Job Anxiety Scale Research Articles

Exploring Work-related Anxiety Among Newly Graduated Nurses in the Riyadh Region

Background: Work-related anxiety among nurses has been linked to various issues, including a heavy workload, work-related conflict, a lack of resources, and stress. This research aims to explore work-related anxiety among recently graduated nurses in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh region.
 Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, and relational research design examined work-related anxiety among newly graduated nurses. A sample of 400 nurses was recruited from five Saudi hospitals in the Riyadh region. This study used the job anxiety scale ( JAS) as a study tool. The tool is a self-rating scale of 70 items for assessing job anxiety but only 25 items were applied to this research. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather demographic information.
 Results: This study revealed that there was, overall, low work-related anxiety among the nurse participants. On the one hand, age, gender, educational qualification, job experience, workplace, and work scheduling (hours per week) were found to impact work-related anxiety substantially. On the other hand, work position, nationality, unit of care, and marital status were found to play no significant role in work-related anxiety.
 Conclusion: The study’s findings indicate the importance of paying more attention to workplace anxiety. As anxiety may affect nurses’ ability to attend to the needs of patients in their care units, addressing it can reduce burnout and the desire to quit. Changes in work processes, care models, and leadership may be effective in creating a supportive environment that decreases stress and anxiety, promote learning, and provides patients with optimal and safe nursing care. Health policymakers and nurse managers in Saudi Arabia should develop particular intervention programs to reduce work-related anxiety among newly graduated nurses. Managers must seek techniques that help to adapt the present environment to the needs of nurses, as well as approaches that offer newly graduating nurses essential assistance, such as clinical supervision.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY AMONG SCIENCE TEACHERS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IN RAWALPINDI REGION

Teaching profession is one of the most painstaking in the world and is highly susceptible to psychological and physical health issues. Throughout the professional career, teachers suffer anxiety. This study aimed to determine the anxiety level of science teachers at FGEI Cantt. / Garrison institutes. It throws light upon the factors which cause anxiety. To find the level of anxiety a questionnaire was adapted and the data was collected. In this study teacher’s anxiety was measured by using the adapted Job Anxiety Scale of Schmalbach et al. The anxiety questionnaire was comprising 15 items. A Sample of 96 teachers from 20 FG Cantt/Garrison schools in Rawalpindi Cantt was selected for the study. For analysis of the data the SPSS tool version 26 was used. Teachers’ anxiety level was found moderate. The purpose of this study was to find out the difference of anxiety between male and female teachers and found that there was no significant difference between the anxiety of male and female teachers. In the comparison of anxiety mean for the class. Significant mean difference was found regarding anxiety of class 9th and 10th teachers. Moreover, there was no significant difference among the subjects on the anxiety of science teachers. It is recommended to take necessary measures are necessary to reduce the anxiety of science teachers. The findings have significant implications for all stakeholders in education. However, it is anticipated that addressing factors including as workload, student behavior, and working circumstances might help instructors to minimize anxiety.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY AMONG SCIENCE TEACHERS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IN RAWALPINDI REGION

Teaching profession is one of the most painstaking in the world and is highly susceptible to psychological and physical health issues. Throughout the professional career, teachers suffer anxiety. This study aimed to determine the anxiety level of science teachers at FGEI Cantt. / Garrison institutes. It throws light upon the factors which cause anxiety. To find the level of anxiety a questionnaire was adapted and the data was collected. In this study teacher’s anxiety was measured by using the adapted Job Anxiety Scale of Schmalbach et al. The anxiety questionnaire was comprising 15 items. A Sample of 96 teachers from 20 FG Cantt/Garrison schools in Rawalpindi Cantt was selected for the study. For analysis of the data the SPSS tool version 26 was used. Teachers’ anxiety level was found moderate. The purpose of this study was to find out the difference of anxiety between male and female teachers and found that there was no significant difference between the anxiety of male and female teachers. In the comparison of anxiety mean for the class. Significant mean difference was found regarding anxiety of class 9th and 10th teachers. Moreover, there was no significant difference among the subjects on the anxiety of science teachers. It is recommended to take necessary measures are necessary to reduce the anxiety of science teachers. The findings have significant implications for all stakeholders in education. However, it is anticipated that addressing factors including as workload, student behavior, and working circumstances might help instructors to minimize anxiety.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANXIETY AMONG SCIENCE TEACHERS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IN RAWALPINDI REGION

