Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores de los cantones de Quevedo y Mocache, provincia de Los Ríos, 2023

Abstract

Abstract: In response to the growing concern to safeguard integral well-being and quality of working life of Ecuadorian workers, this study had as its main objective determine the prevalence of mental health problems as well as capital levels psychological and job satisfaction in a sample of workers from the Quevedo cantons and Mocache, province of Los Ríos, during the year 2023. The study used a methodology quantitative, non-experimental and transversal descriptive type. The sample was 55 workers and the Ad Hoc questionnaire, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, was applied (DASS-21), the Psychological Capital Scale (PCQ-24) and the Job Satisfaction Scale. The results obtained demonstrated that, in the field of mental health, the variable of Anxiety had the highest prevalence. However, optimal levels of psychological capital and job satisfaction in the participants, highlighting the dimension of hope (M=34.45) and extrinsic satisfaction (M=44.15) as the areas with higher average scores, respectively. It can be concluded that it is essential implement strategies that optimize the well-being of workers.