Abstract
Stress occurs in the individual-environment transaction, when events are assessed as exceeding the ability to face them and threaten the well-being. For evaluation in the context of dance, there are few instruments. This study adapted for adolescent dancers the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for Athletes (RESTQ-Sport), verifying their validity evidence. Have been evaluated 264 Brazilian dancers, male and female (93.18% women) with a mean age of 14.69 years, during national and international levels of dance festivals. There has been validity evidence of content, with the help of judges, and validity evidence of internal consistency (factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha). The RESTQ-Dance was left with 63 items organized into three factors: Factor 1 - Stress General (26 items, α = 0.92); Factor 2 - Recovery (27 items, α = 0.91); Factor 3 - Specific Stress (10 items, α = 0.79); being excluded 14 items in this process. The instrument has adequate psychometric properties for use with dancers.
Keywords:
stress; recover; dance; psychological tests