RT Journal Article
T1 Occupational Stress in Spanish Police Officers: Validating the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire
A1 Luceño Moreno, Lourdes
A1 Talavera Velasco, Beatriz
A1 Jaén Díaz, Marian
A1 Martín García, Jesús
AB The Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (hereinafter, ERIQ) has been largely used worldwide to assess job stress, but it has not yet been applied in Spanish police. The objective of this study was to examine the construct validity and the internal consistency of the ERIQ in police officers. A cross-sectional study was carried out, using a nonprobability sampling (quota). A total of 217 Spanish police officers participated, 192 men (88.47%) and 25 women (11.53%). The mean age was 41 years (SD = 7.51). These police officers completed the ERIQ together with some other questionnaires (DECORE-21, MBI, GHQ and STAI) in order to provide evidence for validity based on the relationships to other constructs. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and a matrix of correlations with the rest of constructs was created. The results showed an appropriate fit to the original model consisting of three scales. In addition, the scales of the ERIQ presented the expected relationship with the other constructs. The ERIQ is a valid instrument for assessing occupational stress in Spanish police officers and can improve the interventions in this professional group.
PB MPDI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2021
FD 2021-02-13
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7440
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7440
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 30 abr 2024