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Table 4 Operationalization of stress symptoms

From: A social perspective on resilience: social support and dyadic coping in teacher training

Dimension

Items

α

Example item

Physical symptoms

6

.84/.72

During teacher training I have/had headaches

Psychological symptoms

 Anger

4

.87/.83

During teacher training I am/was irritable

 Sadness

4

.88/.85

During teacher training I am/was unhappy

 Anxiety

4

.87/.86

During teacher training I am/was tense

 Well-being

4

.94/.89

During teacher training I am/was cheerful

Emotional exhaustion

4

.86/.80

During teacher training I feel/felt emotionally drained from my work

  1. Items adapted from Barth (1985), Lohaus et al. (2018), and Maslach and Jackson (1981); α = Stress symptoms P1 (support recipients) entire sample / Stress symptoms P1 (support recipients) dyadic survey