This article outlines the creation and validation of a pair of questionnaires that measure both the intensity of potentially positive and negative aspects of Christian ministry life, and the frequency with which these aspects occur. These measures of ministry-specific stress and satisfaction identify life-giving and life-eroding aspects of ministry life that are not typically shared with secular professions and occupations, and also help capture the aspects that either overlap with or differentiate between those who minister inside traditional church settings and those involved in community-based or parachurch ministries. Psychometric testing of the Positive Aspects Inventory (PAI) and Negative Aspects Inventory (NAI) was conducted in two phases. The first phase involved an item and subscale refinement and reliability investigation. The second phase entailed a validity investigation regarding each construct claimed to be measured by the questionnaires, and the establishment of meaningful score ranges for interpretative purposes. The resulting measures have empirical validity and have potential usefulness in further investigations of ministry life wellbeing and stress.

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测量特定于事工的压力和满意度：积极和消极方面量表的心理测量特性

本文概述了一对问卷的创建和验证，这些问卷测量了基督徒事工生活中潜在积极和消极方面的强度，以及这些方面出现的频率。这些针对特定事工的压力和满意度的测量确定了事工生活中赋予生命和侵蚀生命的方面，这些方面通常不与世俗职业和职业共享，并且还有助于捕捉与那些在传统内部服事的人重叠或区别的方面。教会环境和参与社区或机构事工的人。积极方面量表 (PAI) 和消极方面量表 (NAI) 的心理测试分两个阶段进行。第一阶段涉及项目和子量表的细化和可靠性调查。第二阶段需要对声称由问卷测量的每个构念进行有效性调查，并为解释目的建立有意义的分数范围。由此产生的措施具有经验有效性，并在进一步调查事工生活幸福感和压力方面具有潜在的用处。