| Abstract: | This study was aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability and validity of a short
version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) whose scales have one item
selected from a standard version. Based on the results from an anonymous web-based
questionnaire of occupational health staffs and personnel/labor staffs, we selected
higher-priority scales from the standard version. After selecting one item with highest
item-total correlation coefficient from each scale, a 23-item questionnaire was developed.
A nationally representative survey was administered to Japanese employees
(n=1,633) to examine test-retest reliability and
validity. Most scales (or items) showed modest but adequate levels of test-retest
reliability (r>0.50). Furthermore, job demands and job
resources scales (or items) were associated with mental and physical stress reactions
while job resources scales (or items) were also associated with positive outcomes. These
findings provided a piece of evidence that the short version of the New BJSQ is reliable
and valid. |
