, Root Mean Square