Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) among workers in China

Hidaka, Yui; Watanabe, Kazuhiro; Imamura, Kotaro; Tatha, Oraphan; Kawakami, Norito

doi:10.2486/indhealth.2021-0027

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“…The BJSQ was used to evaluate occupational stress status in the workplace. Its reliability and validity were tested ( 16 ). The tool is a 57-item multidimensional job stress questionnaire that uses four Likert scale response options (ranging from “strongly agree” = 4 to “strongly disagree” = 1) to measure three sub-dimensions, including “job stressors,” “stress response,” and “social support.” The sub-dimension of “job stressors” adds “social support” as a new sub-dimension named “job stressors & social support.”…”

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Occupational stress and associated risk factors among 13,867 industrial workers in China

Yan

Ming-li

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveOccupational stress is a critical global public health problem. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of occupational stress among the workers in the electricity, heat, gas, water production and supply (EHGWPS), manufacturing, and transportation industries in Beijing, China. We explored the demographic differences in occupational stress status among workers in industrial enterprises.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 13,867 workers. The self-administered New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire was used to evaluate high occupational stress status, which includes four sub-dimensions (job stressors, stress response, social support, job stressors & social support). Multiple regression and logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between high occupational stress and the four occupational stress sub-dimensions with risk factors.ResultsA total of 13,867 workers were included. The prevalence of high occupational stress was 3.3% in the EHGWPS industries, 10.3% in manufacturing, and 5.8% in transportation. The prevalence of high occupational stress was higher than in the other two categories (p < 0.05) in manufacturing industries. Logistic regression analysis showed that male workers with lower educational status, more job experience, and working in manufacturing were vulnerable to high occupational stress. Further analysis of the four occupational stress sub-dimensions showed that male workers, older adult workers, workers with lower educational levels, and longer working time were associated with higher scores in job stressors, stress response, social support, and job stress & social support (all p < 0.05). Moreover, divorced or widowed workers had higher occupational stress scores.ConclusionMale workers with lower educational levels and longer working time may have an increased risk of occupational stress.

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Occupational stress and associated risk factors among 13,867 industrial workers in China

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Ming-li

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…No conceptual and contextual differences from original Japanese version were found. The reliability and validity of the BJSQ was previously confirmed for Japanese workers 12,13) , and this scale has been used in international contexts 14,15) .…”

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Job stress in a multinational corporation: cross-country comparison between Japan and Vietnam

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Kubo,

Batsaikhan

et al. 2023

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Objective: The current study aimed to identify workplace stress and how stress factors differed in employees of a multinational company's subsidiaries in Japan and Vietnam. Methods: For the study, a total of 340 Japanese and 379 Vietnamese workers were included from their corresponding subsidiaries of a multinational company headquartered in Japan. The data were anonymously collected via an online pre-administered questionnaire between November 2021 and February 2022. A brief Job Stress Questionnaire was used to assess the job stress. Doubly robust estimation combines a multivariate regression model with a propensity score model to identify the adjusted difference of job stress between workers in two companies. Results: Japanese employees included 292 males and 48 females, with an average age of 45.5 years. Vietnamese workers comprised 91 males and 288 females, with an average age of 36.5 years. Japanese workers reported higher level of job stress (odds ratio [OR] 1.37, p < .001), family dissatisfaction (OR 1.25, p < .001), and job dissatisfaction (OR 1.31, p < .001) than Vietnamese workers. Supervisor support had the lowest ranking in both countries (Mean 2.61; SD, 1.14 in Japan and mean 2.08; SD, 1.34 in Vietnam). The largest score differences between Japanese and Vietnamese workers were observed for family support (Diff = −1.25, p < .001) and colleague support (Diff = −1.20, p < .001). Conclusion: Although we have herein focused on the factors with the poorest perception and the highest gaps between the two countries, the managers in each country should be mindful of the other factors that appeared to be significant job stressors in their subsidiaries for further prevention of job stress.

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“…Higher score indicated lower levels of job stress. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan provided the Chinese version of BJSQ for this study (Hidaka et al, 2021). In this study, Cronbach's alpha of BJSQ Chinese version was 0.888.…”

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Effects of social support on oral health behavior: Serial multiple‐mediator model

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ObjectiveThis study investigates the serial multiple mediation of job stress and perceived behavioral control (PBC) in the relationship between social support and oral health behavior (OHB).Materials and MethodsThis cross‐sectional study was conducted in Minhang District, Shanghai, China, between July and November 2021. 559 Employees from 10 community health centers were recruited. A five‐part survey was used to collect data on demographic characteristics, social support, job stress, PBC and OHB. Descriptive statistics, independent‐sample t‐test, Pearson's correlation analysis, ordinary least‐squares regression and the bootstrap method were used to analyze data.ResultsSocial support was found to impact OHB through three significant mediation pathways: the pathway through job stress (point estimate = 0.033; 95%BC CI [0.004, 0.089]), the pathway through PBC (point estimate = 0.283; 95%BC CI [0.174, 0.416]), and the serial multiple mediating pathway through first job stress and then PBC (point estimate = 0.006; 95%BC CI [0.001, 0.019]).ConclusionThis study indicates that job stress and PBC play a serial multiple‐mediator role in the relationship between social support and OHB. To ensure the effectiveness of social support intervention on OHB, workplace managers and employees should strengthen the motivators that could promote the reduction of job stress and the improvement of PBC.

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Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) among workers in China

Cited by 7 publications

References 42 publications

Occupational stress and associated risk factors among 13,867 industrial workers in China

Occupational stress and associated risk factors among 13,867 industrial workers in China

Job stress in a multinational corporation: cross-country comparison between Japan and Vietnam

Effects of social support on oral health behavior: Serial multiple‐mediator model

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