The shortened version of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ-S; Sweden): a validation study in United Kingdom adolescents

McKay, Michael; Andretta, James; Perry, John

The shortened version of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ-S; Sweden): a validation study in United Kingdom adolescents

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

Volume 7 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)

By:

Michael McKay, James Andretta and John Perry

Open Access

|Dec 2019

Figures & Tables

Means (+SD), internal consistency estimates, and results of independent samplest-tests between Gender and Adolescent Stress Questionnaire-S factors

	α	Mean inter-item correlations	Males (n=238)	Females (n=372)	t-test	Hedge’sg
ASQ-S Home life	0.78	0.48	3.01 (0.98)	3.29 (0.99)	−3.53***	−0.28
ASQ Home life	0.88	0.37	2.99 (0.81)	3.29 (0.81)	−4.52***	−0.37
ASQ-S School performance	0.69	0.43	3.42 (0.91)	3.67 (0.89)	−3.27^**	−0.28
ASQ School performance	0.84	0.43	3.35 (0.85)	3.61 (0.81)	−3.73***	−0.31
ASQ-S School attendance	0.68	0.51	2.89 (1.20)	2.88 (1.22)	0.11 NS	–
ASQ School attendance	0.74	0.49	2.78 (1.10)	2.75 (1.12)	0.37 NS	–
ASQ-S Romantic relationships	0.63	0.37	2.39 (0.82)	2.60 (0.92)	−2.95^**	−0.24
ASQ Romantic relationships	0.74	0.36	2.55 (0.85)	2.70 (0.89)	−2.05*	−0.17
ASQ-S Peer pressure	0.79	0.48	2.62 (0.92)	2.95 (1.05)	−4.04***	−0.33
ASQ Peer pressure	0.84	0.42	2.58 (0.83)	3.08 (0.92)	−6.89***	−0.56
ASQ-S Teacher interaction	0.71	0.45	3.02 (0.95)	3.16 (0.95)	−1.81 NS	–
ASQ Teacher interaction	0.81	0.38	2.99 (0.87)	3.17 (0.84)	−2.73^**	−0.21
ASQ-S Future uncertainty	0.75	0.50	3.02 (0.95)	3.38 (1.04)	−4.29***	−0.36
ASQ Future uncertainty	0.75	0.50	3.02 (0.95)	3.38 (1.04)	−4.29***	−0.36
ASQ-S School-leisure conflict	0.67	0.40	3.41 (0.94)	3.52 (0.90)	−1.48 NS	–
ASQ School-leisure conflict	0.78	0.42	3.40 (0.91)	3.52 (0.85)	−1.72 NS	–
ASQ-S Financial pressure	0.83	0.72	2.8 (1.21)	3.10 (1.17)	−2.65^**	−0.22
ASQ Financial pressure	0.67	0.48	2.82 (0.99)	3.05 (0.98)	−2.85^**	−0.23

Summary of linear regression examining the relationship between AAIS score and criterion variables

	B	SEB	95% CIB	ϐ	p-value	R²
Gender	−0.002	0.053	−0.106, 0.103	−0.001	0.977	0.29
School Year	0.150	0.019	0.112, 0.188	0.313	0.000
Home Life	0.069	0.030	0.011, 0.127	0.103	0.020
School Performance	−0.036	0.039	−0.113, 0.041	−0.048	0.361
School Attendance	0.070	0.023	0.025, 0.115	0.126	0.002
Romantic Relationships	0.014	0.031	−0.047, 0.076	0.019	0.648
Peer Pressure	−0.147	0.028	−0.203, -0.092	−0.223	0.000
Teacher Interaction	0.053	0.031	−0.008, 0.115	0.077	0.088
Future Uncertainty	0.017	0.031	−0.043, 0.077	0.027	0.568
School-Leisure Conflict	0.014	0.034	−0.051, 0.080	0.020	0.667
Financial Pressure	0.083	0.024	0.037, 0.130	0.149	0.000

Bivariate Pearson’s correlations (two-tailed) between both Adolescent Stress Questionnaire-S factors, and Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (full) factors, and criterion variables

