Psychological capital, work satisfaction and health self-perception as predictors of psychological wellbeing in military personnel

  1. Eduardo Hernández-Varas 1
  2. Francisco Javier Labrador Encinas 1
  3. Mariano Méndez Suárez 2
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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  2. 2 ESIC Business & Marketing School
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 31

Número: 3

Páginas: 277-283

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Antecedentes: uno de los objetivos de las organizaciones es el bienestar de su personal por los beneficios que conlleva para sí mismas y para sus trabajadores. Sin embargo, las condiciones propias de la vida castrense pueden dificultar esta meta. Este estudio pretende conocer si el capital psicológico, la satisfacción laboral y la percepción de salud pueden predecir el bienestar psicológico del personal militar. Método: se desarrolló un estudio descriptivo correlacional en una muestra de 492 militares españoles. Se aplicó una regresión lineal múltiple, utilizándose las variables capital psicológico, satisfacción laboral y autopercepción de la salud para predecir el bienestar psicológico. Resultados: se constata una relación positiva y significativa entre bienestar psicológico, capital psicológico, satisfacción laboral y salud general percibida, teniendo estas tres últimas un poder predictivo del cambio sobre el bienestar del 53%, el 80% del cual corresponde al capital psicológico. Conclusiones: debido al importante poder predictivo del capital psicológico en el bienestar de las personas, el desarrollo de programas dirigidos a mejorar el capital psicológico puede tener un resultado positivo en el bienestar psicológico del personal militar.

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