Dr. Cohen's Scales:

PSS (English; 10 Item)

PSS (English; 4 Item)

PSS (English; 14 Item)

PSS Scoring

PSS: FREQUENTLY- ASKED QUESTIONS (Link)

Brief Introduction to Measures of Psychological Stress (includes references)

Spanish PSS (10 Item)
(European Spanish; Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.)

Spanish PSS (14 Item)
Translation into European Spanish by Eduardo Remor,
eduardo.remor@uam.es, and colleagues. Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory. For psychometrics, LINK to Drs. Remor's (2006) paper, "Psychometric Properties of a European Spanish Version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)." (Thanks to Dr. Remor for granting us permission to post his work on our site.)
For more information about Dr. Remor's research:
www.uam.es/psico&salud

www.iberohemofilia.net

Mexican Spanish PSS (10 Item)
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.

Mex. Spanish PSS (10 Item)
(another version)
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties. Translation by (and thanks to) Ms. Carolina Oliva & Ms. Janet Nieves. Thanks also to Ms. Hilary Colbert (hilaryd@prodigy.net) for sending us the translation. All 3 women are with the Camden [NJ] Healthy Start Project

Mex. Spanish PSS (10 Item)
(another version)
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties. Thanks to Céline Perriolat of the MAPI Research Institute (cperriolat@mapi.fr) for sending us the translation.

Mex. Spanish PSS (14 Item)
Translation by (and thanks to) Drs. Monica Teresa Gonzalez Ramirez and Rene Landero Hernandez. Their 2007 article contains psychometric information. Dra. Gonzalez Ramirez may be contacted at: monygzz77@yahoo.com

Spanish PSS (10 Item; translator from Puerto Rico)
Thanks to Dr. María del C. Fernández Rodríguez, who may be contacted at mfernandez@cayey.upr.edu
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.

Please note: The Perceived Stress Scale is not a diagnostic instrument; there are no score cut-offs. For normative data from a large U.S. sample, please read the Cohen & Williamson paper (Full-text link, item #2 below)

PAPERS ON PSS:
(1.) Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24, 385-396. Link to full-text (pdf)

(2.) Cohen, S., & Williamson, G. (1988). Perceived stress in a probability sample of the U.S. In S. Spacapam & S. Oskamp (Eds.), The social psychology of health: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Link to full-text (pdf)



Bulgarian PSS (14 Item)
Translation by (and thanks to) Vihra Naydenova, University of Bielefeld, Germany. Vihra's study of 709 Bulgarian college students showed very good reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.80). For further information, contact Vihra at vihranaydenova@yahoo.com This translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory.

Hungarian PSS (14 Item; 10 Item; 4 Item)
Translation by (and thanks to) Barna Konkoly Thege and Adrienne Stauder of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary. For validity information, click here. For the abstract of the journal article in which the translation appears, click here.
Dr. Konkoly Thege may be emailed with questions at
konkoly.thege.barna@gmail.com

Chinese PSS (14 Item)
Translation by (and thanks to) Professor Li-Chuan Chu, Dept. of Health Services Administration, Chung-Shan Medical University. Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; its psychometric properties are available in the reference cited in the scale.

Taiwanese Chinese PSS (10 Item)
Translation by (and thanks to) Dr. I-Fen Lin. Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties. For additional information, contact Dr. Dana Glei at danaglei@pacbell.net or http:// home.pacbell.net/danaglei/

Thai PSS (14 Item)
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.

Thai PSS (10 Item)
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory. Some psychometric data are available (click link). Translation by (and thanks to) Ms. Chalalai Dongpachit. E-mail her at:
chalalaid@hotmail.com
LINK to Ms. Dongpachit's dissertation abstract (Word file)

Polish PSS (14 Item)
Translation by (and thanks to) Dr. Rafael Mikolajczyk, University of Bielefeld, Germany. The scale was used in a study of 591 Polish university students and showed very good reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.81). For further information, contact Dr. Mikolajczyk at rmikolajczyk@uni-bielefeld.de
This translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory.



CHIPS  CHIPS Scoring
Social Network Index  Social Network Index Scoring
ISEL- General Population version ISEL Scoring
ISEL- College student version ISEL-College scoring
ISEL-12 item version ISEL-12 scoring
 ISEL-40 item version (Spanish)
(European Spanish) Translation by Eduardo Remor,
eduardo.remor@uam.es; thanks also to Amy Mayhew,
amymayhew@hotmail.com.
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.

ISEL-40 item version (Japanese) (MS Excel file)
Translation by (and thanks to) Naomi Ueyama, Kansai University of Nursing and Health Science, who may be contacted at n.ueyama@kki.ac.jp
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory; nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.

 ISEL-College student version (Greek)
Translation by: Ms. Evagelia Delistamatis, Ms. Maria Samakouri, & Dr. Miltos Livaditis. Direct inquiries to Dr. Livaditis at: vpapadop@med.duth.gr
Translation has not been pre-tested by our laboratory, nor are we aware of its psychometric properties.

 

 

 

 



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