Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Job-Related Stress in Japanese Psychiatric Nurses

Table 1

Job stress factors structures in the previous study.

Item number	Content of items
Number 1	Large amount of work	0.39	0.10	0.76	0.00	0.05	0.10
Number 2	Not enough time to get job done	0.23	0.15	0.83	0.07	0.00	0.04
Number 3	Requires working hard	0.62	0.05	0.42	0.05	0.01	0.20
Number 4	Requires concentration	0.82	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.17
Number 5	Complex job which requires high level of knowledge and skills	0.68	0.15	0.15	0.05	0.24	0.18
Number 6	Requires always thinking about job during work hours	0.72	0.01	0.27	0.06	0.02	0.02
Number 7	A lot of physical work	0.16	0.05	0.05	0.11	0.01	0.78
Number 8	Can work at own pace	0.16	0.05	0.40	0.71	0.10	0.02
Number 9	Can decide order and ways to do jobs	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.86	0.08	0.13
Number 10	Can express opinion of worksite policy	0.06	0.26	0.25	0.61	0.22	0.15
Number 11	Requires less skill and expertise than I have	0.12	0.01	0.02	0.11	0.65	0.35
Number 12	Interpersonal conflict within a workgroup	0.05	0.76	0.16	0.04	0.12	0.11
Number 13	Conflicts with other workgroups	0.01	0.76	0.16	0.01	0.05	0.10
Number 14	Friendly atmosphere in a workgroup	0.12	0.63	0.15	0.21	0.24	0.05
Number 15	Not good to workplace environments	0.01	0.30	0.00	0.13	0.05	0.62
Number 16	Contents of job that suit oneself	0.01	0.19	0.03	0.26	0.79	0.10
Number 17	Rewardable job	0.14	0.26	0.08	0.23	0.75	0.07

Extract from the previous study [14].
: factor.
Factor loadings with absolute values 0.40 are in boldface.