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Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1/2013

Open Access 01-12-2013 | Research

A factor confirmation and convergent validity of the “areas of worklife scale” (AWS) to Spanish translation

Authors: Santiago Gascón, Michael P Leiter, Naomi Stright, Miguel A Santed, Jesús Montero-Marín, Eva Andrés, Angela Asensio-Martínez, Javier García-Campayo

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Background

Perceived incongruity between the individual and the job on work-life areas such as workload, control, reward, fairness, community and values have implications for the dimensions of burnout syndrome. The “Areas of Work-life Scale” (AWS) is a practical instrument to measure employees´ perceptions of their work environments.
AIMS: Validate a Spanish translation of the AWS, and it relationship with Masclach Burnout Inventory dimensions.

Methods

The study was conducted in three medium-sized hospitals and seven rural and urban Primary Care centres (N = 871) in Spain. The “Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey” (MBI-GS) and AWS were applied. We developed a complete psychometric analysis of its reliability, and validity.

Results

Data on the reliability supported a good internal consistency (Cronbach α between .71, and .85). Construct validity was confirmed by a six factor model of the AWS as a good measure of work environments (χ2 (352) = 806.21, p < 0.001; χ2/df = 2.29; CFI = 0.935, RMSEA = 0.039); concurrent validity was analysed for its relationship with other measures (opposing dimensions to burnout, and MBI), and each correlation between dimensions and sub-dimensions were statistically significant; as well, predictive validity, by a series of Multiple Regression Analysis examined the resulting patterns of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) confirms the relationship between the work-life areas and burnout dimensions.

Conclusions

Leiter and Maslach’s AWS has been an important instrument in exploring several work-life factors that contribute to burnout. This scale can now be used to assess the quality of work-life in order to design and assess the need for intervention programs in Spanish-speaking countries.
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Metadata
Title
A factor confirmation and convergent validity of the “areas of worklife scale” (AWS) to Spanish translation
Authors
Santiago Gascón
Michael P Leiter
Naomi Stright
Miguel A Santed
Jesús Montero-Marín
Eva Andrés
Angela Asensio-Martínez
Javier García-Campayo
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-11-63

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