Salud mental, capital psicológico y satisfacción laboral en trabajadores ecuatorianos del norte de la ciudad de Quevedo y Babahoyo provincia de los Ríos durante el año 2023

Abstract

Abstract: The general objective was to determine the prevalence of mental health, psychological capital, and job satisfaction in Ecuadorian workers in the north of the city of Quevedo and Babahoyo, province of Los Ríos, during the year 2023. The instruments used were: Ad Hoc sociodemographic and work questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress scales (DASS 21), psychological capital (PCQ 24) and finally Job satisfaction. It had a population of 60 workers with an active labor situation and the sample collected was 53 workers. The results of the research were, for the depression variable, absence was found in the majority with 64%, in anxiety a level of absence of 57% was observed and finally Stress with 75% absence, regarding psychological capital were high values in hope and low in optimism, finally, in job satisfaction a high level of 76.98 out of a maximum of 105, thus indicating a good total satisfaction.