Examining perceptions of academic stress and its sources among university students: The Perception of Academic Stress Scale

Examining perceptions of academic stress and its sources among university students: The Perception of Academic Stress Scale

The development of a scale to measure perceived sources of academic stress among university students. Based on empirical evidence and recent literature review, we developed an 18-item scale to measure perceptions of academic stress and its sources. Experts ( n  = 12) participated in the content vali...

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Main Authors: Dalia Bedewy, Adel Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-07-01
Series:Health Psychology Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102915596714
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spelling doaj-06b0e53960b2423f984d123bc4ba07e92020-11-25T03:11:10ZengSAGE PublishingHealth Psychology Open2055-10292015-07-01210.1177/205510291559671410.1177_2055102915596714Examining perceptions of academic stress and its sources among university students: The Perception of Academic Stress ScaleDalia Bedewy0Adel Gabriel1Tanta University, EgyptUniversity of Calgary, CanadaThe development of a scale to measure perceived sources of academic stress among university students. Based on empirical evidence and recent literature review, we developed an 18-item scale to measure perceptions of academic stress and its sources. Experts ( n  = 12) participated in the content validation process of the instrument before it was administered to ( n  = 100) students. The developed instrument has internal consistency reliability of 0.7 (Cronbach’s alpha), there was evidence for content validity, and factor analysis resulted in four correlated and theoretically meaningful factors. We developed and tested a scale to measure academic stress and its sources. This scale takes 5 minutes to complete.https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102915596714
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description The development of a scale to measure perceived sources of academic stress among university students. Based on empirical evidence and recent literature review, we developed an 18-item scale to measure perceptions of academic stress and its sources. Experts ( n  = 12) participated in the content validation process of the instrument before it was administered to ( n  = 100) students. The developed instrument has internal consistency reliability of 0.7 (Cronbach’s alpha), there was evidence for content validity, and factor analysis resulted in four correlated and theoretically meaningful factors. We developed and tested a scale to measure academic stress and its sources. This scale takes 5 minutes to complete.
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