Table 20.
The basic descriptive statistics and reliability testing for the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across countries with more than 200 participants.
| Country | N Scale | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 2233 | 1.83 | 0.60 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.848 |
| Japan | 2123 | 1.85 | 0.61 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.841 |
| Finland | 959 | 1.44 | 0.72 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.898 |
| Switzerland | 591 | 1.42 | 0.65 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.890 |
| Spain | 575 | 1.91 | 0.69 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.895 |
| Colombia | 547 | 1.91 | 0.69 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.891 |
| Portugal | 484 | 2.05 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.906 |
| Brazil | 448 | 2.11 | 0.73 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 0.885 |
| Honduras | 422 | 1.96 | 0.57 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.810 |
| Ireland | 400 | 2.11 | 0.71 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.895 |
| Norway | 376 | 1.71 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.910 |
| Czech Republic | 362 | 1.96 | 0.68 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.875 |
| Slovakia | 311 | 2.01 | 0.65 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 0.879 |
| Italy | 305 | 1.90 | 0.68 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.872 |
| Bulgaria | 292 | 1.85 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.883 |
| Ecuador | 289 | 1.93 | 0.62 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.859 |
| Uruguay | 286 | 1.72 | 0.66 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.894 |
| Guatemala | 287 | 1.93 | 0.61 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.846 |
| Costa Rica | 270 | 1.92 | 0.69 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.888 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 243 | 1.78 | 0.62 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.867 |
| Ukraine | 252 | 1.90 | 0.68 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.883 |
| Estonia | 245 | 1.64 | 0.70 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.907 |
| Malaysia | 224 | 2.21 | 0.63 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.854 |
| Taiwan | 221 | 1.86 | 0.67 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 0.924 |
| Turkey | 199 | 2.46 | 0.64 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.874 |
Abbreviations: N Scale = number of participants who completed the scale. Mean = scale mean. SD = scale standard deviation. Min = minimum value of the mean scale score for the sample. Max = maximum value of the average scale score for the sample. Alpha = Cronbach’s alpha.