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ArticlePloS one2021

Validation and measurement invariance of the Occupational Depression Inventory in South Africa.

Carin Hill, Leon T de Beer, Renzo Bianchi

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  6. Towards a new approach to job-related distress: A three-sample study of the Occupational Depression Inventory.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2023
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Carin HillDepartment of Industrial Psychology and People Management, School of Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0297-9115
Leon T de BeerWorkWell Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6900-2192
Renzo BianchiInstitute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2336-0407

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Abstract

This study aimed to validate the recently developed Occupational Depression Inventory (ODI) in South Africa. A total of 327 employees (60% female) participated in the study. Bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling analysis indicated that the ODI can be considered essentially unidimensional. The ODI displayed strong scalability (e.g., scale-level H = 0.657). No monotonicity violation was detected. The reliability of the instrument, as indexed by Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega-total, Guttman's λ2, and the Molenaar-Sijtsma statistic, was highly satisfactory. Measurement invariance was observed across age groups, sexes, and ethnicities, as well as between our sample and the ODI's original validation sample. As expected, the ODI showed both a degree of convergent validity and a degree of discriminant validity vis-à-vis a measure of "cause-neutral" depressive symptoms. Moreover, the ODI manifested substantial associations, in the anticipated directions, with measures of work engagement, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Overall, the ODI exhibited excellent structural and psychometric properties within the South African context. Consistent with previous research, this study suggests that occupational health specialists can confidently rely on the ODI to investigate job-related distress.

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AdultAgedDepressionFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOccupational HealthPsychometricsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSouth AfricaSurveys and Questionnaires

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