Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores de la ciudad de Piñas durante el año 2024

Abstract

Abstract: In this research, the general objective was to determine the prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress, and levels of psychological capital and job satisfaction in public sector workers in the city of Piñas during the year 2024. It was a study with a quantitative approach; with a non-experimental, cross-sectional and descriptive research design. A non-probabilistic and accidental sampling was used, in which the sample was 55 public sector employees, whose average age is 25 to 64 years. To collect the data, the following questionnaires were applied in their Spanish version: Sociodemographic and Labor Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS - 21), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PSQ - 24) and Job Satisfaction Scale. As a result, a prevalence of 10% in the severe and extremely severe levels, and 2% in distress and depression at the severe level, in psychological capital all dimensions exceeded the midpoint of the scale (24) and in the job satisfaction scale, the general scale, the extrinsic and intrinsic scale exceeded the normative score. In conclusion, the main problem detected is that despite the current labor realities, there are still figures of anxiety, depression and stress within the different work contexts, even though the levels of psychological capital and job satisfaction are adequate.