The Self-Generated Stress Scale: Development, Psychometric Features, and Associations with Perfectionism, Self-Criticism, and Distress

Autor/inn/en	Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L.; Nepon, Taryn
Titel	The Self-Generated Stress Scale: Development, Psychometric Features, and Associations with Perfectionism, Self-Criticism, and Distress
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 38 (2020) 1, S.69-83 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nepon, Taryn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282919879542
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Measures (Individuals); Personality Traits; Self Concept; Test Construction; Psychometrics; College Students; Factor Structure; Test Reliability; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Psychological Patterns; Affective Measures; Check Lists; Correlation; Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; UCLA Loneliness Scale; Hopkins Symptom Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Messdaten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Selbstkonzept; Testaufbau; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Collegestudent; Faktorenstruktur; Testreliabilität; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Checkliste; Korrelation
Abstract	In the current article, we describe the development and validation of a self-report measure of self-generated stress and its associations with measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, and distress. The Self-Generated Stress Scale is a seven-item inventory that taps the tendency to see oneself as someone who generates and adds to existing personal stress (i.e., making a challenging situation worse or turning a life problem into a bigger problem). Psychometric analyses with data from three samples of university students showed that the Self-Generated Stress Scale has one factor and acceptable internal consistency. Analyses established that self-generated stress is associated with trait perfectionism, self-criticism, dependency, and self-silencing, as well as indices tapping cognitive perfectionism and perfectionistic self-presentation. Self-generated stress was also associated with distress and psychosomatic health symptoms. Regression analyses established that scores on the Self-Generated Stress Scale predict unique variance in distress and negative affect beyond the variance attributable to self-criticism and other measures of stress. Overall, our findings attest to the further use of the Self-Generated Stress Scale in various contexts and highlight that certain perfectionists suffer from a perceived tendency to make their lives more stressful. The implications of these findings are discussed along with directions for future research. (As Provided).
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