Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores ecuatorianos

Abstract

Abstract: Currently, mental health, like psychological capital and job satisfaction in workers, has an important study focus in the workplace. anxiety, Depression and stress have negative effects on the quality of work life and consequently in the performance of work. For this reason, the present study focuses on determining the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction of 77 workers of the cantons of Puyango, Celica and Pindal belonging to the province of Loja. The The results obtained in this population were encouraging, since, in terms of the perception of mental health, the majority of workers do not have depression, anxiety and stress with 81%, 73% and 88% respectively; However, one participant mentions that his level of anxiety and stress is severe. In the same way, psychological capital has high values ​​and proves to be a positive factor for the workers surveyed. Finally, in the job satisfaction, the data obtained are positive, revealing that there are satisfied both intrinsically and extrinsically.