Measuring stress reaction style: A construct validity investigation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 250-262

  Guenole, Nigel ^a   Chernyshenko, Sasha ^a   Stark, Stephen ^b   McGregor, Keith ^c   Ganesh, Siva ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Selector Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Job satisfaction; Personality; Stress; Stress reaction style; Work withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248854280     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Aguinis H., Beaty J.C., Boik R.J., and Pierce C.A. Effect size and power in assessing moderating effects of categorical variables using multiple regression: A 30-year review. Journal of Applied Psychology 90 (2005) 94-107
2. Anotonovsky A. The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale. Social Science and Medicine 36 (1993) 725-733
3. Baron R.M., and Kenny D.A. The moderator-mediator variable distinction in psychological research: Conceptual, strategic and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51 6 (1986) 1173-1182
4. Byrne B. Structural Equation Modelling with Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis: Basic concepts, applications, and programming (Multivariate Applications Book Series) (1998), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
5. Carver C.S., and White T.L. Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 67 (1994) 319-333
6. Chernyshenko, O. S., Stark, S., Crede, M., Wadlington, P., & Lee, W. (2003). Improving the measurement of job attitudes: The development of the IJSI. Paper presented at the 18th annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Orlando, Fl, April.
7. Cropanzano R., Rupp D., and Byrne Z. The relationship of emotional exhaustion to work attitudes, job performance, and organizational citizenship behaviours. Journal of Applied Psychology 88 1 (2003) 160-169
8. Derogatis L.R., and Melisaratos N. The Brief Symptom Inventory: An introductory report. Psychological Medicine 13 (1983) 595-605
9. Endler N.S., and Parker J.D.A. Multidimensional assessment of coping: A critical evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 58 (1990) 844-854
10. Ewart C.K., Jorgenson R.S., Suchday S., Chen E., and Matthews K.A. Measuring stress, resilience and coping in vulnerable youth: The social competence interview. Psychological Assessment 14 3 (2002) 339-352
11. Funk S.C., and Houston B.K. A critical analysis of the hardiness scale's validity and utility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 53 3 (1987) 572-578
12. Goldberg L.R. A broad-bandwidth, public-domain, personality inventory measuring the lower-level facets of several five-factor models. In: Mervielde I., Deary I., De Fruyt F., and Ostendorf F. (Eds). Personality psychology in Europe Vol. 7 (1999), Tilburg University Press, Tilburg, The Netherlands 7-28
13. Gomez R., and Gomez A. Convergent, discriminant and concurrent validities of measures of the behavioural approach and behavioural inhibition systems: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic approaches. Personality and Individual Differences 38 (2005) 87-102
14. Gray J.A. Brain systems that mediate both emotion and cognition. Cognition and Emotion 4 (1990) 269-288
15. Hanisch K.A., and Hulin C.L. General attitudes and organizational withdrawal: An evaluation of a causal model. Journal of Vocational Behavior 39 (1991) 110-128
16. Hough L., and Ones D. The structure, measurement, validity, and use of personality variables in industrial, work, and organizational psychology. In: Anderson D.S.O., Sinangil K., and Viswesvaran C. (Eds). International handbook of work and organizational psychology (2001), Sage Publications
17. Jex S.M., Bliese P.D., Buzzell S., and Primeau J. The impact of coping and self-efficacy on stressor-strain relations. Journal of Applied Psychology 86 3 (2001) 401-409
18. Kobasa S.C. Stressful life events, personality, and health: An enquiry into hardiness. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology 37 (1979) 1-11
19. Maddi S.R. The personality construct of hardiness I. Effects on experiencing, coping and strain. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 51 2 (1999) 83-94
20. O'Connor B.P. SIMPLE: All-in-one programs for exploring interactions in moderated multiple regression. Educational and Psychological Measurement 58 (1998) 836-840
21. Piersma H.L., Boes J.L., Janna L., and Reamue W.M. Unidimensionality of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in adult and adolescent inpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment 63 2 (1994) 338-344
22. Stanton J.M., Balzer W.K., Smith P.C., Parra L.F., and Ironson G. A general measure of work stress: The Stress-in-General Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement 61 5 (2001) 866-887
23. Tugade M.M., and Fredrickson B.L. Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce back from negative emotional experiences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 86 2 (2004) 320-333
24. Walsh J., Eysenck M.W., Wilding J., and Valentine J. Type A, neuroticism, and physiological functioning (actual and reported). Personality and Individual Differences 16 6 (1994) 959-965
25. Williams P.G., and Wiebe D.J. Individual differences in self-assessed health: Gender, neuroticism and physical symptom reports. Personality & Individual Differences 28 5 (2000) 823-835