Proposta de escala para avaliação do nível de estresse ocupacional de discentes do Movimento Empresa Júnior

Abstract

Stress is one of the main factors related to psychosocial diseases developed by modern society. If not treated, stress produces catastrophic effects on health and personal and professional performance. It is noticed that the university population has been demonstrating a substantial presence in the levels of stress perception. Considering this reality, the present study created a scale based on the perception of stress by university students who were part of the junior enterprise movement. The surveyed sample consisted of 253 respondents from 21 Brazilian federative units. Data were extracted using the Brazilian version of the New Work Stress Scale (NEET). The descriptive analysis was performed and also the dimensionality analysis of the NEET. With the definition of the Item Response Theory (IRT) parameters, a stress scale with eight levels was built, characterized from ’No Stress’ to ’Maximum Stress’, the scale presented the majority of the studied sample inserted with a score at levels of ’Moderate Stress’ and ’High Stress’.Through the construction of this scale, it was possible to list that 87.35% of the interviewees are in the range between moderate stress and maximum stress. The result obtained demonstrates the scientific and social contribution of studies to the target audience, more specifically in the university environment. It was concluded that the generated scale has good psychometric properties and that the stress level of junior enterprise movement students is high.