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- Title
El cinismo: una estrategia de afrontamiento diferencial en función del género.
- Authors
Escamilla-Quintal, Magdalena; Rodríguez-Molina, Isabel; Tomás Marco, José M. Peiró e Inés
- Abstract
The main objective of the present study is to analyse the role of cynicism as a coping strategy in the process of burnout, considering gender as a key variable in this process. The sample comprised 555 teachers from Spanish primary and secondary schools. A two-wave panel study was carried out: data were gathered during the first term and again during the third and last term of the academic year. Several t-tests for independent samples and moderated hierarchical regression analysis were carried out. Results showed that women have a higher level of exhaustion than men, whereas men have a higher level of cynicism than women. Furthermore, cynicism has a direct and positive effect on exhaustion for women. In the case of men, cynicism is not an effective coping strategy but it has some buffering effect on exhaustion. Thus, a high level of cynicism seems to lead to a lower increase of exhaustion. Results, contributions, and limitations of the present study are discussed.
- Subjects
SPAIN; CYNICISM; PSYCHOLOGY; MISANTHROPY; IRONY
- Publication
Psicothema, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 4, p596
- ISSN
0214-9915
- Publication type
Article