Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 27, 2023
Last Modified: January 03, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements Millisecond's computerized version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10). The Perceived Stress Scale was originally suggested as a 14-item scale (PSS-14, Cohen et al, 1983) and later shortened to 10 items (Cohen & Williamson, 1988).
"Items in the PSS-10 were designed to tap how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloading respondents find their lives" (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012, p. 1323)
Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24, 386-396.
Cohen, S., & Williamson, G. (1988). Perceived stress in a probability sample of the U.S. In S. Spacapam & S. Oskamp (Eds.), The social psychology of health: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Cohen, S., & Janicki-Deverts, D. (2012). Who's stressed? Distributions of psychological stress in the United States in probability samples from 1983, 2006 and 2009. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 1320-1334. (This article provides NORMATIVE DATA for the PSS-10 from US samples in 1983, 2006 and 2009)
2 minute
self-report measure consisting of 10 5-point Likert Scale questions on a scale from (0 = never to 4 = very often)
File Name: pss_10_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
File Name: pss_10.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject, group, session | With the current subject/groupnumber/session id |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| q*_response | Response given (in assigned values) Scale: 0="never" to 4= "very often") R: reversed coded questions (if any) |
| q*_latency | How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) |