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Perceived stress during the prenatal period: assessing measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across cultures and birth parity.

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cam.issuedOnline2022-04-14
dc.contributor.authorKatus, Laura
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Aja L
dc.contributor.authorLuong-Thanh, Bao-Yen
dc.contributor.authorTaut, Diana
dc.contributor.authorBaban, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorMadrid, Bernadette
dc.contributor.authorFernando, Asvini D
dc.contributor.authorSikander, Siham
dc.contributor.authorWard, Catherine L
dc.contributor.authorOsafo, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorMarlow, Marguerite
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Stefani
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Susan
dc.contributor.authorVan Vo, Thang
dc.contributor.authorFearon, Pasco
dc.contributor.authorValdebenito, Sara
dc.contributor.authorEisner, Manuel P
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Claire
dc.contributor.orcidKatus, Laura [0000-0002-4310-2723]
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-09T11:02:57Z
dc.date.available2022-05-09T11:02:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.date.submitted2022-01-27
dc.date.updated2022-05-09T11:02:57Z
dc.descriptionFunder: Jacobs Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003986
dc.descriptionFunder: UBS Optimus Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008391
dc.descriptionFunder: Fondation Botnar; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011318
dc.descriptionFunder: Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation
dc.descriptionFunder: British Academy
dc.descriptionFunder: Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme
dc.descriptionFunder: ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Programme
dc.descriptionFunder: University of Edinburgh College Office for the College of Arts
dc.descriptionFunder: Humanities and Social Sciences SFC ODA Global Challenges Internal Fund
dc.descriptionFunder: University of Cambridge GCRF Quality Research Fund
dc.descriptionFunder: Wolfson Professor of Criminology Discretionary Fund
dc.descriptionFunder: British Academy Wolfson Foundation Fellowship
dc.description.abstractMaternal prenatal stress places a substantial burden on mother's mental health. Expectant mothers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have thus far received less attention than mothers in high-income settings. This is particularly problematic, as a range of triggers, such as exposure to traumatic events (e.g. natural disasters, previous pregnancy losses) and adverse life circumstances (e.g. poverty, community violence), put mothers at increased risk of experiencing prenatal stress. The ten-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) is a widely recognised index of subjective experience of stress that is increasingly used in LMICs. However, evidence for its measurement equivalence across settings is lacking. This study aims to assess measurement invariance of the PSS-10 across eight LMICs and across birth parity. This research was carried out as part of the Evidence for Better Lives Study (EBLS, vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/EBLS). The PSS-10 was administered to N = 1,208 expectant mothers from Ghana, Jamaica, Pakistan, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Vietnam during the third trimester of pregnancy. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested a good model fit of a two-factor model across all sites, with items on experiences of stress loading onto a negative factor and items on perceived coping onto a positive factor. Configural and metric, but not full or partial scalar invariance, were established across all sites. Configural, metric and full scalar invariance could be established across birth parity. On average, first-time mothers reported less stress than mothers who already had children. Our findings indicate that the PSS-10 holds utility in assessing stress across a broad range of culturally diverse settings; however, caution should be taken when comparing mean stress levels across sites.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.84296
dc.identifier.eissn1435-1102
dc.identifier.issn1434-1816
dc.identifier.others00737-022-01229-5
dc.identifier.other1229
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/336877
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01229-5
dc.subjectLower-middle income
dc.subjectMeasurement invariance
dc.subjectParity
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectFactor Analysis, Statistical
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMothers
dc.subjectParity
dc.subjectParturition
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subjectStress, Psychological
dc.titlePerceived stress during the prenatal period: assessing measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across cultures and birth parity.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-04-06
prism.endingPage640
prism.issueIdentifier3
prism.publicationNameArch Womens Ment Health
prism.startingPage633
prism.volume25
pubs.funder-project-idESRC (ES/T008644/1)
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1007/s00737-022-01229-5

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