Portuguese version (original)
Moniz, M., Paulino, M., Moura, O., & Simões, M. R. (in press). Forensic Professionals’ Stress Inventory (FPSI): Development and psychometric properties. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine.
Theoretical background
The Forensic Professionals’ Stress Inventory (FPSI) is a self-report questionnaire designed to evaluate psychological tension and stress in professionals from the Justice System (e.g., Judges, Attorneys, Lawyers).
It is a self-report instrument that evaluates the most common sources of stress in these occupations (e.g., autonomy, social support, workload), and potential harmful coping strategies adopted by forensic workers to manage perceived stress. In total, the scale presents 25 items, organized in a five-point scale: Totally Disagree, Disagree, Do not Agree nor Disagree, Agree, and Totally Agree. Items are summed into raw scores which are then interpreted based on a percentile table, available in the original study (Moniz et al., 2023). Qualitative interpretations of scores in the global scale and subscales are done through a classification that varies between Very Low (percentile ≤ 4) and Very High (percentile ≥ 98) levels of occupational stress.
Internal consistency values for the general factor were .90 and for the four factors ranged between .74 (Social Support/Autonomy) and .86 (Overwork).
Description
Assessment Domain: Occupational stress.
Type of Instrument: Self-report questionnaire.
Number of items: 25 items, with a 5-point scale (Totally Disagree, Disagree, Do not Agree nor Disagree, Agree, Totally Agree).
Application: Individual or group, 5 minutes.
Population: Forensic Professionals.
Dimensions
FPSI is comprised of 25 items distributed in four factors/subscales: (i) Vulnerability to Professional Stress (VS; 9 items); (ii) Coping Strategies (CS; 5 items); (iii) Overwork (OW; 7 items), and (iv) Social Support/Autonomy (SSA; 4 items).
Contacts
Mariana Moniz (marianacmoniz@gmail.com)
Mauro Paulino (mauro.paulino@mind.com.pt)
References
- Moniz, M., Paulino, M., & Simões, M. R. (2021). The Stress Scale for Forensic Professionals: Development and Validation [Dissertação de Mestrado, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra] [Master dissertation]. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/99327
- Moniz, M., Paulino, M., Moura, O., & Simões, M. R. (2022). Um primeiro passo: O stress ocupacional no Ministério Público [A first step: Occupational stress in the Public Prosecutor's Office]. Revista do Ministério Público, 171, 151-164. https://rmp.smmp.pt/indice-do-no-171/
- Moniz, M., Paulino, M., Moura, O., & Simões, M. R. (2023). O stress ocupacional em profissionais forenses: Uma análise comparativa entre Juízes, Ministério Público e Advogados [Occupational stress in legal professionals: A comparative analysis between judges, public prosecutors and lawyers]. Revista do Ministério Público, 173, 225-244. https://loja.smmp.pt/produto/rmp-no-173/
- Moniz, M., Paulino, M., Moura, Neves, S., & Simões, M. R. (2024). O Stress ocupacional dos Juízes portugueses: Os contributos do Inventário de Stress para Profissionais Forenses [The occupational stress of Portuguese Judges: The contribution of the Forensic Professionals’ Stress Inventory]. Revista E-Psi, 13(1), 1-17. ISSN: 2182-7591. http://www.revistaepsi.com
- Moniz, M., Paulino, M., Moura, & Simões, M. R. (2024). Forensic Professionals’ Stress Inventory (FPSI): Development and psychometric properties. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2024.102677