title: Development of four self-report measures of job stressors and strain: Interpersonal Conflict at Work Scale, Organizational Constraints Scale, Quantitative Workload Inventory, and Physical Symptoms Inventory.
abstract: Despite the widespread use of self-report measures of both job-related stressors and strains, relatively few carefully developed scales for which validity data exist are available. In this article, we discuss 3 job stressor scales (Interpersonal Conflict at Work Scale, Organizational Constraints Scale, and Quantitative Workload Inventory) and 1 job strain scale (Physical Symptoms Inventory). Using meta-analysis, we combined the results of 18 studies to provide estimates of relations between our scales and other variables. Data showed moderate convergent validity for the 3 job stressor scales, suggesting some objectively to these self-reports. Norms for each scale are provided.
authors.affiliation: U South Florida.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6881-8496
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: Steve M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jex
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload