ERIC Number: EJ945072
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Publication Date: 2011-Dec
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Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents: Development, Validity, and Reliability with Chinese Students
Sun, Jiandong; Dunne, Michael P.; Hou, Xiang-yu; Xu, Ai-qiang
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v29 n6 p534-546 Dec 2011
This article describes the development and initial validation of a new instrument to measure academic stress--the Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA). A series of cross-sectional questionnaire surveys were conducted with more than 2,000 Chinese adolescents to examine the psychometric properties. The final 16-item ESSA contains five latent variables: Pressure from study, Workload, Worry about grades, Self-expectation, and Despondency, which together explain 64% of the total item variance. Scale scores showed adequate internal consistency, 2-week test-retest reliability, and satisfactory concurrent validity. A confirmatory factor analysis suggested the proposed factor model fits well in a different sample. For researchers who have a particular interest in academic stress among adolescents, the ESSA promises to be a useful tool. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Reliability, Validity, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Depression (Psychology), Academic Achievement, Stress Variables, Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Grades (Scholastic), Scores, Psychological Patterns, Case Studies, Questionnaires
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