Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en un grupo de trabajadores ecuatorianos en el sector de la ciudad de Cuenca durante el año 2023

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Abstract: The study sought to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction in 62 workers in Cuenca-Ecuador, during November and December 2023, a transversal-descriptive design with a non-experimental quantitative approach was used, the instruments used included the questionnaire Ad Hoc sociodemographic and labor , the scales of depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21), the scale of job satisfaction and psychological capital (PCQ-24). The results showed that 74% of the workers did not present depression, while 26% experienced some level of this condition; for anxiety, 58% did not present symptoms and 42% had varying levels; for stress, 81% did not show symptoms and 20% had stress levels. For psychological capital, the means were: efficacy 32.02 (7.26); hope 33.03 (6.64); resilience 30.35 (5.66); optimism 29.53 (5.04). Job satisfaction obtained means of 35.90 (9.90) (intrinsic); 40.13 (11.32) (extrinsic) and 76.03 (20.93) (general). It was concluded that workers have good mental health, high psychological capital and job satisfaction.