Identificación del estrés en docentes ecuatorianos de educación básica o bachillerato al norte de la ciudad de Cuenca durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en el año 2021- 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic generated research topics, such as the identification of factors of stress in teachers of public institutions in Cuenca during 2021. This study revealed causes of stress and strategies to deal with them, proposing tactics focused on dysfunctional problems and emotional management. The research was quantitative, not experimental, transectional, exploratory and descriptive. Descriptive methods were used, analytical-synthetic, inductive and deductive, as well as Likert scales and statistical analysis. The sample was 51 respondents, selected through accidental and non-probabilistic accessible sampling. The instruments included an Ad Hoc questionnaire, inventory Maslach and Jackson's chronic work stress, with high levels of: emotional exhaustion (25.5%), depersonalization (11.8%) and low personal achievement (25.5%). Also the technostress questionnaire by Salanova et al. (2007) with high levels of: anxiety (9.8%), fatigue (13.7%), skepticism (19.6%) and ineffectiveness (5.9%). Health perception was applied mental health (DASS-21) with severe levels of: depression (5.9%), anxiety (15.7%) and stress (2.0%), finally the main strategy according to the multidimensional evaluation scale of coping styles (BRIEF-COPE/28) focused on the problem, with an average of 23.33.