Development of the Public Assistance Caseworker’s Stressors Inventory
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- Nihonmatsu Naoto
- Tohoku University
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- Wakashima Koubun
- Tohoku University
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- Other Title
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- 生活保護ケースワーカーのストレス要因測定尺度の開発
- セイカツ ホゴ ケースワーカー ノ ストレス ヨウイン ソクテイ シャクド ノ カイハツ
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Abstract
<p>In this study, the Public Assistance Caseworker’s Stressors Inventory (PAC-SI) was developed and its reliability and validity were examined. In addition, we examined how social and institutional stressors, the work environment, and individual-level stressors worsen mental health. Factor analyses were conducted on the 54 items of the original version of the PAC-SI, which was developed through a preliminary survey. The results showed a five-factor structure with 22 items. Cronbach’s alpha was calculated for reliability, and a value of .70 or higher was confirmed for each factor. Criterion-related validity showed that the PAC-SI was positively correlated with the Job Stress Scale-Revised Version (JSS-R). Therefore, the PAC-SI was confirmed to be sufficiently reliable and valid. The study also suggested that public assistance caseworkers can suffer deteriorating mental health due to individual-level stressors, which originate from social and institutional stressors and stressors caused by the work environment. This scale may be useful as a tool for labor management in public assistance departments, and subsequent studies are needed to reduce the three-layered structure of stressors. </p>
Journal
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- The Japanese journal of psychology
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The Japanese journal of psychology 93 (4), 337-347, 2022
The Japanese Psychological Association
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390857390657955584
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- NII Book ID
- AN00123620
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- ISSN
- 18841082
- 00215236
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- NDL BIB ID
- 032460057
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed