Prevalencia de salud mental capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en docentes del cantón Azogues y Biblián

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Abstract: The general objective of this research work was to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital, and job satisfaction in teachers from the Biblián and Azogues canton, in terms of methodology, a quantitative approach was used with a type of non-experimental research, a design cross-sectional and descriptive, with respect to the sample, a total of 38 teachers participated, however, the data analysis was done with 37 due to data cleaning. The instruments used are the Ad Hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS - 21), Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Regarding the results in the mental health dimension, it was found that 100 % of respondents have a mild stress level, 94.6% of respondents have mild depression and 5.4% moderate depression, 78.4% of respondents have mild anxiety, while 21.6% have moderate anxiety. Concluding that the variable that presents the highest levels in the investigations carried out is anxiety, with a considerable percentage, followed by depression and finally stress, with very low percentages. In the psychological capital results, it was found that the highest mean was the hope dimension with a mean of 36.41, followed by efficacy with a mean of 35.46, then we have resilience with a mean of 34.35, and finally optimism with a mean of 32.70., yielding a general mean of 137.73%. Finally, in the results of job satisfaction, it shows that, with respect to intrinsic satisfaction with an average of 39.46 and a standard deviation of 8.30, which is interpreted favourably, in the same way extrinsic satisfaction with an average of 38.11 and a standard deviation of 7. 41.