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Sinval, J., Marques-Pinto, A., Queirós, C. & Marôco, J. (2018). Work engagement among rescue workers: psychometric properties of the Portuguese UWES. Frontiers in Psychology. 8
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J. F. Sinval et al.,  "Work engagement among rescue workers: psychometric properties of the Portuguese UWES", in Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 8, 2018
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@article{sinval2018_1716052188240,
	author = "Sinval, J. and Marques-Pinto, A. and Queirós, C. and Marôco, J.",
	title = "Work engagement among rescue workers: psychometric properties of the Portuguese UWES",
	journal = "Frontiers in Psychology",
	year = "2018",
	volume = "8",
	number = "",
	doi = "10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02229",
	url = "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02229/full"
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Work engagement among rescue workers: psychometric properties of the Portuguese UWES
T2  - Frontiers in Psychology
VL  - 8
AU  - Sinval, J.
AU  - Marques-Pinto, A.
AU  - Queirós, C.
AU  - Marôco, J.
PY  - 2018
SN  - 1664-1078
DO  - 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02229
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02229/full
AB  - Rescue workers have a stressful and risky occupation where being engaged is crucial to face physical and emotional risks in order to help other persons. This study aims to estimate work engagement levels of rescue workers (namely comparing nurses, firefighters, and police officers) and to assess the validity evidence related to the internal structure of the Portuguese versions of the UWES-17 and UWES-9, namely, dimensionality, measurement invariance between occupational groups, and reliability of the scores. To evaluate the dimensionality, we compared the fit of the three-factor model with the fit of a second-order model. A Portuguese version of the instrument was applied to a convenience sample of 3,887 rescue workers (50% nurses, 39% firefighters, and 11% police officers). Work engagement levels were moderate to high, with firefighters being the highest and nurses being the lowest engaged. Psychometric properties were evaluated in the three-factor original structure revealing acceptable fit to the data in the UWES-17, although the UWES-9 had better psychometric properties. Given the observed statistically significant correlations between the three original factors, we proposed a 2nd hierarchal structure that we named work engagement. The UWES-9 first-order model obtained full uniqueness measurement invariance, and the second-order model obtained partial (metric) second-order invariance.
ER  -