Table 9 Descriptive statistics and Cronbach’s alpha for the PSS across countries with more than 200 participants.

From: COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak

Country

N

Prop_nonmis

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Alpha

Argentina

5923

0.868

2.783

0.785

1.000

5

0.892

Australia

327

0.887

2.618

0.761

1.000

5

0.896

Austria

319

0.868

2.611

0.729

1.000

4.5

0.866

Bangladesh

421

0.808

2.830

0.592

1.000

4.3

0.794

Belgium

622

0.913

2.582

0.731

1.000

4.5

0.858

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1288

0.862

2.843

0.670

1.000

5

0.853

Brazil

731

0.896

3.059

0.730

1.100

5

0.882

Bulgaria

4785

0.859

2.848

0.719

1.000

5

0.861

Canada

470

0.894

2.715

0.723

1.000

5

0.880

Croatia

2965

0.890

2.875

0.661

1.000

5

0.860

Czech Republic

1995

0.882

2.694

0.707

1.000

4.9

0.878

Denmark

10891

0.910

2.423

0.717

1.000

5

0.883

Finland

22933

0.923

2.441

0.740

1.000

5

0.897

France

13475

0.905

2.564

0.742

1.000

5

0.856

Germany

1443

0.909

2.606

0.692

1.000

5

0.851

Greece

642

0.907

2.721

0.680

1.000

4.9

0.854

Hungary

1438

0.875

2.739

0.592

1.000

5

0.848

Indonesia

1569

0.857

2.749

0.591

1.000

5

0.837

Ireland

216

0.866

2.528

0.703

1.000

4.9

0.877

Italy

1749

0.893

2.539

0.687

1.000

5

0.861

Japan

5072

0.940

3.019

0.572

1.000

5

0.787

Korea, South

487

0.815

2.709

0.656

1.000

4.9

0.873

Kosovo

2707

0.809

2.861

0.541

1.000

5

0.666

Lithuania

8255

0.894

2.504

0.683

1.000

5

0.870

Malaysia

567

0.877

2.713

0.706

1.000

4.7

0.881

Mexico

9169

0.911

2.723

0.736

1.000

5

0.885

Netherlands

1433

0.909

2.298

0.677

1.000

4.6

0.885

Pakistan

360

0.747

2.883

0.718

1.000

5

0.816

Panama

759

0.851

2.430

0.632

1.000

4.7

0.852

Philippines

570

0.904

3.067

0.624

1.143

5

0.831

Poland

3088

0.892

2.993

0.729

1.000

5

0.894

Portugal

1067

0.882

2.886

0.726

1.100

5

0.884

Romania

282

0.869

2.668

0.651

1.000

4.6

0.881

Serbia

266

0.891

2.712

0.664

1.200

4.4

0.849

Slovakia

942

0.876

2.680

0.676

1.000

4.7

0.866

Spain

615

0.880

2.638

0.732

1.000

5

0.873

Sweden

3055

0.908

2.452

0.687

1.000

5

0.865

Switzerland

1188

0.918

2.378

0.650

1.000

4.5

0.831

Taiwan

2745

0.882

2.686

0.725

1.000

5

0.889

Turkey

1199

0.878

3.128

0.684

1.000

5

0.883

United Kingdom

1500

0.878

2.711

0.743

1.000

4.7

0.884

United States

2314

0.913

2.734

0.744

1.000

5

0.890

  1. Note.
  2. N = number of participants.
  3. Prop_nonmissing = proportion of participants that have data on all items of the scale.
  4. Mean = scale mean.
  5. SD = scale standard deviation.
  6. Min = minimal value of the average scale score.
  7. Max = maximal value of the average scale score.
  8. Alpha = Cronbach’s alpha.
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