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Work-related stress risk assessment: a critical review based on psychometric principles of an objective tool

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Corradini, Isabella
Marano, Assunta
Nardelli, Enrico

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(1) Themis Research Centre, Roma, Italia, {isabellacorradini, assuntamarano}@themiscrime.com
(2) Department of Mathematics, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italia, nardelli@mat.uniroma2.it

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Many approaches to work-related stress risk assessement suggest the integration between a phase where objective data are collected and analysed, and a phase where results of data collection and analysis are discussed and compared with information coming from the workers. On the other side, the use of self-report job stress measures has been criticized, due to their potential distortions, and stress researchers have repeatedly called for an approach based on the use of objective measures. The Italian law for work-related stress risk assessment, closer to the latter approach, prescribes a two-stage procedure: first a set of objective measures and then, conditionally to the outcome of the first stage, a set of subjective measures. We therefore describe and critically review, on the basis of psychometric principles, the tool used for the objective stage in the most adopted method in Italy. Such a tool is a checklist for which we discuss a number of issues suggesting it is not methodologically well founded. We conclude these weaknesses affect the practice of work-related stress risk assessment.

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Stress Psychische Belastung Arbeitsplatz Test Bewertung Skala Arbeitsstress Psychometrie Bewertungsskala Objektive Messung work-related stress risk assessment psychometric properties rating scales and checklists objective measurements

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2014

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Corradini, Isabella
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Marano, Assunta
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Nardelli, Enrico
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    (1) Themis Research Centre, Roma, Italia, {isabellacorradini, assuntamarano}@themiscrime.com
    de
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    (2) Department of Mathematics, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italia, nardelli@mat.uniroma2.it
    de
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    2022-11-17T10:15:33Z
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  • Made available on
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  • Date of first publication
    2014
  • Abstract / Description
    Many approaches to work-related stress risk assessement suggest the integration between a phase where objective data are collected and analysed, and a phase where results of data collection and analysis are discussed and compared with information coming from the workers. On the other side, the use of self-report job stress measures has been criticized, due to their potential distortions, and stress researchers have repeatedly called for an approach based on the use of objective measures. The Italian law for work-related stress risk assessment, closer to the latter approach, prescribes a two-stage procedure: first a set of objective measures and then, conditionally to the outcome of the first stage, a set of subjective measures. We therefore describe and critically review, on the basis of psychometric principles, the tool used for the objective stage in the most adopted method in Italy. Such a tool is a checklist for which we discuss a number of issues suggesting it is not methodologically well founded. We conclude these weaknesses affect the practice of work-related stress risk assessment.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-52511
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/3324
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8434
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Keyword(s)
    Stress
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  • Keyword(s)
    Psychische Belastung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitsplatz
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  • Keyword(s)
    Test
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Bewertung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Skala
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitsstress
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Psychometrie
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Bewertungsskala
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  • Keyword(s)
    Objektive Messung
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  • Keyword(s)
    work-related stress risk assessment
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  • Keyword(s)
    psychometric properties
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    rating scales and checklists
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    objective measurements
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Work-related stress risk assessment: a critical review based on psychometric principles of an objective tool
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    preprint
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