Teaching profession is one of the most painstaking in the world and is highly susceptible to psychological and physical health issues. Throughout the professional career, teachers suffer anxiety. This study aimed to determine the anxiety level of science teachers at FGEI Cantt. / Garrison institutes. It throws light upon the factors which cause anxiety. To find the level of anxiety a questionnaire was adapted and the data was collected. In this study teacher’s anxiety was measured by using the adapted Job Anxiety Scale of Schmalbach et al. The anxiety questionnaire was comprising 15 items. A Sample of 96 teachers from 20 FG Cantt/Garrison schools in Rawalpindi Cantt was selected for the study. For analysis of the data the SPSS tool version 26 was used. Teachers’ anxiety level was found moderate. The purpose of this study was to find out the difference of anxiety between male and female teachers and found that there was no significant difference between the anxiety of male and female teachers. In the comparison of anxiety mean for the class. Significant mean difference was found regarding anxiety of class 9th and 10th teachers. Moreover, there was no significant difference among the subjects on the anxiety of science teachers. It is recommended to take necessary measures are necessary to reduce the anxiety of science teachers. The findings have significant implications for all stakeholders in education. However, it is anticipated that addressing factors including as workload, student behavior, and working circumstances might help instructors to minimize anxiety.

Psychometric properties of the job anxiety scale.

Occupational stress and specifically job anxiety are crucial factors in determining health outcomes, job satisfaction as well as performance. In order to assess this phenomenon, the Job Anxiety Scale (JAS) is one of the instruments available. It consists of 70 items that are clustered in 14 subscales and five dimensions. This manuscript is a revised version of a retracted article that analyzed the properties of a short version of the JAS. Rather than shortening the scale, the authors of the JAS recommend to further assess the scale in its current state without modification of the factor structure. Hence, the aim of this paper is to assess the psychometric properties of the original JAS. The sample consists of 991 - mostly psychosomatic - patients from two different clinics. We applied methods of factor analysis and bivariate correlations to explore and test factor structure and the nomological net of related constructs. The Job Anxiety Scale evinced satisfactory psychometric properties. We found very high internal consistency, and invariance across participant age. It displayed good discriminant validity and we found the expected pattern of convergent correlations. However, the model fit is not convincing. With the Job Anxiety Scale, researchers can assess job related worries in a reliable manner. The questionnaire is particularly useful in large-scale surveys, in therapy or work-related contexts. However, the scale could be modified in order to aim for a better fit and assess job related anxiety in a more efficient way.

THE MODERATING EFFECT OF JOB SEARCH INTENSITY ON POSTGRADUATES' COMPREHENSIVE ABILITY, EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ANXIETY SENSITIVITY

