Psychometric properties of a Korean version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) in a military sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perceived stress reflects a person's feeling of how much stress the individual is under at a given time. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a popular instrument measuring the extent to which individuals perceive situations in their life as excessive relative to the ability to cope. Based on a literature review, however, several issues related to the scale remain: (a) the dimensionality is not established, (b) little information about the individual items exists, and (c) much research is based on university student samples. To address these, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Perceived Stress Scale (KPSS) using a military sample.

Methods

This study was conducted in South Korea with 373 military personnel, aged 19-30 years

SUBMITTER: Park SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716865 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature