Adaptation of the Global Perceived Stress Scale in college peruvian students

• Autores: Guzmán-Yacaman, Jaime Enrique, Reyes-Bossio, Mario
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/20033
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/20033
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Academic Stress; affection; Statistical Validity; Statistical Reliability; College Students; estrés académico; afecto; validez; confiabilidad; estudiantes universitarios; Stress académique; validité statistique; fiabilité statistique; Étudiants universitaires; estresse acadêmico; afetos; validade; confiabilidade; estudantes universitários

The present study aims to validate the Global Perceived Stress Scale on a Peruvian college students sample, involving young scholars of a state-funded program. The adaptation process involved a double translation from the original version, a linguistic comparison using the scales adapted in Chile and Mexico, and judgement criteria, as well as a pilot test. Participants were 332 college scholarship students. Results with the Confirmed Factorial Analysis confirmed the bifactorial model of the EPGE-13. Moreover, convergent and divergent validity was done with the SPANAS test. Likewise, the scale demonstrate adequate reliability (internal consistency, α = .79 for the factor of eustress and α = .77 for the factor of distress). Demographic results indicated that there was more perceived stress in women than in men. There were no significant differences in stress according to birthplace.