Subjective Stress Scale for Affective Reaction Measurement in Field Experiments

A Thurstone scaling technique was applied to construct a measure of a subject's affective reaction under field experimental conditions. The scale, developed by Robert H. Kerle, was validated using four contrived and natural situations to test its application and reliability. It detected significant affective changes in situations judged stressful by the experimenters.

Use Cases

• Validating psychological stress measures based on the Thurstone scaling technique described.
• Assessing affective changes in controlled field experiments based on the scale's application.
• Comparing subjective stress responses across different situational contexts mentioned in the validation.
• Developing alternate forms for reliability testing as described in the scale's construction.

Strengths

• Scale construction followed the established Thurstone scaling technique.
• Reliability was assessed using alternate forms.
• Validation involved four different contrived and natural situations.

Limitations

• Independent assessment of the stressful situations is still lacking.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring inference.
• The dataset's size, row count, and specific file formats are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Robert H. Kerle

Collection Method

Constructed based on the Thurstone scaling technique and validated in field experiments.

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