Russian adaptation of Stress Mindset Measure-General (SMM-G)

Abstract

Introduction

The 8-item Stress Mindset Measure-General (SMM-G) is an instrument designed to assess stress-is-enhancing and stress-is-debilitating mindsets. The stress-is-enhancing stress mindset positively correlates with well-being indices and work productivity and negatively correlates with depression and anxiety scores. Mindset could be changed after a psychological, psychoeducational, or psychotherapeutic intervention.

Objectives

We aim to adapt the SMM-G for adolescents and to explore its factor structure and psychometric properties in a sample of Russian students.

Methods

A total of 564 Russian students (337 men, 229 women) from 9 universities aged 17 to 23 years (М=19,9) participated in the study. We computed reliability indicators, conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

Results

Psychometric indicators are shown in Table 1. As a result of EFA (maximum likelihood, varimax rotation), two factors (eigenvalues 3,430 and 1,645) were extracted, accounting for 42,9% and 20,6% explained variance. Then, we tested the proposed model via CFA (Table 2).

Table 1.

Psychometric indicators

Mean value ± std	Cronbach`s alpha	Test-retest reliability (n=179, one month between assessments)
1,175±0,165	0,805	0,563

The first factor includes all odd-numbered questions, while the second factor contains all even-numbered questions. This is consistent with the questionnaire’s structure, leading to a natural interpretation of factors as the stress-is-enhancing and stress-is-debilitating mindsets.

Table 2.

CFA results

Fit indices	Acceptable values	One-Factor Model	Two-Factor Model
CMIN/DF	≤5	7,516	4,298
GFI	≥0,9	0,895	0,959
AGFI	≥0,9	0,828	0,902
CFI	≥0,9	0,680	0,890
RMSEA	≤0,08	0,107	0,076

Conclusions

Russian adaptation of SMM-G has shown good psychometric characteristics and constitutes a useful assessment instrument.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.