Stress as a Badge of Honour: Relationships with Performance, Health, and Well-Being

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• Personal Author:
  Britt TW ; Jennings Black K
• Description:
  Our study examined construct validity evidence for a measure of perceptions of Stress as a Badge of Honour, consisting of four dimensions: stress as achievement, relaxation remorse, stress-related social comparison, and stress-related impression management. A pilot study among college students (Study 1; N = 120) informed the initial development of the measure, which was further tested in two worker samples recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk). The results of Study 2 (N = 248) supported a four-factor structure of the measure. Study 3 utilised data collected at two time points (Matched N = 752), assessing stress badge perceptions, convergent and discriminant validity measures (Time 1), and measures of health, well-being, and performance (Time 2). The four subscales were related to, but unique from, convergent validity measures (e.g. workaholism, perfectionism) and were not highly related to discriminant validity measures (i.e. social desirability, positive and negative affect). The stress badge perceptions demonstrated some positive relationships with job performance, but predominantly negative relationships with psychological and physical health, and work-family conflict. Our findings expand our understanding of the dark side of viewing high stress in a laudatory manner by introducing a novel measure and can inform interventions to promote optimal views of stress. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Stress Job Stress Occupational Psychology Physical Health Physiological Effects Psychological Effects Psychological Health Stress Appraisals Stressors Worker Health Work Experience

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• ISSN:
  0267-8373
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4 ; South Carolina ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  222-247
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068009
• Citation:
  Work Stress 2023 Apr; 37(2):222-247
• Contact Point Address:
  Kristen Jennings Black, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
• Email:
  kristen-j-black@utc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work and Stress
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:50679f2a04eecfa1bc85013715789ba52e61674e9290b3bf20d5c32c7d87083bab5d98f1a7a910214d7ae419bfcd34c9726c40a20a0c8008aec04e10a9f4db51
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230240/cdc_230240_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.22 MB ]