Estrategias de afrontamiento del estrés en docentes de educación general básica de la Unidad Educativa Fiscal Pablo Weber Cubillo en el período de mayo a septiembre 2023

Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional research is to promote the use of stress management strategies among daytime teachers of General Basic Education at the Pablo Weber Cubillo Public Education Unit, located in the Juan Gómez Rendón parish, due to the impact and influence that stress has had on their professional and personal lives. Therefore, in order to broaden the field of action, to know the levels of stress in teachers and to analyze the experience of implementation of strategies, various data collection instruments are applied using a pre-test and post-test design with a single group, such as the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), the Hamilton Stress Test, the Individual Semi-Structured Interview and the Group Semi-Structured Interview. Thus enabling an adequate sensitization on the characteristics, types, causes and consequences of stress, and therefore, an appropriate implementation of stress management strategies, which are summarized in relaxation techniques that include breathing exercises, muscle relaxation exercises, and music therapy, based on the GIM model (Guided Imagery and Music) that specifically makes use of the song "Weightless" by the musical group Marconi Union, which is currently named, according to scientific experts, as the most historically relaxing song in the world. As a result of this intervention, teachers obtain knowledge of the strategies they can use to canalize their emotions, release tensions and oppressions, and promote physical, psychological and social well-being.