@article{ref1,
title="Validity and reliability of the Modified Stressor Scale for College Student among medical and medical science students in a private university in Japan",
journal="Fujita medical journal",
year="2016",
author="Ota, Atsuhiko and Li, Yuanying and Masuda, Akari and Yabashi, Ayako and Morita, Mamiko and Minagawa, Atsuko and Yatsuya, Hiroshi",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="25-30",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To modify the Stressor Scale for College Student (SSCS) by including extracurricular activity-related stressors and to examine the validity and reliability of the Modified SSCS (M-SSCS) to evaluate psychosocial stressors in medical and medical science students.  Methods: Third-year medical students (n = 103) and fourth-year medical technology students (n = 95) completed a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. We examined the factorial structure of the M-SSCS using factor analysis. Concurrent validity was assessed by examining the associations of M-SSCS scores with self-rated health status, K6 scale scores, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scores. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to evaluate the reliability of the M-SSCS.  Results: Factor analysis yielded seven factors. Stressors related to family, friends, part-time jobs, and extracurricular activity formed independent factors, but study- and fulfillment-related stressors were not distinct. High M-SSCS scores, indicating greater stressor levels, were significantly associated with poor self-rated health status (adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence intervals] = 2.80 [1.08, 7.25], p = 0.034), high K6 scale scores (2.99 [1.00, 8.96], p = 0.050), and high STAI state anxiety (3.32 [1.35, 8.20], p = 0.009) and trait anxiety scores (2.69 [1.31, 5.51], p = 0.007). Cronbach' s alpha coefficient was 0.916.  Conclusions: The M-SSCS showed good concurrent validity and internal consistency in assessing psychosocial stressors in medical and medical technology students. However, further studies are necessary to fully determine the validity of the M-SSCS.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2189-7247",
doi="10.20407/fmj.2.2_25",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.20407/fmj.2.2_25"
}