Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores del cantón Macará

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Abstract: The research Prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction in Ecuadorian workers in the Macará canton focused on analyzing the levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in the educational sector of the Macará canton, and the relationship between psychological capital and these self-efficacy variables, resilience, hope and optimism and job satisfaction. A quantitative approach was used, with a descriptive and transversal design, using tools such as the DASS-21 questionnaire and sociodemographic surveys, applied to 53 workers, where the results show that 88.68% of the participants do not present significant levels of stress. while moderate anxiety affects 13.21%. Depression was identified at mild or moderate levels in 17%. Furthermore, it was found that psychological capital is a protective factor against work adversities, calculated in the results obtained from the statistical analysis of the dimensions of hope and self-efficiency evaluated in the questionnaire, this finding is evidenced in the positive correlations found between psychological capital and job satisfaction, as well as the participants' perceptions of their ability to face work challenges in a resilient manner. Overall job satisfaction was high, indicating positive knowledge about the work environment. The study concludes that strengthening psychological capital and promoting organizational support strategies is important to improve well-being and work productivity.