Abstract
We were using the psychological vital sign (PVS) defined with stress self-regulation inventory, profile of mood states (POMS), monitor-blunter style scale and stress degree, as mental health indices for nursing students and nurses who graduated school and were at work. In this study, a simple questionnaire for school life stress of nursing students (a questionnaire for school life stress) was developed by modifying a questionnaire for occupational stress of laborers which was provided by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. And the validity of constitutional concept of a simple questionnaire for school life stress as a substitute for a former POMS was investigated by using the 18 subjects of PVS and tested on 207 nursing students. Strong correlation was observed, and 3 causality models were generated by a structure equation modeling between a simple questionnaire for school life stress and POMS, namely, high degree of anxious feeling correlated with high degree of negative feelings, such as tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, fatigue and confusion, and it also correlated with low degree of vigorous feeling. Moreover, the reliability coefficient of Cronbach's alpha for 18 subjects of PVS was revealed in high coefficient and the factor analysis represented that almost all the factors were corresponded closely with the measures. Good internal consistency and reliability of each factors were indicated. Strong correlation between a simple questionnaire for school life stress and POMS and their validity of constitutional concept were proved in this study.
