The Self-Generated Stress Scale: Development, Psychometric Features, and Associations With Perfectionism, Self-Criticism, and Distress
| Autor: | Taryn Nepon, Paul L. Hewitt, Gordon L. Flett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Self-criticism Psychometrics Self 05 social sciences Self-concept 050109 social psychology Perfectionism (psychology) medicine.disease_cause Education Clinical Psychology Distress medicine Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Big Five personality traits medicine.symptom Psychology General Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 38:69-83 |
| ISSN: | 1557-5144 0734-2829 |
| Popis: | In the current article, we describe the development and validation of a self-report measure of self-generated stress and its associations with measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, and distress. The Self-Generated Stress Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to see oneself as someone who generates and adds to existing personal stress (i.e., making a challenging situation worse or turning a life problem into a bigger problem). Psychometric analyses with data from three samples of university students showed that the Self-Generated Stress Scale has one factor and acceptable internal consistency. Analyses established that self-generated stress is associated with trait perfectionism, self-criticism, dependency, and self-silencing, as well as indices tapping cognitive perfectionism and perfectionistic self-presentation. Self-generated stress was also associated with distress and psychosomatic health symptoms. Regression analyses established that scores on the Self-Generated Stress Scale predict unique variance in distress and negative affect beyond the variance attributable to self-criticism and other measures of stress. Overall, our findings attest to the further use of the Self-Generated Stress Scale in various contexts and highlight that certain perfectionists suffer from a perceived tendency to make their lives more stressful. The implications of these findings are discussed along with directions for future research. |
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