BackgroundWith the increasing number of college students in China year by year, the employment situation of college students is becoming more and more serious. In this context, more and more students have participated in various comprehensive ability activities in school, so a series of questions need to be solved and answered urgently, such as whether the improvement of these abilities can make students more competitive in the job market, and whether the degree of competition in the job market will affect the employment performance of college students. The research questions of this study are as follows: (1) whether the comprehensive ability obtained by students through conscious participation is conducive to job hunting; (2) How different comprehensive abilities play a role in job hunting. (3) Whether the pressure of the job market affects the motivation and willingness of students to improve their comprehensive ability. It also analyzes the anxiety phenomenon of students after employment.Subjects and MethodsThis study used questionnaire survey to obtain data. The variables were measured by the existing maturity scale, and 300 valid questionnaires were obtained through the online questionnaire. The reliability, convergent validity and differential validity of the variables were good. Using the methods of descriptive analysis, analysis of variance, regression analysis and adjustment effect analysis, this paper makes an empirical analysis on the adjustment effect of the seven dimensions of College Students' overall ability on the relationship between job hunting intensity and job performance. We use Kim's job anxiety scale as the measurement scale, and use Likert scoring method to evaluate the scale. Pearson correlation, standard deviation and statistical significance are combined to illustrate the correlation. T-test of independent samples was used to verify the difference between high anxiety group and low anxiety group. According to the statistical value of anxiety, participants were divided into three groups: low, medium and high anxiety groups. The questionnaire includes two kinds of anxiety, namely debilitating anxiety and promoting anxiety. Through t-test, univariate and multivariate analysis of variance and regression analysis, we investigated the relationship between job-hunting anxiety, self-efficacy and comprehensive ability of students of different majors and genders.ResultsThe relationship between College Students' comprehensive vocational ability and employment performance is regulated by the intensity of job hunting. Employment intensity has a negative impact on the relationship between College Students' comprehensive vocational ability and employment performance. The empirical analysis based on SPSS software shows that the seven comprehensive abilities of college students, such as intelligence ability, social communication ability, social adaptability, problem-solving ability, self-development ability, personal execution ability and emotion regulation ability, have significantly improved the employment performance of college students. Job hunting intensity negatively regulates the positive correlation between College Students' intelligence ability, social communication ability, social adaptability, problem-solving ability, self-development ability, personal execution ability and emotional regulation ability and employment performance. In the process of the influence of job-hunting on anxiety, emotional response plays an intermediary role, and psychological elasticity plays a regulatory role. Job-hunting activities are regulated by psychological elasticity through the intermediary effect of emotional response on anxiety. That is, the higher the psychological elasticity, the lower the influence of job hunting on anxiety through coping styles; On the contrary, the lower the level of psychological elasticity, the higher the effect of job hunting on anxiety through coping styles.ConclusionThe significance of this study is that college students should not only pay attention to the study of professional courses, but also comprehensively enrich and supplement their abilities through seven dimensions to improve employment performance. As a social phenomenon, the intensity of job hunting cannot be changed by individuals. College students need to improve their comprehensive ability and actively pay attention to the changes of the employment market. Research limitations: future research can focus on the relationship between employment pressure and professional development of students in different majors, so as to draw analytical conclusions among professional groups in different disciplines. In short, we should give full play to students' self initiative, strengthen their self-regulation ability in job-hunting activities, and actively pay attention to their psychological, emotional and behavioral changes.AcknowledgementsSupported by the projects: Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education: Research on the Cultivation of Professional Development Ability of Master of International Business (Grant No.:JGY2020177), Guangxi Higher Education Reform Project: Research and Practice of Deep Modular Teaching Reform Based on the Integration of Industry and Education (Grant No.: 2019JGA241), and the project of major scientific research projects in Colleges and universities in Guangdong (Grant: 2021ZDJS122).

Тревога на рабочем месте: роль стратегий социального сравнения

<p>The article presents the results of a study of the relationship between the tendency to social comparisons and the workplace-anxiety. The relevance is due to the presence of cases of mental distress among workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study was to search for the psychological characteristics of people experiencing anxiety in the process of work. Characteristics of the surveyed groups. Social comparison orientation along with workplace-anxiety were measured in the sample of 231 medical interns of young age (M=24,5, SD=2,14). The «Job-Anxiety Scale» (JAS), «Iowa-Nietherlands (INCOM) Social Comparison Orientation Scale» and the «Social Orientation Scale» were used. The results of the study demonstrate that the social comparison processes can influence workplace-anxiety.</p>

Graphic Design Students’ Perspectives and Job Anxiety About Distance Education in the Pandemic Period

