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An Analysis of Reliability by Factors for Development of Job Stress Measurement Tools of Radiological Technologists  

Jung, Hong-Ryang (Department of Radiological Science, Hanseo University)
Son, Bu-Soon (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Lim, Cheong-Hwan (Department of Radiological Science, Hanseo University)
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences / v.32, no.2, 2006 , pp. 103-110 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study is designed to analyze reliability and validity of the instruments used to measure job stress of radiological technologists mainly by means of the questionnaires from 'Korean edition of NIOSH check list'. The subjects of this study are 890 radiological technologists active at 44 general hospitals in 16 provinces and cities across the country. The item-total reliability revealed that 10 factors in 6 are the major causes of stress in job life of radiological technologists. The measuring instrument proved to be valid with reliability coefficient of internal consistency by factors being more than 0.7. The factors found to be applicable herewith include limit and authority of job (0.73), cohesion within departments (0.86), resources control (0.81), mental requirements (0.85), job load (0.82), and job stability (0.72). When job autonomy item of causes are modified for proper use to radiological technologists, the measuring instruments are expected to show high reliability. It seems, however, necessary to develop a measuring instrument to analyze and use the validity of related measuring instruments since the reliability here was rated low, with statistical coefficients lower than 0.7 in such factors as job management (0.57), conflicts within departments (-1.13), sense of responsibility for patients (0.66) and usage of education (0.26). As this study was intended to examine reliability and validity of the concepts related to measurement of job stress on the part of radiological technologists, it nay not be proper to apply the results of this study to general use, but is advised to utilize them as basis for developing instruments to verify reliability and validity by comparing with and analyzing other measuring instruments.
Keywords
job stress; radiological technologists; general hospitals; NIOSH;
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