Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39656656›Full record

ArticleJournal of occupational health2024

Development of the Job-Related Uncertainty Stress Scale for Platform Workers.

Yonglin Zheng, Francis Cheung, Hongchen Luo, Heng Xu, Chen Li, Dan Wu

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of occupational health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yonglin ZhengSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518060, China.
Francis CheungDepartment of Psychology, Lingnan University, 8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
Hongchen LuoSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518060, China.
Heng XuSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518060, China.ORCID 0009-0004-9408-4993
Chen LiSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518060, China.
Dan WuSchool of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518060, China.

Funding

Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project GD23YSH09Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Fund Project 24YJC840036Shenzhen Natural Science Fund 20 220 811 090 420 002Shenzhen University-Lingnan University Joint Research Programme 202202005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study reports the development of the Job-Related Uncertainty Stress Scale for Platform Workers (JUSSPW) and examines its reliability and validity.

methodsThe research was conducted in 2 phases. In Study 1, item analysis and exploratory factor analysis were conducted on data from 343 platform riders (males: 321; females: 22; mean (SD) age: 27.03 (6.67) years) in Guangzhou, China. In Study 2, an additional 391 platform riders (males: 328; females: 63; mean (SD) age: 30.36 (4.49) years) were recruited. This phase involved conducting confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and assessing criterion-related validity by using the Uncertainty Stress Scale (USS-4), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Job Satisfaction Inventory (JSI).

resultsThe JUSSPW scale comprises 8 items under a unidimensional structure, covering 4 perspectives: work environment, interpersonal relationships, industry-specific characteristics, and personal development prospects; it explained 71.07% of the total variance. CFA results indicated that this 1-factor model provided a good fit (χ2/df = 2.681, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.066, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.987, Incremental Fit Index (IFI) = 0.987, Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) = 0.964, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.982). This scale also demonstrated good convergent (Average Variance Extracted (AVE) = 0.668, Composite Reliability (CR) = 0.941) and criterion validity (area under the curve = 0.935). The total score of JUSSPW was significantly positively correlated with the USS-4 and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Emotional Exhaustion (MBI-EE) scores, and remarkably negatively correlated with the JSI scores. Cronbach α and split-half reliability were .939 and 0.935, respectively.

conclusionsThese results suggest that this scale shows good reliability and validity and can be used as a sound measure to capture platform workers' job-related uncertainty stress. Limitation and implications are discussed.

Indexed as

Occupational StressAdultBurnout, ProfessionalChinaFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansJob SatisfactionMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesUncertaintyWorkplaceYoung Adultgig economyplatform workersscalestressuncertainty

Identifiers

PMID39656656
PMCPMC11742387

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.