Measuring digital stress in Norway: translation and validation of the Digital Stressors Scale
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.This study adapted the Digital Stressors Scale for Norwegian employees, creating a validated 37-item, 8-factor instrument. This tool aids in understanding and mitigating digital stress impacts on employee wellbeing and productivity.
Area Of Science
- Occupational Health
- Psychometrics
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background
- Widespread information and communication technology (ICT) use impacts employee wellbeing, work-life balance, health, and productivity.
- Robust measurement instruments are essential for quantifying ICT effects and developing effective employee wellbeing strategies.
Purpose Of The Study
- To translate and validate the Digital Stressors Scale (DSS) for a Norwegian employee sample.
- To assess the construct validity of the translated DSS using confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis.
- To propose a refined measurement model for digital stressors.
Main Methods
- Forward-backward translation of the original 50-item DSS into Norwegian.
- Administration to a convenience sample of 1,228 employees.
- Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) followed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to assess scale validity and internal consistency.
Main Results
- The original 50-item DSS showed unsatisfactory fit in the Norwegian sample.
- A revised 37-item, 8-factor scale was developed with good internal consistency for all first-order factors.
- The disaggregated measurement approach using the revised scale is proposed as beneficial.
Conclusions
- The adapted Digital Stressors Scale provides a reliable and valid instrument for measuring digital stressors in Norwegian employees.
- A disaggregated measurement approach is valuable for identifying specific sources of digital stress.
- Conceptually sound measurement models are crucial for rigorous empirical investigation of digital stressors.
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