Page No 242-250
Md. Mahmudul Hasan Sagar A.K. M. Rezaul Karim Naima Nigar
IUBAT, Dhaka University of Dhaka, Dhaka University of Dhaka, Dhaka
The Operational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Op) was developed by McCreary
& Thompson. This study aimed to translate the instrument into Bangla and validate it
according to Bangladeshi Culture. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the data from
160 participants (who provided complete responses) identified four factor structures for
PSQ-Op with 19 items. The four factors for PSQ-Op namely ‘Excessive workload and
risk’, ‘Social affairs and image’, ‘Feelings of all time work and social blame’ and ‘Physical
and interpersonal problems’ together explained 56.94% of the total variance. This study
was novel in the sense that previous study has not identified any factor structure for
this instrument. The PSQ-Op showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α =.89 for
PSQ-Op; .71 – .85 for its factors), strong translation and convergent validity. Thus, the
Bangla version PSQ-Op appears to be a valid and reliable instrument for using it for
research purpose in the countr
.