TY - JOUR KW - Occupational Health and Safety KW - Safety Psychology KW - Job Tension Questionnaire KW - Psychometric Validation Analysis AU - José Luis Meliá AU - Alberto Sesé AB - The aim of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties and factorial structure of a self-administered Job Tension Questionnaire (T3/14). Job Tension was defined as negative influences of role stress on employee’s work-related reactions and behaviours. The T3/14 Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 429 workers, belonging to industries randomly drawn from the exhaustive accident records of Local Government.The 1/3 of the original sample was deleted because of missing values, obtaining a final sample with 316 workers. Exploratory results show a reliable and valid questionnaire with a one-dimensional structure. Confirmatory Analyses pointed out an monofactorial model adequate overall fit. Results also suggests that Job Tension is affecting individual behavior, and contributes to generate risk situations. IS - 2-3 M3 - Journal article N2 - The aim of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties and factorial structure of a self-administered Job Tension Questionnaire (T3/14). Job Tension was defined as negative influences of role stress on employee’s work-related reactions and behaviours. The T3/14 Questionnaire was administered to a sample of 429 workers, belonging to industries randomly drawn from the exhaustive accident records of Local Government.The 1/3 of the original sample was deleted because of missing values, obtaining a final sample with 316 workers. Exploratory results show a reliable and valid questionnaire with a one-dimensional structure. Confirmatory Analyses pointed out an monofactorial model adequate overall fit. Results also suggests that Job Tension is affecting individual behavior, and contributes to generate risk situations. PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés PY - 2000 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 223 EP - 242 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Work tension measure and its influence in safety behavior VL - 6 ER -