The assessment of psychological strain in work contexts: Concerning the structural equivalency of nine language adaptations of the irritation scale

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-206

  Mohr, Gisela ^a   Müller, Andreas ^b   Rigotti, Thomas ^a   Aycan, Zeynep ^c   Tschan, Franziska ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Emotional; Irritation; Measure; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745394560     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.22.3.198     Document Type: Article

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