Adaptation and psychometric analysis of The Social Readjustment Rating Scale for the Czech population
Abstract
The study focuses on the psychometric properties of The Social Readjustment Rating Scale (1) and its adaptation on Czech popula-tion, while adding the evaluation of the stress level and coping with life events associated with this stress level. In the study authors focused on the differences between general and clinical population as the data were collected on participants from general population (N = 302), mostly composed of university students and clinical participants (N = 30) diagnosed with anxiety or mood disorders.
The goals of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the refined method, assess the relationship towards the overall mental health, social support and psychopathology. Results of the statistical analysis pointed out good psychometric properties of the scale.
The data analyses further showed a positive significant relationship between SRRS and perceived health problems or psychopathology, while negative significant relationship was found between SRRS and social support. We presume the meaning of the method for measuring integrity as the wholeness of personality and ability to cope.
The limitation of the study include small number of participants in the clinical group and further lack of adjunct methods not administered to this group for further comparisons.