Measuring work stress among correctional staff: A Rasch measurement approach

Higgins, George E. (author)
Tewksbury, Richard (author)
Denney, Andrew (author)

Journal of applied measurement

1529-7713

13

4

2013

Today, the amount of stress the correctional staff endures at work is an important issue. Research has addressed this issue, but has yielded no consensus as to a properly calibrated measure of perceptions of work stress for correctional staff. Using data from a non-random sample of correctional staff (n=228), the Rasch model was used to assess whether a specific measure of work stress would fit the model. Results suggest that three items accurately represented correctional staff perceptions of work stress.

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