Development of work stress scale for correctional officers

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-168

  Şenol Durak, Emre ^a   Durak, Mithat ^a   Gençöz, Tülin ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Correctional officers; Psychometric properties; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CONFLICT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; PRISON; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREAT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK STRESS SCALE FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33745439528     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-9006-z     Document Type: Article

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