title: Psychometric properties of the polish version of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to verify psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS). Specifically, theoretical 4-factor structure (based on the dimensions of pleasure and arousal) and reliability of the original - 20-item JAWS (van Katwyk et al., 2000) and the shortened - 12-item (Schaufeli and Van Rhenen, 2006) versions were tested.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two independent samples were analyzed (police officers, N = 395, and police recruits, N = 202). The Polish version of the original, 20-item, JAWS was used to measure job-related affective states across the past month (van Katwyk et al., 2000). This version of JAWS includes 2 dimensions: valence and arousal, which allow to assess 4 categories of emotions: low-arousal positive emotions, high-arousal positive emotions, low-arousal negative emotions and high-arousal negative emotions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of multidimensional scaling analysis showed that the theoretical circumplex model of emotions underlining JAWS was satisfactorily reproduced. Also the hypothesized 4-factor structure of the Polish version of JAWS was confirmed. The 12-item version had better fit with the data than the original, 20-item, version, but the best fit was obtained for the even shorter, 8-item version. This version emerged from a multidimensional scaling of the 12-item version. Reliabilities of the 20- and 12-item versions were good, with lower values for the 8-item JAWS version.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings confirmed satisfactory psychometric properties of both Polish versions of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale. Thus, when both psychometric properties and relevance for cross-cultural comparisons are considered, the 12-item JAWS is recommended as a version of choice.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland, bbas@pg.gda.pl.
authors.forename: Beata A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Basińska
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gruszczyńska
authors.forename: Wilmar B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Schaufeli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D057181:Pleasure; D011044:Poland; D016495:Police; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations