Identificación del estrés en docentes de educación básica y bachillerato del sector norte de la ciudad de Quito durante la pandemia de COVID - 19 en el año 2021 - 2022

Abstract

Abstract: Stress is a mechanism activating psychophysiological reactions in people to act and protect themselves against an external stressor. The aim of the present research was to identify the factors related to stress in primary and high school teachers in the northern sector of Quito during the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2021-2022. For that, a quantitative, non experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive methodology was used with access to a sample of 46 teachers chosen through non-probabilistic casual accidental sampling. The instruments used were: Ad Hoc Questionnaire; Maslasch Chronic Occupational Stress Inventory (MBI GS), Salanova Technostress Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21) and the Multidimensional Style Evaluation Coping Scale (BRIEF-COPE/28). According to the results obtained, a high presence of Burnout Syndrome, technostress, depression, anxiety, and stress was found compared to the medium and low scores in most of the sample. Also, the most used strategies were the problem-focused coping strategies. In conclusion, stress in teachers was caused due to different factors emerged during the pandemic.