Quantifying the Consequences of Perceived Stress in the Textile and Clothing Sector through Structural Equation Modelling

Table 7

Latent variables, indicator/item name, item description, and loadings.

Latent variable	Indicator/Item name	Item description	Loadings
Physical agents at work (PAatW)	PAatW_1	Physical dangers exist in the workplace	0.818
	PAatW_2	My job requires me to touch potentially harmful substances or material	0.821
	PAatW_3	My job exposes me to breathing fumes, dust, or other harmful substances	0.856
	PAatW_4	I have work tasks that leave me with a ringing in my ears or a feeling of temporary deafness	0.796
	PAatW_5	I work in an environment where the level of background noise disturbs me	0.745
Role clarity (RC)	RC_1	I am clear what my duties and responsibilities are	0.830
	RC_2	I am clear about what is expected of me at work	0.892
	RC_3	I know how to go about getting my job done	0.781
Control and decision latitude (C&DL)	C&DL_2	I am clear what my duties and responsibilities are	0.887
	C&DL_3	I am clear about what is expected of me at work	0.880
Training and career development (T&CD)	T&CD_2	There are enough development opportunities for me in this organization	0.985
	T&CD_3	This organization is providing me with job-specific training	0.677
Work-family conflict (WFC)	WFC_1	My job takes up so much energy I do not feel up to doing things that need attention at home	0.810
	WFC_2	Problems at work make me irritable at home	0.840
	WFC_3	My job does not allow me enough time for my family	0.798
	WFC_4	Family obligations reduce the time I need to relax	0.746
	WFC_5	Family worries or problems distract me from my work	0.768
Working conditions (WCond)	WCond_1	The equipment which I work with is poorly maintained	0.854
	WCond_2	I have to work in inadequate lighting	0.817
	WCond_3	My workplace is too cold	0.751
Hygienic conditions (HCond)	HCond_1	I am worried about the “hygienic conditions” of food served at the canteen of the workplace	0.872
	HCond_2	I am worried about the “hygienic conditions” of drinking water at the workplace	0.956
Work characteristics (WChar)	WChar_1	I have to do the same thing over and over again	0.859
	WChar_2	I have to work very fast	0.880
	WChar_3	My workload is too heavy	0.867
Managers’ support at work (MS)	MS_1	I can rely on my line manager to help me out with a work problem	0.945
	MS_2	My line manager encourages me at work	0.925
Social working environment (SWE)	SWE_1	I experience too much discrimination in the organization	0.806
	SWE_2	I am subject to personal harassment in the form of unkind words or behavior	0.879
	SWE_3	I am subject to bullying at work	0.850
	SWE_4	There is friction or anger between colleagues	0.749
Physical (Phys)	Phys_1	I Have felt tired	0.792
	Phys_2	I Have headaches	0.841
	Phys_3	I get tension or muscle spasms/pains in my face, jaw, neck, chest, head, lower back, or shoulders	0.779
	Phys_4	I lack physical energy	0.813
Performance (Perfo)	Perfo_1	Often, I am unable to complete the task as per schedule	0.789
	Perfo_2	My judgment is clouded or not as good as it was	0.841
	Perfo_3	I am ineffective in resolving family issues	0.824
	Perfo_4	Usually, I am unable to do all the things in a day that I must do	0.784
Behavioral (Behav)	Behav_1	My appetite has been changed; I have either a desire to binge or have a loss of appetite/may skip meals	0.857
	Behav_2	I seem to be listening even though I am preoccupied with my own thoughts	0.882
	Behav_3	I tend to eat, talk, walk, and drive quickly	0.712
Emotional (emot)	Emot_1	I have become short-tempered	0.825
	Emot_2	I become very frustrated at having to wait in a queue	0.847
	Emot_3	I experience mood swings	0.828
Psychological (Psycho)	Psycho_1	I suffer from frequent depression	0.803
	Psychol_2	I experience worsening relations with colleagues, family, and friends	0.754
	Psycho_3	I often suffer from sleeplessness	0.790
	Psycho_4	I used to avoid people	0.788
	Psycho_5	I often suffer from anger/hostility	0.806
	Psycho_6	I have had dizzy spells	0.803
	Psycho_8	I often suffer from anxiety	0.775
Perceived stress (PS)	PS_1	How often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?	0.776
	PS_2	How often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?	0.804
	PS_3	How often have you felt nervous and “stressed”?	0.815
	PS_10	How often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?	0.674