Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en docentes de una unidad educativa del sector norte de la ciudad de Quito

Abstract

Abstract: Mental health is a resource that builds healthy and productive societies, so it is important to determine its prevalence in teachers, and the relationship it has with psychological capital and job satisfaction. Thus, the present investigation took place in an educational institution in the north of Quito during the year 2022, with a quantitative approach, of a non-experimental type, of a descriptive cross-sectional design, with the participation of 36 teachers. The instruments used were: Ad Hoc Labor Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21), Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction. The results reflected that the mild depression variable obtained the highest percentage of 86.1% in relation to the other two variables. Regarding psychological capital, the majority obtained acceptable values with an average of 125.72, and in the job satisfaction variable, with a general average of 69.61. It is concluded that the levels of psychological capital and job satisfaction represent an opportunity to reduce the effects that mental health variables could have on teachers.