Validation of the Employment Precariousness Scale and its associations with mental health outcomes: results from a prospective community-based study of pregnant women and their partners in Dresden, Germany

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dc.contributor.authorKarl, Marlene
dc.contributor.authorStaudt, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorVives, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorKopp, Marie
dc.contributor.authorWeise, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorMack, Judith T.
dc.contributor.authorSteudte-Schmiedgen, Susann
dc.contributor.authorSeidler, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorGarthus-Niegel, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T16:05:53Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T16:05:53Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractObjective To translate the Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) from Spanish into German (EPRES-Ge), adapt it to the German context, assess the psychometric properties and show prospective associations with mental health outcomes within the peripartum period.Design Analyses encompassed descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to validate the structure of the EPRES, and multivariate regression analyses with mental health outcomes 8 weeks after birth.Participants Self-report data from 3,455 pregnant women and their partners within the Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health prospective longitudinal cohort study were used.Results The EPRES-Ge with five dimensions and 20 items showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.77). All scales showed good reliability coefficients of alpha=0.73-0.85 and good item-subscale correlations of r=0.63-0.98, with the exception of subscale rights, which showed poor reliability of alpha=0.30 and item-subscale correlations of r=0.45-0.68. Exploratory analysis and CFA confirmed the proposed five-dimensional structure, explaining 45.08% of the cumulative variance. Regression analyses with mental health outcomes after birth revealed statistically significant associations (beta=0.12-0.20).Conclusions The EPRES-Ge is a valuable tool for assessing employment precariousness as a multidimensional construct. The scales could be adapted to the German working context. Precarious employment, as measured by the EPRES-Ge, is a determinant of mental health problems in young families.
dc.description.funderGerman Research Foundation ("Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"; DFG)
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077206
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077206
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/89927
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001334879300001
dc.issue.numero8
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final12
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaBmj open
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectpostpartum period
dc.subjectpostpartum women
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectpsychometrics
dc.titleValidation of the Employment Precariousness Scale and its associations with mental health outcomes: results from a prospective community-based study of pregnant women and their partners in Dresden, Germany
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen14
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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