A general measure of work stress: The stress in general scale

The present study focused on the development and validation of scores on th e Stress in General scale. Three diverse samples of workers (n = 4,322, n = 574, n = 34) provided psychometric and validity evidence. All evidence con verged on the existence of two distinct subscales, each of which measured a different aspect of general work stress. The studies also resulted in mean ingful patterns of correlations with stressor measures, a physiological mea sure of chronic stress (blood-pressure reactivity), general job attitude me asures, and intentions to quit.