Relación entre personalidad, afrontamiento y apoyo social con burnout, calidad de vida profesional y salud, en bomberos de Gran Canaria

Abstract

Tanto por la importancia que el estrés mental tiene como causa de incapacidades laborales entre los bomberos profesionales según la International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF, 2000), como por los riesgos de sufrir burnout, traumatización psicológica y desordenes psicosomáticos en el personal de emergencias y rescate según la European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA, 2011), se plantea en este trabajo de investigación analizar las relaciones entre estos posibles reiesgos con variables personales y sociales que ayuden a preparar una mejor prevención primaria y secundaria, tal y como lo propone la EU-OSHA.

Therefore important taht mental stress is a cause of work disability among professional firefighters by International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF, 2000), as the risk for burnout, psychological traumatization and psychosomatic disorders and emergency personnel rescue as the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA, 2011), proposed in this research to analyze the relationships between these potential risks to personal and social variables that help make a better primary and secondary prevention, such and as proposed by EU-OSHA. The sample consisted od 119 professional firefighters in variables such as personality (Big Five), hardiness, coping (styles), perceived social support, burnout, quality of working life and health (physical and mental) is studied.