Factorial invariance, scale reliability, and construct validity of the job control and job demands scales for immigrant workers: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-540

  Fujishiro, Kaori ^a   Landsbergis, Paul A ^b   Diez Roux, Ana V ^c   Stukovsky, Karen Hinckley ^d   Shrager, Sandi ^d   Baron, Sherry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Factor analysis; Health disparities; Internal consistency; Job stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957501978     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9364-2     Document Type: Article

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