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Work: attitudes and wellbeing

Work Limitations Questionnaire.

WLQ

What it measures
Health-related work limitations / presenteeism across four scales: Time Management, Physical Demands, Mental-Interpersonal Demands, Output Demands; yields a productivity-loss index.
Length and format
25 (WLQ-25/26); 8-item short form. 5-pt difficulty/time Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many incl. ES, PT, ZH, FR, DE, JA and others (Mapi-managed translations)
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Lerner, D., Amick, B.C., Rogers, W.H., Malspeis, S., Bungay, K., & Cynn, D. (2001). The Work Limitations Questionnaire. Medical Care, 39(1), 72-85.

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