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Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

DOI: 10.1177/0734282910394976

Authors: Jiandong Sun, Michael P. Dunne, Xiang-yu Hou, Ai-qiang Xu

Institutions: Queensland University of Technology, Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Language: English

Topic: Student Stress and Coping

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Queensland University of Technology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Business School, Queensland University of Technology