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Perceived Stress Scale

Journal of Health Psychology, 2010
The perceived stress scale (PSS-10) reliability and validity were evaluated in Brazilian adults. A two-stage translation procedure was employed to achieve a Portuguese version. Participants were 793 Brazilian university teachers. The exploratory factor analysis showed two factors with eigenvalues greater than 1.0 (56.8% of variance).
Rodrigo Siqueira, Reis, Adriano Akira Ferreira, Hino, Ciro Romélio Rodriguez, Añez   +2 more
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Perceived Life Stress and Bacterial Vaginosis

Journal of Women's Health, 2005
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common vaginal condition produced by overgrowth of anaerobic bacteria. Consequences of the condition may include preterm birth and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Because stress can suppress immune function, increased stress might increase the risk of BV. Our objective was to determine whether life stress was associated
Emily W, Harville, Maureen C, Hatch, Jun, Zhang   +2 more
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Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ)

2011
Consisting of 30 items, the PSQ was developed as an instrument for assessing the stressful life events and circumstances that tend to trigger or exacerbate disease symptoms. With stress bearing significantly on the quality and consistency of the sleep cycle [1], the PSQ is a potentially valuable tool for evaluating the underlying causes of sleep ...
Azmeh Shahid, Kate Wilkinson, Shai Marcu, Colin M. Shapiro   +3 more
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Adolescent Inhalant Use and Perceived Stress

Journal of Drug Education, 1987
We surveyed 1,684 students from Grades 7 through 12 on their use of inhalants and the types of circumstances they perceived as stressful. Inhalant users were classified as abstainers, experimental, and regular users. Male abstainers were found to exhibit lower ( p ≤ .05) mean stress scores as compared to males in the experimental and regular user ...
W R, Mitic, D P, McGuire, B, Neumann
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Perceived Uncertainty and Stress in Illness

Research in Nursing & Health, 1984
AbstractA structural model was proposed to explain the stress resulting from hospitalization for a medical problem. Perceived uncertainty about symptoms, treatment, and outcome was examined as a major predictor of stress. Other variables proposed in the model included seriousness of illness, age, education, and recency of rehospitalization.
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Perceived stress and stress-related parameters.

Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita, 2012
The purpose of this study is to evaluate, using a questionnaire developed by our research group, whether occupational exposure to physical, chemical and psychosocial urban stressors can lead to alterations in perceived stress in a group of both male and female outdoor workers.
TOMEI, GIANFRANCO, SANCINI, angela, CAPOZZELLA, ASSUNTINA, CACIARI, EMANUELA, TOMEI, Francesco, Nieto, Ha, GIOFFRE', PIER AGOSTINO, MARROCCO, MARIASILVIA, DE SIO, SIMONE, ROSATI, Maria Valeria, CIARROCCA, Manuela   +10 more
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Perceived stress, stress attributions and psychological distress in psoriasis

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2004
The objective of this study was to measure causal beliefs in individuals with psoriasis and to explore their relationship with perceived stress, quality of life, psychological well-being and psoriasis severity.This study was cross-sectional in design, and patients were required to complete validated questionnaires assessing perceptions of illness ...
O'Leary, C J, Creamer, D, Higgins, E, Weinman, J   +3 more
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Perceived stress for pilots

This study of occupational stress focused on the aviation industry, specifically student pilots, Certified Flight Instructors, airline pilots, and corporate aviation pilots in the United States. The objective of this exploratory, cross-sectional study was to explore existing theory in a new way to both quantify and qualitatively describe pilots ...
Robin Aubry, Deborah S. Carstens, Michelle Hight   +2 more
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Perceived Stress of Dental Students

Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2013
This study aimed to investigate the perceived stress of dental students at a South African medical facility. Data on stress levels in a dental school environment were collected from eighty eight students in their clinical years of study, using the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire (Acharya, 2003).
Shuba B. Bhat, Wilna J. Basson
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Modifiers and Perceived Stress Scale.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
The Modifiers and Perceived Stress (MAPS) Scale measures stressful life events by number and amount of perceived stresses and provides scores for variables such as anticipation of events, responsibility for events, and amount of social support from family and friends in coping with each event that modify the way stress is perceived.
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