Psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) in silica-exposed workers from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Table 3 PSS-10 subscales

	N	Total score (Mean ± SD)	Negative subscale (Mean ± SD)	Positive subscale (Mean ± SD)
All participants	682	12.7 ± 7.0	7.5 ± 5.0	5.2 ± 3.1
Male	633	12.7 ± 7.0	7.5 ± 5.1	5.3 ± 3.2
Female	49	12.3 ± 6.4	8.0 ± 4.8	4.3 ± 2.5

PSS-10 maximum score: 40 (high score indicates a high level of perceived stress). Negative subscale maximum score: 24 (high score indicating a high level of distress). Positive subscale maximum score: 16 (high score indicating a high level of coping)

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