Consistency and validity of self-reporting scores in stress measurement surveys. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Stress has been attributed to physiological and psychological demands that exceed the natural regulatory capacity of a person. Chronic stress is not only a catalyst for diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, insomnia but may also lead to social problems such as marriage breakups, suicide and violence. Objective assessment of stress is difficult so self-reports are commonly used to indicate the severity of stress. However, empirical information on the validity of self-reports is limited. The present study investigated the authenticity and validity of different self-report surveys. An analysis, based on a three-pronged strategy, was performed on these surveys. It was concluded that although subjects are prone to systematic error in reporting, self-reports can provide a useful substitute for data modeling specifically in stress evaluation where other objective assessments such as determination of stress using only physiological response are difficult.

published proceedings

  • Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc

author list (cited authors)

  • Masood, K., Ahmed, B., Choi, J., & Gutierrez-Osuna, R.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Masood, Khalid||Ahmed, Beena||Choi, Jongyong||Gutierrez-Osuna, Ricardo

publication date

  • August 2012