La Evaluación del Estrés Traumático Secundario: Estudio Comparado en Bomberos y Paramédicos de los Servicios de Emergencia de Guadalajara, México

• Autores: Rosa Martha Meda Lara, Bernardo Moreno Jiménez, Andrés Palomera Chávez, Elva Dolores Arias Merino, Rodrigo Vargas Ruiz
• Localización: Terapia psicológica, ISSN 0718-4808, ISSN-e 0716-6184, Vol. 30, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 31-41
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.4067/S0718-48082012000200003
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Secondary Traumatic Stress Assesment: Compared Study in Firemen and Paramedics in Emergency Services
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  • español

    El estrés traumático secundario, se refiere a un proceso por el cual "un individuo que observa el sufrimiento de otro, experimenta paralelamente las mismas respuestas emocionales a las emociones reales o esperadas de la otra persona", Moreno, Morante, Rodríguez & Garrosa (2004). A partir de esta noción, Moreno, Garrosa, Morante, Rodríguez & Losada (2004b) diseñaron el Cuestionario de Estrés Traumático Secundario (CETS). Se presenta un estudio comparado en dos muestras de bomberos y paramédicos con un total de 427 sujetos. Los paramédicos se percibieron con mayor presión social y mayor nivel de comprensibilidad, los bomberos con mayor percepción de sobrecarga laboral, mayor nivel de empatía y consecuencias sociales. Las mujeres se percibieron con mayor presión social en el trabajo y los hombres con mayor sobrecarga laboral y sentido del humor. Se reportan correlaciones entre las sub escalas del CETS, que confirman la relación entre las dimensiones de un modelo procesual desarrollado por Moreno, Morante, Rodríguez & Rodríguez (2008).

  • English

    The concept of secondary traumatic stress refers to a process whereby "an individual who observes the suffering of another, parallel experience the same emotional responses to actual or anticipated emotions of another person," Moreno, Morante, Rodríguez & Garrosa (2004). Based in this model Moreno, Garrosa, Morante, Rodríguez & Losada (2004b) designed the Secondary Traumatic Stress Questionnaire (STSQ). This study presents a comparative study of secondary traumatic stress realized with 427 subjects divided in two samples of firefighters and emergency paramedics. Emergency paramedics perceived more social pressure and a higher level of comprehension, while firefighters had a higher perception of work overload, high level of empathy and social consequences. Gender differences show that women perceived more social pressure at work and men perceived more overload and sense of humor. Correlations between the subscales of STSQ, confirm the relationship between the dimensions of the process model developed by Moreno, Morante, Rodríguez & Rodríguez (2008).

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