Dhaka stress scale-adolescent: A scale for assessing psychosocial stressors among adolescents

Authors

  • Mohammad S. I. Mullick Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Sultana Algin Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Monirul Islam Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Adrian Phillipson Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Foundation Trust, Doncaster, UK.
  • Jhunu S. Nahar Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Nahid Mahjabin Morshed Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Selina Fatema Binte Shahid Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v12i4.44273

Keywords:

Adolescent, Dhaka stress scale, Psychosocial stressor

Abstract

This study was aimed to produce a culturally validated scale to determine the presence of stressful life events among adolescents in Bangladesh, and formulate the relative life change units for each event. The study used qualitative research, including a focus group and questionnaire, and quantitative analysis in the validation process. Researchers first developed a provisional stress scale that was translated in Bangla through a translation exercise. Using an open-ended question along with this provisional scale on a school sample of 449 (228 rated on imagination and 221 on actual experience) adolescents, researchers developed Dhaka stress scale– adolescent with 56 items and predictive interpretation of the overall score was made. Content validity was found excellent as item level content validity index was around 1 and the scale level validity index was 0.93. The correlation coefficient was 0.72 between this scale and adolescent life events stress scale. For reliability, Cronbach’s alpha values were ranged from 0.83 to 0.97. The scale is simple to administer to assess stress in adolescents and usable in both clinical and research settings.

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Author Biography

Mohammad S. I. Mullick, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

 

Published

2019-12-23

How to Cite

Mullick, M. S. I., Algin, S., Islam, M., Phillipson, A., Nahar, J. S., Morshed, N. M., Chowdhury, H. R., & Shahid, S. F. B. (2019). Dhaka stress scale-adolescent: A scale for assessing psychosocial stressors among adolescents. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 12(4), 167–176. https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v12i4.44273

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