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. 2022 Jun 21;9:331. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01383-6

Table 8.

The basic descriptive statistics and reliability testing for the Primary Stressors Scale across countries with more than 200 participants.

Country N Scale N for Reliability Mean SD Min Max Alpha
Russian Federation 2244 2046 1.61 0.96 0.0 4.0 0.649
Japan 2123 2039 1.86 1.04 0.0 4.0 0.747
Finland 960 915 1.44 0.94 0.0 4.0 0.689
Switzerland 592 563 1.58 0.91 0.0 4.0 0.643
Spain 573 549 2.03 0.87 0.0 4.0 0.656
Colombia 548 533 2.08 0.97 0.0 4.0 0.678
Portugal 483 471 2.16 0.90 0.0 4.0 0.618
Brazil 446 432 2.41 0.87 0.0 4.0 0.621
Honduras 427 391 2.04 0.89 0.0 4.0 0.615
Ireland 401 391 2.20 0.91 0.0 4.0 0.530
Norway 376 367 1.77 0.94 0.0 4.0 0.574
Czech Republic 365 335 1.46 0.95 0.0 4.0 0.583
Slovakia 313 292 1.92 0.83 0.0 4.0 0.570
Italy 307 294 1.82 1.01 0.0 4.0 0.711
Bulgaria 295 266 1.34 1.08 0.0 4.0 0.714
Ecuador 291 279 2.24 0.91 0.0 4.0 0.644
Uruguay 287 282 1.95 0.87 0.0 4.0 0.618
Guatemala 286 274 2.06 0.95 0.0 4.0 0.697
Costa Rica 270 261 2.21 0.87 0.3 4.0 0.632
Kyrgyzstan 250 231 1.89 0.98 0.0 4.0 0.658
Ukraine 252 232 1.46 0.93 0.0 4.0 0.681
Estonia 244 234 1.41 0.94 0.0 4.0 0.703
Malaysia 225 213 2.76 0.90 0.0 4.0 0.657
Taiwan 221 216 1.83 0.86 0.0 4.0 0.679
Turkey 199 189 2.08 0.97 0.0 4.0 0.628

Abbreviations: N Scale = number of participants who answered questions on the scale. N for reliability = number of subjects who selected a response on the Likert scale for every item (not “Does not apply to me). 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.