EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT STANTON ET AL. A GENERAL MEASURE OF WORK STRESS: THE STRESS IN GENERAL SCALE

The present study focused on the development and validation of scores on the Stress in General scale. Three diverse samples of workers (n = 4,322, n = 574, n = 34) provided psychometric and validity evidence. All evidence converged on the existence of two dis-tinct subscales, each of which measured a different aspect of general work stress. The studies also resulted in meaningful patterns of correlations with stressor measures, a physiological measure of chronic stress (blood-pressure reactivity), general job attitude measures, and intentions to quit. Workplace stress has been related to a number of deleterious and costly in-dividual problems (e.g., headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, anxiety, hy-pertension, coronary heart disease, depression) and organizational outcomes We thank present and past Job Descriptive Index research group members Evan Sinar