title: Validation of the Arabic version of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) among pregnant and postpartum women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was conducted to evaluate the validity of the Arabic translation of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) in pregnant and postpartum women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 268 women participated. These included 113 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, 97 in the postpartum period and 58 healthy female university students. GHQ-12 and EPDS were also administered to the participants. Internal consistency reliability, assessed using Cronbach's α, was 0.74.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PSS-10 significantly correlated with both EPDS and GHQ12 (ρ = 0.58 and ρ = 0.48 respectively), and significantly increased with higher scores on stressful life events. PSS-10 scores were higher among university students who also recorded higher stressful life events scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Arabic translated version of the PSS-10 showed reasonably adequate psychometric properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaaya
authors.forename: Hibah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naassan
authors.forename: Ziyad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mahfoud
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating