Factors of Stress

Cuestionario de Estrés Académico, CEA [Academic stress questionnaire] (35, 104). The scale's internal structure was analyzed. In order to do so, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the whole set of data from our sample, thus verifying the second-level structure. The default model has good fit [Chi-Square = 66,457, df = 13, p< 0.001; CFI = 0.935, TLI = 0.961, IFI = 0.947, RFI = 0.965 and NFI = 0.947; RMSEA = 0.057; HOELTER = 0.430 (p < 0.05) and 0.532 (p < 0.01)]. The proposed model contains 53 items with a seven-factor structure having two dimensions, where one factor differs from the original version. The resulting dimensions and factors were: (1) Dimension of Stress in Learning: Task Overload (Factor 2), Dificulties of Performance Control (F3), Social climate (Factor 5), and Test Anxiety (Factor 7); (2) Dimension of Stress in Teaching: Methodology difficulties (Factor 1), Public speaking (Factor 4); Content lacks value (Factor 6). Overall reliability = 0.961; part 1 = 0.932, part 2 = 0.946.