Identificación del estrés en docentes ecuatorianos de educación básica en una institución pública de la ciudad de Catamayo durante el período 2021 - 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The investigation on the factors related to stress in the teachers of a public educational institution in Catamayo was carried out due to the concern for the emotional well-being of teachers and its impact on the quality of education, in a population of 40 teachers. , 27 work in the basic section and 13 in high school and who reside in the cities of Loja, Catamayo, El Tambo and Malacatos. A quantitative, non-experimental and cross-sectional methodology was used, several questionnaires were applied: the Ad Hoc questionnaire of sociodemographic data, the Maslach inventory, the depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) and the multidimensional scale of evaluation of coping styles (BRIEF-COPE/28). The results showed that 90% of the teachers presented high levels of emotional fatigue, which indicates a high level of work stress. Based on these results, it was concluded that it is necessary to implement prevention strategies to address the problem of work stress in teachers and improve their emotional well-being.