Diferencias y similitudes del estrés laboral en docentes entre un colegio público y privado.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to establish the differences and similarities that work stress has in the teachers of the Sagrados Corazones Private School and the San Francisco de Sales Public Educational Institution based on the application of psychological tests for the identification of the variables associated with stress . The study focuses methodologically on a mixed approach with a concurrent triangulation design. The instruments used were the Questionnaire for stress assessment (third version) and a semi-structured interview, applied to a sample for the convenience of 30 teachers in total, 15 for each school, belonging to the secondary school level and the city of Cúcuta. The results indicate a prevalence of 43.3% of work stress and the most significant levels (high and very high) were evidenced in the Sacred Hearts College; Likewise, it is established that the symptoms with the highest score are those of the physiological type. In the same way it is emphasized that the participants did not have knowledge on the subject, the agent that generated the stress was the period closures and the way to confront it was avoidance. In addition, although teachers say that it is important to work the problem, schools do not use preventive campaigns to reduce stressful situations, for that reason, various coping strategies are proposed through a booklet and work from psychoeducation. In conclusion, it is obtained that the identification of the variables that condition stress in each one of the sectors (public and private) allows the review and analysis of situations that can be improved in the teacher's work context.