Work-related stress assessment in a population of Italian workers. The Stress Questionnaire

Nicola Mucci; Gabriele Giorgi; Vincenzo Cupelli; Pier Agostino Gioffrè; Maria Valeria Rosati; Francesco Tomei; Gianfranco Tomei; Edgar Breso-Esteve; Giulio Arcangeli

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.069

Work-related stress assessment in a population of Italian workers. The Stress Questionnaire

Sci Total Environ. 2015 Jan 1:502:673-9. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.069. Epub 2014 Oct 10.

Authors

Nicola Mucci¹, Gabriele Giorgi², Vincenzo Cupelli³, Pier Agostino Gioffrè⁴, Maria Valeria Rosati⁴, Francesco Tomei⁴, Gianfranco Tomei⁵, Edgar Breso-Esteve⁶, Giulio Arcangeli³

Affiliations

¹ Chair of Occupational Medicine, Health Services Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 1/23 Largo Piero Palagi, Florence, Italy; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 1 Largo Francesco Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy.
² Department of Psychology, European University, 190 Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 00163 Rome, Italy.
³ Chair of Occupational Medicine, Health Services Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 1/23 Largo Piero Palagi, Florence, Italy.
⁴ University of Rome "Sapienza", Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Rome, Italy.
⁵ University of Rome "Sapienza", Department of Psychiatric and Psychological Science, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Department of Developmental, Educational, Social and Methodological Psychology - Vocal Social Psychology, Jaume University, 0 Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

PMID: 25305329
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.069

Abstract

The present study shows detailed information about the reliability and validity of the psychosocial risk scale included in the Stress Questionnaire (SQ) developed by our research group. The primary purpose of this work is to test the factor structure of the psychosocial risk scale through a first-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using a large pooled dataset obtained from a population of 2026 employees of 15 Italian medium-large companies. Data were collected by a team of researchers who examined demographic variables, work-related stress, workplace bullying, mental health and other constructs. In addition to these substantive issues, the survey was designed to better understand response bias. After the evaluation of the results we conclude that the psychosocial risk scale reported a satisfactory reliability and validity. In addition, it allowed a careful measurement of work related stress, considering both leader's and follower's perspectives.

Keywords: Italian workers; Psychosocial risk scale; Stress Questionnaire; Work-related stress assessment.

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Occupational Health / statistics & numerical data
Stress, Psychological / epidemiology*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workplace / psychology*