Psychometric properties of scales in the General Nordic Questionnaire for Psychological and Social Factors at Work (QPSNordic): Confirmatory factor analysis and prediction of certified long-term sickness absence: Personality and Social Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-244

  WÄnnstrÖm, Ingrid ^a   Peterson, Ulla ^a   Åsberg, Marie ^a   Nygren, Åke ^a   Gustavsson, J Petter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health professions; Occupational health; Organizational assessment; Sickness absence; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649088720     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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