On the Influence of the University Tenure on the Digital Pandemic Stress in Higher Education Faculty

Abstract

This paper conducts quantitative research on the levels of stress generated in Latin American professors due to the abrupt digitalization of higher education resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the differences in this digital stress between professors from private and public universities are analyzed. For this purpose, a validated questionnaire has been used and passed to a sample of 750 professors from 20 different Latin American countries, whose responses have been statistically analyzed. As results, it has been obtained that there are no significant differences between the average levels of digital stress of professors of private and public universities due to the pandemic. However, the way in which this digital stress has affected Latin American professors according to gender and age is different depending on the university tenure. As a consequence, some implications and recommendations derived from the results are presented.

Diagnóstico del bienestar psicológico y Burnout en docentes de Educación Superior

“…El estudio del bienestar psicológico en el ámbito educativo se ha centrado tradicionalmente en la población estudiantil, con investigaciones sobre su salud mental, motivación, satisfacción con la vida, entre otras variables (Farrell et al, 2019;Mogollón et al, 2016). La figura del docente es uno de los componentes principales de la educación, por lo que, los estudios sobre su bienestar o factores que amenazan el bienestar emocional del profesorado son necesarios para promover un ambiente laboral saludable dentro de las instituciones educativas (Antón-Sancho et al, 2023).…”