Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in a community sample of Chinese

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Standardized factor loadings of the 2-factor models

Item	PSS-14		Modified PSS-14-a		PSS-13		PSS-10
Item	Negative factor	Positive factor	Negative factor	Positive factor	Negative factor	Positive factor	Negative factor	Positive factor
1	0.760^*		0.761^*		0.765^*		0.781^*
2	0.798^*		0.800^*		0.802^*		0.823^*
3	0.729^*		0.728^*		0.729^*		0.749^*
8	0.565^*		0.561^*		0.559^*		0.495^*
11	0.628^*		0.629^*		0.611^*		0.607^*
12	0.471^*		0.375^*	0.297^*	–		–	–
14	0.633^*		0.634^*		0.630^*		0.633^*
4		0.740^*		0.751^*		0.752^*	–	–
5		0.710^*		0.727^*		0.726^*	–	–
6		0.759^*		0.775^*		0.775^*		0.787^*
7		0.759^*		0.787^*		0.787^*		0.804^*
9		0.706^*		0.745^*		0.745^*		0.756^*
10		0.721^*		0.770^*		0.771^*		0.768^*
13		0.663^*		0.736^*		0.724^*	–	–
Factor correlation	0.200^*		0.123^*		0.120^*		−0.003(P = 0.819)

^*: P < 0.01; PSS-14: perceived stress scale with 14 items; Modified PSS-14-a: path from positive factor to item 12 was added; PSS-13: item 12 was deleted from PSS-14; PSS-10: perceived stress scale with 10 items

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