ResumoO objetivo deste estudo foi revisar, validar e apurar a fidedignidade da Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho, composta por 116 itens agrupados em 14 fatores válidos com fidedignidade insatisfatória. A revisão semântica manteve 113 itens, aplicados a 600 trabalhadores-estudantes, sendo 51% mulheres, com nível de escolaridade média e superior, com idade média de 26 anos. Análises dos componentes principais e scree plot indicavam haver 7 a 12 componentes. A fatoração dos eixos principais com rotações Varimax e Promax reduziu a escala para 45 itens agrupados em seis fatores: "satisfação com suporte organizacional", "satisfação com utilidade social da organização e do trabalho", "satisfação com relacionamento afetivo no trabalho", "satisfação com reconhecimento profissional", "insatisfação com inadequação da chefia e falta de oportunidades" e "insatisfação com sobrecarga de trabalho" com alfas de 0,86, 0,81, 0,80, 0,82, 0,85 e 0,81. A estrutura do construto confirmou-se afetiva e multideterminada. Esta conclusão corroborou achados da área. Palavras-Chave: Satisfação no trabalho; Escala de Medida de Satisfação no Trabalho; Validade; Fidedignidade; Análise fatorial. Adaptation and construct validation of Job Satisfaction Scale AbstractThe purpose of this study was revise semantic contents, validating and establishing the reliability of the Job Satisfaction Scale, formed by 116 items and grouped in 14 valid factors with unsatisfactory reliability. The semantic revision retained 113 applied to 600 workers-students, 51% women, at nocturnal schools of medium and superior scholarship with average age of 26 years old. Analyses of the principal components and scree plot pointed 7 to 12 components. The principal axis factoring (Varimax and Promax rotation) reduced the scale to 45 items grouped in 6 factors: "satisfaction with organizational support", "satisfaction with social utility of the organization and of work", "satisfaction with affective relationship at work", "satisfaction with professional recognition", "insatisfaction with inadequacy of the working opportunities" and "insatisfaction with working overload". Cronbach's alfas were .86, .81, .80, .82, .85 and .81. The job satisfaction construct was confirmed like affective and composed by two sets of factors. This conclusion corroborates the literature.

Infertility has a stressful impact on both partners, with adverse effects on the quality of life of infertile couples. Spirituality is a meaning-based strategy that can protect couples against infertility's negative impact on quality of life, but analysis of this mediator relationship in infertile couples has not been reported. We adopted a dyadic approach and used the actor-partner interdependence mediation model to examine whether and how women's and men's spirituality was associated with their own and their partners' infertility-related stress and quality of life. In 2014, 152 infertile couples starting their first fertility treatment at a private clinic in Brazil were recruited and completed self-reports of spirituality, infertility-related stress, and quality of life. Results indicated that women's and men's level of spirituality was positively associated with their own quality of life directly and indirectly, by reducing their own infertility-related stress. Their spirituality was associated with an increase in their partners' quality of life only indirectly, by reducing their partners' infertility-related stress. Findings highlight the importance of assessing and promoting spirituality as a coping resource that infertile women and men might use to deal with the stress of infertility and reduce its adverse effects on quality of life.

Este estudo teve por objetivo validar fatorialmente o Inventário de Depressão de Beck - BDI para uma amostra de 208 mulheres com câncer. A validação fatorial do BDI foi realizada por meio da análise fatorial, método de extração dos componentes principais e rotação oblimin, tendo sido identificadas duas soluções fatoriais, uma bifatorial - sendo F1 composto por 8 itens (a = 0,82) denominado "visão negativa de si mesmo", explicando 32,4% da variância e F2 com 5 itens (a = 0,77) denominado "função física", explicando 8% da variância - e outra unifatorial com 13 itens, com fidedignidade altamente satisfatória (a = 0,86) denominada "depressão", explicando 38% da variância total.

This study adopted a dyadic approach to explore the associations between social support and stress as mediated by coping among infertile couples. All these variables were infertility-specific. A total of 201 couples starting their first assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment completed self-reports of infertility-specific support from spouse and from social network, infertility-related coping with four strategies (active-avoidance, active-confronting, passive-avoidance, and meaning-based), and infertility stress. The actor-partner interdependence model was applied. Results indicated that dyadic associations between support and stress were either direct or mediated by individual or partner coping, with differences based on gender, source of support, and coping strategy. For both genders, greater support from spouse was associated with lower individual and partner stress directly and indirectly, through lower partner's use of active-avoidance coping. In men, the relationship between support from spouse and stress was also mediated by individual/partner avoidance coping strategies. As for support from social network, greater levels were directly associated with a lower partner stress in women and with higher individual stress in men. For both genders, the relationship between support from social network and stress was also mediated by active-confronting coping, which was associated with higher individual and partner stress. The findings suggest a potential protective role of support from spouse and an adverse effect of that from people outside the dyad. Interventions for couples starting ART treatment should focus on promoting infertility-related communication and support within the couple, which might help to reduce the use of infertility-specific maladaptive coping strategies.

This study was performed with the purpose to investigate the impact of perceptions regarding intragroup conflicts and physician power bases on the stress of nursing professionals. To do this, 124 nursing aides and technicians of a university hospital answered Scales on Work Stress, Supervisor Power Bases Perception, and Intragroup Conflict Perception, and a form containing socio-demographic data. Most subjects presented low stress levels (58%), perceived a medium level of intragroup conflict and legit power as the most often used by physicians. Stepwise Regression Analysis results revealed that the task conflict and coercion power are direct predictors of stress, whereas age appears as an inverse predictor. The physician in charge has an important role on the nursing team's perception of stress and the need to seek solutions for task conflicts and, therefore, reduce the stress of these professionals.