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Academic Stress Scale

The Academic Stress Scale (ASS) is a 35-item tool designed to measure perceived academic stress among students, utilizing a 5-point Likert scale for responses. A Chinese version of the ASS was created for a study, with two items removed to better fit the Chinese high school context. The scale demonstrates satisfactory reliability, making it suitable for assessing stress levels in 12th grade students.

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Academic Stress Scale

The Academic Stress Scale (ASS) is a 35-item tool designed to measure perceived academic stress among students, utilizing a 5-point Likert scale for responses. A Chinese version of the ASS was created for a study, with two items removed to better fit the Chinese high school context. The scale demonstrates satisfactory reliability, making it suitable for assessing stress levels in 12th grade students.

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Academic Stress Scale (ASS; Kohn & Frazer, 1986)-Chinese Version: The ASS is a 35 item

scale designed to measure the students’ perceived academic stressors. Respondents report their
level of stress under 35 different stressful situations (e. g., examination, excessive homework)
using a 5 point Likert response format (1=not at all stressful, 2=rarely stressful, 3=sometimes
stressful, 4=fairly stressful, 5=extremely stressful). Scores are obtained by summing the reported
scores for each item. A higher score is indicative of greater stress. The ASS was translated into
Chinese for the purpose of this study by the researchers to assess the students’ perceived
academic stress. Two items were deleted from the original scale (“irrelevant classes toward
major” and “evaluating classmates’ work”), because they are inappropriate in Chinese high
school context. High school students in China do not have a major and their school work is
evaluated by the teacher, not their classmates. The items were then translated literally back into
English and the authors resolved discrepancies in intended meanings and wording of the items.
The reading level of the ASS-C is appropriate for 12th grade high school students in this study.
The ASS has satisfactory internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s alpha and split-half
reliability (.92 and .86, respectively; Kohn & Frazer, 1986)

Not at all Rarely Sometimes Fairly Extremely


Stressful Stressful Stressful Stressful Stressful

1. Final grades

2. Excessive
homework

3. Term papers

4. Examinations

5. Studying for examinations

6.Class speaking

7. Waiting for graded tests

8. Fast-paced lectures

9. Pop quizzes

10. Forgotten assignments


11. Incomplete assignments

12. Unclear assignments

13. Unprepared to respond to

question

14. Announced quizzes

15.Studied wrong material

16. Incorrect answers in class

17. Missing class

18. Buying text books

19. Learning new skills

20. Unclear course objectives

21. Hot classrooms

22. Non native Language


lectures

23. Boring classes

24. Attending wrong class

25. Late dismissals of class

26. Cold classrooms

27. Arriving late for class

28. Forgetting pencil/pen

29. Note-taking in class

30. Noisy classroom

31. Crowded classes

32. Classes with open


discussion

33. Poor classroom lighting

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