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, 2009. Vol. Vol. 21 (nº 2). 288-293
David González Trijueque y José Luis Graña Gómez*
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid y * Universidad Complutense de Madrid
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la prevalencia del acoso psicológico en el lugar de trabajo y las distintas características asociadas a dicho fenómeno en una muestra multiocupacional compuesta por 2861 trabajadores pertenecientes a distintos sectores de actividad laboral, empleándose para ello un instrumento específico de medida del acoso laboral, el NAQ-R (Negative Acts Questionnaire - Revised), y un cuestionario sobre aspectos sociodemográficos y sociolaborales elaborado ad hoc. A tenor de los resultados obtenidos en relación a las propiedades psicométricas del NAQ-R, la versión española permite evaluar, con las suficientes garantías psicométricas, diferentes niveles de acoso laboral. Por otra parte, los resultados obtenidos señalan que el 14% de los participantes han sufrido conductas de acoso laboral durante los últimos seis meses. Asimismo, las demás características del acoso laboral halladas han resultado afines a las de distintos estudios desarrollados tanto a nivel nacional como internacional sobre la materia.
Workplace bullying: Prevalence and descriptive analysis in a multiocupational simple. The aim of this paper is to analyze the prevalence of mobbing in the workplace, as well as the main associated characteristics, in a multi-occupational sample of 2861 workers from diverse work sectors. For this purpose, a specific mobbing instrument, the «Negative Acts Questionnaire - Revised» (NAQ-R) and a questionnaire elaborated ad hoc about sociodemographic and work aspects considered of interest in this study were employed. The results of this study provide psychometric support for the use of the Spanish version of the NAQ-R as a reliable and valid instrument to assess diverse levels of workplace bullying. The results of the study indicate that 14% of the participants had suffered mobbing behaviors during the past six months. Likewise, the mobbing characteristics found were, in general, similar to those found in diverse studies, both at national and international levels.
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