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dc.contributor.authorMuller, JJ
dc.contributor.authorCreed, PA
dc.contributor.authorWaters, LE
dc.contributor.authorMachin, MA
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T01:12:39Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T01:12:39Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2008-03-07T06:35:27Z
dc.identifier.issn1015-5759
dc.identifier.doi10.1027/1015-5759.21.3.191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/4862
dc.description.abstractTheorists have argued the importance of the latent and manifest benefits of employment and their relationship with psychological well-being. Although many studies have examined these variables, there has been little consistency in the range of measures used. Two previous specific measures have been found to be inadequate or unreliable. To date, no one scale adequately measures all five latent functions and the manifest function. The aim of this study is to (1) develop a scale that measures both the manifest and latent benefits of employment, and (2) develop a scale that satisfies professional standards for psychometric adequacy. The study was conducted using a three-phase development and testing procedure. In Phase 1, in-depth interviews and experts were used in the item generation process. In Phase 2, item analysis, inter-item and item-total correlations were examined and remaining items were subjected to a series of three principle axis factor analyses. A 36-item scale, with six homogenous and reliable scales, was then administered and subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis in Phase 3. Participants were 33 males and females who had experienced substantial period of unemployment in the previous 12 months (Phase 1); 307 unemployed males and females (Phase 2); and 250 unemployed males and females (Phase 3). As a result, a reliable and valid 36-item Latent and Manifest Benefits (LAMB) scale was developed. Information gained from this scale can be used to better target interventions for the unemployed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHogrefe & Huber Publishers
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom191
dc.relation.ispartofpageto198
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Journal of Psychological Assessment
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.titleThe Development and Preliminary Testing of a Scale to Measure the Latent and Manifest Benefits of Employment
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2005 Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in European Journal of Psychological Assessment. It is not the version of record and is therefore not suitable for citation.
gro.date.issued2005
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gro.griffith.authorCreed, Peter A.


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