A2113 Indicators of Mental Health through the evaluation of psychosocial factors in teachers of Basic Education of the State of Jalisco, Mexico

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Ground Floor (Cancun Center)

Silvia León Cortés, Salud Pública, Universidad De Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Raquel González-Baltazar, Occupational Health Research Institute, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
María Del Consuelo León Cortés, Psicología, Sistema DIF Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Handouts
  • Indicators of menthal health.pdf (55.6 kB)
  • Introduction
    Very often the teacher's role is not rewarded either by students or by higher courts. This leads to emotional exhaustion, to the point of feeling completely discouraged, since the teacher does not receive any specific training or psychological training to deal with the issues presented by students. Psychosocial factors are the conditions found in an employment relationship, involving on one hand: the work environment and conditions of the organization and the other the worker's abilities, needs, culture and personal situation outside of work. Stress when the demands of the work environment exceed the capacity of people to deal with them or control them.

    Methods
    Research: Observational, transversal and descriptive. 266 teachers participated. Applying the Scale of Psychosocial Factors and Naomi Silva Labor general data form.

    Results
    According to Naomi Silva, scores of high and medium level psychosocial factors are considered negative, the increased presence was in "Workload" with 91%, "Content and characteristics of the task" 73.3% "Role of academic and career development "84.5%, ”Performance Pay" 90%, "Workplace Conditions" 56.8%. "Labor Requirements" 86.9%,45% l "Social Interaction and organizational aspects." In high appeared: Workload, 17.7%, Content and Characteristics of Task 4.5%, Role of academic and career development 19.5% 63.3% Compensation performance, workplace conditions 1.5% 45.9% Labor Requirements , Social Interaction and organizational aspects of 1.1%.

    Discussion
    The mental health of teachers is affected in party by exposure to psychosocial risk are increasing due to the multiple roles that teachers develoo, very little is done for your attention than prevention