Petrowski K, Braehler E, Schmalbach B, Hinz A, Bastianon C, Ritz T. Psychometric properties of an English short version of the Trier Inventory for chronic Stress.
BMC Med Res Methodol 2020;
20:306. [PMID:
33323110 PMCID:
PMC7739474 DOI:
10.1186/s12874-020-01156-y]
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Abstract
Background
Although a variety of instruments are available that capture stress experience, the assessment of chronic stress has been hindered by the lack of economical screening instruments. Recently, an English-language version of the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS-EN) consisting of 57 items according to a systemic-requirement-resource model of health in nine subdomains of the chronic stress experience has been introduced.
Methods
We constructed a new 9-item short version of the TICS covering all nine subdomains and evaluated it in two samples (total N = 685). We then used confirmatory factor analysis to check factorial validity.
Results
This version showed a highly satisfactory model fit, was invariant across participant gender, demonstrated a very high correlation with the original TICS (r = .94), and showed a moderate correlation (r = .58) with a measure of perceived stress in the past month.
Conclusions
Therefore, this theoretically driven instrument can be recommended as a short version of the TICS in English language.
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