Identificación del estrés en docentes ecuatorianos de educación básica y bachillerato durante la pandemia de Covid 19

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of the research was to identify the factors related to stress in the teachers of the "Ecuatoriano Suizo" Private Educational Unit in the center of Quito, in the city of Quito during the year2021. The methodology applied was quantitative, not experimental,transversal, descriptive; with a non-probabilistic sample of 40 teachers. The instruments applied were: Ad-hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, Maslach chronic work stress, technostress questionnaire (NTP), depression, anxiety and stress scales (DASS-21), coping strategies style scales (COPE-28). Among the most relevant results, a high prevalence was found in the dimension of depersonalization with 82.9% almost in the majority of teachers; Regarding mental health, the dimension with a slight score of 95.1% is in depression and the most outstanding strategies were coping focused on the problem with an average of 24.51. In conclusion, work stress is associated with teleworking and related to very stressful and unfavorable work spaces that the Covid-19 pandemic brought about, causing isolation, fear and uncertainty in teachers.