Resilience in university teachers: case study in Chimborazo national university

Abstract

The present research was about evaluating resilience in teachers of the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Chimborazo, where resilience is the ability to recover and adapt in the face of adversity, it is the ability of people to overcome difficulties and grow from them. The objective is to determine the resilience levels of the Faculty of Engineering teachers. The Wagnild and Young resilience test was applied to teachers and was complemented with sociodemographic variables. The population was made up of 97 university teachers. The result found for resilience by levels was: 2.1 medium and 97.9% high. The correlation is established through Cramer's V between the variables and the test applied with results that influence and others do not influence the phenomenon investigated. We conclude the presence of levels of resilience that are between medium and high in the analyzed sample, this demonstrates how teachers face the problems of academic and family activity to avoid future health problems.