article · Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health · 2023

Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization

Meena Hariharan, Meera Padhy, Sandra Roshni Monteiro, Laxmi Priyanka Nakka, Usha Chivukula

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Abstract

Background/Aim: The objective of the paper was to develop a comprehensive “Adolescence Stress Scale” and to examine different psychometric issues in the development, initial validation, and standardization of this scale. Method: Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the data procured from a sample of 634 (11–18 years) school-going adolescents in India. Results: An exploratory analysis provided a 10 factor structure, namely, major loss induced stress, enforcement or conflict induced stress, phobic stress, interpersonal conflict induced stress, punishment induced stress, illness and injury induced stress, performance stress, imposition induced stress, insecurity induced stress, unhealthy environment induced stress. The 10 oblique factor solutions are found to be interrelated and interdependent with good indices of internal consistency, and content validity. Conclusions: This scale development is a novel and powerful measure that taps onto various aspects of stress experienced by school-going adolescents. The scale can facilitate researchers, clinicians, and teachers to identify and quantify the significant sources of stress in adolescents in school, or clinic settings.

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APA 7

Hariharan, M., Padhy, M., Monteiro, S. R., Nakka, L. P., & Chivukula, U. (2023). Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 19(2), 197–206. https://doi.org/10.1177/09731342231173214

MLA 9

Hariharan, Meena, et al. “Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization.” Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 19, no. 2, 2023, pp. 197–206, https://doi.org/10.1177/09731342231173214.

Chicago

Hariharan, Meena, Meera Padhy, Sandra Roshni Monteiro, Laxmi Priyanka Nakka, and Usha Chivukula. 2023. “Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization.” Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health 19 (2): 197–206. https://doi.org/10.1177/09731342231173214.

Harvard

Hariharan, M. et al. (2023) ‘Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization’, Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 19(2), pp. 197–206. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/09731342231173214.

BibTeX

@article{hariharan2023adolescence,
  title = {{Adolescence Stress Scale: Development and Standardization}},
  author = {Hariharan, Meena and Padhy, Meera and Monteiro, Sandra Roshni and Nakka, Laxmi Priyanka and Chivukula, Usha},
  journal = {Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health},
  volume = {19},
  number = {2},
  pages = {197--206},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1177/09731342231173214}
}

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