title: Revised Taiwanese Elderly Stressor Inventory.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to revise the 73-item Taiwanese Elderly Stressor Inventory (TESI) so as to shorten the time needed by professionals and researchers to assess the stress experience of elderly persons. The research included two phases: Phase I consisted of revising the original form by combining similar items and deleting some TESI items which were found not to effectively test the concept of stress; and Phase II analyzed the reliability and validity of the revised form. The revised instrument consists of sixty stressor items. Two doctorally prepared nurses were used to determine TESI item content validity, resulting in a Content Validity Index of 0.97. Three hundred and one subjects from one district in Metropolitan Taipei area were used in determining the psychometric properties of the revised form. A Cronbach alpha of 0.74 was found. The coefficient for test-retest reliability was 0.89. As to construct validity, correlations of -0.327 with health perception, 0.520 with depression and -0.433 with life satisfaction were found. In the multiple regression analysis, health perception, depression, stressfulness and social support were predictors, while life satisfaction was a criterion variable. Total explanation variance was 41.42%. These results reveal the predicted pattern of relationship among variables, which reflected the modest validity of the revised TESI. The revised TESI possesses a sound psychometric properties, which suggests that it can be readily used in practice settings.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D013624:Taiwan