title: Factor structure of the Mental Health Professionals Stress Scale (MHPSS) among clinical psychologists in India.
abstract: This study examined the factor structure of the Mental Health Professionals Stress Scale (MHPSS) and its reliability and validity in a sample of 116 clinical psychologists in India. Principal component analysis of the MHPSS identified four factors that accounted for 42.2% of the total variance. These 4 factors reflected 6 of the 7 original subscales. The subscale 'Client-related difficulties' did not emerge as a distinct factor. The authors attribute this to cultural differences in the therapist-patient relationship. The MHPSS correlated negatively with measures of professional role satisfaction and subjective well being. It was concluded that the MHPSS is a reliable and valid tool to measure sources of occupational stress experienced by mental health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Subbakrishna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*