The coronavirus emerging in China has rapidly become a global epidemic. Many sanctions come to the fore to prevent the spread of the epidemic. One of them is that people stay at home and do not leave the house unless it is necessary. This necessity has affected the education system as in all areas of life. Universities have switched to the distance education system. Unfortunately, many universities do not have sufficient infrastructure or resources to facilitate instantly effective online teaching. In this study, it was aimed to determine the problems faced by the graphic design department students during the distance education process conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic period, their opinions on distance education and their job anxiety levels. This study is important in terms of determining the level of job anxiety faced by graphic designer candidates during their education, taking necessary precautions, supporting them in eliminating these concerns, raising their awareness on the subject and making determinations to reduce job anxiety. It is important to know the thoughts of students towards distance education especially during the pandemic period in order to increase the quality of education. The sample of the research consists of students studying in the field of graphic design in the 2020-2021 academic year in Turkey. The stratified sampling method was used in sample selection. Distance Education Attitude Scale and Job Anxiety Scale were used in the study. The sampling was carried out with the voluntary participation. Research data were collected from Google Forms through a questionnaire consists of personal information and the scales. SPSS 21 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) statistical software was used for data analysis. The relationship between job anxiety level and distance education satisfaction level is seen that there is almost zero and statistically insignificant. The anxiety score for this group of students is above the average and reasons should be analyze in great detail. On the other hand, distance education attitude score is below the average. The reasons would be related to being unprepared to this period. The most important factor in the occurrence of this situation is being caught unprepared for this process. While job anxiety differed in the level of satisfaction with the program, the distance education attitude differed in the education level of the mother, the education level of the father, grades and the level of satisfaction with the program. Although the relationship between the two scales was not significant in the study, it was observed that the distance education limitation factor was in a negative but weak and significant relationship between all factors of the job anxiety scale.

Psychological hardiness as a mediator variable between workplace bullying and job anxiety among early childhood teachers: implications for healthcare

Purpose Early childhood teachers play a significant role in building children’s success in their first years of school. Therefore, a healthy early childhood workforce in a healthy working environment is an essential aspect of effective early childhood services. This paper aims to explore the extent to which psychological hardiness can be considered as a mediator variable between exposure to workplace bullying and job anxiety among early childhood teachers. Design/methodology/approach A homogeneous sample comprised of 200 early childhood teachers. For data collection, the researcher used the workplace bullying scale, the psychological hardiness scale and the job anxiety scale among early childhood teachers (prepared by the researcher). Findings The findings indicated that psychological hardiness mediates the relationship between exposure to workplace bullying and job anxiety among early childhood teachers. Originality/value The research result highlighted the necessity of providing counseling programs for early childhood teachers helping them eliminate work stress that affects their job performance. In addition, the kindergarten administration must concentrate on how to effectively communicate and cooperate with early childhood teachers in light of regulations, policies and laws to defeat the spread of workplace bullying. The results of this research contributed to the existing literature by examining the relationship between the research variables, particularly in the early childhood education context.

Retraction Note: Psychometric properties of a short version of the Job Anxiety Scale

This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01166-w.

Being a Psychotherapist in Times of the Novel Coronavirus Disease: Stress-Level, Job Anxiety, and Fear of Coronavirus Disease Infection in More Than 1,500 Psychotherapists in Austria.

This study investigated stress-level, degree of job-related anxiety, and fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection in psychotherapists in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown in Austria. One thousand five hundred and forty-seven psychotherapists participated in an online survey, assessing stress [Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10)], work-related worries and fears of existence [Job Anxiety Scale (JAS)], fear of COVID-19 infection during face-to-face psychotherapy, and adherence to five protective measures against COVID-19 infection during face-to-face psychotherapy. Stress-levels were higher than in a representative sample (p < 0.001). When psychotherapy was the sole income, stress-level (p = 0.020) and job anxiety (p < 0.001) were higher. Experiences with teletherapy, the psychotherapy format used during COVID-19, as well as reductions in number of patients treated during COVID-19, had no effect on stress-level or job anxiety. Psychotherapists still conducting face-to-face psychotherapy during COVID-19 reported less fear of infection compared to those conducting no face-to-face psychotherapy (p < 0.001), whereby the fear of infection was further reduced when they were more able to adhere to protective measures against COVID-19 (p < 0.01). Mental hygiene is important for psychotherapists to manage stress and job-related anxiety during COVID-19, especially in those whose income relies on psychotherapy.

