Research papers
← vista completaPublished on December 1, 2012 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2012.11.5569
Clinical syndromes, personality and recovery from stress: A study in occupational samples
Síndromes clínicos, personalidad y procesos de recuperación del estrés: estudio en muestras ocupacionales
Abstract
Introduction. Stress manifests itself with different intensity and effects on different people. In many cases it leads to serious health problems or may worsen the prognosis of certain diseases. Stress has been linked to many conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and infectious diseases. The workplace can be a source of chronic stress. Many variables have been described that allegedly modulate stress response. Aim. To rank the relationship between some of these variables. A model is presented in this study whereby psychopathological personality traits should be related to one of those modulating variables and thus, with the subject's ability to recover from stress. Design. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Participants. The sample consisted of 108 volunteers: 15 drivers of Madrid city buses, 44 Iberia flight attendants and 49 waiters in bars in the Community of Madrid. Only 4 bus drivers refused to participate. All flight attendants and waiters consented to be included in the study. Intervention. Tests RESTQ-WORK of Kallus and Jiménez and MCMI of Millon were applied to a sample of 108 workers (bus drivers, bar tender and flight attendants). Outcomes. The hypothesis was verified through Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis for each dependant variable.
