PSM-25
Psychological Stress Measure (PSM-25)
The PSM-25 (Psychological Stress Measure) is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure the overall level of stress experienced by an individual over the past week. It provides a quantitative measure of perceived psychological stress in adults in the general population or in clinical settings.
- Number of questions
- 25 questions
- Estimated duration
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Psychological Stress Measure
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Lémery Chatal, Letourneau, Ouellet (1990)
- Category
- Stress
Scoring & interpretation
The 25 items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (from "Never" to "Very often"). Raw scores are added up to obtain a total score that can be compared with clinical norms. The higher the total score, the higher the level of perceived stress.
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