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

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this research was to identify the factors related to stress in primary and secondary teachers. To meet this objective, a quantitative, descriptive, analytical and cross sectional investigation was carried out in a sample of 40 teachers. The instruments used in the study were the Ad-Hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) questionnaire, the Technostress questionnaire, the questionnaire for the measurement of Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DASS-21), and the COPE inventory-28. The results obtained showed emotional exhaustion 20.6% on a medium scale, depersonalization 14.7%, low personal fulfillment 20.6%, in terms of techno-stress in the anxiety dimension 2.9% obtained a high level, tiredness 2.9% with high level, skepticism 47.1%. in the average and inefficiency scale, the lowest scale obtained 55.9%. In the psychological aspect, anxiety presents a high severe percentage, depression and stress are within the limits considered normal. It is concluded that teachers suffer from fatigue, stress, and techno-stress due to the need to adapt to giving classes virtually due to the presence of COVID-19.