| Literature DB >> 8740469 |
T H Mosley1, T J Payne, J J Plaud, C A Johnson, D A Wittrock, J L Seville, D B Penzien, G Rodriguez.
Abstract
The psychometric characteristics of the Weekly Stress Inventory (WSI) were examined in a sample of medical patients (N = 84) diagnosed with coronary heart disease. In addition to the WSI, patients completed measures assessing recent depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, Type A behavior, and trait anxiety. Patients also monitored stress for 3 weeks (n = 46), completing the Daily Stress Inventory (a measure of minor stress) daily and the WSI at concurrent 1-week intervals. Results indicated that the WSI is an internally consistent and moderately stable measure. Validity of the WSI was supported by (a) strong correlations with a concurrently administered measure of minor stress (concurrent validity); (b) significant positive correlations with measures assessing recent depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, and Type A behavior; and (c) a lack of relationship with a measure of trait anxiety (discriminant validity).Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8740469 DOI： 10.1007/bf01857769
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Behav Med ISSN： 0160-7715