Adela Reig-Botella

Judicial Decision-Making in Family Law Proceedings

Judicial Family Law proceedings are peculiar; a large number of cases are never closed, until the children reach adulthood. We selected three variables to test whether they can explain the credibility of each party and agent in the proceedings: guiding principle that orients the courts decision, confirmation of maternal manipulation in the psycho-social report, and establishing credibility of the childs testimony. An incidental sample of 169 people was used. The three manipulated variables imply very different levels of credibility for each party to the proceedings. Finally, proposed modifications to court proceedings are suggested to ensure adequate protection of children.

Alterations in psychosocial health of people affected by asbestos poisoning

OBJECTIVE To analyze the state of psychosocial and mental health of professionals affected by asbestos. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 110 professionals working in the Ferrolterra region of Spain, who were affected by asbestos poisoning. This group was compared with a group of 70 shipyard workers with no manifestation of work-related diseases. All the participants were male with a mean age of 67 years. This study was conducted in 2013, between January and June, and used the SCL-90 questionnaire by Derogatis as its primary measure for research. This questionnaire consists of 9 variables that measure psychosomatic symptoms. In addition, an overall index of psychosomatic gravity was calculated. The participants were also asked two questions concerning their overall perception of feeling good. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and logistic regression. RESULTS Participants affected by asbestos poisoning showed high occurrence rates of psychological health variables such as somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism, and global severity index. CONCLUSIONS Social interaction as a differentiating factor between workers affected by work-related chronic syndromes as compared to healthy participants will possibly aid in the development of intervention programs by improving the social network of affected individuals.

The Occupational Health of Correctional Officers in Peru The Impact of Length of Work Experience

Correctional facility staff are subject to an organizational environment that often causes health problems. This article explores variation in correctional officers’ psychosocial health, including assessments of burnout syndrome, job satisfaction, work–family life harmony, role ambiguity, and role conflict. In all, 536 Peruvian correctional officers, 10% of the nation’s correctional employees, were administered psychological tests to measure the aforementioned variables and the impact of a length of work experience variable. Findings confirm a relationship between occupational health and length of work experience. The article offers future directions for research and suggested programs to promote corrections officer health.

Self-efficacy and Health: The SEH Scale.

OBJECTIVES Our objective was to design an instrument to measure coping self-efficacy as manifested by patients experiencing health problems. METHODS A total of 2784 individuals were interviewed while attending primary healthcare centers in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in Northwest Spain. Of these persons, 54% were women and 46% were men, with a minimum age of 18 years, and a mean age of 37.4 years. A questionnaire was administered comprised of sociodemographic variables, items related to the use of healthcare resources, and a coping self-efficacy scale of health problems (SEH), based on the self-efficacy test by Baessler and Schwarzer. Statistical analysis determined reliability, and whether the SEH scale was efficacious in detecting changes in the use of specific health resources. A parametric ANOVA was performed on 4 groups based on the quartiles of self-efficacy in health, as measured by the SEH scale. RESULTS The reliability and validity of the 10-item coping self-efficacy scale of health problems (SEH) was confirmed. CONCLUSIONS Its compliance with relevant psychometric requirements means the SHE scale may have more general utility.

La creencia en la rehabilitación y reinserción social de los internos de prisión como factor protector de la salud laboral de los trabajadores || Belief in rehabilitation and social reinsertion of prisoners positive factor employees occupational health

espanolLa literatura demuestra que un factor protector de la salud de los trabajadores de instituciones penitenciarias es la creencia en la rehabilitacion y la reinsercion de los internos. Esta actitud positiva previene problemas de salud laboral al evitar, fundamentalmente, el sindrome de burnout. Este trabajo investiga si una actitud positiva o negativa hacia la creencia en la rehabilitacion y reinsercion de los penados provee de mayor o menor proteccion frente a problemas de salud psicosocial. Participaron en el estudio 536 trabajadores de prisiones peruanas. Se recogio informacion de variables personales y laborales, asi como cuestionarios de burnout, satisfaccion en el trabajo, conciliacion entre vida laboral y familiar. Y conflicto y ambiguedad de rol. Los datos confirman que la creencia en la rehabilitacion y la reinsercion implica mas salud laboral al provocar mas satisfaccion laboral, menor burnout y mayores niveles de conciliacion entre la vida laboral y familiar, por otras parte implica mas ambiguedad y conflicto de rol (deteriorando por lo tanto la salud psicosocial). Un analisis de regresion establece que las tres variables predictoras de la actitud positiva hacia la rehabilitacion y la reinsercion son la satisfaccion laboral, la interaccion negativa trabajo-familia, y la ambiguedad de rol. Se discuten los resultados y se proponen tanto futuras lineas de investigacion como la necesidad de promocionar programas dirigidos a los trabajadores que definan mas sus tareas, de cara a evitar la ambiguedad de rol. EnglishPublished works demonstrate that faith in the possibility of inmate rehabilitation and social reinsertion is a positive factor for the occupational health of correctional employees, by preventing burnout syndrome. The present study investigates the effects of attitude regarding inmate rehabilitation and social reinsertion on the psychosocial health of correctional employees. 536 correctional employees from Peruvian prisons participated in the study. We collected personal information and work descriptions and assessed the employees for burnout syndrome, work satisfaction, problems conciliating work and family life, role conflict, and role ambiguity. We found that correctional employees who believed that inmate rehabilitation and social reinsertion was possible had better occupational health: increased job satisfaction, lower burnout, and greater conciliation between work and family life. However, these employees also experienced greater role ambiguity and role conflict, which decreases psychosocial health. The three variables that predicted a positive attitude towards inmate rehabilitation and reinsertion were job satisfaction, negative work-family interaction, and role ambiguity. Need for programs that clearly define the tasks of correctional workers in order to prevent role ambiguity are discussed.La literatura demuestra que un factor protector de la salud de los trabajadores de instituciones penitenciarias es la creencia en la rehabilitacion y la reinsercion de los internos. Esta actitud positiva previene problemas de salud laboral al evitar, fundamentalmente, el sindrome de burnout. Este trabajo investiga si una actitud positiva o negativa hacia la creencia en la rehabilitacion y reinsercion de los penados provee de mayor o menor proteccion frente a problemas de salud psicosocial. Participaron en el estudio 536 trabajadores de prisiones peruanas. Se recogio informacion de variables personales y laborales, asi como cuestionarios de burnout, satisfaccion en el trabajo, conciliacion entre vida laboral y familiar. Y conflicto y ambiguedad de rol. Los datos confirman que la creencia en la rehabilitacion y la reinsercion implica mas salud laboral al provocar mas satisfaccion laboral, menor burnout y mayores niveles de conciliacion entre la vida laboral y familiar, por otras parte implica mas ambiguedad y conflicto de rol (deteriorando por lo tanto la salud psicosocial). Un analisis de regresion establece que las tres variables predictoras de la actitud positiva hacia la rehabilitacion y la reinsercion son la satisfaccion laboral, la interaccion negativa trabajo-familia, y la ambiguedad de rol. Se discuten los resultados y se proponen tanto futuras lineas de investigacion como la necesidad de promocionar programas dirigidos a los trabajadores que definan mas sus tareas, de cara a evitar la ambiguedad de rol.