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Social Support, Burnout Syndrome And Occupational Exhaustion Among Mexican Traffic Police Agents, Carolina Aranda-Beltran, Manuel Pando-Moreno, José G. Salazar, Teresa M. Torres-López, María G. Aldrete-Rodriguez

José G. Salazar Estrada

The consequences of work-related stress on health are worrisome, and by the same token, so is Burnout Syndrome. However, it has been shown that social support can prevent, reduce or even combat individuals’ responses to stress. A descriptive, transverse study was carried out with the objective of determining the prevalence of both Burnout Syndrome and receiving social support for traffic police in Mexico. 875 traffic police participated in the study, men and women alike, from all work shifts, day and night. Three questionnaires were administered: one to record sociodemographic and professional data, as well as the Maslach Burnout Inventory and …