A Japanese version of the Perceived Stress Scale: cross-cultural translation and equivalence assessment

Mimura, Chizu; Griffiths, Peter

doi:10.1186/1471-244X-8-85

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Factor analysis and reliability coefficient

From: A Japanese version of the Perceived Stress Scale: cross-cultural translation and equivalence assessment

			PSS^a) (n = 222)		PSS-J^b) (n = 1320)
			Factor		Factor
Item	Statement	Attitude	I	II	I	II
1	In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?	-	0.58	0.17	-0.04	0.63
2	In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?	-	0.77	0.27	0.11	0.67
3	In the last month, how often have you felt nervous and/or stressed?	-	0.78	0.08	0.03	0.73
4	In the last month, how often have you dealt successfully with irritating life hassles?	+	-0.03	0.80	0.64	-0.25
5	In the last month, how often have you felt that you were effectively coping with important changes that were occurring in your life?	+	0.21	0.73	0.72	-0.04
6	In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?	+	0.47	0.65	0.73	0.01
7	In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way?	+	0.56	0.43	0.65	0.16
8	In the last month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?	-	0.74	0.23	0.01	0.40
9	In the last month, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?	+	0.41	0.63	0.60	0.04
10	In the last month, how often have you felt that you were on top of things?	+	0.67	0.42	0.75	0.15
11	In the last month, how often have you been angered because of things that happened that were outside of your control?	-	0.71	0.19	0.08	0.61
12	In the last month, how often have you found yourself thinking about things that you have to accomplish?	-	0.44	-0.31	-0.06	0.60
13	In the last month, how often have you been able to control the way you spend your time?	+	0.52	0.14	0.40	0.29
14	In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?	-	0.78	0.17	0.14	0.71
	% of Variance		42.7	11.0	23.8	18.8
	Cronbach's alpha coefficient		0.88	0.77	0.76	0.75
			0.89		0.74

Note: Extraction method – principal component analysis
Rotation method – Varimax with Kaiser normalisation
a): The original Perceived Stress Scale, administered to native English speakers
b): Translated Japanese version of the Perceived Stress Scale, administered to native Japanese speakers

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