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의과대학생 스트레스 척도의 개발과 타당화

Development and validation of the medical student stress scale in Korea

Korean Journal of Medical Education 2014;26(3):197-208.
Published online: September 1, 2014

1가천대학교 의학전문대학원

2가천대학교 의학전문대학원 의학교육실

3전북대학교 의학전문대학원 의학교육실

4가천대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실

5가천대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실

1Gachon University School of Medicine, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea

2Department of Medical Education, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea

3Department of Medical Education, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea

4Departments of Internal Medicine, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea

5Departments of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea

Corresponding Author: Kwi Hwa Park (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-2400) Department of Medical Education, Gachon University School of Medicine, 37 Dokgeom-ro, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-735, Korea Tel: +82.70.7120.7902 Fax: +82.32.464.5004 email: ghpark@gachon.ac.kr
• Received: July 18, 2014   • Revised: August 3, 2014   • Accepted: August 4, 2014

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Fig. 1. Factor Model of Medical Student Stress Scale
Development and validation of the medical student stress scale in Korea
Item Factor
Factor name
1 2 3 4 5 6
5 0.709 0.037 0.166 0.049 -0.060 0.075 Academic stress
3 0.677 0.144 0.077 0.098 0.192 -0.030
4 0.652 0.096 0.289 0.093 -0.132 0.033
8 0.649 0.140 0.217 0.131 0.093 0.032
2 0.604 0.192 0.077 0.122 0.205 0.082
6 0.602 0.099 0.084 0.200 0.166 0.166
1 0.567 0.119 0.335 0.163 -0.117 0.189
7 0.515 0.137 0.269 0.238 0.174 -0.161
9 0.508 0.200 0.149 0.310 -0.003 0.328
8 0.061 0.673 0.189 0.070 0.359 0.041 Clerkship stress
5 0.089 0.669 0.259 0.134 -0.122 -0.031
4 0.080 0.651 0.347 0.078 0.097 -0.030
9 0.163 0.606 0.150 0.135 -0.184 0.153
3 0.169 0.586 -0.037 0.055 0.414 0.231
2 0.172 0.583 -0.125 0.155 0.337 0.188
9 0.045 0.582 0.153 0.181 0.319 -0.081
7 0.257 0.577 0.141 0.171 -0.252 0.197
1 0.167 0.484 -0.076 0.055 0.427 0.248
10 0.224 0.478 0.193 0.080 0.011 0.084
6 0.040 0.472 0.132 0.229 0.075 -0.249
5 0.150 0.218 0.702 0.188 -0.047 -0.004 Interpersonal stress
4 0.104 0.128 0.670 0.096 -0.272 0.089
6 0.178 0.217 0.661 0.137 -0.120 0.037
2 0.240 0.113 0.623 0.170 0.177 0.093
3 0.194 0.183 0.601 0.142 0.135 0.204
7 0.286 0.155 0.575 0.165 0.252 -0.037
1 0.314 0.066 0.556 0.126 0.230 0.082
2 0.035 0.055 0.168 0.707 0.003 0.189 Career stress
4 0.210 0.128 0.143 0.695 0.047 -0.118
7 0.136 0.195 0.116 0.649 0.035 -0.022
3 0.005 0.128 0.198 0.622 0.140 0.162
1 0.137 0.058 0.139 0.576 -0.222 0.366
8 0.394 0.244 0.075 0.565 0.045 0.091
5 0.365 0.151 0.185 0.498 0.339 0.029
6 0.271 0.114 0.046 0.483 0.137 -0.037
1 0.117 0.116 0.104 0.170 0.688 0.085 Health-related stress
3 -0.048 -0.003 -0.074 -0.039 0.687 0.077
2 0.157 0.091 0.081 0.071 0.562 0.049
2 0.085 0.086 0.117 0.040 0.297 0.654 Financial stress
1 0.181 0.119 0.18 0.231 0.116 0.643
Eigenvalue 4.496 4.305 3.749 3.638 2.834 1.649
Variance (%) 11.241 10.762 9.372 9.095 7.084 4.123
Cumulative  (%) 11.241 22.003 31.375 40.470 47.554 51.677
KMO=0.911, Bartlett=7,088.815 (df=780, p=0.000)
df χ2 p-value CFI TLI RMSEA RMSEA (90)
LO HI
Factor model 717 1,719.436 0.000 0.847 0.833 0.057 0.053 0.060
Factor Item Mean SD Skewness Kurtosis
Academic stress 1 3.03 0.56 -0.30 1.39
2 2.28 0.54 0.68 0.49
3 2.45 0.64 0.39 -0.11
4 2.84 0.66 -0.16 -0.01
5 2.79 0.81 -0.08 -0.67
6 2.51 0.69 0.38 -0.23
7 2.62 0.68 0.06 -0.28
8 2.65 0.67 0.07 -0.30
9 2.76 0.66 -0.01 -0.26
Clerkship stress 1 2.13 0.63 0.51 0.94
2 2.21 0.63 0.39 0.47
3 2.07 0.61 0.46 1.12
4 2.48 0.74 0.19 -0.29
5 2.80 0.73 -0.32 0.00
6 2.43 0.76 0.26 -0.27
7 2.76 0.67 -0.29 0.15
8 2.32 0.66 0.50 0.32
9 2.31 0.70 0.51 0.27
10 2.58 0.77 0.01 -0.40
11 2.62 0.67 0.20 -0.37
Interpersonal stress 1 2.62 0.77 0.05 -0.44
2 2.68 0.74 0.12 -0.49
3 2.82 0.71 -0.26 -0.04
4 3.12 0.63 -0.38 0.58
5 2.93 0.67 -0.19 -0.05
6 2.95 0.69 -0.27 -0.04
7 2.67 0.70 0.15 -0.44
Career stress 1 3.01 0.69 -0.47 0.45
2 2.83 0.70 -0.36 0.19
3 2.71 0.75 -0.09 -0.36
4 2.83 0.68 -0.18 -0.05
5 2.44 0.66 0.54 -0.02
6 2.68 0.71 0.15 -0.46
7 2.81 0.69 -0.16 -0.11
8 2.69 0.68 0.18 -0.47
Health-related stress 1 1.98 0.83 0.49 -0.40
2 2.05 0.89 0.53 -0.45
3 1.61 0.85 1.18 0.34
Financial stress 1 2.75 0.80 -0.24 -0.38
2 2.15 0.90 0.32 -0.73
Cronbach α Mean±SD F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
F1 0.85 2.66±0.45 -
F2 0.85 2.43±0.44 0.478** -
F3 0.84 2.83±0.50 0.598** 0.498** -
F4 0.83 2.75±0.47 0.564** 0.482** 0.510** -
F5 0.64 1.88±0.65 0.225** 0.301** 0.153* 0.217** -
F6 0.63 2.45±0.73 0.350** 0.326** 0.300** 0.347** 0.257** -
Table 1. Factor Loading of Medical Student Stress Items

KMO: Kaiser-Meyer-Oklin.

Table 2. Structure Model Fit Indices

CFI: Comparative fit index, TLI: Turker-Lewis index, RMSEA: Root mean square error of approximation.

Table 3. Descriptive Statistics of Medical Student Stress Scale

SD: Standard deviation.

Table 4. Reliability and Correlations of Factors

SD: Standard deviation, F1: Academic stress, F2: Clerkship stress, F3: Interpersonal stress, F4: Career stress, F5: Health-related stress, F6: Financial stress.

p<0.05,

p<0.01.