Evaluation of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey
The present study assesses and evaluates the psychometric properties of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey (JSS; Spielberger, 1991 Spielberger & Vagg, 1999 ). This instrument is constructed to measure generic sources of occupational stress encountered by employees in a wide variety of wo...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00639.x 2024-09-15T18:26:06+00:00 Evaluation of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey HOLMSTRÖM, STEFAN MOLANDER, BO JANSSON, JOHN BARNEKOW‐BERGQVIST, MARGARETA 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00639.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1467-9450.2008.00639.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00639.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Scandinavian Journal of Psychology volume 49, issue 3, page 277-286 ISSN 0036-5564 1467-9450 journal-article 2008 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00639.x 2024-06-25T04:15:09Z The present study assesses and evaluates the psychometric properties of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey (JSS; Spielberger, 1991 Spielberger & Vagg, 1999 ). This instrument is constructed to measure generic sources of occupational stress encountered by employees in a wide variety of work settings, settings that often result in psychological strain. The JSS was administered to metal assembly industry workers and medical service personnel in northern Sweden ( n = 1186). The exploratory factor analysis showed that there is a high similarity between the present Swedish version and the original American version. Internal reliabilities of the scales, as well as test‐retest reliabilities were shown to be high, and concurrent validity, as examined by comparisons with the Perceived Stress Questionnaire Index ( Levenstein et al ., 1993 ) was found to be satisfactory. The consistency of these findings is discussed with particular focus on groups of employees, gender, and cross‐cultural evaluations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Wiley Online Library Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 49 3 277 286 |
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The present study assesses and evaluates the psychometric properties of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey (JSS; Spielberger, 1991 Spielberger & Vagg, 1999 ). This instrument is constructed to measure generic sources of occupational stress encountered by employees in a wide variety of work settings, settings that often result in psychological strain. The JSS was administered to metal assembly industry workers and medical service personnel in northern Sweden ( n = 1186). The exploratory factor analysis showed that there is a high similarity between the present Swedish version and the original American version. Internal reliabilities of the scales, as well as test‐retest reliabilities were shown to be high, and concurrent validity, as examined by comparisons with the Perceived Stress Questionnaire Index ( Levenstein et al ., 1993 ) was found to be satisfactory. The consistency of these findings is discussed with particular focus on groups of employees, gender, and cross‐cultural evaluations. |
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HOLMSTRÖM, STEFAN MOLANDER, BO JANSSON, JOHN BARNEKOW‐BERGQVIST, MARGARETA Evaluation of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey |
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Evaluation of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey |
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Evaluation of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey |
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Evaluation of a Swedish version of the Job Stress Survey |
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