Development of Assessment Method on Metal Health Education Program for High School Students:
construction of a scale for measuring cognitive stress
1999 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 18-33
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1999 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 18-33
The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for measuring cognitive stress in order to assess mental health education program for high school students. First, the content of stressor was collected using the open-ended questionaaire from 1, 196 Korean high school students in Seoul, and 149 items were obtained. Next, stress magnitude of each stressor was appraised with 4-point rating scale by1, 188 Korean high school students in Seoul. On the basis of the results of principal component analysis and item analysis, subscales concerning daily hassles, e. g., home life, school life, future, friendship, social support, health and so on, were constructed. Eighteen items concerning life event were adopted as one subscale, which can be calculated in terms of 4-point rating scale. As a result, 36subscales consisted of 98 items were chosen. Moreover, 14integrated scales were constructed by a principal component analysis of these subscales. Lastly, percentile and T-score were prepared as a norm.
