Skip to main content

Table 2 Values of occasional and systematic disagreement in test-retest study

From: The Work Stress Questionnaire (WSQ) – reliability and face validity among male workers

ITEM

 

Occasional disagreement

Systematic disagreement

n

PA

Relative rank Variance (RV)

Relative Position (RP)

Relative Concentration (RC)

Time to finish assignments

41

83

0.00

(0.00 to 0.01)

0.05

(−0.06 to 0.15)

0.06

(− 0.02 to 0.14)

Influence decisions at work

41

78

0.00

(0.00 to 0.01)

0.01

(−0.10 to 0.11)

−0.02

(− 0.13 to 0.09)

Supervisor consider one’s views

41

88

0.00

(0.00 to 0.00)

0.10

(0.02 to 0.18)

−0.08

(− 0.17 to 0.02)

Deciding on working pace

41

73

0.01

(0.00 to 0.01)

−0.01

(−0.13 to 0.12)

0.09

(− 0.02 to 0.21)

Workload increased

41

85

      

Workload increased/Stress

22

77

0.05

(0.00 to 0.15)

−0.16

(−0.33 to 0.02)

0.04

(− 0.18 to 0.26)

Clear goals at workplace

41

68

      

Clear goals at workplace/Stress

16

56

0.10

(0.00 to 0.27)

−0.24

(−0.49 to 0.01)

0.17

(−0.07 to 0.42)

Knowledge of work assignments

41

90

      

Knowledge of work assignments/Stress

2a

       

Clear leadership

41

80

      

Clear leadership/Stress

11

55

0.03

(0.00 to 0.09)

−0.02

(−0.31 to 0.26)

0.20

(− 0.03 to 0.43)

Conflicts at work

41

98

      

Conflicts at work/Stress

27

67

0.06

(0.00 to 0.18)

−0.13

(−0.30 to 0.03)

0.01

(− 0.20 to 0.22)

Involved in conflicts

29

86

      

Involved in conflicts/Stress

6a

       

Supervisor solved the conflicts

29

69

      

Supervisor solved the conflicts /Stress

14

64

0.03

(0.00 to 0.09)

−0.19

(−0.43 to 0.05)

0.05

(−0.40 to 0.50)

High demands

41

90

      

High demands /Stress

35

63

0.02

(0.00 to 0.04)

0.02

(−0.12 to 0.17)

0.17

(−0.01 to 0.35)

Engaged

41

98

      

Engaged/Stress

38

71

0.06

(0.00 to 0.17)

−0.01

(−0.16 to 0.13)

0.01

(−0.12 to 0.14)

Think about work

41

83

      

Think about work/Stress

39

69

0.01

(0.00 to 0.02)

0.02

(−0.11 to 0.15)

0.08

(− 0.06 to 0.23)

Hard to set limits

41

63

      

Hard to set limits/Stress

30

67

0.12

(0.00 to 0.31)

−0.06

(−0.24 to 0.12)

0.01

(−0.14 to 0.15)

High responsibility

41

88

      

High responsibility/Stress

19

68

0.14

(0.00 to 0.39)

−0.07

(−0.30 to 0.16)

0.11

(−0.13 to 0.34)

Work overtime

41

63

      

Work overtime/Stress

26

65

0.02

(0.00 to 0.05)

0.14

(−0.04 to 0.31)

− 0.04

(− 0.20 to 0.12)

Sleep disturbance

41

83

      

Sleep disturbance/Stress

16

88

0.00

(0.00 to 0.01)

0.00

(−0.16 to 0.16)

0.00

(−0.06 to 0.06)

Work interfering with family time

41

83

0.00

(0.00 to 0.00)

−0.06

(−0.14 to 0.01)

0.06

(− 0.05 to 0.16)

Work interfering with time to see friends

41

68

0.01

(0.00 to 0.02)

0.00

(−0.11 to 0.11)

−0.02

(− 0.17 to 0.13)

Work interfering with leisure time activities

41

80

0.00

(0.00 to 0.01)

−0.03

(−0.12 to 0.06)

− 0.03

(− 0.15 to 0.10)

  1. Possible RV ranges from 0 to 1 and possible RP and RC ranges from −1 to 1. The 95% confidence interval is in brackets. Significant values of the confidence interval of RV, RP and RC are indicated in bold type
  2. aItems are not calculated for RV, RP and RC due to low response rate