| Document ID (ISN) | 111073 |
| CIS number |
10-0619 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2010 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Leineweber C., Wege N., Westerlund H., Theorell T., Wahrendorf M., Siegrist J. |
| Title |
How valid is a short measure of effort-reward imbalance at work? A replication study from Sweden |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 2010, Vol.67, No.8, p.526-531. Illus. 29 ref. |
| Abstract |
There is an urgent need for validated measures of health-adverse psychosocial work environments. This study tested the validity of a newly developed short version of the original questionnaire measuring effort-reward imbalance at work (ERI). The study sample comprised 4771 working men and women participating in the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH), a nationally representative longitudinal cohort study, in 2006 and 2008. Structural equation modelling was applied to test factorial validity, using the ERI scales. Results are based on logistic and linear regression analyses, with appropriate confounder control. The short version of the ERI questionnaire (16 items) provides satisfactory psychometric properties (internal consistency of scales, confirmatory factor analysis with a good model fit of the data with the theoretical structure). All scales, and the effort-reward ratio, were prospectively associated with an increased risk of poor general self-rated health and depressive symptoms, indicating satisfactory criterion validity. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Sweden; psychology of work organization; health hazards; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
state of health; questionnaire survey; evaluation of technique; statistical evaluation; reliability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Psychology of work organization
|
