The Work-Health-Check (WHC): a brief new tool for assessing psychosocial stress in the workplace.
Work
; 43(3): 345-60, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Brief, psychometrically robust questionnaires assessing work-related psychosocial stressors are lacking. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of a brief new questionnaire for assessing sources of work-related psychosocial stress.PARTICIPANTS:
Managers, blue- and white-collar workers (n= 628 at measurement point one, n=459 at measurement point two), sampled from an online panel of a German marketing research institute.METHODS:
We either developed or identified appropriate items from existing questionnaires for ten scales, which are conceptually based in work stress models and reflected either work-related demands or resources. Factorial structure was evaluated by confirmatory factor analyses (CFA). Scale reliability was assessed by Cronbach's Alpha, and test-retest; correlations with work-related efforts demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity for the demand and resource scales, respectively. Scale correlations with health indicators tested criterion validity.RESULTS:
All scales had satisfactory reliability (Cronbach's Alpha 0.74-0.93, retest reliabilities 0.66-0.81). CFA supported the anticipated factorial structure. Significant correlations between job-related efforts and demand scales (mean r=0.44) and non-significant correlations with the resource scales (mean r=0.07) suggested good convergent and discriminant validity, respectively. Scale correlations with health indicators demonstrated good criterion validity.CONCLUSION:
The WHC appears to be a brief, psychometrically robust instrument for assessing work-related psychosocial stressors.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Psicometría
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Estrés Psicológico
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Lugar de Trabajo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Work
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania