Table 3 |
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Factor Loadings for Work Stress Responses among Australian Veterinarians |
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Dimensions of Stressa |
Factor 1 |
Factor 2 |
Factor 3 |
Factor 4 |
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Long working hours |
0.802 |
0.316 |
0.113 |
0.012 |
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Not enough rest |
0.748 |
0.242 |
0.153 |
0.169 |
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Not enough holidays |
0.748 |
0.267 |
0.203 |
-0.033 |
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Too many patients/day |
0.763 |
-0.058 |
0.147 |
0.301 |
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Not enough time per patient |
0.740 |
-0.045 |
0.096 |
0.349 |
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Career structure |
0.351 |
0.608 |
0.088 |
0.281 |
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Future promotion |
0.021 |
0.818 |
0.027 |
0.263 |
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Adequate salary |
0.258 |
0.791 |
0.171 |
0.034 |
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Fear of litigation |
0.179 |
0.039 |
0.693 |
0.184 |
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Danger from animals |
0.154 |
0.068 |
0.827 |
0.076 |
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Danger from diseases |
0.097 |
0.124 |
0.798 |
0.062 |
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Colleagues attitude |
0.276 |
0.103 |
0.117 |
0.717 |
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Superiors attitude |
0.003 |
0.499 |
0.045 |
0.628 |
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No colleague recognition |
0.194 |
0.224 |
0.211 |
0.708 |
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a Adapted from previous studies of veterinary stress [11,12,19] as indicated on Table 1, Cronbach's Alpha = 0.869 |
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Smith et al. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009 4:32 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-4-32 |
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