Senol-Durak Emre, Durak Mithat, Gençöz Tülin
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
J Occup Rehabil. 2006 Mar;16(1):157-68. doi: 10.1007/s10926-005-9006-z.
This study aimed at examining the psychometric properties of Work Stress Scale for Correctional Officers (WSSCO).
One hundred nineteen correctional officers (109 males and 10 females) employed in Turkey participated in this study. In addition to WSSCO, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were administered to the participants.
The internal consistencies and the item-total correlations were acceptable both for the whole scale and for its subscales; namely, "work overload," "role conflict and role ambiguity," "inadequacies in physical conditions of prison," "threat perception," and "general problems." Test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.77 for total scale, and test-retest reliability coefficients ranged between 0.68 and 0.78 for the subscales. The total scale and most of the subscales were positively correlated with depression, anxiety, and hopelessness, and negatively correlated with perceived social support. Furthermore, all subscales significantly differentiated high depressive symptomatology group from the low depressive symptomatology group.
The present results revealed that the psychometric properties of WSSCO were quite adequate. The scale can provide a potentially useful tool for research on job stress in correctional officers.
本研究旨在检验惩教人员工作压力量表（WSSCO）的心理测量特性。
119名受雇于土耳其的惩教人员（109名男性和10名女性）参与了本研究。除WSSCO外，还对参与者施测了贝克抑郁量表（BDI）、贝克焦虑量表（BAI）、贝克绝望量表（BHS）和领悟社会支持多维量表（MSPSS）。
整个量表及其各子量表的内部一致性和项目与总分的相关性均可接受；即“工作负荷过重”、“角色冲突与角色模糊”、“监狱物理条件不足”、“威胁感知”和“一般问题”。总量表的重测信度系数为0.77，各子量表的重测信度系数在0.68至0.78之间。总量表和大多数子量表与抑郁、焦虑和绝望呈正相关，与领悟社会支持呈负相关。此外，所有子量表都能显著区分高抑郁症状组和低抑郁症状组。
目前的结果表明WSSCO的心理测量特性相当充分。该量表可为惩教人员工作压力的研究提供一个潜在有用的工具。
