Measuring digital stress in Norway: translation and validation of the Digital Stressors Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A better understanding of the effects of the widespread use of information and communication technology (ICT) among employees is important for maintaining their wellbeing, work-life balance, health, and productivity. Thus, having robust and reliable measurement instruments is crucial for quantifying the effects of ICT use, and facilitating the development of effective strategies to promote employee wellbeing.

Methods

Therefore, we translated the Digital Stressors Scale (DSS) to Norwegian and administered it to a convenience sample of 1,228 employees, using the forward-backward translation method. The DSS is a new multidimensional scale consisting of 50 items that measure 10 digital stressors (first-order factors), and a second-order factor of DSS. We assessed th

SUBMITTER: Sevic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884271 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature