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Table 2 Participants of the validity study of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ)

From: Reliability and validity of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire in a sample of European adolescents - the HELENA study

 

Athens

Ghent

Pecs

Stockholm

Vienna

Zaragoza

Total

Included participants with a valid ASQ

     

   Participants (n)

33

290

208

259

44

306

1140

   Gender (% boys)

33.3

41.7

53.4

35.9

18.2

48.4

43.2

   Age (mean ± SD))

13.2 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 1.2

14.4 ± 1.2

14.9 ± 1.2

15.9 ± 0.6

14.7 ± 1.1

14.7 ± 1.2

   SES (mean ± SD)

2.9 ± 1.8

5.5 ± 1.5

3.9 ± 1.7

5.4 ± 1.4

5.3 ± 1.3

4.5 ± 1.5

4.8 ± 1.7

   Pubertal status (%)

       

Pre-pubertal (stage I)

6.1

0.3

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.4

Beginning pubertal (stage II)

27.3

3.8

1.4

8.9

0.0

1.6

4.5

Mid-pubertal (stage III)

57.6

12.1

19.2

28.2

0.0

5.9

16.2

Advanced pubertal (stage IV)

6.1

33.1

54.3

42.5

97.7

12.4

35.3

Post-pubertal (stage V)

3.0

47.6

24.0

12.4

0.0

75.8

39.7

Missing

0.0

3.1

1.0

7.7

2.3

4.2

3.9

Included participants with a valid ASQ and cortisol samples

    

   Participants (n)

27

39

30

34

20

50

200

   Gender (% boys)

29.6

56.4

43.3

44.1

20.0

46.0

42.5

   Age (mean ± SD))

13.2 ± 0.4

15.5 ± 1.0

13.5 ± 0.5

13.5 ± 0.4

16.1 ± 0.4

14.3 ± 0.6

14.3 ± 1.2

   SES (mean ± SD)

2.6 ± 1.8

5.9 ± 1.3

3.3 ± 1.3

5.5 ± 1.3

5.5 ± 1.4

5.3 ± 1.4

4.8 ± 1.8

   Pubertal status (%)

       

Pre-pubertal (stage I)

3.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

Beginning pubertal (stage II)

29.6

0.0

3.3

23.5

0.0

0.0

8.5

Mid-pubertal (stage III)

59.3

7.7

23.3

55.9

0.0

8.0

24.5

Advanced pubertal (stage IV)

7.4

53.8

73.3

14.7

95.0

20.0

39.5

Post-pubertal (stage V)

0.0

35.9

0.0

2.9

0.0

72.0

25.5

Missing

0.0

2.6

0.0

2.9

5.0

0.0

1.5

  1. SD: standard deviation; SES: socio-economic status