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The development of Taiwanese Elderly Stressor Inventory

L C Lin1, M Snyder, E C Egan

  • 1Institute of Clinical Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

International Journal of Nursing Studies
|February 1, 1996
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This study developed a validated stressor inventory for elderly Taiwanese individuals, enabling stress level assessment. The instrument demonstrates good reliability and construct validity for measuring stressors in older adults.

Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Aging populations present unique challenges and stressors.
  • Existing stress assessment tools may not adequately capture the experiences of elderly individuals.
  • A culturally relevant and psychometrically sound instrument is needed for assessing stressors in older Taiwanese adults.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a stressor inventory for elderly Taiwanese people.
  • To enable respondents to rate the stressfulness of experienced stressors.
  • To utilize a transactional stress model framework for assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Identification of stressors by 33 elderly Taiwanese subjects (age 65+).
  • Development of a 73-item stressor inventory.

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  • Psychometric evaluation including inter-rater agreement, reliability (generalizability coefficients), and construct validity (correlations with anxiety and affect) in 351 elderly Taiwanese subjects.

    • Main Results:

    • High inter-rater agreement (> 0.90) for content.
    • Good stability for stressfulness (generalizability coefficients of 0.90).
    • Acceptable stability for stressor frequency (generalizability coefficients of 0.72).
    • Significant correlations supporting construct validity: 0.59 with state-anxiety, 0.56 with negative affect, and -0.28 with positive affect.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed stressor inventory is a reliable and valid tool for assessing perceived stress in elderly Taiwanese individuals.
    • The instrument effectively measures stressor frequency and stressfulness.
    • Further refinement of the inventory is ongoing.