Depression, Anxiety, Stress in Students and Teachers: Analysis from Covid 19

• Edmundo Cabezas-Heredia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5708-0054
• Renato Herrera-Chávez
• Paúl Ricaurte-Ortiz
• Carlos Novillo Yahuarshungo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52080/rvgluzv26n94.9

Abstract

In February 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus from China has reached Ecuador, on March 16 the state of exception is declared, leading to the confinement of the entire population. This research is contextualized in students, postgraduate teachers. The objective is to analyze, based on Covid 19, the levels of depression, anxiety and stress in graduate students and teachers, as well as the ability to cope by performing an analysis based on sociodemographic variables. The methodology consists of collecting a sample of 139 students and teachers of the Master's Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention, applying the DASS 21 survey to measure the anxiety, stress and depression scales. The experimental design is cross-sectional, correlational and inductive. The results show that the Mental Disorder Syndrome in its three scales is mild to moderate, there are severe cases with low coping of people in the presence of Covid 19. Regarding the sociodemographic variables, coping is low in the presence of the crisis. It is predicted that the specific symptoms will increase as the confinement progresses and the increase in cases-deaths from Covid 19. Interventions are defended through psychological prevention programs. It is determined that the lower the coping capacity, the higher the level of stress, anxiety and depression, students and teachers with levels from little to medium.

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