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Social Comparison and Perceived Breach of Psychological Contract: Their Effects on Burnout in a Multigroup Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2014

Gabriela Topa Cantisano ,
J. Francisco Morales Domínguez  and
J. Luis Caeiro García
Gabriela Topa Cantisano*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
J. Francisco Morales Domínguez
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
J. Luis Caeiro García
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Gabriela Topa Cantisano, UNED, c/ Juan del Rosal, 10 Despacho 1.53. 28040. Madrid (Spain). E-mail: gtopa@psi.uned.es
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Abstract

This study focuses on the mediator role of social comparison in the relationship between perceived breach of psychological contract and burnout. A previous model showing the hypothesized effects of perceived breach on burnout, both direct and mediated, is proposed. The final model reached an optimal fit to the data and was confirmed through multigroup analysis using a sample of Spanish teachers (N = 401) belonging to preprimary, primary, and secondary schools. Multigroup analyses showed that the model fit all groups adequately.

Este estudio se centra en el papel de la comparación social en la relación entre la ruptura percibida del contrato psicológico y el burnout. Se propone un modelo previo mostrando los efectos hipotetizados, tanto directos como mediados, de la ruptura percibida sobre el burnout. El modelo final alcanzó un ajuste óptimo a los datos y se confirmó a través del análisis multigrupo usando una muestra de profesores españoles (N = 401) pertenecientes a escuelas infantiles, primarias y secundarias. Los análisis multigrupo mostraron que el modelo se ajusta adecuadamente a todos los grupos.

Keywords

perceived breach of psychological contractsocial comparisonburnoutstructural equation modelingmultigroup analysisruptura percibida del contrato psicológicocomparación socialburnoutmodelos de ecuaciones estructuralesanálisis multigrupo
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , May 2007 , pp. 122 - 130
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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