Translation and reliability of the Malay parental stress scale: a screening tool for Malaysian parents

Shamsuddin, Nadiah and Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Firdaus and Shahadan, Siti Zuhaidah and Abdul Razak, Redzuan Nul Hakim and Ismail, Norjihada Izzah (2025) Translation and reliability of the Malay parental stress scale: a screening tool for Malaysian parents. International Journal of Care Scholars, 8 (3). pp. 96-103. ISSN 2600-898X

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Abstract

Background: Malaysians still have limited access to the Bahasa Melayu validated version of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS). This study aims to assess the preliminary psychometric properties of the Bahasa Melayu version of the PSS among Malaysian parents, particularly in the context of urban parental resilience research. Methods: The study was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 involved the forward–backward translation of the original PSS into Bahasa Melayu. Phase 2 was a pilot test involving 32 Malaysian parents recruited through online distribution. The study examined internal consistency and the distributional properties of the items. Results: Most participants were female, aged between 30 to 40 years, and from the middle-income group. The Bahasa Melayu PSS demonstrated good internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.831, indicating good reliability. Skewness and kurtosis values (0.414 and 0.809) showed that item responses were nearly symmetric and mesokurtic, supporting good normality. Due to the small sample size, confirmatory factor analysis was not conducted. Conclusion: The translated PSS shows sufficient clarity and internal consistency for use as a screening tool among Malaysian parents. While full psychometric validation is still needed, this version of the PSS holds potential for future large-scale use in assessing parental stress in Malaysia

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bahasa Melayu, Parental stress, Psychometric evaluation, Reliability, Screening tool
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing R Medicine > RT Nursing > RT85 Nursing Ethics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Professional Nursing Studies
Depositing User:	Mr Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Ismail
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2025 16:09
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2025 16:09
Queue Number:	2025-12-Q389
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/124978

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