Developing a Basic Scale for Workers' Psychological Burden from the Perspective of Occupational Safety and Health
Safety and Health at Work
;
: 224-231, 2018.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-715503
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Organizations are pursing complex and diverse aims to generate higher profits. Many workers experience high work intensity such as workload and work pressure in this organizational environment. Especially, psychological burden is a commonly used term in workplace of Republic of Korea. This study focused on defining the psychological burden from the perspective of occupational safety and health and tried to develop a scale for psychological burden.METHODS:
The 48 preliminary questionnaire items for psychological burden were prepared by a focus group interview with 16 workers through the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire II and Mindful Awareness Attention Scale. The preliminary items were surveyed with 572 workers, and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and correlation analysis were conducted for a new scale.RESULTS:
As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, five factors were extracted organizational activity, human error, safety and health workload, work attitude, and negative self-management. These factors had significant correlations and reliability, and the stability of the model for validity was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis.CONCLUSION:
The developed scale for psychological burden can measure workers' psychological burden in relation to safety and health. Despite some limitations, this study has applicability in the workplace, given the relatively small-sized questionnaire.
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Assunto principal:
Autocuidado
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Saúde Ocupacional
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Grupos Focais
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República da Coreia
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Atividades Humanas
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Safety and Health at Work
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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