title: [Short version of the "job stress scale": a Portuguese-language adaptation].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Márcia Guimarães de Mello
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Dóra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chor
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faerstein
authors.forename: Claudia de S
authors.initials: Cde S
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Guilherme Loureiro
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Werneck
mesh_terms: 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