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The Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) Reconsidered: Validation and Reference Values From Different Clinical and Healthy Adult Samples

From the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité-University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

View larger version (38K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Linear structural equation model of a 4-factor solution based on one latent construct of perceived stress

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Tentative summary of the PSQ mean differences between samples by post hoc t tests (p .05). (Note: a complete overview of the comparisons can be requested from the authors.)

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Mean differences between age groups for different dimensions of perceived stress (PSQ scales)

View larger version (43K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Immunological differences between women with high versus low stress scores after miscarriage (median-split; t tests, ES = effect size d)

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 5. Changes of perceived stress of Psychosomatic Medicine in patients after psychotherapeutic treatment (left) and of tinnitus patients after relaxation training (right) (t tests for dependent measures, ES = effect size d')