Van Katwyk, P. T., Fox, S., Spector, P. E., & Kelloway, E. K. (2000). Using the Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS) to investigate affective responses to work stressors. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, 219-230. Abstract

Prior research linking job stressors to psychological strains has been limited to a small number of emotional reactions. This paper describes research linking job stressors to a wide range of affective states at work. In study 1, a multidimensional scaling procedure was used on a matrix of similarity judgments by 51 employees of 56 job-related affective statements to support a two dimensional view of affective well-being. In study 2, ratings of the affect statements by 100 employees further supported the contention that the dimensions were pleasure-displeasure and degree of arousal. In a third study, 114 full-time university employees responded to the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS), which was found to be relate to measures of job stressors, as well as job satisfaction and physical symptoms. (Copyright 1999, American Psychological Association.)