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Table 2 TICS-E scale properties for the total sample

From: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the english version of the trier inventory for chronic stress (TICS-E)

      

Total sample

N = 484

   

Reliabilities

Scale

Items

Rangea

Cronbach’s α

Split- halfb

rit range

M

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

W

Work Overload

8

0–31

(0–32)

.89

.86

.59–.78

15.60

6.26

−0.20

0.38

0.99**

Social Overload

6

0–24

(0–24)

.87

.85

.62–.72

8.15

5.08

0.29

−0.33

0.97***

Pressure to Perform

9

0–35

(0–36)

.86

.84

.50–.68

17.64

6.23

−0.60

0.7

0.97***

Work Discontent

8

0–32

(0–32)

.86

.85

.56–.67

11.83

5.55

0.14

0.02

0.99***

Excessive Demands at Work

6

0–24

(0–24)

.85

.84

.52–.74

7.88

4.50

0.36

−0.12

0.98***

Lack of Social Recognition

4

0–16

(0–16)

.87

.87

.67–.80

5.36

3.14

0.32

0.05

0.97***

Social Tensions

6

0–24

(0–24)

.88

.86

.62–.75

5.81

4.26

0.57

0.05

0.95***

Social Isolation

6

0–24

(0–24)

.87

.86

.50–.77

8.85

4.90

0.35

0.11

0.98***

Chronic Worrying

4

0–16

(0–16)

.91

.91

.65–.85

6.80

4.17

0.26

−0.59

0.97***

Chronic Stress Screening Scale

12

0–46

(0–48)

.92

.82

.52–.78

19.87

9.43

0.08

−0.20

0.99***

  1. Note. apossible range of values in parentheses; bSplit-half reliabilities adjusted according to Spearman-Brown; r it range Range of item-scale correlations, W Test statistic related to the Shapiro-Wilk test
  2. ** = .05; *** = .001