Job Anxiety and Occupational Stress among Employees of IT Sector: Impact on their Attitude towards Management

Information technology is the fastest growing sector in the country and the highest employer in the private sector. The fast-paced technological changes, the need to keep up with it and the huge workload puts enormous demands on the employees. They experience anxiety and stress at the workplace which affects, positively and negatively, their attitude towards their job and management. Hence, the study investigated the relationship between anxiety and stress experienced by the employees at the workplace and how each factor affects their attitude towards their management respectively. Since the study covered both male and female employees, hence similar nature of relationship between the variables was also examined separately for each gender For this ex-post facto research, a convenience sample of 200 respondents through stratified sampling technique was chosen in 2019 from various IT firms in Hyderabad. The age of the respondents was between 24-36 years. The data for analysis was collected through 3 scales/ index viz. 1) Job Anxiety Scale by Dr. A. K. Srivastava 2) Occupational Stress Index by A K Srivastav and A P Singh 3) Attitude Scale for Measuring Employee Attitude Towards Management Attitude Scale for Measuring Employee Attitude Towards Management by Dr. K D Kapoor and a personal information sheet. Statistical tools of Pearson was applied to analyse the data. The results of the study confirmed that occupational stress significantly and negatively predicted attitude towards management of the employees. But, on the contrary for job anxiety the relationship with employee attitude was found to be insignificant. The attitude towards management of female employees was found to be more significantly and negatively related to job anxiety and occupational stress respectively as compared to their male counterparts. This result belied the expectations. However, no interaction effect was observed between job anxiety and occupational stress while predicting attitude towards management. It is recommended that IT companies must design general and gender based intervention strategies to reduce job anxiety and occupational stress among employees.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Psychometric properties of a short version of the Job Anxiety Scale

BackgroundOccupational stress and specifically job anxiety are crucial factors in determining health outcomes, job satisfaction as well as performance. In order to assess this phenomenon, the Job Anxiety Scale is one of the instruments available. It consists of 70 items that are clustered in 14 subscales and five dimensions. The aim of this paper is to create a more efficient, short version of the Job Anxiety Scale, while retaining the five dimensions, and to assess its psychometric properties.MethodsThe sample consists of 991 – mostly psychosomatic – patients from two different clinics. We applied methods of factor analysis and bivariate correlations to explore and test factor structure and the nomological net of related constructs.ResultsAfter reducing the item pool via the construction of subsets and tests using ant-colony-optimization, a 15-item version of the Job Anxiety Scale evinced very good psychometric properties. We found very good model fit, high internal consistency, and invariance across participant age and sex. It displayed improved discriminant validity compared to the original scale, and we found the expected pattern of convergent correlations.ConclusionsWith this short version of the Job Anxiety Scale, researchers can assess job related worries in a much more economic manner. The questionnaire is particularly useful in large-scale surveys and/or in samples that struggle with extensive assessments.

Перевод, апробация и первичная психометрическая оценка опросника тревоги на рабочем месте Б. Мушалла и М. Линдена (JAS)

The paper presents the results of approbation of the Russian-language version of the Job Anxiety Scale (JAS) by B. Mushalla and M. Linden, based on a differentiated clinical approach to anxiety states during work. The 70-item scale was translated into Russian and tested in a sample of 410 subjects, who were professionals in various fields. The exploratory factor analysis procedure identified a five-factor structure that was different from the original one. The factors were named as follows: 1) Discomfort, tension, and anxiety at work with the conviction of its harmfulness; 2) Social anxiety and avoidant behavior in the workplace; 3) Experiencing injustice and exploitation in the workplace; 4) Anxiety for the preservation of the workplace and the future; 5) Cognitions about one’s inefficiency. High reliability of the Russian version of JAS has been established. The Cronbach’s α coefficient for the entire scale was 0.973; the Gutmann split-half coefficient was 0.945. There were multiple correlations between the JAS scores and the symptoms of mental disorders assessed by the SCL-90-R, which can be considered as evidence of the external validity of the scale.

