Emotional labor in medical assistants at Hospital General de Zona 32

Authors

  • Dra. Frida Estefanía Nava Heredia IMSS Author https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4957-8506
  • Dra. Miryam Yeradith Moreno Rodríguez Author
  • Dra. María Liliana Toledo Palacios Author

Keywords:

Work, Emotion, Psychosocial

Abstract

Introduction: Emotional labor occurs in workers who have direct contact with service users and are required to adhere to specific norms regarding emotional expression. The strategies used to cope with emotional labor are surface acting and deep acting.

Objective: To identify the behavioral strategies (surface acting and deep acting) employed by medical assistants at Hospital General Zona 32 when dealing with emotional labor.

Materials and Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in July 2025 involving medical assistants at Hospital General Zona 32. The Spanish-validated "Emotional Labour Scale" was administered to 70 participants, and descriptive statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 software.

Results: The study found that 75.1% of the participants used both behavioral strategies, 20% used only deep acting, and 4.29% used surface acting.

Conclusions: The behavioral strategy most frequently used by medical assistants at Hospital General Zona 32 was deep acting.

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Published

2026-11-13

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Section

Memoria - Resultados Originales

How to Cite

Emotional labor in medical assistants at Hospital General de Zona 32. (2026). Revista Red De Investigación En Salud En El Trabajo, 9(S7), 83-84. https://rist.zaragoza.unam.mx/act/index.php/rist/article/view/52