Salud mental y satisfacción laboral en docentes de la zona norte del Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between mental healh and job satisfaction in teachers in the northern zone of Ecuador. To carry out this research, we worked with a sample of 288 teachers distributed between primary, secondary and university education, with a gender proportion that corresponds to 70.1% female and 29.9% male. The applied methodology is correlational, descriptive and transversal in scope. To analyze the results, the SPSS program was usead, where means and standard deviations were applied to the qualitative variables and the Spearman coefficient correlation (rho) was applied to the quantitative variables. The results demonstrate the existence of a significant negative relatinoship (sig=.000) between the mental health and job satisfaction rho(288)=-.248, depression and job satisfaction rho(288)=-.263, and stress and job satisfaction rho(288)=-.270, this can be interpreted as the lower the job satisfaction, the greater the presence of mental health problems in the teachers in the northern zone of Ecuador.