Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) in Saudi University Students
| Perceived Stress Scale Items | Mean ± SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | Percentage Distribution of Item Scores | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statistic (SE) | z | Statistic (SE) | z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| pss 1 | 1.45 ± 1.18 | 0.49 (0.18) | 2.78 | −.61 (0.35) | −1.74 | 22.9 | 33.3 | 23.4 | 14.1 | 6.3 |
| pss_2 | 1.29 ± 1.11 | 0.73 (0.18) | 3.16 | −.01 (0.35) | −.02 | 26.6 | 36.5 | 23.4 | 7.8 | 5.2 |
| pss_3 | 1.67 ± 1.09 | 0.31 (0.18) | 1.75 | −.35 (0.35) | −.98 | 14.1 | 29.7 | 35.4 | 12.5 | 6.3 |
| pss_4 | 2.14 ± 1.23 | 0.03 (0.18) | 0.20 | −1.00 (0.35) | −2.86 | 8.9 | 25.5 | 27.1 | 21.4 | 17.2 |
| pss_5 | 1.32 ± 1.11 | 0.58 (0.18) | 3.29 | −.28 (0.35) | −.80 | 25.5 | 32.8 | 26.0 | 9.4 | 4.7 |
| pss_6 | 1.29 ± 1.23 | 0.76 (0.18) | 3.20 | −.26 (0.35) | −.75 | 31.8 | 30.7 | 18.8 | 10.9 | 6.8 |
| pss_7 | 2.34 ± 1.26 | −.24 (0.18) | −1.37 | −.98 (0.35) | −2.79 | 7.3 | 19.3 | 24.3 | 25.9 | 22.8 |
| pss_8 | 2.03 ± 1.34 | −.07 (0.18) | −.40 | −1.19 (0.35) | −3.27 | 15.6 | 20.8 | 19.8 | 24.0 | 16.7 |
| pss_9 | 1.49 ± 1.20 | 0.43 (0.18) | 2.44 | −.74 (0.35) | −2.12 | 25.5 | 28.6 | 24.5 | 14.6 | 6.3 |
| pss_10 | 1.26 ± 1.20 | 0.63 (0.18) | 3.27 | −.54 (0.35) | −1.55 | 32.8 | 28.6 | 21.1 | 12.1 | 4.7 |
| pss_total | 16.28 ± 5.93 | 0.15 (0.18) | 0.84 | 0.51 (0.35) | 1.45 | |||||
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation, SE, standard error.