Hispanic Stress Inventory (HSI)

The Hispanic Stress Inventory (Cervantes et al., 1991) is a 59 item (United States-Born Version) and 73 item (Immigrant Version) measure of psychosocial stress among people of Latin-American origin. It consists of 4 subscales (US-born version) and 5 subscales (immigrant version): Occupation/Economic Stress, Parental Stress, Marital Stress, Immigration Stress (Immigrant version only), and Family Stress; using a 5-point Likert scale (1= not at all stressful, 5 = extremely stressful).

Measure Source Article:

Cervantes, R.C., Padilla, A.M., Salgado de Synder, N. (1991). The Hispanic Stress Inventory: A culturally relevant approach to psychological assessment. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3(3), 438-447.


Translation Information:

The Hispanic Stress Inventory was translated to Spanish by the measure developers (Cervantes et al., 1991).

 

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