caa a22 4500 463193962 CHVBK 20180406164917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00420-006-0156-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00420-006-0156-x Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the job content questionnaire: data from health care workers [Elektronische Daten] [Ki-Do Eum, Jian Li, Hyung-Joon Jhun, Jong-Tae Park, Sang-Woo Tak, Robert Karasek, Sung-Il Cho] Objectives: To test the validity and reliability of selected scales, namely, decision latitude, psychological job demand, social support, job insecurity, and macro-level decision latitude from the Korean version of the job content questionnaire (K-JCQ), as part of a psychosocial epidemiological study among university hospital workers. Methods: K-JCQ was developed by translation and back translation complying with the JCQ usage policy, and its psychometric properties were explored among 338 workers (290 females and 48 males) in a university hospital in Korea. Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach's alpha correlation coefficients. Factorial validity was tested using exploratory factor analysis. Pearson's correlation coefficients were used for test-retest reliability among a subset of 157 workers who responded to a repeat survey. Criterion-related validity was assessed by investigating the effects of the scales on job satisfaction and self-identity through work in multiple regression models. Results: Cronbach's alpha for all selected scales was higher than 0.6, except for job insecurity (0.53) and macro-level decision authority (0.52), indicating appropriate internal consistency. Correlation coefficients between test and retest scales of decision latitude, psychological job demand, and social support were 0.60, 0.41, and 0.35, respectively. Exploratory factor analysis found three- and four-factor models, i.e., with and without macro-level decision latitude, respectively, closely corresponding to the theoretical constructs. High levels of decision latitude and social support, and low levels of psychological job demand and job insecurity were significantly associated with high level of job satisfaction. Higher self-identity through work was positively related to decision latitude and social support. Conclusions: These findings suggest that K-JCQ is valid and reliable for assessing psychosocial job stress among Korean workers. Macro-level decision latitude showed a separate factorial structure and was strongly associated with task-level decision latitude. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Health care worker nationallicence Job content questionnaire (JCQ) nationallicence Macro-level decision latitude nationallicence Reliability nationallicence Validity nationallicence Eum Ki-Do Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea aut Li Jian Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China aut Jhun Hyung-Joon Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea aut Park Jong-Tae Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan City, South Korea aut Tak Sang-Woo Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA aut Karasek Robert Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA aut Cho Sung-Il Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, 28 Yeongun-Dong, Jongno-Gu, 110-799, Seoul, South Korea aut International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 80/6(2007-05-01), 497-504 0340-0131 80:6<497 2007 80 420 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0156-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0156-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eum Ki-Do Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Jian Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jhun Hyung-Joon Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Park Jong-Tae Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan City, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tak Sang-Woo Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karasek Robert Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cho Sung-Il Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, 28 Yeongun-Dong, Jongno-Gu, 110-799, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 80/6(2007-05-01), 497-504 0340-0131 80:6<497 2007 80 420 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer