Name of the measure; source citation
Perceived Stress Scale (SHEU et al., 1997)
Link to measure
https://www.das.nh.gov/wellness/docs/percieved%20stress%20scale.pdf
Purpose of the measure/target population (from source citation)
The perceived stress scale is used to measure the perception of stress
Description of the measure: number of items etc (is it a screening tool, self-administered/parent-child tool (face to face, observation), Administration, self-report/child or adult, type of tool (screening/diagnostic)
self-reporting tool with 10 items
Psychometric information - validity and reliability (Provide Links to original source)
Engelbrecht, M. C. (2022). Construct validity and reliability of the perceived stress scale for nursing students in South Africa. CURATIONIS Journal of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 45(1), 2276.
Studies that have used the measure (citation, publications) Key papers specific to SA
Anyadike, N., Ogiri, H. K., Agbo, S. U., Osang, B. N., Bessong, C. D., Godwin, O. I., Nkemjika, O., Onyinye, E., Onyeodiri, I. C., Okengwu, M., Nwabuko, L. O., Otu, M. S., Victor-Aigbodion, V., & Ndille, R. (2024). Cognitive and behavioral approaches to occupational stress management: The case of adult education administrative workers in Nigeria. Medicine (Baltimore), 103(4), e36825. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000036825
Byansi, W., Galvin, M., Chiwaye, L., Luvuno, Z., Kim, A. W., Sundararajan, R., Tsai, A. C., & Moolla, A. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences, traumatic events, and mental health among adults at two outpatient psychiatric facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1), 581. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05085-0
Dhindayal, S., Letsoalo, M. P., & Gengiah, T. N. (2022). Mental health outcomes and workplace quality of life among South African pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. J Pharm Policy Pract, 15(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-022-00463-7
Engelbrecht, M. C. (2022). Construct validity and reliability of the perceived stress scale for nursing students in South Africa. Curationis, 45(1), e1-e7. https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v45i1.2276
Fernald, L. C., Hamad, R., Karlan, D., Ozer, E. J., & Zinman, J. (2008). Small individual loans and mental health: a randomized controlled trial among South African adults. BMC Public Health, 8, 409. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-409
Filiatreau, L. M., Pettifor, A., Edwards, J. K., Masilela, N., Twine, R., Xavier Gómez-Olivé, F., Haberland, N., Kabudula, C. W., Lippman, S. A., & Kahn, K. (2021). Associations Between Key Psychosocial Stressors and Viral Suppression and Retention in Care Among Youth with HIV in Rural South Africa. AIDS Behav, 25(8), 2358-2368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03198-9
Goggin, K., Gqaleni, N., Mbhele, A. L., Makhathini, M. E., Buthelezi, T. D., Ndlovu, S. W., Shange, V. F., Thabethe, M. A., Mkhwanazi, D. A., Nkomo-Gwala, B. L., Hlongwane, T., Mdlalose, T., Ngubane, L., Wilson, D., Wu, A. W., Bartman, P., Gerkovich, M., Williams, K., Berkley-Patton, J., . . . Folk, W. (2010). The Translation and Cultural Adaptation of Patient-reported Outcome Measures for a Clinical Study Involving Traditional Health Providers and Bio-medically Trained Practitioners. Alternation (Durb), 17(1), 273-294. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191735/pdf/nihms402633.pdf
Jacob, L., Kostev, K., Smith, L., López-Sánchez, G. F., Pardhan, S., Oh, H., Shin, J. I., Abduljabbar, A. S., Haro, J. M., & Koyanagi, A. (2022). Association of objective and subjective far vision impairment with perceived stress among older adults in six low- and middle-income countries. Eye (Lond), 36(6), 1274-1280. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-021-01634-7
Katus, L., Foley, S., Murray, A. L., Luong-Thanh, B. Y., Taut, D., Baban, A., Madrid, B., Fernando, A. D., Sikander, S., Ward, C. L., Osafo, J., Marlow, M., Du Toit, S., Walker, S., Van Vo, T., Fearon, P., Valdebenito, S., Eisner, M. P., & Hughes, C. (2022). Perceived stress during the prenatal period: assessing measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across cultures and birth parity. Arch Womens Ment Health, 25(3), 633-640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01229-5
Koyanagi, A., Oh, H., Vancampfort, D., Carvalho, A. F., Veronese, N., Stubbs, B., & Lara, E. (2019). Perceived Stress and Mild Cognitive Impairment among 32,715 Community-Dwelling Older Adults across Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Gerontology, 65(2), 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1159/000492177
Mezzacappa, E. S., Guethlein, W., Vaz, N., & Bagiella, E. (2000). A preliminary study of breast-feeding and maternal symptomatology. Ann Behav Med, 22(1), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02895170
