title: Further validation of the psychological injury risk indicator scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Confirm the Psychological Injury Risk Indicator (PIRI) scale capacity to facilitate routine assessment of psychological health of workers in high-stress environments.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study compared the PIRI scale scores with two experienced clinical psychologists' assessment of defined psychological injury in 93 participants. A second, longitudinal, study assessed PIRI predictive capacity for emotional exhaustion, physical health, and work engagement in 420 participants over 14 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The PIRI scale was shown to (a) determine the degree of psychological injury in participants with high correspondence to a specialist clinical interview; and (b) predict future emotional exhaustion, physical health, and work engagement to a significantly better degree than the 12-item General Health Questionnaire and Kessler-10 measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PIRI scale shows a valuable capacity to provide accurate routine psychological health assessment for at-risk workers in high-strain work environments.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. Peter.winwood@unisa.edu.au
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Winwood
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dollard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000523:psychology; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D016495:Police; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires