Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales

Autor: Geoffrey S. Rachor, Bojan Joksimović, Nikoleta Radenkovic, Marija Milic, Jelena Subaric Filimonovic, Gordon J.G. Asmundson, Tatjana Gazibara, Milica Cakic, Dragoslav Lazic, Zorica Stanojevic Ristic, Jasmina Stevanovic, Jelena Dotlic
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
European People
Viral Diseases
Psychometrics
Epidemiology
Validity
Social Sciences
Geographical Locations
0302 clinical medicine
Medical Conditions
Serbian People
Medicine and Health Sciences
Ethnicities
Psychology
030212 general & internal medicine
Language
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
Geography
Middle Aged
Confirmatory factor analysis
Europe
Infectious Diseases
Convergent validity
language
Medicine
Female
Serbian
Serbia
Clinical psychology
Research Article
Adult
Science
Population
Psychological Stress
Human Geography
Urban Geography
03 medical and health sciences
Cronbach's alpha
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Humans
Cities
education
Pandemics
Cognitive Psychology
Construct validity
Biology and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Reproducibility of Results
Covid 19
language.human_language
People and Places
Earth Sciences
Cognitive Science
Population Groupings
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Slavic People
Neuroscience
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2021)
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0259062 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: This study aimed to generate a linguistic equivalent of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) in the Serbian language and examine its psychometric characteristics. Data were collected from September to December 2020 among the general population of three cities in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Srpska, countries where the Serbian language is spoken. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, followed by the CSS and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The CSS was validated using the standard methodology (i.e., forward and backward translations, pilot testing). The reliability of the Serbian CSS was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients and convergent validity was evaluated by correlating the CSS with PSS. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the Serbian CSS. This study included 961 persons (52.8% males and 47.2% females). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Serbian CSS was 0.964 and McDonald’s omega was 0.964. The Serbian CSS with 36 items and a six-factorial structure showed a measurement model with a satisfactory fit for our population (CMIN/DF = 4.391; GFI = 0.991; RMSEA = 0.025). The CSS total and all domain scores significantly positively correlated with PSS total score. The Serbian version of the CSS is a valid and reliable questionnaire that can be used in assessing COVID-19-related distress experienced by Serbian speaking people during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future epidemics and pandemics.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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