A questionnaire survey approach to the study of the psychosocial consequences of shiftwork.

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• Personal Author:
  Colligan, Michael J. ; Smith, Michael J. ; Tasto, Donald L.
• Description:
  The value of the questionnaire survey method in psychosocial research on shiftwork is reviewed. Industry and sample selection, development of a comprehensive and valid questionnaire, and procedures for conducting a large scale survey are described. Important factors in questionnaire development and surveying technique, such as determining the optimum questionnaire length, motivating respondents, and gaining employer and respondent cooperation, are discussed. The importance of response rate, generalizability of the data, and specificity of the hypotheses tested to the usefulness of the survey results is emphasized. The advantages of the survey method, which include cost effectiveness, a large data base, and broad scope of inquiry, and its disadvantages, which include lack of objectivity, are presented. The authors conclude that the questionnaire survey, especially when used in conjunction with a secondary source of data verification, is a valuable psychosocial research tool. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Analytical-methods Analytical-processes Health-surveys Job-rotation NIOSH-Author Psychological-factors Shift-work Sociological-factors
• ISSN:
  0743-3808
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9-13
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00117732
• Citation:
  Behav Res Meth Instrum Comput 1979 Jan; 11(1):9-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael J. Smith, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Center for Disease Control Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:463cac6f7b2bc1a6214d978e75cbe71b663ad4ad6f6b1589daecc75c0519b0e1b03639f2628218de8029e103861d98d1eaaf29075cc134b193b7db35b19b52c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184476/cdc_184476_DS1.pdf
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