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Development and Validation of the Questionnaire of Academic Stress in Secondary Education: Structure, Reliability and Nomological Validity

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  • Rafael García-Ros

    (Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Francisco Pérez-González

    (Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • José M. Tomás

    (Department of Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences, Advanced Research Methods Applied to Quality of Life Promotion—ARMAQoL, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

This study presents the validation process of the Questionnaire on Academic Stress in Secondary Education (QASSE) designed to assess the wide variety of school sources and situations related to academic stress in adolescence, and their relationship with students’ physical and psychological well-being. The participants were 860 Spanish high school students (52.9% girls) with an average age of 14.62 years (SD = 1.8). Through a cross-validation process, results supported the QASSE multifactorial structure with four first-order factors—academic overload, interaction with classmates, family pressure, and future-oriented perspective—and a second-order factor of academic stress, showing a significant and intense relationship with adolescents’ psychological and physical well-being. Results also highlight the effects of the gender and educational level interaction on the students’ stress, with girls showing higher levels of stress in the transition courses between educational phases (sophomore and junior years). The QASSE demonstrates good validity and reliability, showing potential for both research and educational application. The results show the high impact of the QASSE dimensions on psychological and physical well-being in adolescence, highlighting its special usefulness for designing and adjusting educational prevention and intervention actions in this area to the students’ specific characteristics and needs.

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  • Rafael García-Ros & Francisco Pérez-González & José M. Tomás, 2018. "Development and Validation of the Questionnaire of Academic Stress in Secondary Education: Structure, Reliability and Nomological Validity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:9:p:2023-:d:170126
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