Marina Beléndez Vázquez

The Dissimilarity between Patients' and Relatives' Perception of Eating Disorders and its Relation to Patient Adjustment

This study aims to examine the relation between the degree of dissimilarity in patients and relatives perception of eating disorders (ED) and patient adjustment. Sixty ED patients and their relatives were interviewed. They completed the Spanish version for ED of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R). Patients who agreed with their relatives that their illness was highly distressful, a chronic condition and with high identity, showed higher psychological distress than patients who did not agree with their relatives. When patients and relatives had fairly positive perceptions of illness controllability and curability, these patients showed lower levels of depression and anxiety.

The factor structure of the spanish version of the work-family culture scale in a sample of workers from the advertising sector

BACKGROUNDnThe Work-Family Culture Scale (WFCS) was designed to assess employee perceptions of the extent to which their organizations facilitates a work-family balance. The WFCS comprises three dimensions: Oorganizational time demands, Managerial support and Negative career consequences.nnnMETHODnThe primary purpose of the present study was to analyze the factor structure and reliability of the Spanish version of the Work-Family Culture Scale in a sample of 795 employees (447 females and 348 males) working for twenty-three firms in the Spanish advertising sector.nnnRESULTSnBoth EFA and CFA using split-half data sets yielded an 11-item three-factor model (Managerial support, Career consequences and Organizational time demands) that fits the data very well. The findings for structural equation modeling were as follows: χ(2) (41) = 63.85; CFI = .99; GFI = .97; and RMSEA = .038.nnnCONCLUSIONSnInternal consistency for the WFCS factors proved adequate. The results of the analysis indicate that this three-factor model confirms previous exploratory analyses of the original scale.

Competencias directivas en el sector publicitario. Diferencias en la percepción por generación y por sexo

La dicotomia entre cultura y estructura organizacional y cultura y estructura laboral, la realidad de la polaridad en las agencias (con muy pocos directivos y mucha gente de segundo y tercer nivel) y el fenomeno del techo de cristal (sexual y generacional) detectado en las empresas de la comunicacion comercial en Espana incita a la reflexion sobre las competencias necesarias para ocupar puestos de poder en la industria publicitaria. Con estos precedentes, el objetivo general de este trabajo es describir la percepcion de los profesionales del sector sobre algunas habilidades (estrategicas, intrategicas, personales y tecnicas) necesarias para ocupar puestos directivos en publicidad. De manera mas concreta, con este analisis pretendemos contrastar si existen diferencias en la valoracion concedida a las competencias en virtud de sexo y en virtud de edad/generacion. Los resultados obtenidos indican que las capacidades intrategicas, especialmente las habilidades de comunicacion y las habilidades de trabajo en equipo son percibidas unanimemente como las mas relevantes para la direccion en el sector.

Estrés emocional y calidad de vida en personas con diabetes y sus familiares

OBJECTIVEnThe daily experience of living with diabetes can adversely affect the quality of life of people with diabetes and their families. We present the results for Spain of the DAWN2 study related to quality of life and wellbeing of patients and their families.nnnMETHODSnThe DAWN2 study is an observational, cross-sectional study. In the present study, we used the Spanish sample of patients (N=502) and their relatives (N=123).nnnRESULTSnA total of 13.9% of patients were at risk of possible depression while 50.0% of people with diabetes and 45.5% of family members reported a high level of diabetes-related emotional stress.nnnCONCLUSIONSnPeople with diabetes experience high levels of stress and the psychosocial impact of diabetes also affects family members.

Emotional distress and quality of life in people with diabetes and their families

OBJECTIVEnThe daily experience of living with diabetes can adversely affect the quality of life of people with diabetes and their families. We present the results for Spain of the DAWN2 study related to quality of life and wellbeing of patients and their families.nnnMETHODSnThe DAWN2 study is an observational, cross-sectional study. In the present study, we used the Spanish sample of patients (N=502) and their relatives (N=123).nnnRESULTSnA total of 13.9% of patients were at risk of possible depression while 50.0% of people with diabetes and 45.5% of family members reported a high level of diabetes-related emotional stress.nnnCONCLUSIONSnPeople with diabetes experience high levels of stress and the psychosocial impact of diabetes also affects family members.