TY - JOUR

T1 - Gli strumenti per la valutazione soggettiva del rischio stress lavoro-correlato

AU - Conway, Paul Maurice

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - The instruments for subjective assessment of work-related stress are aimed to evaluate individual perceptions of aspects that are crucial in the causal process linking psychosocial exposure to harmful physical and psychological health effects. Subjective assessment is most commonly performed by means of self-administered questionnaires, non least for their ability to hold down financial and economic costs of both field studies and data analyses. A common problem is that, for the major part of these questionnaires, no Italian validated (or accept) versions exist. Among available questionnaires, those that have been applied to a higher number of subjects in Italy are the Job Content Questionnaire, the Effort/Reward Imbalance Questionnaire, the Occupational Stress Indicator and the Multidimensional Questionnaire of Organizational Health. In this contribution, the main characteristics of the above-mentioned instruments are depicted. Finally, important aspects relating to the usage of self-administered questionnaires are emphasized, mainly when field evaluations are undertaken in specific work contexts.

AB - The instruments for subjective assessment of work-related stress are aimed to evaluate individual perceptions of aspects that are crucial in the causal process linking psychosocial exposure to harmful physical and psychological health effects. Subjective assessment is most commonly performed by means of self-administered questionnaires, non least for their ability to hold down financial and economic costs of both field studies and data analyses. A common problem is that, for the major part of these questionnaires, no Italian validated (or accept) versions exist. Among available questionnaires, those that have been applied to a higher number of subjects in Italy are the Job Content Questionnaire, the Effort/Reward Imbalance Questionnaire, the Occupational Stress Indicator and the Multidimensional Questionnaire of Organizational Health. In this contribution, the main characteristics of the above-mentioned instruments are depicted. Finally, important aspects relating to the usage of self-administered questionnaires are emphasized, mainly when field evaluations are undertaken in specific work contexts.

KW - Adaptation, Psychological

KW - Burnout, Professional

KW - Health Status

KW - Humans

KW - Italy

KW - Job Satisfaction

KW - Mental Disorders

KW - Psychometrics

KW - Questionnaires

KW - Stress, Psychological

KW - Workplace

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 19827285

VL - 31

SP - 197

EP - 199

JO - Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

JF - Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

SN - 1592-7830

IS - 2

ER -