Ertanir Beyhan, Rietz Christian, Graf Ulrike, Kassis Wassilis
Institute Research and Development, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland.
Department of Educational Science, Heidelberg University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 9;12:619493. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.619493. eCollection 2021.
The experience of stress is receiving increasing attention in the context of adolescent mental health, which is why a valid and reliable stress assessment instrument is of great importance. For this purpose, an English-language adolescent stress questionnaire (ASQ) was developed, which assesses the subjective stress experience of adolescents in different areas of life (e.g., at home, at school, and during leisure time). However, the latest long version of the questionnaire with 56 items (ASQ-2) was found to be too extensive, so a more economical short version ASQ-S with 27 items was developed. The aim of this study was to validate a German and a Greek version of the ASQ-S. In order to investigate the psychometric properties of the German and Greek ASQ-S confirmatory factor analysis, analyses of variance and correlations were applied to sample data from Switzerland, Germany, and Greece ( = 1,071 seventh-grade students; = 12.53; = 0.76). The results yielded only poor to moderate internal reliability across all three countries and the suggested 9-dimensional factor structure could not be confirmed. Instead, a modified 6-factor structure was tested which showed acceptable model fits while demonstrating form invariance across the three countries. Furthermore, the ASQ-S scales correlated positively with depressive symptoms and anxiety and negatively with self-esteem and life satisfaction, all of which supported adequate concurrent validity. The results revealed that the utility of the ASQ-S appears to be limited when translated to other languages and should be used with caution when administered in international contexts.
在青少年心理健康背景下，压力体验正受到越来越多的关注，这就是为什么一个有效且可靠的压力评估工具至关重要。为此，开发了一份英文青少年压力问卷（ASQ），该问卷评估青少年在生活不同领域（如在家、在学校和休闲时间）的主观压力体验。然而，发现最新的包含56个条目的长版本问卷（ASQ - 2）过于冗长，因此开发了一个更精简的包含27个条目的短版本ASQ - S。本研究的目的是验证ASQ - S的德语和希腊语版本。为了调查德语和希腊语ASQ - S的心理测量特性，对来自瑞士、德国和希腊的样本数据（n = 1071名七年级学生；M = 12.53；SD = 0.76）应用了验证性因素分析、方差分析和相关性分析。结果显示，在所有三个国家中，内部信度仅为较差到中等，且所建议的9维因素结构未得到证实。相反，测试了一种修改后的6因素结构，该结构显示出可接受的模型拟合度，同时在三个国家中表现出形式不变性。此外，ASQ - S量表与抑郁症状和焦虑呈正相关，与自尊和生活满意度呈负相关，所有这些都支持了足够的同时效度。结果表明，ASQ - S翻译成其他语言后其效用似乎有限，在国际背景下使用时应谨慎。
