Social Challenge Stressors Scale: Psychometric Validation and Application in the Brazilian Context

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Abstract

This study aimed to adapt and verify psychometric evidence for the Brazilian context of the Social Challenge Stressors scale (SCSS). The instrument refers to a set of situations perceived as difficult or obscure and that require some type of social behavior to guarantee work performance. The sample included data from 272 workers from three different fields of activity. The technique of optimized implementation of parallel analysis was used, which indicated a one-dimensional structure with eight items that endorse the response patterns, according to parameters of item response theory. The results confirmed the goodness of fit of the model (χ²/gl = 0.964; CFI = 0.995; TLI = 0.993; RMSEA = 0.056; WRMR = 0.050), as well as its accuracy and replicability. As evidence of external validity, it is pointed to a positive correlation between social job stress and work engagement. It was concluded that the SCSS has a reliable structure to measure the new concept of challenge-stressor in Brazil.

Keywords: psychometry, challenge-stressor, social stress.

Author Biographies

Romulo Matos de Moraes, Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (IFES), Brazil

Administrador, Mestre em Administração (Fucape Business School), Doutorando em Cognição e Linguagem (Uenf), Especialista em Administração e Marketing e Especialista em Práticas Pedagógicas. Realiza pesquisas nas áreas de Comportamento Organizacional; Política Organizacional e Estatística Aplicada. Atualmente é Diretor-Geral do Ifes - Campus de Alegre.

Rosalee Santos Crespo Istoe, State University of the North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Brazil

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Metodista de São Paulo/SP. (1991), mestrado em Psicologia da Saúde pela Universidade Metodista de São Paulo/SP. (1999) e doutorado em Saúde da Criança e da Mulher pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/RJ. (2007). É Psicologa e Professora do Curso de Mestrado e Doutorado em Cognição e Linguagem da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro. 

Valtair Afonso Miranda , Faculdade Batista do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pós-doutorado em Cognição e Linguagem (UENF), Doutorado em História (UFRJ), Doutorado em Ciências da Religião (UMESP), Mestrado em Ciências da Religião (UMESP), Mestrado em Teologia (STBSB), Graduação em História (UNIVERSO) e Graduação em Teologia (FTSA/STBSB). É Diretor Acadêmico da Faculdade Batista do Rio de Janeiro.

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Published

2023-06-01

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2023): rPOT N2/2023

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