PSYCHOSOMATIC PHENOMENA AND SIGNS IN THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

Abstract

The academic environment is no stranger to suffering. It is known that mental disorders are present in almost all activities and contexts in which human beings act. Thus, in the university context, the vast majority of faculty members experience a high degree of academic stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate psychosomatic phenomena and their signs in university professors. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive observational study of quantitative approach, consisting of 45 of the higher education courses of a private university in São Luís do Maranhão. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire with sociodemographic data and test scale: SQR 20. The results pointed out that most of them were female (59.1%), aged between 26 and 50 years old, married (52.3%), with income between five or more minimum wages (59.1%), most of them with a master's degree (50%), working in the health area (50%), depressed and nervous moods were the most prevalent (62.2%), headaches were most prevalent (48.9%), getting tired easily (42.2%), loss of interest in things (20%), and psychological suffering was most prevalent in teachers who had been working for more than 4 years. We emphasize that due to the importance of the theme, there is a scarcity of scientific studies that explore this subject. Thus, it is necessary that research be done to understand teachers, since they are susceptible to the development of psychosomatic disorders.