Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale

• Authors: Beata A. Basińska , Ewa Gruszczyńska , Wilmar B. Schaufeli

Abstracts

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to verify psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS). Specifically, theoretical 4-factor structure (based on the dimensions of pleasure and arousal) and reliability of the original - 20-item JAWS (van Katwyk et al., 2000) and the shortened - 12-item (Schaufeli and Van Rhenen, 2006) versions were tested. Material and Methods: Two independent samples were analyzed (police officers, N = 395, and police recruits, N = 202). The Polish version of the original, 20-item, JAWS was used to measure job-related affective states across the past month (van Katwyk et al., 2000). This version of JAWS includes 2 dimensions: valence and arousal, which allow to assess 4 categories of emotions: low-arousal positive emotions, high-arousal positive emotions, lowarousal negative emotions and high-arousal negative emotions. Results: The results of multidimensional scaling analysis showed that the theoretical circumplex model of emotions underlining JAWS was satisfactorily reproduced. Also the hypothesized 4-factor structure of the Polish version of JAWS was confirmed. The 12-item version had better fit with the data than the original, 20-item, version, but the best fit was obtained for the even shorter, 8-item version. This version emerged from a multidimensional scaling of the 12-item version. Reliabilities of the 20- and 12-item versions were good, with lower values for the 8-item JAWS version. Conclusions: The findings confirmed satisfactory psychometric properties of both Polish versions of the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale. Thus, when both psychometric properties and relevance for cross-cultural comparisons are considered, the 12-item JAWS is recommended as a version of choice.

Keywords

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job-related affective well-being scale; arousal; circumplex of emotions; multidimensional scaling; confirmatory factor analysis

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 993-1004

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

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Beata A. Basińska

• Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

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Ewa Gruszczyńska

• Faculty of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warszawa, Poland

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Wilmar B. Schaufeli

• Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-014-0329-x

Biblioteka Nauki

2179014