Assessing Stress in Cancer Patients: A Second-Order Factor Analysis Model for the Perceived Stress Scale

Autor/inn/en	Golden-Kreutz, Deanna M.; Browne, Michael W.; Frierson, Georita M.; Andersen, Barbara L.
Titel	Assessing Stress in Cancer Patients: A Second-Order Factor Analysis Model for the Perceived Stress Scale
Quelle	In: Assessment, 11 (2004) 3, S.216-223 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191104267398
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Surgery; Patients; Oncology; Factor Analysis; Cancer; Coping; Anxiety; Stress Variables; Psychometrics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Chirurgie; Patient; Onkologie; Faktorenanalyse; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Bewältigung; Angst; Psychometry; Psychometrie
Abstract	Using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), perceptions of global stress were assessed in 111women following breast cancer surgery and at 12 and 24 months later. This is the first study to factor analyze the PSS. The PSS data were factor analyzed each time using exploratory factor analysis with oblique direct quartimin rotation. Goodness-of-fit indices (root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA]), magnitude and pattern of factor loadings, and confidence interval data revealed a two-factor solution of positive versus negative stress items. The findings, replicated across time, also indicate factor stability. Hierarchical factor analyses supported a second-order factor of "perceived stress." This alternative factor model of the PSS is presented along with observations regarding the measures use in cancer research. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10