The questionnaire measures the structure of stress sensation. It enables to compute the overall score informing about the generalized stress level, and three scores concerning following dimensions: emotional tension, external stress, and intrapsychic stress. The questionnaire contains also a Lie scale.
The questionnaire consists of 27 statements; the examinee is required to rank them on a five-point scale from True to False according to their personal applicability.
Materials:
- Kit (manual, 50 sheets for women, 50 sheets for men, 50 calculation sheets)
- Manual
- Sheets – version for women (50 copies)
- Sheets – version for men (50 copies)
- Calculation sheets (50 copies)
* Published by AE-H, formerly Vizja Press
Research, individual diagnosis in educational, health care, and penitentiary facilities.
Reliability
High internal consistency for three scales (dimensions), found in the examination of adults, between .70 and .81. The reliability of the Lie scale turned out to be lower (.57). Stability not examined.
Validity
Confirmed factorial validity of the KPS. Construct validity examined by correlating KPS stores with stores of questionnaires measuring personality (NEO-FFI), temperament (PTS), depression (BDI), anxiety (STAI), parental attitudes (SPR-2), attachment styles (KSP), and marital satisfaction (KDM-2). Information about the criterion validity is given by comparing the KPS scores in hospitalized patients and healthy persons, as well as persons performing various jobs.
Norms
Standard ten, for persons aged 16–70, with respect to the age, gender and educational status.
Uprawnienia do zakupu i stosowania danego testu zależą od jego kategorii, wyznaczonej zgodnie z kategoryzacją Komisji do Spraw Testów Psychologicznych działającej z ramienia Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego.
KPS jest narzędziem kategorii C.
C – testy wyłącznie dla psychologów
Wymagane kwalifikacje:
- Ukończone studia magisterskie z psychologii – wymagane przedłożenie kopii dyplomu
- Osoby, które mają tytuł doktora psychologii, a nie ukończyły studiów psychologicznych, mogą kupować testy wyłącznie do celów naukowych – wymagany dyplom doktorski wraz z oświadczeniem informującym, że test będzie stosowany tylko do celów naukowych.