Psychometric Properties of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale – Spanish Version

Frontiers in Psychology

Geovanny Alvarado-Villa¹  Jorge Moncayo-Rizzo¹  Denisse Lizette Valdivieso Portilla²  Angélica Gonzalez Rosero³ 

[1] Medicine School, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador;Occupational Safety and Health Program, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador;Occupational Safety and Health Program, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador;Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS), Quito, Ecuador;

关键词: Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale;    illegitimate tasks;    psychometric properties;    confirmatory factor analysis;    exploratory factor analysis;    cross-cultural validation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.593870

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In recent years, a new factor for work stress has been studied along with stress as an offense to self-theory. Illegitimate tasks refer to assignments that are unnecessary or are not related to the employee’s role. Because of this, the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale was developed, which measures illegitimate tasks in terms of unreasonable tasks and unnecessary tasks. There are no studies in Latin America on illegitimate tasks, so the purpose of this research is to translate and validate the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale. The study was performed with a sample of nursing staff from a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Written informed consent was obtained from each of the participants. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated and its structural validity was verified by exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The internal consistency of the whole scale, measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.857. Moreover, the unnecessary and unreasonable subscales measure were 0.846 and 0.841, respectively. The exploratory factor analysis supported a two-factor model that explained 73.96% of the variance. Additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis showed good indexes of fit (GFI = 0.915, CFI = 0.955, TLI = 0.933, SRMR = 0.084, and RMSEA = 0.087). The Spanish version of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale presents good psychometric properties and can be applied to nurses in the Ecuadorian population.

【 授权许可】

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