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Development and validation of the Occupational Hardiness Questionnaire

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: One of the most traditional approaches to the positive study of personality has been the research on Hardiness or Hardy Personality. However, studies about this construct have systematically suffered from a lack of sufficient psychometric guarantees of the measures. METHOD: This paper presents the Occupational Hardiness Questionnaire (OHQ), the result of a research line on the subject and its measurement with a total sample of 1,647 participants. RESULTS: Four studies show the results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), consistency, temporal reliability and construct validity. CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate that the OHQ has satisfactory psychometric characteristics and can be used in the study of Occupational Health and in the area of Positive Personality.

Source: Psicothema

DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2013.49

Authors: Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez, Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz, Eva Garrosa Hernández, Luis Blanco

Institutions: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Personality Traits and Psychology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $229