Perceived Stress among Graduate Students: Development and Validation of the Graduate Stress Inventory

1994 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 714-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra A. Rocha-Singh
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Inventory ◽  
Development And Validation

scholarly journals Female nursing graduate students’ stress and health: the mediating effects of sense of coherence and social support

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Jin Jeong ◽  
Chin Kang Koh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Nursing Graduate ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
Stress And Health

Abstract Background Ninety-five percent of nursing graduate students in South Korea are women, and most are often engaged in both academic coursework and work outside of the academic environment. Nursing graduate students often experience stress leading to physical and mental health problems that negatively affect their academic performance and persistence during graduate programs. The purpose of this study was to test multiple mediation effects of sense of coherence (SOC) and social support in the relationship between stress and health status of nursing graduate students. Methods The participants of this study were 231 female nursing graduate students from 14 universities. Data were collected using an online survey conducted between August and October 2019. Bootstrap techniques using the PROCESS macro for SPSS software were applied to assess the multi-mediating effects. Results The total effect (B = − 12.29, p < .001) and direct effect (B = − 7.07, p < .001) of perceived stress on health status were significant. Perceived stress had negative direct effects on social support (B = − 0.41, p < .001) and SOC (B = − 5.77, p < .001). SOC had a positive direct effect on health status (B = 0.59, p < .001). However, social support was not a significant predictor of health status (B = 1.24, p = .232). In addition, there was a positive direct effect of social support on SOC (B = 5.23, p < .001). Furthermore, the indirect effect of perceived stress on health status through SOC was significant (B = − 3.42, 95% CI = − 5.2616, − 1.8906). There was also a significant indirect effect of perceived stress on health status through social support and SOC (B = − 1.28, 95% CI = − 2.1663, − 0.5992). Conclusion It is necessary to create strategies that enhance nursing graduate students’ SOC and social support to reduce their perceived stress and to improve their health status.

Antenatal Perceived Stress Inventory

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Razurel ◽  
Barbara Kaiser ◽  
Marc Dupuis ◽  
Jean-Philippe Antonietti ◽  
Catherine Citherlet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Inventory

Post-Delivery Perceived Stress Inventory

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Razurel ◽  
Barbara Kaiser ◽  
Marc Dupuis ◽  
Jean-Philippe Antonietti ◽  
Catherine Sellenet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Inventory

scholarly journals The impact of confinement in the psychosocial behaviour due COVID-19 among members of a Brazilian university

2020 ◽  
pp. 002076402097131
Author(s):  
Heloísa Monteiro Amaral-Prado ◽  
Filipy Borghi ◽  
Tânia Maron Vichi Freire Mello ◽  
Dora Maria Grassi-Kassisse
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Background: The current situation due COVID-19 may cause an eminent impact on mental health because the confinement restrictions. Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze and compare perceived stress, resilience, depression symptoms and coping strategies on the members of University of Campinas, in Brazil, before and during the outbreak of the COVID-19. Methods: Volunteers over 18 years of both sexes, members of the University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil answered instruments related to perceived stress, depression, resilience and coping strategies during final exams at the end of semester during 2018 to 2020. Results: We obtained 1,135 responses (893 before COVID-19 and 242 during COVID-19). The volunteers did not show significant differences for perceived stress, depressive signs and resilience before and during the pandemic. In both periods, men exhibited lower scores for perceived stress and depression and higher scores for resilience when compared to women. Undergraduate and graduate students exhibited higher perceived stress scores, more pronounced depressive signs and lower resilience, and employees and professors presented lower scores for perceived stress, depressive signs and greater resilience. Conclusions: These first months of confinement did not directly affect the scores of perceived stress, depression and resilience, however, each subgroup adapted to the new routine by changing the coping strategy used. This study suggests the importance of monitoring the mental health of member in the university, especially in times of epidemic, in the search for policies that aim to improve the resilience of the population and seek positive and effective coping strategies within the university environment.

