Psychological burn out and self-esteem of women in condition of social vulnerability of ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to characterize the variables psychological burn out and self-esteem, as well as to explore their association and identify differences in a group of working women and not working women in social vulnerability of Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco. This is an exploratory, descriptive, correlational study. The dimension number four was used: a battery for the study of psychosocial work conditions, which assesses psychological burn out and three particular factors (cognitive-emotional response, behavioral response and physiological response) as well as the test of Cooper and Smith that evaluates self-esteem in three dimensions (itself, family and society), in 195 vulnerable women to whom the System of Integral Development of the Family (DIF) provides monthly support in the form of a pantry; 125 of them are housewives and 70 work outside their home. The results showed a tendency in the majority of the population to present optimal qualifications regarding the psychological burn out and the self-esteem. There was no significant difference in women working outside home and women who did not. Correlation between psychological burn out factor 1 and self-esteem was found. It remains an assumed approach for future studies that women with a high self-esteem will tend to exhibit less psychological burn out.