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Entwicklung und Validierung der Trierer Kurzskala zur Messung von Work-Life Balance (TKS-WLB)

Published Online:July 05, 2011https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000044

Abstract

Zusammenfassung. In diesem Beitrag wird die Trierer Kurzskala zur Messung von Work-Life Balance vorgestellt. Sie ermöglicht eine globale, richtungsfreie und in ihrem Aufwand ökonomische Möglichkeit zur Erfassung von Work-Life Balance. Die Struktur der Skala wurde anhand zweier Stichproben sowie einem zusätzlich erhobenen Fremdbild untersucht. Die Ergebnisse der Konstruktvalidierung bestätigten die einfaktorielle Struktur der Skala. Die interne Konsistenz der Skala erwies sich in beiden Studien als gut. Zudem konnte die empirische Trennbarkeit der Trierer Work-Life Balance Skala gegenüber einem gängigen Instrument zur Messung des Work-Family Conflicts (Carlson, Kacmar & Williams, 2000) belegt werden. Im Hinblick auf die Kriteriumsvalidität der Skala wurden die angenommenen Zusammenhänge zu arbeits-, nicht-arbeits- sowie stressbezogenen Outcome-Variablen nachgewiesen. Die Eignung der Trierer Work-Life Balance Kurzskala zeigt sich auch daran, dass die Korrelationen zwischen den erhobenen Outcome-Variablen und dem Work-Family Conflict und denen der Trierer Work-Life Balance Skala ähnlich waren. Überdies vermochte die Trierer Work-Life Balance Skala über die Dimensionen des Work-Family Conflicts hinaus inkrementelle Varianz in den Outcome-Variablen aufzuklären. Insgesamt sprechen damit die Ergebnisse beider Stichproben für die Reliabilität und Validität der Trierer Work-Life Balance Kurzskala.


Development and validation of the Trierer Scale to Measure Work-Life Balance (TKS-WLB)

Abstract. In this article we present a scale to assess work-life balance globally, and in an economical way. Results from two samples and additional partner ratings support the one-dimensional structure. We found good internal consistencies in the two studies. Moreover, we were able to show that the work-life balance scale is empirically distinct from a well-established work-family conflict scale (Carlson, Kacmar & Williams, 2000). With regards to validity, the expected relationships between work-life balance and work-related, non-work-related, and strain-related outcome variables were found. Furthermore, the work-life balance scale explained in addition to the dimensions of the work-family conflict a significant amount of variance in the outcome variables. In sum, the two studies provide support for the reliability and validity of the work-life balance scale.

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