Development and validation of the Soweto Stress Scale: Mixed-methods, population-based study of adults living in Soweto, South Africa.

ABSTRACT: This article moves from ethnography to epidemiology to generate a locally specific assessment of stress and evaluates it correlates with general psychiatric morbidity. We conducted two related ethnographic studies of stress and distress in Soweto, South Africa (N=107). We then used these studies to develop the Soweto Stress Scale, piloted the scale, and then evaluated its use in an epidemiological surveillance study of stress and health (N=933). We used factor analyses to evaluate factor structure and maximum likelihood estimates to evaluate comparative fit indices. The Keiser-Meyer-Olkin test identified sufficient sample variation, and the scale was suitable for factor analysis. The confirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor model with a χ²(df) (104) = 475.88; p < 0

SUBMITTER: Mpondo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276857 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature