O adoecimento mental dos professores do ensino privado do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This thesis aims to investigate the aspects of the work context that has contributed to the mental illness of the teachers of private education in Rio Grande do Sul. For that, it was divided into three sequences. Study 1 presents a theoretical model for Common Mental Disorders in teachers, with quantitative and explanatory method, analyzed by structural equation modeling, in a sample of 740 teachers. The instruments used were a sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 [SRQ-20], the Work Context Assessment Scale [EACT] and the Pleasure and Suffering at Work Indicators Scale [EIPST]. The second article is an explanatory quantitative and presents a multiple linear regression analysis that sought to identify the aspects of the context of the work and the experiences of pleasure and suffering in the work of the teachers of the private education predicted for the depression in a sample of 197 teachers with symptoms of depression. The instruments used were the Beck Depression Inventory [BDI-I], EACT and EIPST. The third article is qualitative exploratory and aimed to identify the experiences of pleasure and suffering at work, work context factors and mediation strategies used by nine teachers with depressive symptoms at different levels of private education. The instruments used were the BDI-I and a semi-structured interview. The following were carried out: the survey of the instrument of depression and the content analysis of the interviews. The results of the thesis indicate that the factors of the context of the teaching work, such as the overload and the characteristics of the tasks, the collection by deadlines, the lack of support of the bosses and the lack of freedom of expression contribute to the mental illness and the intensity of symptoms of depression. It is suggested the development of interventions with collective deliberation spaces to prevent mental illness of teachers.