scholarly journals Psychometric Analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale Among Healthy University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 16 ◽  
pp. 2389-2396
Author(s):  
Shahnawaz Anwer ◽  
Md Dilshad Manzar ◽  
Ahmad H Alghadir ◽  
Mohammed Salahuddin ◽  
Unaise Abdul Hameed
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychometric Analysis ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale

scholarly journals Chinese version of the Perceived Stress Scale-10: A psychometric study in Chinese university students

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. e0189543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Lu ◽  
Qian Bian ◽  
Wenzheng Wang ◽  
Xiaoling Wu ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Psychometric Study ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Chinese University Students

scholarly journals Independent and Combined Associations of Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Activity Intensities With Perceived Stress Among University Students: Internet-Based Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Ling Tan ◽  
Malte Jetzke ◽  
Vera Vergeld ◽  
Carsten Müller
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Sedentary Time ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale

BACKGROUND Mental health is an emerging topic on university campuses, with students reporting higher levels of psychological distress than the general population of the same age. Increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time have been proved promising measures to promote mental health in the general population. However, to derive and implement effective measures to promote mental health among university students, further exploration of the associations between physical activity, sedentary time, and perceived stress in this specific setting is needed. OBJECTIVE This study aims to identify associations between physical activity, sedentary time, and perceived stress after controlling for sociodemographic and behavioral variables among university students in Germany. We hypothesize that perceived stress is inversely related to physical activity and positively associated with sedentary time. Furthermore, we hypothesize that combined associations of concurrently high physical activity and low sedentary time on perceived stress are stronger compared with either alone and that the association between physical activity and perceived stress depends on activity intensity. METHODS We conducted cross-sectional analyses from a large-scale internet-based student health survey (n=4189; response rate=10.0%). Physical activity, sedentary time, and engaging in moderate and vigorous activity intensities were assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form with categorization into low, intermediate, and high levels. We measured perceived stress using the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (range 0-40). RESULTS The results indicate that higher physical activity and lower sedentary time are associated with reduced levels of perceived stress. Following adjustment for gender, BMI, income, fruit and vegetable intake, alcohol consumption, and sleep quality, perceived stress scores were lower for students reporting high physical activity levels and low sedentary time compared with the least active and highly sedentary students (Perceived Stress Scale –2.2, 95% CI –2.9 to –1.5, <i>P</i>&lt;.001 for physical activity and –1.1, CI 95% –1.7 to –0.5, <i>P</i>&lt;.001 for sedentary time). Combined associations with perceived stress revealed that students concurrently reporting high total physical activity and low sedentary time reported the lowest perceived stress scores of all possible combinations following adjustment for confounders (Perceived Stress Scale –3.5, CI 95% –4.6 to –2.5, <i>P</i>&lt;.001 compared with students reporting low physical activity levels and concurrently high sedentary time). Associations between vigorous physical activities and perceived stress were not stronger compared with moderate activity intensities. CONCLUSIONS Self-reported physical activity and low sedentary time are favorably associated with perceived stress, while the intensity of physical activities seems to be of minor importance. These results help to effectively implement health-promoting measures on campus among university students through increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time.

scholarly journals Emotional regulation and perceived stress levels during physical-preventive distancing due to the SARS COVID-19 pandemic in students of the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Bosa facilities - 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (45) ◽  
pp. 383-394
Author(s):  
Nubia Y. BELTRAN ◽  
◽  
Anderson MARTINEZ ◽  
Juan D. RODRIGUEZ ◽  
Yessica M. VALDERRAMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Emotional Suppression ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Levels

The study corresponds to the analysis of 126 female university students at the Bosa facilities of the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas in Bogotá, aged between 17 and 33 years. The perceived stress scale (EEP-14) was used; To evaluate emotional regulation, the emotional regulation questionnaire (ERQ) was used where it was evaluated (CR = 44%) (cognitive reevaluation) and (SE = 37%) (emotional suppression); the results showed that on average perceived stress is moderate (40.2%).

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in Ethiopian university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Dilshad Manzar ◽  
Mohammed Salahuddin ◽  
Sony Peter ◽  
Ahmad Alghadir ◽  
Shahnawaz Anwer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale

scholarly journals A Study of the Perceived Stress Level of University Students in Hong Kong

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joey Man Yee KWOK ◽  
Douglas Kei Shing NG
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Hong Kong Students

<p><strong>Background. </strong>In the school year 2015/2016, a significantly increased suicide rate among students in Hong Kong raised alarm bells to the public. High levels of stress among Hong Kong students was believed to be one of the main causes of these suicide incidents. In order to examine the stress levels of Hong Kong students, we targeted the group of undergraduates and initiated this research study.</p><p><strong>Objective. </strong>This study aimed to provide more information and objective analysis with regard to the stress levels of undergraduate students in Hong Kong.</p><p><strong>Method. </strong>There was a total (<em>N</em> = 337) number participants enrolled in this study at the Open University of Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) was adopted as the measure of perceived stress level of university students. The Perceived Stress Scale-10 is a 10-item scale designed to measure the self-reported perceived stress level. The set of questionnaires also includes The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) scale which was used for evaluating the convergent validity of PSS-10; The General Self Efficacy (GSE) Scale and the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) which were used for evaluating the related divergent validity.</p><p><strong>Results. </strong>Referring to the findings, the stress level of the participants who were mostly from the age group of 18-29 had an average score of 19.02 which was considered to be higher than the standard score (<em>M </em>= 14.2; SD = 6.2), and thus undergraduate students who belonged to this age group were found to present a potential higher stress level among those participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions.</strong> This study simply showed the general stress level of the target population, and such information could provide a meaningful reference for further study of stress levels among Hong Kong students. However, it could not show the other detailed information such as the reasons for causing a high potential stress. Therefore, it suggested that the follow-up study could focus more specifically on a particular type of stress (i.e., academic stress) in investigation. <strong></strong></p>

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