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Short communication: French version of the Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI): preliminary assessment of reliability and validity
Author(s) -
Steiler Dominique,
Cooper Cary L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.1018
Subject(s) - locus of control , psychology , cronbach's alpha , coping (psychology) , occupational stress , mental health , construct validity , discriminant validity , clinical psychology , applied psychology , psychometrics , social psychology , psychiatry , internal consistency
Abstract This article offers a preliminary assessment of the psychometric quality of the French version of the Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI). The OSI is a diagnostic tool that assesses seven different aspects of occupational stress by means of one independent variable (sources of pressure), three moderating factors (Type A behaviour, locus of control and coping strategies), and three dependent variables (job satisfaction, mental health and physical health). The purpose of the present study is to test the French translation of the OSI and investigate the reliability of all seven scales, as well as the convergent and discriminant validity of six of them, excluding job satisfaction. Cronbach's α revealed that six of the seven OSI scales were statistically very reliable. In accordance with previous studies, the seventh scale, locus of control, proved to be less reliable. Significant and acceptable levels of construct validity were also found for the Type A, locus of control, mental health, physical health scales and for one of the coping strategy subscales: social support. These encouraging results should lead to further, broader and more complete assessments of the psychometric quality of the French version of the OSI. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.