Background: There has been increased
attention in concepts such as meaning, self-care, work-life balance and others
designed to address human sustainability in the workplace. Nonetheless,
world-wide per capita increase in psychological related sick-leave costs
companies approximately $748 Billion annually? Approximately 55% of company
sick leave is psychosocial related and this is increasing annually. Finding the
necessary tools to identify predictors related to psychological safety and
ill-health is now more critical than ever before. Furthermore, increasing
awareness and reducing the disconnection between an individual’s situational
wellbeing and an organization’s need for productivity is paramount. Currently,
corporate mental health consists of symptomatic related solutions.
Unfortunately, these retroactive models are usually short-lived plasters. Objective: This study aims to present reliability and validity of the
Empowerment for Participation (EFP) batch of assessments and its methodology to
measure, predict and proactively monitor an individual’s mental health and
wellbeing. The study will also briefly introduce three risk assessments: Risk
for Burnout, Risk of Anxiety and Risk for Depression, as well as an employee
Engagement Potential measure. Study Design, Setting and Method: The EFP batch
of assessments, consists of 110 questions. They are used to measure employee
motivation, stress, defense routines and motivational positioning (situational
adaptiveness) on an individual and aggregate level within a company. This study
looks at the reliability and validity of the EFP batch to effectively measure
the sustainability or status of an individual in relation to their engagement
potential, wellbeing, adaptability, potential risk for burnout, anxiety, and
depression. A cohort from four small companies and several unbound individuals
(employed but not belonging to the four companies) were included in this study.
An empirical design using raw EFP psychometric data to measure value
consistency correlated to anti-depressive prescription use or any related diagnosis
was used. Results: Reliability and validity results for EFP batch of
assessments (N = 73) were analyzed using Cronbach’s Alpha for internal
consistency: Motivation (Items = 20, α = 0.939), Stress (Items = 20, α =
0.887), Defense Routines (Items = 20, α = 0.870), and PMP (Items = 50, α =
0.944). Discriminant analysis was used on the four risk assessments (extracted
from 110 EFP questions) and showed excellent results: Risk for
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