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1. Home life	–	.49^**	0.24^**	0.40^**	0.42^**	0.41^**	0.42^**	0.38^**	0.36^**	−0.24^**	−0.09*	−0.07	−0.25^**
2. School performance	0.58^**	–	0.38^**	0.34^**	0.34^**	0.57^**	0.56^**	0.52^**	0.39^**	−0.29^**	−0.29^**	−0.04	−0.26^**
3. School attendance	0.32^**	0.49^**	–	0.22^**	0.15^**	0.32^**	0.16*	0.45^**	0.328^**	−0.15^**	−0.35^**	−0.01	−0.09
4. Romantic relationships	0.59^**	0.44^**	0.26^**	–	0.36^**	0.29^**	0.35^**	0.31^**	0.38^**	−0.18^**	−0.11^**	−0.06	−0.19^**
5. Peer pressure	0.62^**	0.48^**	0.20^**	0.53^**	–	0.36^**	0.34^**	0.30^**	0.24^**	−0.24^**	0.08	−0.20^**	−0.26^**
6. Teacher interaction	0.59^**	0.65^**	0.41^**	0.46^**	0.43^**	–	0.39^**	0.41^**	0.31^**	−0.16^**	−0.18^**	0.01	−0.17
7. Future uncertainty	0.45^**	0.58^**	0.17^**	0.35^**	0.54^**	0.43^**	–	0.38^**	0.35^**	−0.32^**	−0.14	−0.08*	−0.34^**
8. School-leisure conflict	0.55^**	0.62^**	0.48^**	0.45^**	0.47^**	0.54^**	0.41^**	–	0.48^**	−0.14^**	−0.19^**	−0.04	−0.09*
9. Financial pressure	0.57^**	0.54^**	0.38^**	0.52^**	0.41^**	0.47^**	0.48^**	0.57^**	–	−0.19^**	−0.24^**	−0.04	−0.15*
10. Self-esteem	−0.31^**	−0.32^**	−0.17	−0.15^**	−0.31^**	−0.20^**	−0.32^**	−0.19^**	−0.22^**	–	0.37^**	0.37^**	0.45^**
11. Academic self-efficacy	−0.15^**	−0.34^**	−0.37^**	−0.09*	0.03	−0.17^**	−0.14^**	−0.21^**	−0.23^**	0.37^**	-	0.16^**	0.17^**
12. Emotional self-efficacy	−0.08*	0.07	0.01	−0.02	−0.21^**	0.04	−0.08	0.01*	−0.04	0.37^**	0.16^**	–	0.40^**
13. Social self-efficacy	−0.27^**	−0.26^**	−0.04	−0.15*	−0.35^**	−0.16^**	−0.34^**	−0.11^**	−0.18	0.45^**	0.17^**	0.40^**	–

Fit indices derived from confirmatory factor analyses (WLMSV): gender analyses

Model	χ2s-b	df	CFI	ΔCFI^a	TLI	ΔTLI^a	SMR	RMSEA [90% CI]
Participant groups
CFA females	463.317*	288	0.957	–	0.948	–	0.051	0.051 [0.042, 0.059]
CFA males	520.640*	288	0.964	–	0.956		0.043	0.047 [0.040, 0.053]
CFA everyone	751.600*	288	0.958	–	0.948	–	0.040	0.051 [0.047, 0.056]
Gender invariance
Configural	1,171.988*	629	0.949	–	0.943	–	0.048	0.053 [0.048, 0.058]
Metric	1,149.914*	647	0.952	−0.003	0.948	−0.005	0.049	0.050 [0.046, 0.055]
Scalar	1,243.301*	647	0.946	−0.006	0.944	−0.004	0.049	0.053 [0.048, 0.057]

Fit indices derived from confirmatory factor analyses (WLMSV): age group analyses

Model	χ2s-b	df	CFI	ΔCFI^a	TLI	ΔTLI^a	SMR	RMSEA [90% CI]
Participant groups
CFA KS3	503.521*	288	0.967	–	0.960	–	0.042	0.046 [0.039, 0.052]
CFA KS4	546.432*	288	0.936	–	0.922	–	0.055	0.060 [0.052, 0.068]
CFA Everyone	751.600*	288	0.958	–	0.948	–	0.040	0.051 [0.047, 0.056]
Age invariance
Configural	1,538.178*	629	0.915	–	0.905	–	0.052	0.069 [0.064, 0.073]
Metric	1,538.572*	647	0.916	+0.001	0.909	+0.004	0.052	0.067 [0.063, 0.072]
Scalar	1,594.689*	647	0.913	−0.003	0.910	+0.001	0.051	0.067 [0.063, 0.071]

Fit indices derived from confirmatory factor analyses (WLMSV): school-type analyses

Model	χ2s-b	df	CFI	ΔCFI^a	TLI	ΔATLI^a	SMR	RMSEA [90% CI]
Participant groups
CFA Grammar	552.179*	288	0.954	–	0.944	–	0.047	0.052 [0.046, 0.059]
CFA Secondary	491.035*	288	0.962	–	0.953	–	0.048	0.051 [0.043, 0.058]
CFA Everyone	751.600*	288	0.958	–	0.948	–	0.040	0.051 [0.047, 0.056]
Age invariance
Configural	1,043.667*	629	0.962	–	0.958	–	0.048	0.046 [0.041, 0.051]
Metric	1,060.403*	647	0.962	+0.000	0.959	+0.001	0.049	0.046 [0.041, 0.051]
Scalar	1,059.135*	647	0.965	+0.003	0.964	+0.005	0.049	0.043 [0.038, 0.048]

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2019-011 | Journal eISSN: 2245-8875

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Language: English

Page range: 81 - 87

Published on: Dec 11, 2019

Published by: Psychiatric Research Unit

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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Keywords:

ASQ-S,

adolescent stress,

self-esteem,

self-efficacy,

confirmatory factor analysis

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Basic medical science,

Basic medical science, other

© 2019 Michael McKay, James Andretta, John Perry, published by Psychiatric Research Unit
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