The objective of this work is to study the quality of working life associated to psychosocial factors and risks, burnout syndrome and emotional intelligence, as well as being able to detect predictors of the said syndrome. The sample consisted of 311 professionals working in direct contact with an intellectual disability from 15 associations of Extremadura (Spain). The Spanish version of the CESQT questionnaire was administered to evaluate burnout syndrome, the Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) was used to evaluate emotional intelligence, while the UNIPSICO Battery was used to evaluate the psychosocial factors of demands (work–family conflict and psychosomatic problems) and resources, such as social support and work satisfaction. The results indicate average values of burnout, revealing that work satisfaction, emotional intelligence, and social support are related to burnout syndrome. In addition, there are also positive correlations between psychosomatic symptoms and work–family conflict. Satisfaction at work, social support, and emotional intelligence (intrapersonal and interpersonal perception, use and regulation of emotions) predict burnout syndrome. What is more, the psychosomatic symptoms and work–family conflict explain, respectively, 17% and 17.9% of their variance. Thus, there is a need to develop intervention programs that encourage social support and the conciliation of family life, as well as training skills related to emotional intelligence, such as communication and conflict resolution.
Universidad de Extremadura EspañaResumen. La comprensión lectora es uno de los principales temas de estudio en el ámbito educativo, tanto por la complejidad de los procesos y habilidades implicados como por la importancia que tiene en la adquisición de contenidos escolares. El déficit en la lectura comprensiva es consecuencia de varios factores entre los que se encuentra la pobreza de vocabulario. Con nuestra investigación tratamos de determinar en qué medida existen dificultades en la comprensión lectora en escolares de educación primaria y si existen limitaciones en el vocabulario de los niños que la presentan.Palabras clave: comprensión; lectura; vocabulario; educación; investigación aplicada.
Abstract.Reading comprehension is one of the principal areas of study in the educational field, as much for the complexity of the processes and abilities it implicates as for its importance in school children's education. The reading comprehension deficit is a consequence of several factors, one of which is found to be poverty of vocabulary. Our investigation tried to determine the level of reading comprehension difficulties in primary school children, and to assess the limitations of their vocabulary.
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