Author, as appears in the article.: Boada-Grau, Joan; Gonzalez-Fernandez, Marcos-David; Vigil-Colet, Andreu
Department: Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Boada Grau, Joan / Vigil Colet, Andrés
Keywords: Working population Work Truck drivers Transport Surveys and questionnaires Stress, psychological Spain Social support Scale Risk-factors Random sample Occupations Occupational stress Occupational diseases Male Language Job demand-control model Instrumental study Humans Health Female Fatigue Control-support model Cardiovascular-disease Bus drivers Adult
Abstract: Background: Karasek and Theorell's Job Demands-Control Model argues that adverse health-related outcomes, both psychological and physiological, arise from a combination of high job demand and a low level of job control. The objective was to adapt Meijman and Kompier's Bus Drivers' Job Demands Scale (BDJD-24), which enables us to assess the job demands of bus drivers, to Spanish. Method: The final version of the Spanish adaptation was applied to a sample made up of 287 bus drivers living in Spain (80.1% men and 19.9% women), whose average age was 40.44 (SD= 11.78). Results: The results yielded a three-factor structure for the scale used: Time Pressure, Safety, and Passengers. These findings confirm that the Spanish version replicates the factor structure of the original English scale. The reliability of the three subscales was acceptable, ranging from .75 to .84. Furthermore, the subscales were also related to different external correlates and to other scales and showed good convergent and criterion validity. Conclusions: The present instrument can be used to evaluate job demands of bus drivers, as its psychometrics are substantially sound.
Thematic Areas: Serviço social Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Interdisciplinar General psychology Educação Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: joan.boada@urv.cat andreu.vigil@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-1907-6887 0000-0003-3818-4514
Record's date: 2025-02-19
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Paper original source: Psicothema. 25 (2): 258-265
APA: Boada-Grau, Joan; Gonzalez-Fernandez, Marcos-David; Vigil-Colet, Andreu (2013). Spanish version of Bus Drivers' Job Demands Scale (BDJD-24). Psicothema, 25(2), 258-265. DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2012.106
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2013
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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