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Evaluation of Psychometric Methodologies Used to Assess Occupational Stress and Strain.

PB90103342

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Jenkins, C. D.; DeFrank, R. S.; Speers, M. A.
Page Count	123
Abstract	An overview was made of the extensive research literature reporting on psychometric approaches to measuring occupational stress and strain. Several categories of concepts central to the research area were identified including stressors in the job itself, those related to the organization of the work, those due to changes in work conditions, and major categories of nonwork stressors. Psychosocial components of work strain were identified, both those expressed in terms of the job such as burnout, and more general affective reactions, such as depression and fatigue. Aspects of the work environment were identified along with other classes of intervening variables which may modify the nature and intensity of the relation of work stressors to expressed strain and of both stressors and strain to more definite health outcomes. Scales, tests, and other measures of the central concepts were then identified. A reasonable number of measures of work stressors, job satisfaction, and general and specific measures of strain and distress were found which have good reliability and the beginnings of evidence for validity.
Keywords	Stress(Psychology) Roles(Behavior) Unemployment Job satisfaction Psychometrics Psychological tests Physiological psychology Work environments Jobs Changes Data collection Life styles
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 92B - Psychology
Corporate Authors	Texas Univ. Medical Branch at Galveston. Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Community Health.; Robert A. Taft Labs., Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Robert A. Taft Labs., Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199001

Evaluation of Psychometric Methodologies Used to Assess Occupational Stress and Strain.

Evaluation of Psychometric Methodologies Used to Assess Occupational Stress and Strain.
PB90103342

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Jenkins, C. D.; DeFrank, R. S.; Speers, M. A.
Page Count	123
Abstract	An overview was made of the extensive research literature reporting on psychometric approaches to measuring occupational stress and strain. Several categories of concepts central to the research area were identified including stressors in the job itself, those related to the organization of the work, those due to changes in work conditions, and major categories of nonwork stressors. Psychosocial components of work strain were identified, both those expressed in terms of the job such as burnout, and more general affective reactions, such as depression and fatigue. Aspects of the work environment were identified along with other classes of intervening variables which may modify the nature and intensity of the relation of work stressors to expressed strain and of both stressors and strain to more definite health outcomes. Scales, tests, and other measures of the central concepts were then identified. A reasonable number of measures of work stressors, job satisfaction, and general and specific measures of strain and distress were found which have good reliability and the beginnings of evidence for validity.
Keywords	Stress(Psychology) Roles(Behavior) Unemployment Job satisfaction Psychometrics Psychological tests Physiological psychology Work environments Jobs Changes Data collection Life styles
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 92B - Psychology
Corporate Authors	Texas Univ. Medical Branch at Galveston. Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Community Health.; Robert A. Taft Labs., Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Robert A. Taft Labs., Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199001