Factor Structure and Validity Indicators of the Job Content Questionnaire: Discussing Stress in the Work Contexts

Abstract

Study assessed the dimensional structure of the Job Content Questionnaire's (JCQ 2.0) main scales in two different work contexts. We evaluated two surveys among Brazilian workers, comprising 3084 health workers and 489 industrial workers. An exploratory factor analysis with oblique Geomin rotation explored the model, and subsequently, a confirmatory factor analysis assessed the factor structure and possible modifications of the model. The internal consistency of JC scales was assessed by using estimates of composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha. The structural model was confirmed, with a good fit in the two studies, despite low factors' loads for some items of "decision authority" and "psychological job demands". We concluded that the JCQ dimensional structure corresponded to its theoretical framework in the two work contexts analyzed.

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“…In this study, its version translated into Portuguese and validated by Araújo and Karasek (2008) was used. A recent study (Santos et al 2016b) confirmed the multifactorial structure and good adjustment of the questionnaire, as well as its appropriate internal consistency (Cronbach alpha and composite reliability). The recommended version includes 49 Likert-type questions with four scales (1 = strongly disagree to 4 = strongly agree), and these questions were organized in five dimensions: (1) control over work, (2) physical and (3) psychological demand; (4) social support, and (5) personal insecurity at work.…”

“…Data collection took place in the years 2011-2012, using a self-administered questionnaire, based on previous studies with health workers (Pinho and Araújo, 2007) and tested in a pilot study with 30 workers from a municipality in Bahia not participating in this study. Furthermore, for some dimensions analyzed, instruments already validated in Brazil have been used, such as psychosocial aspects of work (occupational stressors), measured by the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) (Araújo and Karasek, 2008;Santos, Araújo, Carvalho, and Karasek, 2017;Santos, Carvalho, and Araújo, 2016b) and by the effort reward imbalance (ERI) (Chor, Werneck, Faerstein, Alves, and Rotenberg, 2008;Silva and Barreto, 2010).…”

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“…With respect to decision-making latitude, it covers two notions that are decision-making autonomy and competence autonomy [14]. With respect to the social support at work, it is determined by the help and recognition of colleagues and superiors [15,16,17].…”