The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
A) consists of 105 items that the respondents may have experienced during the past week.
B) measures changes in coping responses, as well as daily hassles and major life events.
C) measures events in people's lives that they perceive as unpredictable and uncontrollable.
D) measures events in people's lives that they perceive as being predictable or controllable.

Question

The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)​
A) ​consists of 105 items that the respondents may have experienced during the past week.
B) ​measures changes in coping responses, as well as daily hassles and major life events.
C) ​measures events in people's lives that they perceive as unpredictable and uncontrollable.
D) ​measures events in people's lives that they perceive as being predictable or controllable.

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The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is specifically designed to measure the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. It focuses on the respondent's feelings and thoughts during the last month, assessing how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded respondents find their lives. Thus, it measures events in people's lives that they perceive as unpredictable and uncontrollable, not their predictability or controllability, nor does it directly measure changes in coping responses or the number of daily hassles and major life events.

The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)​

The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)