Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en docentes ambateños en 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The Covid-19 Pandemic increased levels of anxiety, depression and stress in educators, and could have had an impact on their psychological capital and job satisfaction. Our objective was to identify the state of mental health of teachers in the city of Ambato, their levels of psychological capital and job satisfaction. 45 teachers participated, mainly women, from 25 to 63 years old, who filled out a sociodemographic survey, and three scales for: depression, anxiety and stress (DASS - 21), psychological capital PCQ-24, Job satisfaction scale. The main results obtained are: 6.6% anxiety, 4.4% depression and 2.2% stress. The main psychological capital factor is hope with 34.84, followed by efficacy 33.84, resilience 31.75 and optimism 30.38. The level of intrinsic job satisfaction is 40.31 and extrinsic 39.56. Based on this, it is identified that the main problem to be addressed in the population is anxiety and possible protective factors are hope and intrinsic satisfaction, and optimism and extrinsic satisfaction can be better in educational institutions in Ambato.