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Table 2 Descriptive statistics, item-Factor correlations, and Communality of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10 & PSS-4) in Ethiopian university students

From: Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in Ethiopian university students

Perceived Stress Scale items

Item-Factor score Correlation#

Communality

Percentage distribution of Item scores

PSS-10

PSS-4

PSS-10

PSS-4

0

1

2

3

4

Factor-1

Factor-2

Factor-1

Factor-2

Item-1

.66*

   

.41

 

21.0

17.9

40.2

12.7

8.3

Item-2

.70*

 

.83*

 

.48

.35

16.8

20.5

37.0

15.8

9.8

Item-3

.65*

   

.37

 

19.4

18.7

36.3

17.4

8.3

Item-4

 

.68*

 

.83*

.26

.08

20.2

29.0

26.2

11.9

12.7

Item-5

 

.67*

 

.75*

.38

.20

9.1

25.6

38.1

16.6

10.6

Item-6

.62*

   

.32

 

16.1

22.8

32.1

22.5

6.5

Item-7

 

.69*

  

.45

 

14.2

31.1

32.1

13.0

9.6

Item-8

 

.67*

  

.35

 

9.8

23.1

35.0

20.5

11.7

Item-9

.68*

   

.44

 

16.1

15.0

39.1

19.2

10.6

Item-10

.66*

 

.80*

 

.42

.36

15.8

27.5

33.7

16.3

6.7

  1. #Spearman’s correlation coefficient
  2. *p < 0.01
  3. Items of PSS-10: Item-1 to Item-10
  4. Items of PSS-4: items-2, 4, 5 and 10