The Impact of Islamic Religious Practices on Job Anxiety and Quality of Life of Government Muslim Teachers

The present study examined the impact of regularly performed religious practices on job anxiety and quality of life of government Muslims teachers. For this purpose a total of 200 subjects belonging to Muslim religious community of age ranging from 40 to above were taken for the study. The subjects were consisted of two groups of subjects, who reported to perform the religious prayers (Salah) five times a day (100Ss) and the subjects who were not regular at such religious prayers (100Ss). Job anxiety Scale constructed by A.K. Srivastava and PGI quality of life inventory, constructed by Moudgil, S.K. Verma and Kaur was used for the purpose of measuring variables under study. The Mean, S.D. and t-test was used for the purposed of statistically analyse the obtained data. The results indicate that Muslim government teachers who perform regular five time prayer (Salah) daily live the greater qualities of life and they have low anxiety level but Muslim government teacher who do not perform prayer five time regularly face the more anxiety and they have the low qualities of life.

The significance of job-anxiety in a working population

Job-anxiety, as distinguished from trait-anxiety, is associated with long-term sickness absence. The prevalence of job-anxiety within a working population is not known. Identifying individuals who would benefit from intervention might be useful. To investigate job-anxiety in employees not undergoing treatment for mental health illness, firstly by assessing the level of job-anxiety and work-related avoidance tendencies in a working sample, and secondly by testing whether job-anxiety is distinguishable from trait-anxiety. Cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample obtained through personal contact distribution. Employees from different professional settings completed an anonymous questionnaire and provided information on their employment status. The State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) was used to measure trait-anxiety and the Job-Anxiety-Scale (JAS) was used to assess job (state) anxiety. There was a 69% response rate (240 responses); 188 responses were available for analysis of whom 62% were women. There were no employees with high trait-anxiety. Ten employees (5%) reported increased job-anxiety and of these nine employees reported high 'tendencies of avoidance and workplace absence'. Avoidance was most often accompanied by the comorbid job-anxieties 'job-related social anxiety', 'fear of changes at work' and 'fears of existence', 'anticipatory' and 'conditioned' job-anxiety and 'panic symptoms'. In this sample, self-reported job-anxiety appeared as a specific type of anxiety as opposed to trait-anxiety. In the workplace job-anxiety can present as job-avoidance and sickness absence and should be distinguished from trait-anxiety. In practice, employers and occupational health practitioners should be aware of those employees prone to sickness absence.

Specific Job Anxiety in Comparison to General Psychosomatic Symptoms at Admission, Discharge and Six Months after Psychosomatic Inpatient Treatment

Objective: Job anxiety is a severe problem in many patients with chronic mental disorders, as it usually results in specific participation problems in the workplace and long-term sick leave. The aim of this study was to explore the development of sick leave in dependence on general psychosomatic complaints and job anxiety from admission to a psychosomatic inpatient treatment until 6 months after discharge. Method: A convenience sample of 91 patients, suffering from multiple mental disorders, filled in self-rating questionnaires on job anxiety (Job Anxiety Scale) and on general psychosomatic symptom load (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised) at the beginning, the end, and 6 months after discharge from an inpatient psychosomatic treatment. Additionally, sick leave status and employment status were assessed before and 6 months after the treatment. Results: 15.4% of 91 patients were on sick leave before inpatient treatment and at follow-up (SS group), 20.9% were fit for work at intake and follow-up (FF group), 6.6% were fit for work initially and on sick leave later (FS group), and 57.1% on sick leave first and working at follow-up (SF group). In regard to general psychosomatic complaints, there were initially high scores on the SCL, a marked reduction during inpatient treatment, and a bouncing back to initial levels at follow-up for all 4 patient groups. SS and FS patients showed the highest scores at intake and follow-up. Concerning job anxiety, SS patients had the highest scores at all three assessments, while FF patients had significantly lower scores, with only low variation between assessments. SF patients started with comparatively high scores of job anxiety, which even increased before reentering work, but decreased in the follow-up period when they were confronted with work again. FS patients started low (like the FF patients) at intake, reduced their job anxiety further till discharge, but increased to higher scores at follow-up. Conclusions: General psychosomatic symptom load and job anxiety show a different course during treatment and are differently related to sick leave. General psychosomatic symptom load can be understood as a measure of the degree of the chronic illness status, whereas job anxiety reflects specific additional context-related problems, i.e. problems with work. A core finding is that job anxiety is related to work avoidance, but work exposure may reduce job anxiety. This has direct consequences for putting patients on sick leave or not.

