Estrés Traumático Secundario (ETS) en Periodistas Mexicanos y Defensores de Derechos Humanos

Rogelio Morales, Liliana Souza Colin, Angela O. Mireles, Bonilla Allende (2016) Summa Psicológica UST, 13, 101-111.

The main goal of this descriptive study was to identify the prevalence of secondary traumatic stress (STS) symptoms in a pooled sample of Mexican journalists and human right defenders (N=88), whose activities regularly demand a close contact with victims of violence. It was found that 36.4% of the participants presented “high” or “severe” STS symptoms. However, no significant differences between these groups of professionals were observed. Conversely, women and those who worked more than 40 hours a week presented significantly more severe symptoms. The results of this transversal investigation reflect the psychologic[al] wear that these secondary exposures can generate in professionals who establish systematic links with subjects who have been traumatized by the social violence prevalent in modern Mexican society. [Spanish only; behind a paywall]