An interactionist approach to measuring anxiety at work

• Published in: Journal of Occupational Psychology Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 13 - 25
• Main Authors: PAYNE, ROY L., FINEMAN, STEPHEN, JACKSON, PAUL R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1982; British Psychological Society

This paper describes the development of a measure of work anxiety. The construction of the measure was guided by the interactionist position that behaviour is determined by situations in interaction with individual responses. In developing the measure it was also possible to test two hypotheses rela...