Examining and measuring sources of stress in a sample of caregivers of children with special needs in Egypt: The Perception of Caregivers Stress Scale

This study aims to examine stress among caregivers of multiple disabled children and develop psychometrically assess an instrument measure the sources psychological caregivers. The author developed a 24-item scale with (6–18) years old intellectually physically children. Experts (n = 12) provided content validity before it was administered 209) both male female who are directly involved in daily care their experts’ agreement about relevance instruments’ items caregivers' perceptions related 89%. Internal consistency reliability for .86 (Cronbach’s alpha). Factor analysis resulted four cohesive theoretically meaningful factors, there is evidence convergent validity. reliable, valid empirical severity stress.