title: Development of a short version of the new brief job stress questionnaire.
abstract: This study was aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability and validity of a short version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) whose scales have one item selected from a standard version. Based on the results from an anonymous web-based questionnaire of occupational health staffs and personnel/labor staffs, we selected higher-priority scales from the standard version. After selecting one item with highest item-total correlation coefficient from each scale, a 23-item questionnaire was developed. A nationally representative survey was administered to Japanese employees (n=1,633) to examine test-retest reliability and validity. Most scales (or items) showed modest but adequate levels of test-retest reliability (r>0.50). Furthermore, job demands and job resources scales (or items) were associated with mental and physical stress reactions while job resources scales (or items) were also associated with positive outcomes. These findings provided a piece of evidence that the short version of the New BJSQ is reliable and valid.
authors: Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
authors: Akiomi
authors: A
authors: Inoue
authors: Norito
authors: N
authors: Kawakami
authors: Teruichi
authors: T
authors: Shimomitsu
authors: Akizumi
authors: A
authors: Tsutsumi
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Haratani
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Yoshikawa
authors: Akihito
authors: A
authors: Shimazu
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Odagiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult