Adaptation of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS): A study on Russian mothers with children of various ages

The article describes the results of the reliability, validity and factor structure testing of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) on a sample of Russian mothers with children of different ages. The study involved 572 mothers aged (n = 39.5) from 20 to 68 years, with 1 to 5 children. The external validity of the scale was assessed using the Methodology for Studying Satisfaction with the Parental Role by C. F. Halverson, H. P. Duke (1991), as adapted by E. V. Kuftyak (2009). Confirmatory factor analysis allowed us to obtain two structural models of the PSS: a four-factor model (“Parental Damage”, “Parental Stressors”, “Loss of Control”, “Parental Dissatisfaction”) and a two-factor model (“Lack of Parental Resources” and “Parental Stressors”). The levels of parental stress severity were determined for each model on the subscales. The reliability of the Russian-language version of the SRS is confirmed by sufficient indicators of internal consistency for the general sample of mothers (α Cronbach = 0.865, n = 572); with a four-factor and two-factor structure on a normalized sample of women (α Cronbach = 0.829, n = 427). Reliability as the stability of the results of the method was determined using a retest (n = 54), confirmed by correlations of sufficient strength (min r = 0.540; max r = 0.942); differential validity of the factors was determined. The SRS is an effective tool for assessing the level of parental stress as a one-dimensional scale, the limitations of using a two- and four-factor model and research prospects are described.

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