Publication: Development of a scale for assessing academic stress: a preliminary report
Date
2001
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 105 - 112
Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
This article describes the process of development and standardization of the Scale
for Assessing Academic Stress (SAAS) on a sample of 400 high school and college students of different grades. Thirty item scale prepared based on 'yes' and 'no' format was found to have high test -retest and split-half reliability, adequate internal consistency, adequate validity against Academic Anxiety Scale for Children (AASC) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and ability to yield normally distributed data on academic stress. Separate norms for boys and girls of different grades (grade VIII to
grade XII) were developed. Clinical, research, educational and other implications of the scale is discussed along with the need for further studies on different population.
Keywords: Scale, academic stress, reliability, validity, norm, internal consistency
Description
Keywords
Scale, academic stress, reliability, validity, norm, internal consistency
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.165