Lack of Group Support and Burnout Syndrome in Workers of the State Security Forces and Corps: Moderating Role of Neuroticism
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Continued Occupational Stress: Burnout
1.2. Burnout and Police Work: The Importance of the Work-Group Support
1.3. Personality as Moderator of the Burnout-Outcomes Relationship
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Mean | SD | Range | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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1. Lack of group support | 8.19 | 3.84 | 3–21 | ||||
2. Emotional exhaustion | 28.51 | 12.49 | 7–52 | 0.603 ** | |||
3. Depersonalization | 18.50 | 5.77 | 6–29 | 0.566 ** | 0.826 ** | ||
4. Personal fulfillment | 23.02 | 10.79 | 4–46 | −0.601 ** | −0.821 ** | −0.800 ** | |
5. Neuroticism | 49.73 | 9.10 | 27–70 | 0.270 ** | 0.353 ** | 0.303 ** | −0.376 ** |
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Farfán, J.; Peña, M.; Topa, G. Lack of Group Support and Burnout Syndrome in Workers of the State Security Forces and Corps: Moderating Role of Neuroticism. Medicina 2019, 55, 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090536
Farfán J, Peña M, Topa G. Lack of Group Support and Burnout Syndrome in Workers of the State Security Forces and Corps: Moderating Role of Neuroticism. Medicina. 2019; 55(9):536. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090536
Chicago/Turabian StyleFarfán, Jesús, Marta Peña, and Gabriela Topa. 2019. "Lack of Group Support and Burnout Syndrome in Workers of the State Security Forces and Corps: Moderating Role of Neuroticism" Medicina 55, no. 9: 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55090536