The effort-reward imbalance questionnaire in greek: Translation, validation and psychometric properties in health professionals

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Msaouel, Pavlos ^a,b   Keramaris, Nikolaos C ^a   Apostolopoulos, Alexandros P ^a   Syrmos, Nikolaos ^a   Kappos, Theocharis ^a   Tasoulis, Athanasios ^a   Tripodaki, Elli Sophia ^a   Kagiampaki, Evangelia ^c   Lekkas, Ioannis ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^d  

^a Health Scientists Society   (Greece)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sismanoglio General Hospital of Attica   (Greece)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance questionnaire (ERIQ); Greek validation; Health professionals; Occupational stress; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REWARD; RISK; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864518727     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0197-OA     Document Type: Article

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