“Estrés docente y estrategias de afrontamiento en profesores de la universidad técnica de Ambato”

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between teaching stress and coping strategies used by professors from the Technical University of Ambato, with a sample of 72 teachers of both sexes from the six careers that make up the Faculty of Health Sciences, who were evaluated through the ED-6 Teacher Stress Scale and the Coping Strategies Inventory - CSI.

The statistical analysis of Pearson's R using the Spss program is used to analyze the data, which shows four statistically significant correlations in: problem solving, social support, social withdrawal and cognitive restructuring. In this way it is found that there is a correlation between teaching stress and the four coping strategies indicated.

Likewise, the prevalence of low stress level is identified in more than half of teachers. The most commonly used coping strategy is that of emotional expression.