title: Work-related stress assessment in a population of Italian workers. The Stress Questionnaire.
abstract: The present study shows detailed information about the reliability and validity of the psychosocial risk scale included in the Stress Questionnaire (SQ) developed by our research group. The primary purpose of this work is to test the factor structure of the psychosocial risk scale through a first-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using a large pooled dataset obtained from a population of 2026 employees of 15 Italian medium-large companies. Data were collected by a team of researchers who examined demographic variables, work-related stress, workplace bullying, mental health and other constructs. In addition to these substantive issues, the survey was designed to better understand response bias. After the evaluation of the results we conclude that the psychosocial risk scale reported a satisfactory reliability and validity. In addition, it allowed a careful measurement of work related stress, considering both leader's and follower's perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Occupational Medicine, Health Services Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 1/23 Largo Piero Palagi, Florence, Italy; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 1 Largo Francesco Vito, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mucci
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, European University, 190 Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 00163 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.affiliation: Chair of Occupational Medicine, Health Services Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 1/23 Largo Piero Palagi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cupelli
authors.affiliation: University of Rome "Sapienza", Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Pier Agostino
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gioffrè
authors.affiliation: University of Rome "Sapienza", Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Valeria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.affiliation: University of Rome "Sapienza", Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomei
authors.affiliation: University of Rome "Sapienza", Department of Psychiatric and Psychological Science, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: franc.tomei@alice.it.
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomei
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental, Educational, Social and Methodological Psychology - Vocal Social Psychology, Jaume University, 0 Av. de Vicent Sos Baynat, 12071 Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Breso-Esteve
authors.affiliation: Chair of Occupational Medicine, Health Services Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 1/23 Largo Piero Palagi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arcangeli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Italian workers; Psychosocial risk scale; Stress Questionnaire; Work-related stress assessment