
pmid: 6657837
In the course of a series of stress management training seminars, a stress profile has been administered to 242 employees of public utilities, hospitals, casinos, law enforcement agencies, and welfare agencies (Lester, et al., 1982). This stress profile (Girdano & Everly, 1977) has seven subtests; each of 10 items length. The seven subtests' measure frustration tolerance, time pressure, boredom/loneliness, poor nutrition, lack of self-confidence, Type A behavior (found in those prone to heart attacks), and anxiety level. Item-total correlations were calculated for each subtest, and each of the swen subtests was satisfactory. All 70 item-total correlations were positive and sta:istically significant. The 70 items were subjected to a factor analysis, using SPSS, Type PA1 (Varimax rotated factor matrix). Twenty-three factors were extracted with eigenvalues greater than 1.00. The first factor, accounting for 15.6% of the variance, had loadings for 9 of the 10 items of Subtest 2 (time pressure). Factor 2, accounting for 5.1% of the variance had loadings from Items 1 to 4 of Subtest 7 (anxiety level), and Factor 3, accounting for 3.8% of the variance, had loadings from Items 5 to 10 of Subtest 7. Factor 4, accounting for 3.5% of the variance, had loadings for Items 2, 3, G and 7 of Subtest 5 (lack of self-confidence). No other factor had loadings for more than two items of any subtest. It appears that the stress profile of Girdano and Everly has an adequate item-total consistency, but that it is factorially complex. Only the subtests for time pressure and anxiety level seem to have an internal coherence.
Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Stress, Psychological
Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Stress, Psychological
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