PMID- 22423675
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120925
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 1366-5847 (Electronic)
IS  - 0014-0139 (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 4
DP  - 2012
TI  - Occupation-differential construct validity of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) 
      psychological job demands scale with physical job demands items: a mixed methods 
      research.
PG  - 425-39
LID - 10.1080/00140139.2011.645887 [doi]
AB  - The construct validity of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) psychological 
      demands scale in relationship to physical demands has been inconsistent. This 
      study aims to test quantitatively and qualitatively whether the scale validity 
      differs by occupation. Hierarchical clustering analyses of 10 JCQ psychological 
      and physical demands items were conducted in 61 occupations from two datasets: 
      one of non-faculty workers at a university in the United States (6 occupations 
      with 208 total workers) and the other of a Belgian working population (55 
      occupations with 13,039 total workers). The psychological and physical demands 
      items overlapped in 13 of 61 occupation-stratified clustering analyses. Most of 
      the overlaps occurred in physically-demanding occupations and involved the two 
      psychological demands items, 'work fast' and 'work hard'. Generally, the scale 
      reliability was low in such occupations. Additionally, interviews with eight 
      university workers revealed that workers interpreted the two psychological 
      demands items differently by the nature of their tasks. The scale validity was 
      occupation-differential. PRACTITIONER SUMMARY: The JCQ psychological job demands 
      scale as a job demand measure has been used worldwide in many studies. This study 
      indicates that the wordings of the 'work fast' and 'work hard' items of the scale 
      need to be reworded enough to differentiate mental and physical job demands as 
      intended, 'psychological.'
FAU - Choi, Bongkyoo
AU  - Choi B
AD  - Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University 
      Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA. b.choi@uci.edu
FAU - Kurowski, Alicia
AU  - Kurowski A
FAU - Bond, Meg
AU  - Bond M
FAU - Baker, Dean
AU  - Baker D
FAU - Clays, Els
AU  - Clays E
FAU - De Bacquer, Dirk
AU  - De Bacquer D
FAU - Punnett, Laura
AU  - Punnett L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Ergonomics
JT  - Ergonomics
JID - 0373220
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Motor Activity
MH  - *Occupational Health
MH  - Occupations/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Stress, Psychological/*epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - *Task Performance and Analysis
EDAT- 2012/03/20 06:00
MHDA- 2012/09/26 06:00
CRDT- 2012/03/20 06:00
PHST- 2012/03/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/09/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/00140139.2011.645887 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ergonomics. 2012;55(4):425-39. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2011.645887.