EL ESTRÉS Y SU IMPACTO EN LA SALUD MENTAL DE LOS DOCENTES UNIVERSITARIOS

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to determine the impact of stress on the mental health of teachers at the Technical University of Manabí, understanding that stress is affecting all individuals in today's society; In this study, what happens with the professionals who dedicate themselves to university teaching is analyzed. The quantitative - qualitative research applied the Hamilton test to 160 teachers from the ten faculties; as a result it is evident that the affectations that can be evidenced in the teachers of the Technical University of Manabí, to a greater degree are those related to the psycho-psychosomatic reactions variable, in a specific way related to health effects such as muscular tensions, fatigue, cardiac alterations, associated to the symptoms with the upheaval of the spirit, due to the load of work and the assumed responsibilities evidenced in the sensation of fear without apparent reason or cause that generates it. So it follows that for the teacher to develop their activities with better levels of performance, it is necessary to know stress management mechanisms, as well as the care of physical spaces where their activity develops and the institution to develop spaces for prevention and mental health promotion.