[Short version of the "job stress scale": a Portuguese-language adaptation].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the adaptation to Portuguese of the short version of the "job stress scale", originally in English.


METHODS
We evaluate six aspects of equivalence between the original scale and the Portuguese version: conceptual, semantic, operational, item, measurement, and functional equivalences. A reliability test-retest study was conducted with 94 selected subjects.


RESULTS
Reproducibility (interclass correlation coefficients) for the 'demand', 'control', and 'social support' dimensions of the scale was estimated at 0.88, 0.87, and 0.85, respectively. Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) estimates for these same dimensions were 0.79, 0.67, and 0.85, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that the adaptation of the scale was successful, and indicate that its use in the sociocultural context of the studied population (Pró-Saúde survey) is appropriate.
Alves
Márcia Guimarães de Mello
MG
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Chor
Dóra
D
Faerstein
Eduardo
E
Lopes
Claudia de S
Cde S
Werneck
Guilherme Loureiro
GL
D002055:Burnout, Professional; D006801:Humans; D008609:Mental Status Schedule / Q000592:standards*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012660:Semantics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating