Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK.
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK; Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK.
J Psychosom Res. 2022 Sep;160:110989. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110989. Epub 2022 Jul 9.
Work stress is a global issue with countries such as the UK requiring organisations to protect employees. Work stress can be beneficial (challenging) or harmful (overwhelming), and characteristics such as resilience are thought to mitigate some of the negative effects. This paper describes the validation of two new scales. The WOSS-13 was designed to measure both benign and harmful experiences of work stress, while the ReWoS-24 captures information about individual and team resilience.
For both scales the assessment of individual items, domains captured by scale items, reliability and validity were completed using data from a survey of 1980 individuals from the University of York, England. A sub-sample of respondents (N = 609) provided additional data for retest purposes. Analyses were performed using these two samples.
Responses to scale items were found to be normally distributed. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated the WOSS-13 was comprised of three subscales: positive work-related affect/stress, general positive affect and harmful stress. The ReWoS-24 is presented as four sub-scales: general well-being, well-being at work, satisfaction with job performance and team resilience. All subscales demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha ≥0.80). Both scales complement existing measures of stress and mental health.
The findings suggest that the WOSS-13 is a valid and reliable measure which enables the assessment of both benign and harmful forms of work stress. The ReWoS-24 is a valid and reliable measure of individual and team resilience. These scales could be used in workplaces to assess for and mitigate against, harmful work stress.
工作压力是一个全球性问题，英国等国家要求各组织保护员工。工作压力可能有益（有挑战性），也可能有害（压倒性），而韧性等特征被认为可以减轻一些负面影响。本文介绍了两个新量表的验证。WOSS-13 旨在衡量工作压力的良性和有害体验，而 ReWoS-24 则捕捉有关个人和团队韧性的信息。
对于这两个量表，使用来自英格兰约克大学 1980 名个体的调查数据完成了对个体项目、量表项目所捕获的领域、信度和效度的评估。一组受访者（N=609）提供了额外的数据用于重测目的。使用这两个样本进行了分析。
发现对量表项目的反应呈正态分布。验证性因素分析表明，WOSS-13 由三个分量表组成：与工作相关的积极情绪/压力、一般积极情绪和有害压力。ReWoS-24 呈现为四个分量表：一般幸福感、工作幸福感、工作绩效满意度和团队韧性。所有分量表的内部一致性都很好（克朗巴赫的 alpha ≥0.80）。这两个量表都补充了现有的压力和心理健康测量。
研究结果表明，WOSS-13 是一种有效且可靠的测量工具，可用于评估良性和有害形式的工作压力。ReWoS-24 是个体和团队韧性的有效且可靠的衡量标准。这些量表可用于工作场所评估和减轻有害的工作压力。
