Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2008. Vol. Vol. 20 (nº 1). 124-130
Bernardo Moreno Jiménez, María Eugenia Morante Benadero, Raquel Rodríguez Carvajal y Alfredo Rodríguez Muñoz
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
El objetivo del presente estudio consiste en examinar el rol de diversas variables de personalidad (empatía, comprensibilidad, reto y sentido del humor) como moderadores de la relación entre las demandas laborales (tarea traumática y sobrecarga) con el estrés traumático secundario. 175 trabajadores de los servicios de emergencia de la Comunidad de Madrid completaron el Cuestionario de Estrés Traumático Secundario. Los resultados de los análisis de regresión múltiple jerárquica aportan evidencia del papel moderador de las variables de personalidad en el proceso del estrés traumático secundario. Finalmente, la discusión enfatiza la necesidad de centrar la atención en la interacción entre los factores de personalidad y las demandas laborales y contextuales para avanzar en la comprensión del proceso del trauma en trabajadores de emergencias.
Resistance and vulnerability to trauma: The moderator effect of personality variables on secondary traumatic stress. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of several personality variables (empathy, comprehensibility, challenge and sense of humour) as moderators of the relationship of job demands (traumatic task and overload) with secondary traumatic stress. 175 emergency professionals of the Community of Madrid completed the Secondary Traumatic Stress Measure (STSM). The results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis provide evidence for the moderator role of personality variables in the secondary traumatic stress process. Lastly, the discussion emphasises the need to focus on the interaction between personality and job demand variables in order to advance our understanding of the process of trauma in emergency professionals.