Identificación del estrés en docentes ecuatorianos de dos instituciones de educación básica durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en la ciudad de Zamora en el año 2022

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Abstract: Stress is a natural response of the body to situations that activate the immune system. alert and response, however, if prolonged it has the capacity to alter the development of In addition, the covid-19 pandemic raised stress levels given the mandatory confinement. This research focuses on identifying the factors related to stress in teachers of public institutions in Zamora during 2021- 2022. Using a quantitative methodology, transversal, descriptive, analytical approach, inductive and deductive, with a non-probabilistic accessibility sample of 37 teachers. The instruments applied included the Ad Hoc Questionnaire, the Technostress Questionnaire, Salanova et al. (2007), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS 21), and the Multidimensional Assessment of Coping Styles (BRIEF-COPE/28). The The results indicate that teachers show low levels of stress and technostress, without However, they present indicators for Burnout Syndrome, although it is not linked to teachers' self-efficacy. The most used coping strategy is problem solving, that is, directly addressing conflicts, relating to the good mental health they have.