Perceived Stress Scale for Children Test
In 3 minutes, see how strongly a teen feels stress lately, from anxiety to feeling in control. A 13-item, youth-friendly measure separates distress and coping to guide support and track change.
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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Resources (R)
Resources (R)
Average
11.9
Normal range
9.2 — 14.6
min.
0
max.
21
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
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Tension (T)
Tension (T)
Average
9.1
Normal range
5.8 — 12.4
min.
0
max.
18
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Average
11.2
Normal range
6.4 — 16.1
min.
0
max.
39
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Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
Once you complete the test, your result will appear on the scale so you can see how you compare.
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Example Questions From the Test
The following questions refer to your feelings and thoughts over the past week. For each question, select the response option that best reflects your experience.
- Never
- Sometimes
- From time to time
- Often
- Never
- Sometimes
- From time to time
- Often
- Never
- Sometimes
- From time to time
- Often
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
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Perceived Stress Scale for Children Test - Symptoms and Signs
This measure is designed to assess a child or adolescent’s subjective appraisal of stress and perceived coping in recent life circumstances. The Perceived Stress Scale for Children is a brief self-report instrument intended to capture how often situations have felt overwhelming, unpredictable, or manageable.
The questionnaire includes 13 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Results are commonly used as a screening indicator of perceived stress severity at the time of assessment and may support clinical case formulation, school-based evaluation, or outcome monitoring when interpreted in the context of other clinical information. The Perceived Stress Scale for Children was developed by Robin Mermelstein and Tom Kamarck.
Author: Robin Mermelstein, Sheldon Cohen, Tom Kamarck
Literature: Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 1983.; Compas, B. E., Connor-Smith, J. K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., & Wadsworth, M. E. Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Problems, progress, and potential in theory and research. Psychological Bulletin. 2001.; White, B. P. The perceived stress scale for children: A pilot study in a sample of 153 children. International Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health. 2014.
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