Introduction:

The emotional affective state of people in a work organization is an indicator of the psychosocial work environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated changes in working conditions and this impacts at the individual and organizational level.

Objectives:

To describe the affective dimensions that characterize the emotional environment in a work organization and diagnose the level of stress symptoms in that center.

Methods:

Descriptive study with a cross-sectional design in the 30 workers of the center. The Positive and Negative Affect Inventory and the Symptomatic Stress Scale were used. Measures of central tendency, absolute and relative frequencies, association measures and correlation coefficients with 95% reliability were used.

Results:

Although positive affectivity is low, a greater presence of this than negative affectivity was found, 50 % have symptoms of stress at the pathological level. There is a significant, strong and positive correlation between negative affectivity and stress.

Conclusions:

There is a problem of emotional activation and not of valence, which may be an indicator of a decreased level of activation as a result of exhaustion.

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