The relationship between job-anxiety and trait-anxiety—A differential diagnostic investigation with the Job-Anxiety-Scale and the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory

Job-related anxiety, in contrast to general trait-anxiety, is by its very nature associated with problems of participation at work. The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between general trait-anxiety and specific job-related anxiety and to examine whether job-anxiety and trait-anxiety are differently associated with sick leave. 190 inpatients of a psychosomatic and orthopaedic rehabilitation center with mental and somatic disorders filled in the Job-Anxiety-Scale (JAS) and the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI-T). Additionally, informations on age, gender, the current duration of sick leave in weeks, employment status, duration of unemployment, and position at the workplace were collected. Highest scores of job-anxiety were found for the JAS-dimensions “job-related worries” and “health anxieties”, followed by “cognitions of insufficiency,” “stimulus-related anxieties,” and “social anxieties.” JAS and STAI-T were significantly correlated. Job-anxiety, in contrast to trait-anxiety, was significantly related to duration of sick leave. Women showed higher scores on the STAI-T but not on the JAS. It can be concluded that job-anxiety is related to but not identical with trait-anxiety. Job-anxiety is important to understand sick leave and appears as a multidimensional and clinically important phenomenon.

Der Arbeitsplatz als Quelle von Angst

Objective Adjustment disorders are often related to the work place. Of special importance in this regard are work related anxieties as every workplace has anxiety provoking features, e.g. failure, bossing by superiors, mobbing by colleagues, angry customers, or accidents. Work can cause anxiety. Similarly, anxiety disorders can cause special work problems. In this study we investigated the quality and quantity of job anxiety in patients with mental and somatic illnesses. Method 90 psychosomatic and 100 orthopaedic inpatients with mental and somatic disorders completed the Job Anxiety Scale. In addition patient characteristics and sick leave were assessed. Results Psychosomatic patients showed significantly higher job anxiety scores than orthopaedic patients. In particular, orthopaedic patients show fears of functional impairment, whereas psychosomatic patients suffer more from anxieties in the dimensions of generalised worrying, panic, fears of existence and global job-anxiety. Job anxieties were significantly correlated with time of sick leave in both groups. Conclusion There are differences in quality and quantity of job anxiety in the different clinical groups. The data suggest that mental disorders cause job anxiety. At the same time, job anxiety is also an important factor in patients with somatic morbidity in order to understand sick leave. This should have consequences for the diagnosis and treatment of these patients

A Study of Relationship of Job Burnout and Job Anxiety with Job Involvement among Bank Employees

In this study, an attempt has been made to find out the relationship between job burnout, job anxiety and their various facets and job involvement among managers and clerical staff of banks. The sample consisted of 300 employees selected randomly from various branches of nationalized banks. A set of tools containing Job Involvement Scale, Job Anxiety Scale and Job Burnout Inventory was used to gather information. The data were analyzed by means of Person's coefficient correlation. The results revealed that (i) personal accomplishment, one of the facets of job burnouts was found significantly to be related to job involvement among the bank managers (ii) emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment were found significantly to be related to job involvement among clerical staff and, (iii) no significant relationship was found between job anxiety and its factors and job involvement among bank managers; whereas only self-esteem was found significantly to be related to job involvement among the clerical staff.