Replication and examination of research data on job stress and coworker social support with Internet and traditional samples.
Author: AbuAlRub RF.
Source:
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 38(2), 200-204.
PURPOSE: To replicate previous results about job stress and coworkers' support
that were obtained from a Web-based American sample with a sample of Jordanian
nurses using traditional methods. DESIGN AND METHODS: The convenience sample of
300 Jordanian staff nurses completed the pencil-and-paper version of a
questionnaire that included the Nursing Stress Scale, the McCain and Marklin
Social Integration Scale, and the demographic form. The sample of the replicated
study consisted of 263 American staff nurses who were accessible over the
Internet and completed the Web-based version of the questionnaire. Descriptive
statistics, chi-square, t test, and Pearson product-moment correlations were used
to analyze the datRESULTS: The American and Jordanian samples differed
significantly on all demographic variables. However, they had similar patterns of
responses in regard to the association between job stress and social support from
coworkers. CONCLUSIONS: The predicted comparability of findings with different
methods and samples lends credence to the reliability and validity of
Internet-based research.