WRCQ: Work-Related Criticalities Questionnaire Responses from 317 Italian Workers

Between 2021 and 2025, 317 workers at an Italian Center for Occupational Stress completed the 39-item Work-Related Criticalities Questionnaire (WRCQ) alongside other psychological measures. The dataset, authored by Stefano Livellara and shared on figshare in 2026, was used to evaluate the psychometric properties of the WRCQ, which assesses five domains of workplace adversity. The file is a 677.4 KB DOCX document containing the study's supplementary data.

Use Cases

• Validate the factor structure of a workplace stress instrument based on the five domains (interpersonal conflict, hostility, organizational dysfunctions, constraints, and professional devaluation) mentioned in the description.
• Analyze correlations between work-related criticalities and psychological distress measures like depression and anxiety, as referenced in the study results.
• Benchmark new occupational stress assessment tools against the reported convergent validity with the NAQ-R (r=0.75).

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a validation study reporting excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.91).
• Sample includes 317 worker responses collected over a 4-year period (2021-2025).
• The questionnaire assesses a multidimensional construct with five validated subscales.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data file is a 677.4 KB DOCX, which is a tiny dataset with limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Stefano Livellara via figshare.

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of questionnaire responses from workers evaluated at an Italian Center for Occupational Stress.

Time Range

2021-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:30:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Italy