Reliability and Validity of Job Content Questionnaire in Chinese Petrochemical Employees

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Jun-Quan Zhang ◽  
Pei-Fang Tan ◽  
Sheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
Job Content

To evaluate psychometric properties the Chinese (mainland) version of the 30-item Job Content Questionnaire was administered to 889 employees in 4 industries of PetroChina. A retest at 3 months with 296 randomly chosen employees showed reliabilities ranged from .76 to .93. Cronbach coefficients alpha for the 8 dimensions ranged from .43 to .88, indicating that the Job Insecurity subscale had low internal consistency. Exploratory factor analysis showed 8 meaningful factors corresponding to the 8 theoretical dimensions of this questionnaire. This version has variable a but suitable retest to be a reliable and valid measure of job strain, applicable to the Chinese industrial working population of PetroChina.

The Chemosensory Pleasure Scale: A New Assessment for Measuring Hedonic Smell and Taste Capacities

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiu-Bo Zhao ◽  
Yi-Le Wang ◽  
Qian-Wen Ma ◽  
Jing-Bo Zhao ◽  
Xiao-Yuan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Clinical Feature ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Empirical Validity ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Hedonic Capacity

Abstract Anhedonia, or the inability to experience pleasure, is a key clinical feature of many mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. Although various valid measurements of anhedonia and pleasure experience exist, no scales exist that quantify smell and taste pleasure experiences. The Chemosensory Pleasure Scale (CPS) was therefore designed to assess the hedonic capacity for smell and taste pleasure. We examined the reliability and validity of the CPS in our study. First, we conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to identify and examine the structure of the CPS. Second, the CPS’s validity and test-retest stability were investigated. The CPS was correlated with other measurements of anhedonia and pleasure experience. Furthermore, the empirical validity of CPS was also examined in our study. The results indicated that the CPS is a reliable and valid measure for assessing an individual’s hedonic capacity for smell and taste pleasure in nonclinical samples. Further application of the CPS for various populations is also discussed herein, especially for patients with mental disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and autism.

Validation of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire to Measure Job Strain in Vietnam

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Giang Hoang ◽  
Marc Corbière ◽  
Alessia Negrini ◽  
Minh Khuê Pham ◽  
Daniel Reinharz
Keyword(s):  
Health Personnel ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Work Absence ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Support At Work ◽  
Skill Discretion ◽  
Psychological Demands

The objective of this study was to validate the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire in Vietnamese. A translation/back-translation of the questionnaire was performed prior to its administration to 344 health personnel in Vietnam. Several psychometric properties of the Vietnamese version of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire were assessed. A valid Vietnamese version of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire was produced, composed of five subscales based on the original theoretical model: Psychological demands, Social support at work, Decision latitude-Autonomy, Decision latitude—Authority, and Skill discretion. Internal consistency and reliability coefficients for each subscale of the questionnaire were satisfactory. The correlations with depression and work absence indicators were weak but statistically significant, as expected. The Vietnamese version of the Karasek-Job Content Questionnaire will help Vietnamese researchers and clinicians appropriately evaluate and document the job strain of workers in Vietnamese workplaces.

scholarly journals Job Strain and Late-Life Cognition: Findings From the Puerto Rican Elderly Health Conditions Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 089826432097732
Author(s):  
Taylor F. D. Vigoureux ◽  
Monica E. Nelson ◽  
Ross Andel ◽  
Brent J. Small ◽  
Ana Luisa Dávila-Roman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Cognitive Aging ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Puerto Ricans ◽  
Cognitive Change ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
Elderly Health ◽  
Job Content

Objectives: We examined associations between job strain and cognitive aging in a sample of older Puerto Ricans. Methods: Members of the Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions study, aged 60–100 years at baseline, participated. Job strain indicators were quantified from O*NET ( n = 1632) and a matrix of Job Content Questionnaire scores (JCQ; n = 1467). Global cognition was assessed twice across 4 years. Results: Controlling for age, sex, depressive symptoms, financial problems, hypertension, diabetes, childhood economic hardship, low job control and high job strain were consistently associated with greater cognitive decline. Adding education attenuated these associations. High education strengthened the JCQ job control-cognitive change link. Discussion: Low job control and high job strain may accelerate cognitive aging in this population. However, it may be more difficult to disentangle the intersecting roles of education and job strain in cognitive aging among older Puerto Ricans relative to older adults from contiguous United States or Europe.

scholarly journals Marginalised Medical Officers; Do We Care?

2019 ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zulfahmi Mohd Kamaruzaman ◽  
Mohd Ismail Ibrahim ◽  
Anees Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Job Strain ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Job Content Questionnaire ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Job Content ◽  
Psychological Demands

Introduction: Medical officers are responsible to give health services to population. Ironically, they also suffer from unhealthy consequences in the mould of job strain.Objective: Thus, the main aim of this study is to determine the job strain among medical officers in health clinics (HCs), Kelantan and its associated factors.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of the prevalence and risk factors of job strain among medical officers in HCs. The study was conducted between January and April 2019 using simple random sampling involving a total number of 232 medical officers. The selected medical officers were given the Malay version of validated Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) in order to investigate job strain. There were three components investigated and two of them; decision latitude and psychological demands were applied to define job strain. The median score was utilized as the cut-off point to separate high and low result of the data. High psychological demand with concurrent low decision latitude resulted in high job strain. The last component investigated was social support (co-worker and supervisor support). The data were presented descriptively and logistic regression was used to find the association for the job strain.Results: The prevalence of high job strain among medical officers serving in HCs, Kelantan was 22.4 percent. Supervisor support was significantly associated with job strain.Conclusion: A high proportion of medical officers in HCs suffered high job strain. Supervisor support proved to be substantial in relieving job strain.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Supplementary Issue: 2019 Page: 50

Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+: A study with Chinese college students

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Ling ◽  
Ming-yi Qian ◽  
Bing-jun Yang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Experience Of Care ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+ (PDQ-4+) has been regarded as an effective instrument for screening people with personality disorders in Western countries. Recently, it has also been widely used in research of personality disorders on the Chinese mainland. Using a sample of 4,811 Chinese college students, the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the PDQ-4+ (Yang, Rorbert, & Paul, 2000) were examined. Results indicated that the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of PDQ-4+ subscales were psychometrically acceptable. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 3-factor solution, which conforms to the conceptual categorization of personality disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders - III (American Psychiatric Association, 1987). Significant correlation was found between PDQ-4+ subscale scores and the factor scores of the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (Bifulco, Bernazzani, Moran, & Jacobs, 2005). The sensitivity and specificity of the PDQ-4+ in the Chinese mainland population need further study.

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