University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.
University of Leipzig, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Philipp-Rosenthal-Strasse 55, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 Jan;116:105138. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2023.105138. Epub 2023 Aug 1.
Chronic stress results from an imbalance of personal traits, resources and the demands placed upon an individual by social and occupational situations. This chronic stress can be measured using the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS). The aims of the present study are to test the factorial structure of the TICS in a sample of elderly people, report its psychometric properties, and give norm values for elderly individuals.
The TICS was answered by N = 790 healthy participants aged 60 to 99 years. The sample was selected by random-route sampling. Confirmatory factor analyses applying Robust Maximum Likelihood estimations (MLM) tested model fit and factorial structure. Reliability estimations and norm values are reported.
Confirmatory factor analyses replicate the reported nine-factor as well as the higher-order two-factor solution. Additionally, a general one-factor model was identified. All models provide acceptable model fit, with model comparison fit statistics corroborating the superiority of the nine-factor model. Reliability coefficients were good to very good.
The TICS can now also be used reliably in samples with elderly people. Its proposed nine-factor structure could be factorially validated and results in good scale reliability. Norm values for an elderly sample are now available.
慢性压力是由于个人特质、资源的不平衡以及社会和职业环境对个人的要求所导致的。这种慢性压力可以通过使用慢性压力测试（Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress，TICS）来测量。本研究的目的是在老年人样本中测试 TICS 的因子结构，报告其心理测量特性，并为老年人提供标准值。
共有 790 名年龄在 60 至 99 岁的健康参与者回答了 TICS。该样本通过随机路线抽样选择。采用稳健最大似然估计（MLM）的验证性因子分析测试了模型拟合度和因子结构。报告了可靠性估计值和标准值。
验证性因子分析复制了报告的九因子以及更高阶的两因子解决方案。此外，还确定了一个一般的单因子模型。所有模型的拟合度都可以接受，模型比较拟合统计数据证实了九因子模型的优越性。可靠性系数为良好至非常好。
TICS 现在也可以在老年人样本中可靠地使用。其提出的九因子结构可以通过因子验证，并得出良好的量表可靠性。现在已经有了老年人样本的标准值。
