Two faces of police stress: Spanish validation of operational and organizational PSQ scales (opens in new tab)

IntroductionPolice officers face multiple psychosocial risks stemming from operational and organizational aspects of their work. The Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) includes operational (PSQ-Op) and organizational (PSQ-Org) versions to assess these stressors. This study aimed to validate both versions in a sample of Mossos d’Esquadra, examining their factorial structure, reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity.MethodsExploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted ...