title: [Multifactor Organizational Stress Risk Questionnaire--MOSRQ: a preliminary study of dimensions and structure].
abstract: INTRODUCTION. The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the validity of the MOSRQ, a questionnaire for the assessment of work related stress risk. This questionnaire has 38 items: 19 related to organizational stressors and 19 to strains.
  
  
  METHODS
  Firstly, it was performed a critical analysis of instruments reported in scientific literature; then relevant items about sources and consequences of work related stress were selected in order to obtain the questionnaire. Finally MOSRQ was administered to a sample of 2314 subjects mainly employed in private firms belonging to industry and service sectors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MOSRQ obtains a good index of reliability (alpha = .89 for organizational stressor/antecedents and alpha = .92 for strain/outcome). Factor analysis presents a structure with 3 factors both for the antecedents and for the outcomes of work related stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, it is claimed that MOSRQ has the necessary psychometric characteristics for use in research as well as in organizational contexts.
authors: Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy. rzuffo@unich.it
authors: Riccardo Giorgio
authors: RG
authors: Zuffo
authors: Maria Santa
authors: MS
authors: Ferretti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires