Work tension measure and its influence in safety behavior

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.