Assessment of Workplace Bullying and Harassment: Reliability and Validity of a Japanese Version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire

IntroductionInterest in workplace bullying has been steadily growing since the 1990s, focusing on understanding its driving factors, prevalence rates in different occupations and countries, its consequences, as well as the characteristics of the typical bully and victim. Currently, the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R) is the most frequently used questionnaire to assess workplace bullying. Studies in the Arab world are scarce and to date the NAQ-R has not been validated in Arabic, the official or co-official language in around 25 countries in the Middle East and Asia. The aim of this study was therefore to develop an Arabic version of NAQ-R.Materials and methods447 participants aged 18–70 years were recruited through convenient sampling. Exclusion criteria were illiteracy and employment for less than 6 months. Participants were recruited from shops, banks, travel agencies and restaurants in an area in central Beirut around a tertiary care medical centre.A two-stage process was employed to translate the original version of NAQ-R to Arabic. This translated version along with validated Arabic versions of the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory II were distributed to participants.ResultsA 14-item two-factor NAQ-R, with subscales of person-related and work-related bullying, was supported. Reliability coefficients for total and subscale scores of the NAQ-R ranged from 0.63 to 0.90. The Arabic NAQ-R had good concurrent validity as indicated by significant correlations with depression and satisfaction with life (p< 0.05).ConclusionNAQ-R was translated to Arabic and adapted. The results revealed acceptable levels of reliability and construct validity. As for the underlying factor structure, it needs to be further supported.

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The Reliability and Validity of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R) for Nurses for the Assessment of Workplace Bullying

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ◽

10.35371/kjoem.2010.22.2.129 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 129 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Woong Nam ◽

Ji-Won Kim ◽

Yong-Kyu Kim ◽

Jung-Wan Koo ◽

Chung-Yill Park

Keyword(s):

Workplace Bullying ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Negative Acts

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Identification of Workplace Bullying: Reliability and Validity of Indonesian Version of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18083985 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 3985

Author(s):

Dadan Erwandi ◽

Abdul Kadir ◽

Fatma Lestari

Keyword(s):

Workplace Bullying ◽

Online Survey ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Internal Consistency Reliability ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Work Related ◽

Life Scale ◽

Negative Acts

Bullying can pose a risk to health and safety, including the risk for damage to the emotional, psychosocial, mental, or physical health of employees in the workplace. Since bullying has a detrimental impact on victims and organizations, several studies on this issue had been conducted using the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R), which is one of the most widely used tools to assess and minimize the occurrence of workplace bullying. However, this tool has not been validated for the Indonesian contexts. In this study, the author tested the reliability and constructed validity of the Indonesian version of NAQ-R. A total of 3140 participants were recruited in this study from various companies from different industries. NAQ-R, Psychosocial Distress (K10), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were administrated through an online survey. The results showed that 22 items yielded three model factors, i.e., person-related bullying, work-related bullying, and intimidation towards a person. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the total and sub-scales of the Indonesian NAQ-R was acceptable, ranging from 0.721 to 0.897. This study confirmed that the Indonesian version of NAQ-R has an internal consistency reliability, and the concurrent and construct validity are at acceptable levels. Thus, this tool can be used as the screening instrument in assessing workplace bullying.

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Further Validity of the Japanese Version of the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-J)

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000145 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 236-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Atsushi Oshio ◽

Shingo Abe ◽

Pino Cutrone ◽

Samuel D. Gosling

Keyword(s):

Big Five ◽

Content Validity ◽

Structural Equation ◽

English Language ◽

Full Range ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Big Five Personality

The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI; Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003 ) is a widely used very brief measure of the Big Five personality dimensions. Oshio, Abe, and Cutrone (2012) have developed a Japanese version of the TIPI (TIPI-J), which demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability and validity. Until now, all studies examining the validity of the TIPI-J have been conducted in the Japanese language; this reliance on a single language raises concerns about the instrument’s content validity because the instrument could demonstrate reliability (e.g., retest) and some forms of validity (e.g., convergent) but still not capture the full range of the dimensions as originally conceptualized in English. Therefore, to test the content validity of the Japanese TIPI with respect to the original Big Five formulation, we examine the convergence between scores on the TIPI-J and scores on the English-language Big Five Inventory (i.e., the BFI-E), an instrument specifically designed to optimize Big Five content coverage. Two-hundred and twenty-eight Japanese undergraduate students, who were all learning English, completed the two instruments. The results of correlation analyses and structural equation modeling demonstrate the theorized congruence between the TIPI-J and the BFI-E, supporting the content validity of the TIPI-J.

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Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Caregiving Interface Work Scale in employed Japanese family caregivers

Geriatrics and Gerontology International ◽

10.1111/ggi.14082 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Mariko Sakka ◽

Sachiko Kita ◽

Iori Sato ◽

Takafumi Soejima ◽

Hisashi Eguchi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Family Caregivers ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Japanese Family

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Reliability and validity of Japanese version of Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale

Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience ◽

10.1111/ncn3.12477 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ayaka Chikada ◽

Jun Mitsui ◽

Takashi Matsukawa ◽

Hiroyuki Ishiura ◽

Tatsushi Toda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Multiple System Atrophy ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version

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Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Ocular Surface Disease Index for dry eye disease

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033940 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. e033940 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Akie Midorikawa-Inomata ◽

Takenori Inomata ◽

Shuko Nojiri ◽

Masahiro Nakamura ◽

Masao Iwagami ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Internal Consistency ◽

Dry Eye ◽

Ocular Surface ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Disease Index ◽

Eye Disease ◽

Ocular Surface Disease Index ◽

Test Retest Reliability

ObjectivesThe Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire is widely used to evaluate subjective symptoms of dry eye disease (DED) as a primary diagnostic criterion. This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the OSDI (J-OSDI) and assess its reliability and validity.Design and settingHospital-based cross-sectional observational study.ParticipantsA total of 209 patients recruited from the Department of Ophthalmology at Juntendo University Hospital.MethodsWe translated and culturally adapted the OSDI into Japanese. The J-OSDI was then assessed for internal consistency, reliability and validity. We also evaluated the optimal cut-off value to suspect DED using an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) analysis.Primary outcome measuresInternal consistency, test–retest reliability and discriminant validity of the J-OSDI as well as the optimal cut-off value to suspect DED.ResultsOf the participants, 152 had DED and 57 did not. The J-OSDI total score showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.884), test–retest reliability (interclass correlation coefficient=0.910) and discriminant validity by known-group comparisons (non-DED, 19.4±16.0; DED, 37.7±22.2; p<0.001). Factor validity was used to confirm three subscales within the J-OSDI according to the original version of the questionnaire. Concurrent validity was assessed by Pearson correlation analysis, and the J-OSDI total score showed a strong positive correlation with the Dry Eye-Related Quality-of-Life Score (γ=0.829). The optimal cut-off value of the J-OSDI total score was 36.3 (AUC=0.744).ConclusionsThe J-OSDI was developed and validated in terms of reliability and validity as an effective tool for DED assessment and monitoring in the Japanese population.

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