title: A factor confirmation and convergent validity of the "areas of worklife scale" (AWS) to Spanish translation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Perceived incongruity between the individual and the job on work-life areas such as workload, control, reward, fairness, community and values have implications for the dimensions of burnout syndrome. The "Areas of Work-life Scale" (AWS) is a practical instrument to measure employees´ perceptions of their work environments.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Validate a Spanish translation of the AWS, and it relationship with Masclach Burnout Inventory dimensions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in three medium-sized hospitals and seven rural and urban Primary Care centres (N = 871) in Spain. The "Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey" (MBI-GS) and AWS were applied. We developed a complete psychometric analysis of its reliability, and validity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data on the reliability supported a good internal consistency (Cronbach α between .71, and .85). Construct validity was confirmed by a six factor model of the AWS as a good measure of work environments (χ²(₃₅₂) = 806.21, p < 0.001; χ²/df = 2.29; CFI = 0.935, RMSEA = 0.039); concurrent validity was analysed for its relationship with other measures (opposing dimensions to burnout, and MBI), and each correlation between dimensions and sub-dimensions were statistically significant; as well, predictive validity, by a series of Multiple Regression Analysis examined the resulting patterns of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirms the relationship between the work-life areas and burnout dimensions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Leiter and Maslach's AWS has been an important instrument in exploring several work-life factors that contribute to burnout. This scale can now be used to assess the quality of work-life in order to design and assess the need for intervention programs in Spanish-speaking countries.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. sgascon@unizar.es
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gascón
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Leiter
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stright
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Santed
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montero-Marín
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andrés
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asensio-Martínez
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Campayo
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D014175:Translating; D014937:Work / Q000502:physiology*