Support for the Multidimensional Adolescent Stress Questionnaire in a Sample of Adolescents in the United Kingdom. (31st March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McKay, Michael T.; Percy, Andrew; Byrne, Don G.
• Is Part Of: Stress and health. Volume 32:Number 1(2016:Feb.)
• Page Start: 12
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2014-03-31
• Subjects: stress -- adolescent -- alcohol use -- confirmatory factor analysis; Medicine and psychology -- Periodicals; Stress (Physiology) -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Stress -- Periodicals; Health -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Stress, Psychological -- Periodicals; Médecine et psychologie -- Périodiques; Stress -- Périodiques; Médecine -- Périodiques; 616.98
• DOI: 10.1002/smi.2570
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1532-3005

Abstract

Abstract: Adolescence is a time of physical, social and emotional development, and this development can be accompanied by feelings of stress. The Adolescent Stress Questionnaire is a 56‐item scale measuring stress in 10 domains. Developed in Australia, the scale has been translated, and its reliability and validity have been tested in a number of countries across Europe, where the 10‐factor, 56‐item version of the scale has received little support. The present study tested the factor structure, construct validity and reliability in a sample ( n = 610) of adolescents in the United Kingdom. Support was found for the 10‐factor, 56‐item version of the scale, and correlations with self‐concept measures, sex scores on stress factors and Cronbach's α‐values, suggesting that the scale may be a viable assessment tool for adolescent stress. Results for alcohol‐specific analyses support the domain‐specific nature of the scale. Future work may seek to investigate the stability of age‐specific stress domains (e.g. the stress of Emerging Adult Responsibility ) in samples that include younger adolescents. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.