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The Irritation Scale as an Instrument to Measure Stress among University Students
Enrique Merino-tejedorPedro M. Hontangas-beltránJosé Carlos Sánchez-garcíaJoan Boada-grausubject
Linguistics and Languagemedia_common.quotation_subjectConstruct validityBurnoutmedicine.disease_causeLanguage and LinguisticsStructural equation modelingDevelopmental psychologyCorrelationScale (social sciences)Stress (linguistics)medicinePersonalityIrritationPsychologyGeneral Psychologymedia_commondescription
AbstractThe objective of this study was to verify the factor validity and structure of the “Irritation Scale” in a sample of 578 Spanish university students. At the same time, the study aimed to verify the criterion-related validity of the scale, analyzing the results obtained through correlation with other variables, such as general self-efficacy, self-regulation, depression, and certain personality dimensions. The results obtained through the Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling approach (ESEM) using Mplus confirmed the presence of two factors in the Irritation Scale, as observed in other international studies within a workplace setting. The significant correlations obtained between the Irritation Scale and the variables considered in the study confirmed the construct validity and verified that irritation is significantly and positively associated with depression and academic burnout, and is negatively associated with general self-efficacy and self-regulation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-01 | The Spanish Journal of Psychology |