ABSTRACT
The construction and psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the Job Stress Survey (JSS-SV) are described in this chapter, along with detailed information on how the Spanish JSS was developed and validated. The JSS-SV was administered to 450 health, clerical, and maintenance workers, along with a General Reactions Survey. The internal consistency reliability of the JSS-SV for the 294 respondents was demonstrated in alpha coefficients of .93 for the Severity Scale, .92 for the Frequency Scale, and .91 for the overall Job Stress Index. Factor analyses confirmed the existence of two factors that were similar to the Lack of Organizational Support and Job Pressure factors of the American JSS. A third factor, which was unique to the JSS-SV, consisted of items related to Job Annoyance. The meaningfulness of the three JSS-SV factors and the concurrent validity of the scales derived from them was reflected in a strong correspondence of the individual items in the Spanish and English forms. Highly significant correlations of the JSS-SV with the General Reactions Survey were also found, demonstrating the congruence between both instruments.
