Assessment of Microstressors in Adults: Questionnaire Development and Ecological Validation of the Mainz Inventory of Microstressors

Andrea Chmitorz   ^{1, 2} , PhD, MPH ;   Karolina Kurth   ^{1, 3, 4} , MSc ;   Lara K Mey   ^{1, 3, 4} , MSc ;   Mario Wenzel   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Klaus Lieb   ^{1, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Oliver Tüscher   ^{1, 4 *} , MD, PhD ;   Thomas Kubiak   ^{3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Raffael Kalisch   ^{4, 5 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

² Faculty of Social Work, Health Care and Nursing Sciences, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany

³ Health Psychology, Institute for Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

⁴ Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany

⁵ Neuroimaging Center, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

*these authors contributed equally