Psychometric testing of the 10-item perceived stress scale for Chinese nurses

BMC Nursing

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of PSS-10 items

Item	Mean	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	DI
1. Been upset	2.86	0.88	0.20	0.20	0.41
2. Unable to control	2.50	0.94	0.44	0.11	0.41
3. Stressed	2.69	0.94	0.40	0.05	0.41
4. Felt confident	2.62	0.88	0.17	-0.30	0.39
5. Going your way	2.82	0.74	0.12	-0.11	0.34
6. Could not cope	2.54	0.73	0.18	0.54	0.30
7. Control irritations	2.86	0.80	-0.01	-0.20	0.39
8. On top of things	3.16	0.92	0.02	-0.49	0.44
9. Been angered	2.48	0.86	0.46	0.31	0.36
10. Could not overcome	2.44	0.87	0.53	0.50	0.39

Note. PSS-10: 10-Item Perceived Stress Scale; SD: standard deviation; DI: discrimination index

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