en روانشناسی ورزشی و شاخه‌های وابسته بدان Sport Psychology and its Related Branches مقاله اصیل Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background.</strong> Medical students often face more stress than college students in other majors. The Medical Students&#39; Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) is a tool commonly used to assess the stress levels and stressors experienced by medical students. However, no Chinese version has been validated to date.<br> <strong>Objectives. </strong>This study represents the first cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the MSSQ in Chinese medical students, filling an important gap in stress assessment tools.<br> <strong>Methods. </strong>Participants were 811 undergraduate medical students from a university in Yancheng, China, with a mean age of 20.96 years (SD = 1.98). The majority of the sample (66.6%) were female. Perceived stressors were measured using the 40-item Medical Students&#39; Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ), which assesses six domains of stressor (academic-related, intrapersonal and Interpersonal, teaching and learning, social, drive and desire, and group activities-related). The MSSQ was translated into Chinese following standard forward and backward translation procedures to ensure linguistic and conceptual equivalence. Participants completed the Chinese version of the MSSQ (MSSQ-C), and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted using Mplus 8.3 to examine the factorial structure of the six-domain model.<br> <strong>Results.</strong> The CFA supported the six-factor structure of the MSSQ-C. The initial model showed a poor fit; however, after re-specifying the model with four residual correlations, the final model demonstrated a good fit (RMSEA = 0.040, CFI = 0.956, TFI = 0.952, SRMR = 0.053). Construct reliability for the six factors ranged from 0.824 to 0.938, indicating satisfactory internal consistency.<br> <strong>Conclusion. </strong>The Chinese version of MSSQ is concise and has good reliability and validity, making it suitable for screening stress sources among Chinese medical students. Its strong psychometric properties make it a practical instrument for identifying stressors and guiding stress-management strategies in Chinese medical education.</div> Cross-Cultural Comparison, Validation, Psychometric Properties, Stress, Students, Medical 0 0 http://aassjournal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-11-2214-9&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shiyue Wang wangshiyue@student.usm.my 100319475328460017269 0009-0007-7143-178X No Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia Garry Kuan garry@usm.my 100319475328460017270 100319475328460017270 Yes Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia Le Li lile@student.usm.my 100319475328460017271 0009-0001-2640-4631 No Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia Rajesh Kumar rajesh2sports@gmail.com 100319475328460017272 100319475328460017272 No Department of Physical Education, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India Yee Cheng Kueh yckueh@usm.my 100319475328460017273 100319475328460017273 No Biostatistics and Research Methodology Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia