Table 5.

Standardized Correlations (STDYX) Between the OCS Latent Factors, With Observed Scores From Other Measures (With Measure Details)

Construct	Measure	N of items (aCronbach α)	Likert response	High score indicates…	Correlations with OCS factors
					“Natural” carer	Psychological need to care	Connection with clients	Connection with coworkers	Desire for more connection	Blurred boundaries
Communion	Communion, Personal Attribution Questionnaire (Spence & Helmreich, 1978)	6 (0.86)	5-pt	High levels of communion	0.34**	0.11**	0.19**	0.21**	0.08**	−0.14**
Work engagement	Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Schaufeli et al., 2006)	3 (0.82)	6-pt	High engagement in work	0.50**	0.35**	0.32**	0.37**	0.13**	−0.03
Job satisfaction	Job Satisfaction Scale (Spector, 1985)	36 (0.91)	6-pt	High job satisfaction	0.29**	0.21**	0.07*	0.36**	−0.19**	−0.17**
Intent to leave	Intention to leave (Cho et al., 2009)	1 (n/a)	7-pt	High intention to leave.	−0.21**	−0.21**	−0.09**	−0.23**	0.06	0.05
General self-efficacy	General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995)	10 (0.89)	4-pt	Good self-efficacy	0.50**	0.18**	0.25**	0.31**	0.10**	−0.12**
Psychological distress	Kessler 10 (K-10: Kessler et al., 2003)	10 (0.89)	5-pt	High psych. distress	−0.25**	0.07*	0.05	−0.19**	0.11**	0.22**
Depression	Centre for Epidemiological Studies—Depression scale (Radloff, 1977)	20 (0.72)	4-pt	High levels of depressive symptomatology	−0.32**	0.01	−0.01	−0.28**	0.10**	0.23**
Positive affect	Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson et al., 1988)	10 (0.94)	5-pt	High positive affectivity	0.43**	0.20**	0.26**	0.37**	0.13**	−0.07*
Negative affect	As previously	10 (0.92)	5-pt	High negative affectivity	−0.25**	>0.01	0.03	−0.20**	0.10**	0.23**
Satisfaction with life	Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985)	5 (0.91)	7-pt	Highly satisfied with life.	0.29**	0.09**	0.13**	0.32**	0.03	−0.05

Notes: CFA = confirmatory factor analysis; OCS = Occupational Communion Scale.

^aCronbach’s alpha derived from CFA sample.

*p <.01. **p <.001.