title: Using the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS) to investigate affective responses to work stressors.
abstract: Prior research linking job stressors to psychological strains has been limited to a small number of emotional reactions. This article describes research linking job stressors to a wide range of affective states at work. In Study 1, a multidimensional scaling procedure was used on a matrix of similarity judgments by 51 employees of 56 job-related affective statements to support a 2-dimensional view of affective well-being. In Study 2, ratings of the affect statements by 100 employees further supported the contention that the dimensions were pleasure-displeasure and degree of arousal. In Study 3, 114 full-time university employees responded to the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale, which was found to be related to measures of job stressors as well as job satisfaction and physical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Personnel Decisions International, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Van Katwyk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kelloway
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires