Workplace Assessment Scale: Pilot Validation Study
| Autor: | Eileen Huang, Nicole E. Edgar, Sarah E. MacLean, Simon Hatcher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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psychiatry_mental_health_studies
Psychometrics Surveys and Questionnaires scale design reliability validity first responders mental health workplace occupational stress humiliation betrayal Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Humans Reproducibility of Results Factor Analysis Statistical Workplace |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 19; Pages: 12408 |
| Popis: | First responders, such as police officers, paramedics, and firefighters are at an increased risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes compared to the general population. This predisposition can partially be attributed to common occupational stressors, which may provoke strong feelings of betrayal and humiliation. The Workplace Assessment Scale (WAS) was developed as there is currently no appropriate measure to assess such feelings in the first responder population. Initial development of the WAS included a Betrayal Subscale and the Humiliation Subscale, each comprised of 5 Likert scale questions which ask participants to report the frequency at which they experience specific feelings associated with their workplace. This pilot validation study was conducted to determine if there is preliminary evidence to support a large-scale validation study. To determine this, we assessed the internal structure and the convergent, concurrent, and predictive validity of the WAS. Based on 21/22 (95%) participant responses, a factor analysis did not support the two-factor model we anticipated, with only one factor and seven items retained from the original version of the scale. However, the internal consistency of the remaining items was strong. The validity analysis found moderate convergent validity and weak predictive validity based on correlations between the WAS and other psychometric scales. Minimal concurrent validity was noted. Additional research is needed for further analysis and validation of the WAS. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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