Table 1. Quantitative measures of stress, depressive symptoms, and resourcefulness.

Variable / Measure	Description	Reliability	Validity
Perceived stress Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983)	14 items; 5-point scale; Higher scores = greater stress	Cronbach's α = .84-.87 (Cohen, et al, 1983; Cohen & Williamson, 1988). α in this study = .84	Construct validity: correlations with self-assessed health, health service use, health behaviors, help-seeking behavior, and salivary cortisol (Schwartz & Dunphy, 2003; Wright, et al, 2004).
Depressive symptoms Center for Epidemiological Studies – Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977)	20 items; 5-point scale; Higher scores = greater depressive symptoms	Cronbach's α = .88 -.91 (Blustein, Chan, & Guanis, 2004; Caputo, 2001; Musil, 2000; Ruiz, Zhu, & Crowther, 2003). α in this study = .85	Widely reported validity and standardized for a variety of ages and races / ethnicities (Radloff, 1977).
Resourcefulness Resourcefulness Scale (Zauszniewski, Lai, & Tithiphontumrong, 2006)	28-items; 6-point scale; Higher scores = greater resourcefulness	Cronbach's α = .85 (Zauszniewski et al, 2006) α in this study = .79	Construct validity: confirmatory factor analysis verifying subscales reflecting personal and social resourcefulness (Zauszniewski et al, 2006).