The use of ecstasy (MDMA), one of the most popular substances among young people in the context of many leisure and fun activities, is moving from party and recreation circuits to high schools and college dorms, in many cases in combination with alcohol consumption. Bearing in mind the concurrent use of the two drugs and the "gateway" thesis of a progression from legal drugs to illegal ones, a causal(1) model of linkages among sensation seeking, attitudes toward alcohol and ecstasy consumption, and frequency of use was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The data were obtained from a sample of 450 high school students ranging in age from 14 to 18 (47% male, 53% female). An additional moderator analysis was performed in order to examine a possible moderating role of sensation seeking in the relationship between attitudes toward consumption and frequency of use of both alcohol and ecstasy. Results were consistent with the hypothesis that positive attitudes toward consumption mediate the effects of sensation seeking on drug use. In addition, whereas our results were coherent with the existence of direct effects of sensation seeking on drug use, these were only found in the case of alcohol consumption. However, a moderating effect of this same variable was observed in the relationship between positive attitudes toward ecstasy consumption and its frequency of use. General and specific clinical implications and limitations of these findings are discussed and future lines of research suggested. .
El presente trabajo se propone una revisión del proceso de burnout, analizando la incidencia de los factores organizacionales en el desarrollo del síndrome, así como su asociación con la salud percibida. Se presta especial atención al supuesto papel mediador que desempeña en el proceso la variable de personalidad denominada sentido de coherencia (SC). La muestra utilizada la componen 115 profesores de Educación Primaria que respondieron a los ítems del CBP, del OLQ, y a un cuestionario de sintomatología que recoge manifestaciones autoinformadas tanto de carácter físico como psicológico. El análisis de regresión efectuado muestra la importancia en el desarrollo del burnout de las fuentes potenciales de estrés propias de la organización en la que el profesor desempeña su trabajo. Es especialmente notable la asociación del estrés de rol con el burnout, especialmente con la dimensión de agotamiento emocional, y de ambos con los problemas de salud autoinformados. Además, el estudio hace patente el importante papel mediador que ejerce el sentido de coherencia (SC) en el proceso, especialmente si se consideran de forma específica las dimensiones que componen este constructo.Palabras clave: Burnout, sentido de coherencia, estrés de rol, salud percibida, profesores.
Teacher Burnout, sense of coherence, and perceived healthThe present study was proposed as a revisión about the burnout process. The incidence of the organizational factors in development of burnout was analizad, as well as it relationship to perceived health reports. Assumption of sense of coherence (SC) as a mediator in the process was analizad. Data were collected from 115 Primary School teachers using the CBP, the OLQ, and a simptomatology questionnaire wich one coUects Information about physical and psychological symptoms. Regression analysis identified work environment stressors on the basis of the burnout syndrome. It was notable the relationship between role stress and teacher burnout, specifícally by means of the emotional exhaustion dimensión of burnout. Both (role stress and emotional exhaustion); were strong predictors of reported health problems. Moreover, sense of coherence (SC) was identified as an important mediator in the process, specially by means of it three compossing dimensions.
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