Open AccessValidity of a single-item measure of stress symptoms
Author(s) -
Anna-Liisa Elo,
Anneli Leppänen,
Antti Jahkola
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.752
Subject(s) - psychology , construct validity , mental health , clinical psychology , criterion validity , population , psychosocial , scale (ratio) , content validity , optimism , psychometrics , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , physics , quantum mechanics
The objective of the study was to investigate the content, criterion, and construct validity of a single-item measure of stress symptoms. Such a concise measure would be useful in monitoring stress at work. The criteria for validity were convergence with conceptionally close measures, the plausibility of associations with health and work characteristics, and the power to discriminate between groups.