Ngene, N. C., & Moodley, J. (2022). Pre-delivery angiogenic factors and their association with peripartum perceived stress and pain in pre-eclampsia with severe features and normotensive pregnancies. Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 158(2), 398-405. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13972
Padmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. B. (2023). Cognitive Adaptation to Stress and Trauma: The Role of Self-Appraised Problem-Solving in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks), 7, 24705470231189980. https://doi.org/10.1177/24705470231189980
Padmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. B. (2023). Fear of COVID-19, Perceived Stress, and PTSD: The Serial Mediating Role of Sense of Coherence. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ, 13(11), 2399-2409. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13110169
Padmanabhanunni, A., Pretorius, T. B., & Isaacs, S. A. (2023). Satisfied with Life? The Protective Function of Life Satisfaction in the Relationship between Perceived Stress and Negative Mental Health Outcomes. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186777
Padmanabhanunni, A., Pretorius, T. B., & Isaacs, S. A. (2023). We Are Not Islands: The Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Psychological Distress. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043179
Pakhomova, T. E., Dietrich, J. J., Closson, K., Smit, J., Hornschuh, S., Smith, P., Beksinska, M., Ndung´u, T., Brockman, M., Gray, G., & Kaida, A. (2021). Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, and Anxiety Are Associated With Higher Perceived Stress Among Both Young Men and Women in Soweto and Durban, South Africa. Front Reprod Health, 3, 638116. https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2021.638116
Pretorius, T. B., & Padmanabhanunni, A. (2023). Anxiety in Brief: Assessment of the Five-Item Trait Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095697
Pretorius, T. B., & Padmanabhanunni, A. (2023). Toward a Positive Life beyond COVID-19: Problem-Solving Appraisal as a Resistance Resource in the Relationship between Stress and Well-Being in Students. Healthcare (Basel), 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030350
Stephen, S., Brandt, C., & Olivier, B. (2022). Neck Pain and Disability: Are They Related to Dysfunctional Breathing and Stress? Physiother Can, 74(2), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.3138/ptc-2020-0085
Steyn, R., & Vawda, N. (2014). Job characteristics: their relationship to job satisfaction, stress and depression. J Psychol Afr, 24(3), 281-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2014.906076
Vythilingum, B., Roos, A., Faure, S. C., Geerts, L., & Stein, D. J. (2012). Risk factors for substance use in pregnant women in South Africa. S Afr Med J, 102(11 Pt 1), 851-854. https://doi.org/10.7196/samj.5019
Hamad, R., Fernald, L. C., Karlan, D. S., & Zinman, J. (2008). Social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms and perceived stress in South African adults. J Epidemiol Community Health, 62(6), 538-544. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2007.066191
Stubbs, B., Vancampfort, D., Veronese, N., Schofield, P., Lin, P. Y., Tseng, P. T., Solmi, M., Thompson, T., Carvalho, A. F., & Koyanagi, A. (2018). Multimorbidity and perceived stress: a population-based cross-sectional study among older adults across six low- and middle-income countries. Maturitas, 107, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.10.007
James, K. A., Grace, L. K., Pan, C. Y., Combrinck, M. I., & Thomas, K. G. F. (2020). Psychosocial stress associated with memory performance in older South African adults. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 27(4), 553-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1645809
Peltzer, K., Cherian, V. I., & Cherian, L. (1999). Minor psychiatric morbidity in South African secondary school pupils. Psychol Rep, 85(2), 397-402. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.397
Vawda, N. (2014). The prevalence of suicidal behaviour and associated risk factors in grade 8 learners in Durban. South African Family Practice, 56(1), 37-42.
Vawda, N. B. (2012). Associations between family suicide and personal suicidal behaviour among youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Family Practice, 54(3), 244-249.
Vawda, N., Milburn, N. G., Steyn, R., & Zhang, M. (2017). The development of a screening tool for the early identification of risk for suicidal behavior among students in a developing country. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9(3), 267.
Context (Country) - setting (national/regional, local, urban/rural ethnicity)
South Africa, Nursing Students
Adapted, including validation studies in South Africa, including translation
Not adapted