Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en docentes ecuatorianos del cantón Jama ubicado en la zona norte de la provincia de Manabí durante el año 2023

Abstract

Abstract: Mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction contribute to the establishment of a good work environment, being essential in the educational field. This study had as objective to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and satisfaction employment in Ecuadorian teachers belonging to public institutions of the Jama canton located in the northern area of ​​the province of Manabí during the year 2023. The investigation was quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional and descriptive design, the sample was made up of 44 teachers, to whom the Ad Hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire was applied, the scale of depression, anxiety and stress (DASS 21), the psychological capital questionnaire PCQ-24 and the job satisfaction scale. The results reflected that at the mild level, 95% of the Teachers had stress, 70.5% had anxiety, and 84.1% had depression. In psychological capital and job satisfaction, means of 139.84 and 76.59 were obtained. It was concluded that teachers had significant low levels of mental health, and also high levels of capital psychological and job satisfaction.