The Poverty-Related Stress Scale: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure Assessing Poverty-Related Stressors
Table 10
Concurrent and predictive validity: the relationships between poverty-related stress and theoretically salient concepts (depression, anxiety, and flourishing).
Regression path
Standardized
Validity established
S.E.
Concurrent validity
Poverty-related stress time 1
➔
Depression time 1
0.85
0.02
48.12
0.71
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 1
➔
Anxiety time 1
0.94
0.01
81.83
0.88
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 1
➔
Flourishing time 1
-0.15
0.04
-3.44
0.02
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 2
➔
Depression time 2
0.68
0.04
16.43
0.46
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 2
➔
Anxiety time 2
0.91
0.02
47.08
0.83
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 2
➔
Flourishing time 2
-0.21
0.06
-3.47
0.04
Yes
Predictive validity
Poverty-related stress time 1
➔
Depression time 2
0.58
0.05
11.41
0.33
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 1
➔
Anxiety time 2
0.74
0.03
28.29
0.55
Yes
Poverty-related stress time 1
➔
Flourishing time 2
-0.24
0.06
-4.29
0.06
Yes
Note: β = standardized beta; S.E. = standard error; = variance, = is significant at the 0.01 level.
