Salud Mental, Capital Psicológico y Satisfacción Laboral en Docentes Cuencanos en el 2022

Abstract

Abstract: Mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction of teachers affections during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of mental health problems, the level of psychological capital and job satisfaction of teachers in the northern area of Cuenca. In this study 47 teachers participated, the majority were women, married, with an average age of 39 and 14 years of experience. Four instruments were applied: sociodemographic survey, DASS-21, Psychological Capital Questionnaire and Job Satisfaction Scale. Prevalence of: 23.4% in anxiety, 10.6% in distress and 8.5% in depression were obtained, and in the latter there are more severe cases. All psychological capital factors exceeded the midpoint of the scale: hope (Mean=34.72), efficacy (Mean=33.87), resilience (Mean=32.72) and optimism (Mean= 32.17). Job satisfaction exceeded the midpoint of the scale (Mean=78.15), with the extrinsic level being higher than the intrinsic. It is concluded that the main problem of these teachers is anxiety and possible protective factors are hope and extrinsic job satisfaction and optimism and intrinsic satisfaction need to be reinforced.