Validation of Medical Students Stressor Scale
Abstract
Objective: To validate Medical Students Stressor Scale among first year MBBS students of Government Medical Colleges in Kerala, India. This was a continuation phase of the study namely Development of the same instrument by the same author published earlier. This Cross-Sectional study was done in all five Government Medical Colleges of Kerala.
Results: The 27-item screening instrument named as Medical Students Stressor Scale (MSSS) which was developed and published in the public domain was validated for the purpose of making the instrument universally acceptable for the scientific population. Confirmatory Factor Analysis yielded 8 factors with Eigen values more than one. The factors were explaining 52% of the total variance. This confirmed the Construct Validity of the instrument.
Conclusion: The Medical Students Stressor Scale is a validated instrument to measure the stressors of first year medical students.
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