PROMIS Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure: Validity for immigrant Latino youth

• Published date: 01 July 2023
• Author: Sumeyra Sahbaz,Ronald B. Cox,Hua Lin,Isaac J. Washburn,Kimberly A. Greder
• Date: 01 July 2023
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12652

RESEARCH

PROMIS Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure:

Validity for immigrant Latino youth

Sumeyra Sahbaz

1

|Ronald B. Cox

1

|Hua Lin

1

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Isaac J. Washburn

1

|Kimberly A. Greder

2

1

Department of Human Development and

Family Science, Oklahoma State University,

Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

2

Human Development and Family Studies,

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa,

United States

Correspondence

Sumeyra Sahbaz, Department of Human

Development & Family Science, 310 Scott

Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,

OK 74078, USA.

Email: sumeyra@okstate.edu

Funding information

National Institute of Food and Agriculture,

Grant/Award Numbers: 2014-41520-22189,

2017-41520-26875; National Institute on Drug

Abuse, Grant/Award Number: R15DA049232

Abstract

Objective: This study assesses the psychometric properties

of the four- and eight-item versions of the Patient-Reported

Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)

Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure (PPSM) for use with

Latino immigrant adolescents.

Background: Immigrant Latino youth are exposed to

numerous stressors that can have consequences affecting

health well into adulthood. However, few studies have

assessed the suitability of psychosocial measures for this

group.

Methods: Participants included 286 first- and second-

generation immigrant Latino youth in middle school in an

urban school district in the United States. Analyses

included tests for reliability, validity, item characteristics,

and measurement invariance across differing levels of

acculturation and gender groups.

Results: Both the four- and the eight-item PPSM are inter-

nally consistent, have strong construct validity, and strict

factorial invariance across differing levels of acculturation.

The four-item PPSM demonstrates strict invariance, but

the eight-item version shows only configural invariance by

gender.

Conclusion: The PPSM is a rigorous measure when

assessing immigrant Latino youth stress level. The four-

item PPSM is brief, simple to administer, and appropriate

for use with Latino youth across differing levels of accul-

turation and gender groups.

Implications: The four-item PPSM lessens respondent

fatigue and may be incorporated into tools practitioners

and researchers use to assess perceived stress among immi-

grant Latino youth.

Received: 6 October 2020Revised: 9 May 2021Accepted: 29 August 2021

DOI: 10.1111/fare.12652

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