Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES
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Resumo: | Rescue workers have a stressful and risky occupation where being engaged is crucial to face physical and emotional risks in order to help other persons. This study aims to estimate work engagement levels of rescue workers (namely comparing nurses, firefighters, and police officers) and to assess the validity evidence related to the internal structure of the Portuguese versions of the UWES-17 and UWES-9, namely, dimensionality, measurement invariance between occupational groups, and reliability of the scores. To evaluate the dimensionality, we compared the fit of the three-factor model with the fit of a second-order model. A Portuguese version of the instrument was applied to a convenience sample of 3,887 rescue workers (50% nurses, 39% firefighters, and 11% police officers). Work engagement levels were moderate to high, with firefighters being the highest and nurses being the lowest engaged. Psychometric properties were evaluated in the three-factor original structure revealing acceptable fit to the data in the UWES-17, although the UWES-9 had better psychometric properties. Given the observed statistically significant correlations between the three original factors, we proposed a 2nd hierarchal structure that we named work engagement. The UWES-9 first-order model obtained full uniqueness measurement invariance, and the second-order model obtained partial (metric) second-order invariance. |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWESWork engagementRescue workersUWESReliabilityValidity evidenceMeasurement invarianceRescue workers have a stressful and risky occupation where being engaged is crucial to face physical and emotional risks in order to help other persons. This study aims to estimate work engagement levels of rescue workers (namely comparing nurses, firefighters, and police officers) and to assess the validity evidence related to the internal structure of the Portuguese versions of the UWES-17 and UWES-9, namely, dimensionality, measurement invariance between occupational groups, and reliability of the scores. To evaluate the dimensionality, we compared the fit of the three-factor model with the fit of a second-order model. A Portuguese version of the instrument was applied to a convenience sample of 3,887 rescue workers (50% nurses, 39% firefighters, and 11% police officers). Work engagement levels were moderate to high, with firefighters being the highest and nurses being the lowest engaged. Psychometric properties were evaluated in the three-factor original structure revealing acceptable fit to the data in the UWES-17, although the UWES-9 had better psychometric properties. Given the observed statistically significant correlations between the three original factors, we proposed a 2nd hierarchal structure that we named work engagement. The UWES-9 first-order model obtained full uniqueness measurement invariance, and the second-order model obtained partial (metric) second-order invariance.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT); Portuguese National Occupational Health Program of the Directorate-General of Health (DGS); University of São Paulo (USP)Repositório do ISPASinval, JorgePinto, Alexandra MarquesQueirós, CristinaMaroco, João2018-02-14T12:28:24Z2018-01-01T00:00:00Z2018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6187engFrontiers in Psychology, 8, 1-16. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.022291664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2017.02229info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-05T16:41:55Zoai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/6187Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:24:01.463045Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES Sinval, Jorge Work engagement Rescue workers UWES Reliability Validity evidence Measurement invariance |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Work engagement among rescue workers: Psychometric properties of the portuguese UWES |
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Sinval, Jorge |
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Sinval, Jorge Pinto, Alexandra Marques Queirós, Cristina Maroco, João |
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Pinto, Alexandra Marques Queirós, Cristina Maroco, João |
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Repositório do ISPA |
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Sinval, Jorge Pinto, Alexandra Marques Queirós, Cristina Maroco, João |
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Work engagement Rescue workers UWES Reliability Validity evidence Measurement invariance |
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Work engagement Rescue workers UWES Reliability Validity evidence Measurement invariance |
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Rescue workers have a stressful and risky occupation where being engaged is crucial to face physical and emotional risks in order to help other persons. This study aims to estimate work engagement levels of rescue workers (namely comparing nurses, firefighters, and police officers) and to assess the validity evidence related to the internal structure of the Portuguese versions of the UWES-17 and UWES-9, namely, dimensionality, measurement invariance between occupational groups, and reliability of the scores. To evaluate the dimensionality, we compared the fit of the three-factor model with the fit of a second-order model. A Portuguese version of the instrument was applied to a convenience sample of 3,887 rescue workers (50% nurses, 39% firefighters, and 11% police officers). Work engagement levels were moderate to high, with firefighters being the highest and nurses being the lowest engaged. Psychometric properties were evaluated in the three-factor original structure revealing acceptable fit to the data in the UWES-17, although the UWES-9 had better psychometric properties. Given the observed statistically significant correlations between the three original factors, we proposed a 2nd hierarchal structure that we named work engagement. The UWES-9 first-order model obtained full uniqueness measurement invariance, and the second-order model obtained partial (metric) second-order invariance. |
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