Title of the Portuguese Version

Questionário de Stress para Profissionais do Acolhimento Residencial / Stress

Original Version

Questionário de Stress para Profissionais de Saúde - Gomes, A. R., & Teixeira, P. M. (2016)

Portuguese Version

Santos, L., Ferreira, A., Ribeiro da Silva, D., Pinheiro, M.R., & Rijo, D. (2022).

General Description

The Stress-RYCaregivers aims to evaluate the sources of stress that residential youth care professionals face in their work. The Stress-RYCaregivers comprises two parts. The first part consists of one item assessing the overall level of stress experienced in work activity. The second part assesses the potential sources of stress associated with professional activities in the residential youth care setting, being composed by 25 items, distributed across six dimensions: 1) caring for children and young people (4 items); 2) work overload (4 items); 3) career progression and salary (5 items); 4)

ships at work (5 items); 5) training activities (3 items); 6) home-work interface (4 items). Items are rated using a five-point Likert-type scale (0 = No stress; 4 = High stress).

References

  • Santos, L., Ferreira, A., Ribeiro da Silva, D., Pinheiro, M.R., & Rijo, D. (2022). Assessing occupational stress in residential youth care settings: Validation of the Stress Questionnaire for Residential Youth Care Professionals. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2022.2073940

  • Gomes, A. R., & Teixeira, P. M. (2016). Stress, cognitive appraisal and psychological health: Testing instruments for health professionals. Stress and Health, 32(2), 167–172. https://doi. org/10.1002/smi.2583

Contacts

lsantos_cineicc@fpce.uc.pt