Application of item response theory to achieve cross-cultural comparability of occupational stress measurement

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-67

  Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^a   Iwata, Noboru ^b   Watanabe, Naotaka ^c   De Jonge, Jan ^d   Pikhart, Hynek ^e   Fernández López, Juan Antonio ^f   Xu, Liying ^g   Peter, Richard ^h   Knutsson, Anders ⁱ   Niedhammer, Isabelle ^j,k   Kawakami, Norito ^l   Siegrist, Johannes ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Health Service of Asturias' Principality (SESPA)   (Spain)

^g Clinical Trial Consultant Company   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

ⁱ MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j INSERM   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^m HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Differential item functioning; Differential test functioning; Item response theory; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; JOB STRESS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SPAIN; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749088612     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.277     Document Type: Article

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