DETECTION OF SUBCLINICAL STRESS SYMPTOMS WITH THE NEW SSQ-25 QUESTIONNAIRE

Authors

  • Georgia Konstantopoulou Special Office for Health Consulting Services and Department of Education and Social Work, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, University of Patras Rion Campus, Rion Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
  • Theodoros Iliou Medical Informatics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis Campus, 6th km Alexadroupolis – Makris (Dragana), Alexandroupolis, Greece
  • Katerina Karaivazoglou Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Day Centre for Children with Autism Spectrum and other Developmental Disorders, K. Tzavela 12, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece
  • Gregoris Iconomou Department of Psychiatry, University General Hospital of Rion, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, PGNP 26504, Rion Patras, Greece
  • Konstantinos Assimakopoulos Department of Psychiatry, University General Hospital of Rion, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, PGNP 26504, Rion Patras, Greece
  • Panagiotis Alexopoulos Department of Psychiatry, University General Hospital of Rion, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, PGNP 26504, Rion Patras, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejphs.v3i1.75

Keywords:

SSQ-25, BAI, STAI, sub-clinical symptoms of stress, questionnaire validation

Abstract

The SSQ-25 stress symptom questionnaire was created to detect even mild, subclinical stress symptoms. In the present study, a total of 412 individuals were assigned (108 employees, 233 undergraduate students, 71 postgraduate students). The Beck Stress Questionnaire (BAI) and the Spielberger Stress Questionnaire (STAI) section on stress as a personality trait were used to highlight anxiety symptoms as stress often triggers stressful events. The SSQ-25 showed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.944) and reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient test 0.937). The factor analysis showed high validity and correlation, 0.740 with Beck Questionnaire and low validity and correlation with Spielberger Questionnaire. The Greek translation has shown good psychometric properties and is a practical and easy-to-use tool for detecting even mild symptoms of stress in the general population.

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2020-09-17

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DETECTION OF SUBCLINICAL STRESS SYMPTOMS WITH THE NEW SSQ-25 QUESTIONNAIRE. (2020). European Journal of Public Health Studies, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.46827/ejphs.v3i1.75