The Upshot of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Nursing Assistants: Evaluating Mental Health Indicators in Huelva.

Healthcare professionals who work in front-line situations are among those under the highest risk of presenting negative mental health indicators. We sought to assess the prevalence of low personal realization, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization as well as probable non-psychotic psychiatric pathologies during the pandemic in nursing assistants in the city of Huelva (Spain), and to study the association between these mental health indicators and sociodemographic and professional variables. A cross-sectional descriptive investigation with a quantitative approach was used. A representative sample of these professionals, consisting of 29 men and 284 women, completed the GHQ-12 questionnaire, including sociodemographic data and the MBI-HSS questionnaire, collecting information on situations of contact with SARS-CoV-2. Data analysis was conducted, and correlations were established. We found that emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and probable non-psychotic, psychiatric pathologies were related to contact with SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, personal realization, depersonalization and emotional exhaustion were related to just gender. We conclude that nursing assistants from public hospitals in the city of Huelva who had contact with patients with SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace, showed poor mental health indicators than those who did not come into contact with infected individuals.

Work-Family Interaction, Self-Perceived Mental Health and Burnout in Specialized Physicians of Huelva (Spain): A Study Conducted during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

BACKGROUND: The medical staff who work in specialized healthcare are among the professionals with a greater risk of presenting negative indicators of mental health. These professionals are exposed to numerous sources of stress that can have a negative influence on their personal life. Currently, SARS-CoV-2 poses an additional and relevant source of stress. The aim of this study was to identify the interactions between the work and family environments, as well as to analyze self-perceived mental health and burnout in physicians who, during the COVID-19 pandemic, carried out their jobs in public health in Huelva (Spain), also considering a series of sociodemographic variables. METHODS: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Information from 128 participants was collected using the SWING, MBI-HSS and GHQ-12 questionnaires, along with sociodemographic data and possible situations of contact with SARS-CoV-2. The data were analyzed, and correlations were established. RESULTS: Most of the sample obtained a positive interaction result of work over family. Those who had been in contact with SARS-CoV-2 represented higher percentages of a positive result in GHQ-12, negative work-family interaction, burnout, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. In general, the men showed a worse mental health state than women. CONCLUSIONS: The medical staff of Huelva who had been in contact with situations of SARS-CoV-2 in their work environment presented worse indicators of mental health and greater negative interaction of work over family than those who had not been in contact with these situations.

Jealousy, Violence, and Sexual Ambivalence in Adolescent Students According to Emotional Dependency in the Couple Relationship.

BACKGROUND: Emotional dependency in couples involves excessive and dysfunctional emotional bonding. AIMS: This work aimed to determine the relationship between violence, jealousy, and ambivalent sexism according to emotional dependence in adolescent student couples. METHODS: A cross-sectional study. A total of 234 Spanish adolescents (69.7% female, Mage = 16.77, SD = 1.11) participated in the study. Participants completed an ad hoc interview and several validated tests (Partner's Emotional Dependency Scale, the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory, the Jealousy subscale of the Love Addiction Scale, the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationship Inventory). RESULTS: Of the sample, 40.6% indicated high emotional dependence and 14.5% extreme emotional dependence. Differences were observed according to gender (t = 3.92, p < 0.001), with adolescent boys scoring higher than adolescent girls. Extremely emotionally dependent participants showed differences in both violence (sexual, relational, verbal, and physical) and ambivalent sexism (hostile, benevolent) and jealousy scores. Generating a predictive model of emotional dependence, with the variable jealousy and ambivalent sexism as predictor variables, it was found that jealousy has the greatest predictive and major explanatory capacity (R2 = 0.297); with an R2 = 0.334. However, the contribution of the ASI-Hostile subscale was not significant when the ASI-Benevolent subscale was introduced into the model. Further, in a second model where the scores on jealousy and the couple conflict inventory's subscales were considered as predictors, are again jealousy makes the greatest predictive contribution and shows the greatest explanatory capacity (R2 = 0.296). It was found that the contribution is significant only for the predictive capacity of Sexual Violence and Relational Violence. In this sense, the educational context is one of the propitious places to detect and correct behaviors that may be indicative of potentially unbalanced and unbalancing relationships for adolescents.

Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Mental Health in Nurses from Huelva: A Cross-Cutting Study during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

Currently, healthcare professionals are particularly vulnerable to the impact of the SARS-CoV-2pandemic since they directly deal with patients suffering from this disease and are in the first line of fire, which increases their risk of contagion. This research examines the prevalence of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and possible non-psychotic psychiatric disorders in 48 male and 270 female nursing professionals of Huelva during the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, we analyzed the relationship between these dependent variables and considered various sociodemographic variables. The nursing staff of public hospitals in Huelva who have had contact with cases of SARS-CoV-2 in their work environment showed a poorer state of mental health than that of others of this same professional category who have not had contact with this type of situation.

Influence of Music on Closed Motor Skills: A Controlled Study with Novice Female Dart-Throwers.

The influence of music heard at different tempos is analyzed during the execution of a dart-throwing task. The sample consisted of 56 female university students (Mean age = 23.38, SD = 6.773). The participants were randomly assigned to GC (group control without music; n = 18), GS (group with slow-paced music at a tempo of 60 BPM; n = 19) and GF (group with fast-paced music at a tempo of 105 BPM; n = 19). All participants performed a dart-throwing task in two phases. Analysis of the scores obtained during Phase 1 and Phase 2 of dart throwing (examining both between-group differences and within-group differences, i.e., changes in scores from Phase 1 to Phase 2 using a mixed factorial ANOVA) revealed no differences in dart-throwing scores. There were, however, differences in execution time, where the participants in GS needed more time to complete the task than those in GF (F(2,55) = 4.426, p = 0.017) with a large effect size (ŋ2p = 0.143), although neither of these groups differed from GC. The results are discussed in terms of the role of music in precision tasks and the synchronization of the task with the pace of the music.

Service climate as a mediator of organizational empowerment in customer-service employees

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of the service climate between organizational empowerment (i.e., dynamic structural framework, control of workplace decisions, fluidity in information sharing) and service quality (functional and relational). 428 contact employees from 46 hotels participated in the survey. Correlations demonstrated that dynamic structural framework, control decisions, and fluidity in information sharing are related to both functional and relational service quality. Regression analyses and Sobel tests revealed that service climate totally mediated the relationship between all three dimensions of organizational empowerment and relational service quality. Implications for practice and future research are discussed (AU)

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Adaptación al español del cuestionario de Condiciones de Efectividad _en el Trabajo (CWEQ-II) / Translate into Spanish of the Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire (CWEQ II)

El objetivo de este estudio es adaptar al español el Cuestionario de Condiciones para la Efectividad en el Trabajo (Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire [CWEQII]) desarrollado por Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian y Wilk (2001). Se llevó a cabo un proceso de traducción y retrotraducción de los ítems que lo componen y se exploraron sus propiedades psicométricas, en una muestra de 346 empleados de una universidad pública española. Se investigó la fiabilidad de la escala y su estructura factorial (análisis factorial confirmatorio) y las relaciones entre el empowerment estructural, el empowerment general y el empowerment psicológico en el trabajo. Los resultados revelaron una estructura multidimensional de cuatro factores (acceso a las oportunidades, a la información, al apoyo y a los recursos) conforme a la escala original, y relaciones positivas entre el empowerment estructural, general y psicológico en el trabajo. Se incluyen interpretaciones y sugerencias para futuros estudios.

The objective of this study is to adapt and translate into Spanish the Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire -CWEQ II- (Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian & Wilk, 2001). A process of translation and reverse-translation was applied to the scale's items, whose psychometric properties were then examined using a sample of 346 employees from a Spanish public university. Reliability, factor structure (confirmatory factor analysis) of the scale and relationships between structural, general and psychological empowerment are investigated. Results showed a multidimensional scale of four first-order factors (access to opportunities, information, support and resources) as the original one, and positive relations between structural, general and psychological empowerment in the workplace. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed and suggestions to further research are made.

Service climate as a mediator of organizational empowerment in customer-service employees.

