Reliability and Validity Assessment for the HSE Job Stress Questionnaire

This study aimed to analyze the validity and reliability of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress questionnaire in order to achieve suitable tools for measuring job stress. Research sample includes 749 military personnel who were selected by multistage sampling method from all over the country. Subjects answered HSE and GHQ questionnaires. In this study, after checking translation and content validity, we used confirmatory and explanatory factor analysis, Pearson correlation and Cronbach's Alpha in order to examine construct and concurrent validity, respectively. SPSS program version 15 and Amos version 16 were used to analyze the data. The correlation coefficient between HSE and GHQ questioner is r=-0.48(P <0.000). The results show a high correlation between items that are extracted from factor analysis and the ones that are extracted from HSE questionnaire (0.92, 0.73, 0.75, 0.63, 0.87, 85, and 0.22 for item demands, control, managerial support, peer support, relationships, role, and change, respectively). Also, reliability is %78 and %65 using the Cronbach's Alpha and split-half method, respectively. HSE is a valid and reliable questionnaire for studying job stress.