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Assessing Stress in Cancer Patients

A Second-Order Factor Analysis Model for the Perceived Stress Scale

Deanna M. Golden-Kreutz

Ohio State University

Michael W. Browne

Ohio State University

Georita M. Frierson

Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School

Barbara L. Andersen

Ohio State University andersen.1{at}osu.edu

Using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), perceptions of global stress were assessed in 111women following breast cancer surgery and at 12 and 24 months later. This is the first study to factor analyze the PSS. The PSS data were factor analyzed each time using exploratory factor analysis with oblique direct quartimin rotation. Goodness-of-fit indices (root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA]), magnitude and pattern of factor loadings, and confidence interval data revealed a two-factor solution of positive versus negative stress items. The findings, replicated across time, also indicate factor stability. Hierarchical factor analyses supported a second-order factor of "perceived stress." This alternative factor model of the PSS is presented along with observations regarding the measure’s use in cancer research.

Key Words: perceived stress • factor analysis • breast cancer

Assessment, Vol. 11, No. 3, 216-223 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191104267398
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