Universal Journal of Psychology(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 2(9), pp. 265 - 272
DOI: 10.13189/ujp.2014.020901
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Factor Structure for Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Org) in Bangladeshi Culture

Mahmudul Hasan Sagar ^*, A. K .M. Rezaul Karim , Naima Nigar
Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

The importance of the organizational police stress research has increased in recent times. One important measure of organizational police stress is the Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Org; was McCreary & Thompson, 2006). The purpose of the present study was to translate the measure into Bangla and validate in Bangladeshi Culture. A total of 210 police officers participated in this survey. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the data from 160 participants (who provided complete responses) identified four factor structures for PSQ-Org with 14 items. The four factors for PSQ-Org namely ‘Poor management and bureaucracy', ‘Lack of manpower and resources', ‘Feelings of excessive duty and being supervised' and ‘Lack of leisure time and negative evaluations' together explained 55.14% of the total variance. The PSQ-Org showed moderate to high internal consistency (Cronbach's α =.80 for PSQ-Org; and .57 to .66 for its factors) strong translation validity and convergent validity. Thus, the Bangla version PSQ-Org appears to be a valid and reliable measure that can be used for further research in Bangladesh.

KEYWORDS
Factor Structure, Organizational Police Stress, Bangladeshi Culture

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[1] Mahmudul Hasan Sagar , A. K .M. Rezaul Karim , Naima Nigar , "Factor Structure for Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Org) in Bangladeshi Culture," Universal Journal of Psychology(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 2, No. 9, pp. 265 - 272, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/ujp.2014.020901.

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Mahmudul Hasan Sagar , A. K .M. Rezaul Karim , Naima Nigar (2014). Factor Structure for Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Org) in Bangladeshi Culture. Universal Journal of Psychology(CEASE PUBLICATION), 2(9), 265 - 272. DOI: 10.13189/ujp.2014.020901.