Validation of the Postnatal Perceived Stress Inventory in a French Speaking Population of Primiparous Women

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 685-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Razurel ◽  
Barbara Kaiser ◽  
Marc Dupuis ◽  
Jean‐Philippe Antonietti ◽  
Catherine Sellenet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Stress Inventory ◽  
Primiparous Women

scholarly journals Development and validation of an instrument for evaluating the ludicity of games in health education

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 978-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Raquel Gomes Maia Pires ◽  
Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems ◽  
Laianna Victoria Santiago Silva ◽  
Paloma Aparecida Carvalho ◽  
Gislane Ferreira de Melo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Content Validation ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Development And Validation

Abstract OBJECTIVE Developing and validating an instrument to evaluate the playfulness of games in health education contexts. METHODOLOGY A methodological, exploratory and descriptive research, developed in two stages: 1. Application of an open questionnaire to 50 graduate students, with content analysis of the answers and calculation of Kappa coefficient for defining items; 2. Procedures for construction of scales, with content validation by judges and analysis of the consensus estimate byContent Validity Index(CVI). RESULTS 53 items regarding the restless character of the games in the dimensions of playfulness, the formative components of learning and the profiles of the players. CONCLUSION Ludicity can be assessed by validated items related to the degree of involvement, immersion and reinvention of the subjects in the game along with the dynamics and playability of the game.

Examination Stress, Salivary Cortisol, and Academic Performance

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1133-1134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Ng ◽  
David Koh ◽  
Sin-Eng Chia
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Examination Stress ◽  
Cortisol Levels

Immediately before and after participation in a written final examination, 11 graduate students rated their self-perceived stress and provided saliva samples for cortisol assay. Students rated stress higher before the examination, and these ratings were associated with increased salivary cortisol. Students who reported higher stress and had higher cortisol levels before the examination tended to have significantly lower examination scores.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Emotional Stress Inventory

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-95
Author(s):  
Chon Kyum Koo ◽  
Kim wonjong ◽  
Han Gee Seong ◽  
Jinkook Tak ◽  
정귀임 ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Stress Inventory ◽  
Development And Validation

scholarly journals Designing a Chatbot for a Brief Motivational Interview on Stress Management: Qualitative Case Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
SoHyun Park ◽  
Jeewon Choi ◽  
Sungwoo Lee ◽  
Changhoon Oh ◽  
Changdai Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Motivational Interview ◽  
School Life ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Self Reflection

BACKGROUND In addition to addiction and substance abuse, motivational interviewing (MI) is increasingly being integrated in treating other clinical issues such as mental health problems. Most of the many technological adaptations of MI, however, have focused on delivering the action-oriented treatment, leaving its relational component unexplored or vaguely described. This study intended to design a conversational sequence that considers both technical and relational components of MI for a mental health concern. OBJECTIVE This case study aimed to design a conversational sequence for a brief motivational interview to be delivered by a Web-based text messaging application (chatbot) and to investigate its conversational experience with graduate students in their coping with stress. METHODS A brief conversational sequence was designed with varied combinations of MI skills to follow the 4 processes of MI. A Web-based text messaging application, Bonobot, was built as a research prototype to deliver the sequence in a conversation. A total of 30 full-time graduate students who self-reported stress with regard to their school life were recruited for a survey of demographic information and perceived stress and a semistructured interview. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed by Braun and Clarke’s thematic method. The themes that reflect the process of, impact of, and needs for the conversational experience are reported. RESULTS Participants had a high level of perceived stress (mean 22.5 [SD 5.0]). Our findings included the following themes: Evocative Questions and Clichéd Feedback; Self-Reflection and Potential Consolation; and Need for Information and Contextualized Feedback. Participants particularly favored the relay of evocative questions but were less satisfied with the agent-generated reflective and affirming feedback that filled in-between. Discussing the idea of change was a good means of reflecting on themselves, and some of Bonobot’s encouragements related to graduate school life were appreciated. Participants suggested the conversation provide informational support, as well as more contextualized feedback. CONCLUSIONS A conversational sequence for a brief motivational interview was presented in this case study. Participant feedback suggests sequencing questions and MI-adherent statements can facilitate a conversation for stress management, which may encourage a chance of self-reflection. More diversified sequences, along with more contextualized feedback, should follow to offer a better conversational experience and to confirm any empirical effect.

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