Instrument for stress-related activity analysis

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The Stress-Related Activity Analysis Tool (ISTA) is a tool that was developed in the 1980s to analyze commercial workplaces .

scope of application

ISTA is an instrument for measuring task, organization and work environment related stress. The instrument is a condition- related , quantitative expert method of environmental prevention . In the toolbox of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), it meets the quality criteria of reliability and validity.

One area of ​​application of the ISTA is the investigation of the psychological stress caused by the working conditions in the context of the risk assessment prescribed in the occupational health and safety .

The method was developed on the basis of the transactional stress theory of Lazarus and the theory of action regulation . It identifies factors that are conducive to and hindering well-being and health, and clarifies relationships between resources and stressors .

construction

The instrument is based on the so-called multi-method approach. Both a self-assessment (in the form of a questionnaire) and an assessment by an independent observer are used for this.

  • Duration of the questionnaire (long version) approx. 45–60 min
  • Duration of the observation interview approx. 2 hours

The focus here is on the work situation (condition-related analysis), not on the respective person (personal analysis).

aims
  • Measure stress-related task characteristics
  • Estimate chronic stress, relief factors and requirements
  • relevant characteristics for fluctuation and absenteeism
  • Advice on necessary work organization measures

literature

  • Norbert Semmer, Dieter Zapf , and Heiner Dunckel: Instrument for stress-related activity analysis (ISTA) . In Heiner Dunckel (ed.): Manual of psychological work analysis procedures (Mensch, Technik, Organization; Vol. 14) , vdf Hochschulverlag at the ETH, Zurich 1999, pp. 179–204

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The relationship-oriented ISTA is not identical to the behavior-oriented "Ich-Structure-Test nach Ammon" used by the German Academy for Psychoanalysis , for which the acronym ISTA is occasionally also used.
  2. ↑ Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Toolbox: ISTA: Instrument for Stress-Related Work Analysis, Version 6.0
  3. ↑ Ulich Eberhard, Industrial Psychology, Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag; Edition: 6th, revised and expanded edition. (September 20, 2005)