Table 1. Scales and the number of items on the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) and New BJSQ.
| Scales † | BJSQ (B) or New BJSQ (N) |
Number of items (BJSQ + New BJSQ) |
|---|---|---|
| Job demands | ||
| 1. Quantitative job overload | B | 3 |
| 2. Qualitative job overload | B | 3 |
| 3. Physical demands | B | 1 |
| 4. Interpersonal conflict | B | 3 |
| 5. Poor physical environment | B | 1 |
| 6. Emotional demands | N | 3 |
| 7. Role conflict | N | 3 |
| 8. Work-self balance (negative) | N | 2 |
| Job resources: task-level | ||
| 9. Job control | B | 3 |
| 10. Suitable jobs | B | 1 |
| 11. Skill utilization | B | 1 |
| 12. Meaningfulness of work | B/N ‡ | 3 |
| 13. Role clarity | N | 3 |
| 14. Career opportunity | N | 3 |
| 15. Novelty | N | 3 |
| 16. Predictability | N | 3 |
| Job resources: workgroup-level | ||
| 17. Supervisor support | B | 3 |
| 18. Coworker support | B | 3 |
| 19. [Support from family and friends] | B | 3 |
| 20. Monetary/status reward | N | 2 |
| 21. Esteem reward | N | 2 |
| 22. Job security | N | 3 |
| 23. Leadership | N | 3 |
| 24. Interactional justice | N | 3 |
| 25. Workplace where people compliment each other | N | 3 |
| 26. Workplace where mistakes are acceptable | N | 2 |
| 27. Collective efficacy | N | 3 |
| Job resources: organizational-level | ||
| 28. Trust with management | N | 3 |
| 29. Preparedness for change | N | 3 |
| 30. Procedural justice | N | 3 |
| 31. Respect for individuals | N | 3 |
| 32. Fair personnel evaluation | N | 3 |
| 33. Diversity | N | 3 |
| 34. Career development | N | 5 |
| 35. Work-self balance (positive) | N | 2 |
| Outcomes | ||
| 36. Vigor | B | 3 |
| 37. Anger-irritability | B | 3 |
| 38. Fatigue | B | 3 |
| 39. Anxiety | B | 3 |
| 40. Depression | B | 6 |
| 41. Physical stress reaction | B | 11 |
| 42. Job satisfaction | B | 1 |
| 43. [Satisfaction with family life] | B | 1 |
| 44. Workplace harassment | N | 2 |
| 45. Workplace social capital | N | 3 |
| 46. Work engagement | N | 2 |
| 47. Performance of a duty | N | 3 |
| 48. Realization of creativity | N | 3 |
| 49. Active learning | N | 3 |
| Total number of items | 141 | |
† [ ] indicates non-work environment or outcome. ‡ A three-item scale was constructed for the New BJSQ by adding two items to its one-item BJSQ scale on intrinsic reward.