Análisis del malestar psicológico en docentes universitarios a causa de las distintas modalidades de trabajo implementadas desde el Covid-19 en la ciudad de Quito

Abstract

This investigation has focused on analyzing the psichological discomfort which os caused by the different working modalities carried out since the arrival of COVID-19 in college teachers, educators and instructures between 30 and 60 years old in the city of Quito. The methodology which was used on this particular investigation was the mixed research one, the application for the quantitive approach have used the following tests: Beck Anxiety Intentory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2), Work Stress Test, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Scale of Job Satisfaction, Test of Emotional Pain at Work, and for the qualitative approach an interview was applied with semi-structured questions about the different modalities of work, working time, activities they do to release tension and self changes in the professional and workplace areas. The people who participated in this investigation were 20 college educators and they showed positive results, the particular reason for this circumstance was that most of the educators have low levels of anxiety, depression, working stress, emotional pain, in terms of burnout there are 3 categories that are being stablished, the first is emotional tiredness, were most of them are at a low level, the second category is depersonalization obtaining results on the low and medium level, and where more problems were found was in the third category, which is the self-fulfilment because the educators are at a low level having a negative effect on their self-efficacy, in terms of job satisfaction, most of the teachers pointed out that they like what they are doing on their actual job, but they could improve. To sum up everything that has been stated so far, most of the participants are teaching classes in the hybrid modality, working an average of 40 hours a week and they pointed out that they prefer in person clasroom space layout, for the exact purpose of the interaction they actually have with their students along the lines of heping them to have a better academic performance, in therms of their personal development they mention that this has been a real challenge for them, but they are trying to set tension free by doing family activities, working out, meditation, walking, listening to music, and some other stuff to dissipate, which helps them feel better.