Table 3.

Self-report measures of perceived stress in children

Instrument/Authors	Age Group	Concepts Measured	Number of Items	Reliability (α)
Feel Bad Scale (Lewis et al., 1984).	8–12 years	frequency and severity of perceived stress	40-item Child self-report	0.82 to 0.85
Hassles Scale for Children (Kanner et al., 1985; Parfenoff & Jose, 1989)	School age children (2nd - 6th grade)	frequency and intensity of daily stressors placing emphasis on the meaning behind a stressful event rather than the occurrence	43-item	0.88
Stress Events Perceptions Scale (SEPS) (Muldoon, 2003)	8–11 years	perceptions of stress related to family, peers, school, and regional conflict three stress scales (trauma, every day, and misdemeanor-representing misbehaviors)	24-item Child self-report	0.63–0.73 for the three stress scales (trauma, every day, and misdemeanor-representing misbehaviors)
Perceived Stress Questionnaire 8–11 (Snoeren & Hoefnagels, 2014)	8–11 years	perceived stress including psychological and physiological subscales	20-item self-report questionnaire	Requires validation in other populations of interest