Perceived psychosocial stress was measured by the questionnaire 'Parental Stress' (13 items) which proved to be relevant for mothers caring for young children [ 21, 22].
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Subsequently, the items which were formulated fitting the theoretical domains parental stress and quality of life were allocated to these six domains: an item pool of multiple-choice questions was constructed into a prototype questionnaire.
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The TOP-8 was developed from a larger post-traumatic stress disorder evaluation scale based on items which occurred frequently in the population and which responded substantially to treatment across time.
The short version has 21 items which are divided into 7 items each assessing the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress respectively.
Each subscale comprises 12 items, which yield subscale specific scores ranging from 12-60, withigherer score indicative of higher levels of stress.
Thus, our method can measure the similarity of users based on the SAs/SCs assigned to items and their classes (item classes are defined using a taxonomy of items), which overcomes the sparsity problem.
Maternal stress was measured using the Psychosocial Hassles Scale[ 30], an 11-item instrument which measures perceived maternal stress (from "no stress" to "severe stress") due to common stressors, such as "money worries like paying bills".
Summing positive responses constituted a stress item score, which was then dichotomized into stressed and non-stressed.
