Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the General Work Stress Scale

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dc.authoridTeles, Mesut/0000-0002-3255-0096
dc.contributor.authorTeles, Mesut
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:24:59Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:24:59Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAim To test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the General Work Stress Scale. Background Nursing is one of the most stressful professions. The primary measure that should be taken to ensure that nurses can cope with stress is determining their stress levels. Method The General Work Stress Scale was translated into Turkish via back-translation. Its reliability and validity were analysed via item analyses, content and construct validities, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, Cronbach's alpha and Spearman-Brown reliability coefficients. Average and standard deviations of the scale items and the overall scale were calculated. Results The study was conducted with 276 nurses. The Cronbach's alpha of the whole scale was 0.91, and the Spearman-Brown reliability coefficient was 0.89. According to the resulting one-dimensional structure, the factor loadings of the scale items were between 0.67 and 0.82, and this structure alone explained 58.72% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed perfect and good-fit indices (chi(2)/SD = 1.96; RMSA = 0.06; CFI = 0.99; IFI = 0.99; GFI = 0.97; RMR = 0.04; NFI = 0.99). The mean total score was 2.55 +/- 0.87, while the items' means ranged from 2.10 +/- 1.15 to 3.33 +/- 1.13. Conclusion The Turkish version of the General Work Stress Scale is a valid and reliable tool for assessing nurses' general work stress. Nurses largely feel that their work makes them so stressed that they wish they had a different job. The items with low means suggest opportunities for improvement. Implications for practice The nurses or nursing services and units with low or high stress levels can be determined with the General Work Stress Scale. If necessary, measures aimed at eliminating or reducing the negative effects of those nurses or nursing services and units with high stress levels can be taken in a timely manner.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jonm.13211
dc.identifier.endpage720
dc.identifier.issn0966-0429
dc.identifier.issn1365-2834
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.pmid33174261
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85096872011
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage710
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13211
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/14445
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000594192900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Nursing Management
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectGeneral Work Stress Scale
dc.subjectnurses
dc.subjectreliability
dc.subjectTurkish version
dc.subjectvalidity
dc.titleValidity and reliability of the Turkish version of the General Work Stress Scale
dc.typeArticle

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