Stress and well-being of University Staff: an investigation using the Demands-Resources-Individual Effects (DRIVE) model and Well-being Process Questionnaire (WPQ).

Williams, Gary, Thomas, Kai ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-2881 and Smith, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-8028 2017. Stress and well-being of University Staff: an investigation using the Demands-Resources-Individual Effects (DRIVE) model and Well-being Process Questionnaire (WPQ). Psychology 8 (12) , pp. 1919-1940. 10.4236/psych.2017.812124

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Abstract

Research suggests that university staff have high stress levels but less is known about the well-being of this group. The present study used an adapted version of the Demands-Resources-Individual Effects (DRIVE) model to investigate these topics. It also used the Well-Being Process Questionnaire (WPQ) which consists of single items derived from longer scales. One hundred and twenty university staff participated in an online survey. The single items had good concurrent validity and estimated reliability. Factor analyses showed that single items and the longer scales loaded on the same factor. Work characteristics could be sub-divided into two factors (resources and demands), as could personality (positive personality and openness/agreeable/conscientious), coping (positive and negative coping) and outcomes (positive well-being and negative outcomes such as stress and anxiety). Results from regressions showed that positive well-being was predicted by positive personality and positive coping. Negative outcomes were predicted by job demands and negative coping. Overall, the study has demonstrated the utility of the adapted DRIVE model and shown that a short single item measuring instrument can quickly capture a wide range of job and psychosocial characteristics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	Scientific Research Publishing
ISSN:	2152-7180
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 November 2017
Date of Acceptance:	13 October 2017
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2024 02:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105635

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