Validation of the Srithanya stress scale in adolescents

Authors

  • Chatchawan Silpakit
  • Orawan Silpakit
  • Julalak Komoltri
  • Sukon Chomchuen

Keywords:

adolescent, Srithanya stress scale, validity

Abstract

Objective To study the validity of Srithanya stress scale and analyze the appropriate cut off scores in adolescents.

Material and methods Purposive samples in judge correction youths were recruited to complete the questionnaire consisted of personal data, ST-5, Hospital-Anxiety- Depression scale (HAD). Data were collected from May to June 2009.

Results Adequate questionnaires for analysis were 566 copies. An average age was 16.4 yrs (SD = 1.3). Most were boys (74.3%), had academic level at primary school (45.8%). The concurrent validity of ST-5 was moderately to well correlated to HAD. The cut off scores of ST-5 were 0-4, 5-7 and ≥ 8 for both depressed and stress related cases while the scores of HAD subscales were different between gender.

Conclusion The ST-5 scores of 4-8 were appropriated to screen stress and depressed related in adolescents and the scores of HAD were different between gender.

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Published

2012-04-05

How to Cite

1.
Silpakit C, Silpakit O, Komoltri J, Chomchuen S. Validation of the Srithanya stress scale in adolescents. J Ment Health Thai [internet]. 2012 Apr. 5 [cited 2025 Dec. 31];18(1):24-35. available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmht/article/view/1006

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Original article

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