“Depresión y actitudes disfuncionales en docentes de unidades de educación primaria y secundaria”.

Abstract

Objectives: Determine the relationship between depression and dysfunctional attitudes in teachers of primary and secondary education, identify the predominant dimension of depression in teachers, define the dimension of dysfunctional attitudes that predominates in teachers, and differentiate depression according to the level of education in which teachers of primary and secondary education work. Materials and methods: the present study is with a quantitative approach, with correlational model and the cross section, two instruments of psychological evaluation were applied to 61 teachers belonging to the educational units of the Canton of Ambato; The instruments used were the four-dimensional structural questionnaire for depression and the dysfunctional attitudes scale, as well an informative sheet, we content inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The anergy was reduced to an average of higher rank (2.70), finally the next step was published. The information that is taken into account is more important compared to primary teachers. Conclusions: Throughout the application of Spearman's Rho statistical test it was determined that the variable depression correlates in a statistically significant way with six of the seven types of beliefs belonging to dysfunctional attitudes, with the exception of the type of belief straight over others.