Capital psicológico como factor protector frente al agotamiento profesional de trabajadores asistenciales

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https://doi.org/10.65598/rps.5996

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capital psicológico, agotamiento profesional, recurso psicológico positivo, psicología organizacional, trabajadores asistenciales

Resumen

El agotamiento profesional (síndrome de burnout) es una de las principales problemáticas que afectan al personal asistencial. En este contexto, el capital psicológico surge como un recurso fundamental para hacer frente a las exigentes demandas laborales y proteger el bienestar del trabajador. El estudio determinó la relación entre el capital psicológico y el agotamiento profesional entre los trabajadores asistenciales peruanos. Se adoptó un enfoque cuantitativo, un diseño no experimental transversal y un alcance correlacional. Se utilizó un muestreo probabilístico estratificado para seleccionar a 103 trabajadores asistenciales, a quienes se les aplicaron el Cuestionario de Capital Psicológico (PCQ-12) y el Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). El análisis inferencial mostró una correlación inversa y significativa entre ambos constructos, lo que indica que los mayores niveles de capital psicológico se asocian con menores niveles de agotamiento profesional. Este hallazgo confirma el papel protector del capital psicológico frente al desgaste laboral y subraya la necesidad de desarrollar estrategias organizativas orientadas a fortalecer los recursos psicológicos positivos del personal asistencial. 

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Sergio La Cruz Orbe, Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú.

Doctor en Educación; Licenciado en Matemática, Física e Informática; Docente investigador en la Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú.

Naylamp Paola Ramos Oyola, Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú

Licenciada en Administración; Investigadora en la Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú.

Vilma Rosario Cabillas Oropeza, Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú

Doctora en Ciencias de la Educación; Licenciada en Educación Primaria; Docente en la Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú. 

Yaquelin Cesilia Sánchez Gomero, Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú

Doctora en Ciencias de la Educación; Licenciada en Educación Primaria y Problemas de Aprendizaje; Investigadora en la Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, Perú.

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La Cruz Orbe, S., Ramos Oyola, N. P., Cabillas Oropeza, V. R., & Sánchez Gomero, Y. C. (2026). Capital psicológico como factor protector frente al agotamiento profesional de trabajadores asistenciales. Revista Prisma Social, (52), 385–398. https://doi.org/10.65598/rps.5996

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