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Katja Petrowski
Technische Universitat Dresden
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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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Chronic stress, screening questionnaire, factor analysis, measurement invariance, Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress
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Research article
Katja Petrowski
Technische Universitat Dresden
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-2093
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Posted 09 Nov, 2020
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On 04 Nov, 2020
Editorial decision: Accept
On 02 Nov, 2020
No comments provided
Submission checks complete
On 07 Oct, 2020
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 06 Oct, 2020
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 13 Aug, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 12 Aug, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 22 Jul, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 03 Mar, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 18 Feb, 2020
Editor invited
On 31 Jan, 2020
Reviewers invited
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On 29 Jan, 2020
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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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