Development of a brief measure of college stress: the college student stress scale.
The study included assessment of the psychometric properties of an 11-item measure of perceived stress and control in 273 first-year college students. Results indicated good internal consistency and stability over a 5-week interval, and the total score was highly correlated with another measure of perceived stress. Principal components analysis with varimax rotation indicated two possible factors which explained 55% of the variance. However, given the small number of items and low internal consistency of the second factor (alpha=.60), use of the Total score is recommended.
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Ronald C
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Department of Psychology, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA. rfeldt@mtmercy.edu