Integrating Research in Work Anxiety: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Work Anxiety Scale (WAS)

To address conceptual discrepancies in work anxiety research, we describe efforts to develop and validate an integrative measure of affective job strain. Three factors emerged, generalized worry, affective discomfort, and performance unease that we illuminate by examining relations with job satisfaction, work engagement, turnover intentions, absenteeism, and four potential stressors.