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Open Access 01-12-2010 | Research article

Validation of the Arabic version of the Cohen perceived stress scale (PSS-10) among pregnant and postpartum women

Authors: Monique Chaaya, Hibah Osman, Georges Naassan, Ziyad Mahfoud

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Background

This study was conducted to evaluate the validity of the Arabic translation of the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) in pregnant and postpartum women.

Methods

A sample of 268 women participated. These included 113 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, 97 in the postpartum period and 58 healthy female university students. GHQ-12 and EPDS were also administered to the participants. Internal consistency reliability, assessed using Cronbach's α, was 0.74.

Results

PSS-10 significantly correlated with both EPDS and GHQ12 (ρ = 0.58 and ρ = 0.48 respectively), and significantly increased with higher scores on stressful life events. PSS-10 scores were higher among university students who also recorded higher stressful life events scores.

Conclusion

The Arabic translated version of the PSS-10 showed reasonably adequate psychometric properties.
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Metadata
Title
Validation of the Arabic version of the Cohen perceived stress scale (PSS-10) among pregnant and postpartum women
Authors
Monique Chaaya
Hibah Osman
Georges Naassan
Ziyad Mahfoud
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-10-111

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