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Validation and Psychometric Properties of the German Operational and Organizational Police Stress Questionnaires

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  • Lauriane Willemin-Petignat

    (Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, 3900 Brig, Switzerland
    Psychological Service, Bern Police Department, 3001 Bern, Switzerland)

  • Royce Anders

    (Department of Psychology, Epsylon Laboratory UR4556, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, 34000 Montpellier, France)

  • Sabrina Ogi

    (Faculty of Applied Faculty, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, 4600 Olten, Switzerland)

  • Benjamin Putois

    (Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, 3900 Brig, Switzerland
    Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, National Centre for Scientific Research UMR 5292—National Institute of Health and Medical Research U1028, 69675 Bron, France)

Abstract

Context: Working in the police force is an operationally and organizationally stressful job. Suitable psychometric tools are needed to detect and study the psychosocial risks of these professionals. The original version contains 40 items, which may be too long for clinical use or as a research control measure. The main aim of this study is to validate the Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in German. The secondary objective is to validate a shorter version. Method: After translation and counter translation of the PSQ-G by a committee of experts, 10 participants pre-tested the comprehension of an intermediate version, allowing the development of a final version that was submitted to a psychometric validation plan with 2314 German-speaking officers. Structure, reliability, and convergent, divergent, and discriminant validities were tested for each sample. Results: The German version of the PSQ performed well psychometrically. We have created a short version of 14 items with good psychometric properties, 7 items for each subscale: operational stressors and organizational stressors. Conclusion: This study validated a German version of the PSQ and provides a reliable measure of stress processes in the police force. A short version is now available.

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  • Lauriane Willemin-Petignat & Royce Anders & Sabrina Ogi & Benjamin Putois, 2023. "Validation and Psychometric Properties of the German Operational and Organizational Police Stress Questionnaires," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(19), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:19:p:6831-:d:1247748
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