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Table 3 Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations of study measures

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

Measure

Mean ± SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1. PSS-10

26.98 ± 5.58

0.23

0.69

–

         

2. Perceived helplessness

15.52 ± 4.06

0.44

0.67

0.91

–

        

3. Perceived self-efficacy

11.47 ± 2.51

-0.06

-0.01

0.75

0.41

–

       

4. Extraversion

25.16 ± 4.19

-0.07

0.02

-0.38

-0.29

-0.38

–

      

5. Agreeableness

35.34 ± 3.94

-0.12

0.09

-0.40

-0.38

-0.28

0.21

–

     

6. Conscientiousness

32.92 ± 4.61

-0.04

0.31

-0.43

-0.34

-0.42

0.30

0.50

–

    

7. Neuroticism

22.94 ± 4.83

0.01

-0.01

0.67

0.62

0.47

-0.45

-0.46

-0.49

–

   

8. Openness

32.10 ± 4.87

0.22

0.18

-0.31

-0.19

-0.38

0.42

0.28

0.35

-0.36

–

  

9. Anxiety

12.44 ± 4.01

0.84

0.70

0.64

0.65

0.37

-0.26

-0.40

-0.35

0.57

-0.16

–

 

10. Depression

11.68 ± 3.76

0.82

0.69

0.68

0.66

0.45

-0.33

-0.40

-0.35

0.59

-0.21

0.83

–

11. Stress

13.87 ± 4.17

0.29

-0.17

0.71

0.74

0.40

-0.26

-0.39

-0.34

0.66

-0.20

0.83

0.83

  1. Note. All correlation coefficients were statistically significant at the 0.001 level. PSS-10: 10-item Perceived Stress Scale; SD: standard deviation