Prevalencia de la salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores ecuatorianos

Abstract

Abstract: This research aimed to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital and job satisfaction in workers. It is framed with a quantitative, transversal and non-experimental approach. The collection instruments were the sociodemographic questionnaire, Depression Anxiety Scales 21, the job satisfaction scale and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire to evaluate psychological capital. A non-probabilistic sample of convenience accessibility was used, consisting of 66 surveys, giving the following results: in stress, anxiety and depression there is a prevalence at the level of absence with percentages greater than eighty-four percent in all workers. In psychological capital, hope has obtained a higher result than all the items. In job satisfaction where intrinsic satisfaction exceeds extrinsic satisfaction, this research is of vital importance because it establishes the indices and analysis of mental health in workers, resulting in workers knowing how to cope with mental health problems by doing who have favorable psychological capital and who have job satisfaction.