Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Department of Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences, Advanced Research Methods Applied to Quality of Life Promotion-ARMAQoL, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Sep 16;15(9):2023. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15092023.
This study presents the validation process of the Questionnaire on Academic Stress in Secondary Education (QASSE) designed to assess the wide variety of school sources and situations related to academic stress in adolescence, and their relationship with students' physical and psychological well-being. The participants were 860 Spanish high school students (52.9% girls) with an average age of 14.62 years (SD = 1.8). Through a cross-validation process, results supported the QASSE multifactorial structure with four first-order factors-academic overload, interaction with classmates, family pressure, and future-oriented perspective-and a second-order factor of academic stress, showing a significant and intense relationship with adolescents' psychological and physical well-being. Results also highlight the effects of the gender and educational level interaction on the students' stress, with girls showing higher levels of stress in the transition courses between educational phases (sophomore and junior years). The QASSE demonstrates good validity and reliability, showing potential for both research and educational application. The results show the high impact of the QASSE dimensions on psychological and physical well-being in adolescence, highlighting its special usefulness for designing and adjusting educational prevention and intervention actions in this area to the students' specific characteristics and needs.
本研究介绍了中学学术压力问卷（QASSE）的验证过程，该问卷旨在评估青少年在学校中与学术压力相关的各种来源和情况，以及它们与学生身心健康的关系。参与者为 860 名西班牙高中生（52.9%为女生），平均年龄为 14.62 岁（SD=1.8）。通过交叉验证过程，结果支持 QASSE 的多因素结构，包括四个一阶因素（学业负担过重、与同学互动、家庭压力和面向未来的观点）和一个二阶因素（学术压力），显示出与青少年身心健康的显著和强烈关系。结果还强调了性别和教育水平相互作用对学生压力的影响，女生在教育阶段之间的过渡课程（高二和高三）中表现出更高的压力水平。QASSE 具有良好的有效性和可靠性，在研究和教育应用方面都具有潜力。研究结果表明，QASSE 各维度对青少年身心健康的影响很大，突出了其在设计和调整该领域教育预防和干预措施方面的特殊作用，以适应学生的特定特征和需求。
