Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Index of Teaching Stress—Short Form (ITS—SF)

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ID13669205
AuthorsMaria Cleliazurlo (University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy, corresponding author), Daniela Pes (University of Naples “Federico II,” Naples, Italy), Rosaria Romano (0000-0002-9708-1753, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy)
Year2015
Volume117
Issue3
Pages763-780
Publication date2015-11-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/08.pr0.117c24z5
PMID26595288
OpenAlexW2175559495
LanguageEN
References cited21

This study analyses factor structure and psychometric properties of the Italian short version of the Index of Teaching Stress-Short Form (ITS-SF). The original version of the ITS (90 items) was submitted to 567 teachers randomly drawn from a cross-section of school levels. Confirmatory factor analysis to check the factor structure was unsatisfactory, and Cronbach's α (.98) indicated a redundancy of items. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted for each section of the test and cross-loading items were eliminated. The resulting ITS-SF consists of 43 items, tapping eight meaningful and adequately reliable dimensions substantially corresponding to all dimensions measured by the original version of the ITS. The Italian short version of the Index of Teaching Stress constitutes a reliable measure of teacher stress in educative interactions

Confirmatory factor analysis · Cronbach's alpha · Exploratory factor analysis · Index (typography · Item analysis · Psychometrics · Statistics · Stress (linguistics · Structural equation modeling · Test (biology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychology of Development and Education · Stress and Burnout Research

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