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of the service climate between organizational empowerment (i.e., dynamic structural framework, control of workplace decisions, fluidity in information sharing) and service quality (functional and relational). 428 contact employees from 46 hotels participated in the survey. Correlations demonstrated that dynamic structural framework, control decisions, and fluidity in information sharing are related to both functional and relational service quality. Regression analyses and Sobel tests revealed that service climate totally mediated the relationship between all three dimensions of organizational empowerment and relational service quality. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

Bienestar subjetivo en prejubilados de Andalucía occidental / Subjective well-being in early retirees from western Andalusia (Spain)

Introducción: la pérdida del empleo o el abandono de la actividad profesional remunerada es un hecho estresante para la persona, su familia y su entorno, y adquiere un mayor impacto cuando el retiro es definitivo, temprano e inesperado, como en el caso de las prejubilaciones. El objetivo de este estudio es describir las características sociodemográficas y el grado de bienestar subjetivo (BS) de un grupo de prejubilados de Andalucía occidental. Los entrevistados fueron 165 prejubilados/as del último plan de prejubilaciones de la empresa Telefónica SAU, miembros de la Asociación de Mayores de Telefónica de Huelva y la Asociación de Prejubilados de Telefónica de Sevilla. Material y método: los instrumentos usados fueron un cuestionario sociodemográfico de construcción propia, el Índice de Satisfacción Vital forma A (Neugarten et al, 1961) y la Escala Geriátrica de Estado de Ánimo de Philadelphia (Lawton, 1975). Se utilizó un diseño de muestreos sucesivos con grupos de individuos distintos, en 2 momentos temporales separados por 5 meses, a través del método de encuestas por correo. Resultados: el perfil del prejubilado es hombre, casado, con estudios medios y cuya pareja no trabaja. Todas las categorías laborales se vieron afectadas. La mayoría se encuentra feliz y satisfecha con su nueva vida, aunque un importante porcentaje muestra un bajo estado de ánimo y poca satisfacción vital. Las variaciones en el bienestar subjetivo son mínimas en un período de 5 meses. Asimismo, se encuentra una fuerte correlación entre estado de ánimo y satisfacción vital. Conclusiones: la edad parece ser el único criterio para ser incluido en el plan de prejubilaciones. En general y según otros estudios, la mayoría de las personas se muestra satisfecha con su nueva situación. La mínima variación en el BS puede ser debida al poco tiempo entre medidas y a la etapa de luna de miel (Atchley; 1977). La correlación entre estado de ánimo y satisfacción vital refleja la existencia del constructo bienestar subjetivo. Debe destacarse la validez de los instrumentos utilizados de BS para poblaciones entre 50 y 60 años

Introduction: job loss or discontinuing paid professional activity is stressful for individuals, their families and people in their social network, and the impact is greater when retirement is definitive, early, or unexpected, as in the case of early retirement. The aim of this study was to describe the sociodemographic characteristics and the degree of subjective well-being (SW) among a group of early retirees in western Andalusia (Spain). Interviewed participants consisted of 165 early retirees included in the latest early retirement plan of the company Telefónica SAU, who were members of the Telefónica Elders' Association in Huelva and of the Association of Telefónica early retirees of Seville. Material and method: the instruments used were a specifically designed sociodemographic questionnaire, the Life Satisfaction Index-Form A (Neugarten, Tobin and Havighurst, 1961), and the Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Morale Scale (Lawton, 1975). Successive samplings with groups of different participants were performed at two time points separated by a 5-month interval, using the postal mail survey method. Results: the profile of the retiree is a man, married, with a middle education level, and whose partner does not work, all job categories being equally affected. Most subjects feel happy and satisfied with their new life, although an important rate shows a low mood and poor life satisfaction. Variations in Subjective Well-being are minimal within a 5-month period. Also, a strong correlation between mood and life satisfaction was found. Conclusions: age seems to be the only indicator to be affected by an early retirement plan. Minimal variations in SW could be explained by time interval and Atchely's honeymoon stage. In general, most participants were satisfied with their new life situation. The correlation between mood and life satisfaction would show the existence of the SW construct. The validity of SW instruments used in populations aged 50 to 60 years old should be emphasized