Flexibilidad psicológica y ansiedad en docentes de una Unidad Educativa Especializada, Coca, 2023

Abstract

Psychological Flexibility (PF) improves quality of life by increasing well-being and reducing suffering caused by negative emotions, such as anxiety resulting from contextual demands. Teaching, especially in special education, is a profession prone to stress and burnout, which raises the risk of experiencing high anxiety and low PF. This study aimed to relate psychological flexibility and anxiety in teachers at a Specialized Educational Unit in the city of Coca in 2023. With a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, cross-sectional, and correlational scope, 30 teachers of both sexes were evaluated. Data were collected using a sociodemographic scale (Ad Hoc), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The results were analyzed with JASP software version 0.18.3 for Windows, applying descriptive and inferential analysis. Descriptive analysis included mean, standard deviation, minimums and maximums. The inferential analysis used the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and Spearman's rho test for variable correlation The results showed that most of the teaching population showed psychological flexibility with a mean of 16.80, and 70% of teachers reported low levels of anxiety. It was concluded that there is a slightly significant positive correlation between PF and anxiety.