Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores del sector centro de la ciudad de Tena en 2023

Abstract

Abstract: The present study investigated the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital, and job satisfaction in 71 workers of a public institution in the Tena Canton of the Napo Province during the year 2023. Four instruments were applied: the AdHoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), and the General Job Satisfaction Scale. Through a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, and descriptive study, and using a non-probabilistic sampling of the accessibility-accidental type, the results revealed a low prevalence of mental health problems, with 80% of participants without depression, 85% without anxiety, and 93% without stress. Psychological capital levels were high, with means higher than 28.49 with a ceiling of 42 points in the four dimensions. Both extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction were also high, with means higher than 35.56; a mean of 72.15 was obtained with a ceiling of 99 points for total satisfaction. These findings suggest that workers experience a high degree of psychological and job well-being, which could be attributed to the characteristics of the work environment and the job stability offered by the public sector.