Assessing daily stress with the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ): Relationships with cognitive slips-failures

Assessing Daily Stress with the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ): Relationships with Cognitive Slips-Failures

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193120504901003 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 49 (10) ◽

pp. 886-890 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

William S. Helton ◽

Diana Fields ◽

Joseph A. Thoreson

Keyword(s):

Stress State ◽

Task Engagement ◽

Self Report ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Daily Stress ◽

Reliable Measure ◽

Stress Task ◽

The Individual ◽

P Factor ◽

Report Measure

Stress is an important aspect of operational settings. This article presents a study providing further psychometric and validation evidence of a short multidimensional self-report measure of stress state, the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ; Helton, 2004) based on the Dundee Stress State Questionnaire (DSSQ; Matthews et al., 1999, 2002). Participants filled out the SSSQ twice daily for 70 days, once in the morning and once at night. They also reported daily cognitive slipsfailures. Chain-P Factor Analyses of the individual items for both pre and post assessments were conducted and the relationships between the SSSQ factors and daily self-reported cognitive slipsfailures were examined. The factor analyses, as previously indicated by Helton (2004), differentiated three aspects of subjective stress: Task Engagement, Distress, and Worry. Daily post-Distress and post-Worry correlated moderately with cognitive slips. The 24-item SSSQ appears to be a reliable measure of daily stress state, potentially useful in naturalistic studies.

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Cognitive slips-failures and daily stress: Further investigations with the Short Stress State Questionnaire-Daily (SSSQ-D)

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e577662012-007 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

William S. Helton ◽

Richard Holmstrom

Keyword(s):

Stress State ◽

Daily Stress

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Cognitive Slips-Failures and Daily Stress: Further Investigations with the Short Stress State Questionnaire - Daily (SSSQ-D)

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193120605001207 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 50 (12) ◽

pp. 1240-1244 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

William S. Helton ◽

Richard Holmstrom

Keyword(s):

Stress State ◽

Daily Stress

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Short Stress State Questionnaire

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000200 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 20-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

William S. Helton ◽

Katharina Näswall

Keyword(s):

Stress State ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Human Performance ◽

Self Report ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Stress States ◽

Related Stress ◽

Using Data ◽

Task Conditions ◽

Multiple Samples

Conscious appraisals of stress, or stress states, are an important aspect of human performance. This article presents evidence supporting the validity and measurement characteristics of a short multidimensional self-report measure of stress state, the Short Stress State Questionnaire (SSSQ; Helton, 2004 ). The SSSQ measures task engagement, distress, and worry. A confirmatory factor analysis of the SSSQ using data pooled from multiple samples suggests the SSSQ does have a three factor structure and post-task changes are not due to changes in factor structure, but to mean level changes (state changes). In addition, the SSSQ demonstrates sensitivity to task stressors in line with hypotheses. Different task conditions elicited unique patterns of stress state on the three factors of the SSSQ in line with prior predictions. The 24-item SSSQ is a valid measure of stress state which may be useful to researchers interested in conscious appraisals of task-related stress.

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