Prevalencia de la salud mental, el capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en docentes ecuatorianos en el sector de Sangolquí de la ciudad de Quito durante el año 2024

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Abstract:Mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction are fundamental aspects that have a direct impact on the well-being, performance and quality of life of teachers. The present research was conducted with the objective of determining the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction in Ecuadorian teachers in the Sangolquí sector of the city of Quito during the year 2024, the methodology has a quantitative, cross-sectional, non-experimental, descriptive, non-probabilistic approach of accessibility-accidental of 49 teachers. The instruments used are Ad Hoc sociodemographic and labor questionnaires, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21), psychological capital and job satisfaction. The results show that they present mild levels of stress, anxiety and depression, however, there are percentages of risk, in the case of stress 14.29% between moderate to severe, anxiety 18.37%, between moderate to extremely severe and depression 8.14% between moderate to severe, with respect to psychological capital and general satisfaction it is evident that they present high perceptions, concluding that they have very good mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction.