Salud mental y resiliencia en trabajadores nacionales y migrantes de Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: There is a presumption that mental health variables such as depression, anxiety and stress are related to resilience. Therefore, the objective of this research was to establish a relationship between mental health and resilience in Ecuadorian national and migrant workers. In order to carry out this objective, a quantitative, non-experimental, correlational, cross sectional, exploratory and descriptive research approach was used. With the project Identification of Psychosocial Occupational Risk Factors in Ecuador during the year 2020 a sample of 690 workers was obtained, 53.8% of whom were migrants. Instruments such as the DASS-21 and RS-14 and a sociodemographic questionnaire were applied. National workers were more likely to suffer from mental health problems; however, resilience was higher with a slight difference in migrant workers. There was a moderate significant negative correlation between resilience and depression r(690)=-.540, with a small negative effect on anxiety r(689)=-.474 and stress r(689)=-.489, and the sex variable was found to influence the mental health of the participants.