Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en docentes de los sectores centro y oriente de la provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of the research was to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction in teachers from the central and eastern sectors of the province of Tungurahua; a non-probabilistic accidental accessibility sampling was applied with 39 teachers; with a quantitative, cross-sectional, non-experimental, descriptive approach. For the collection of information, the Ad Hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, the depression, anxiety, stress scales (DASS-21), the psychological capital and job satisfaction tests were used. The results of the arithmetic means obtained were: in mental health, mild stress 97.4%, mild anxiety 87.2%, mild depression 92.3%; in psychological capital, efficacy 34.41, hope 35.64, resilience 34.08, optimism 32.9; finally, in intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction, 39.41 and 38.9 respectively. It is concluded that the majority of teachers perceived that they enjoy good mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction; while a minority showed low levels in the mentioned variables.