Loera-Malvaez N, Balcázar-Nava P, Trejo-González L, Gurrola-Peña GM, Bonilla-Muñoz MP

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction. Psychological well-being is a construct that has been widely studied in the field of psychology, often confused with constructs such as quality of life or mental health, but its study in recent decades allowed a definition: is the evaluation that the person makes of his living, in specific areas such as employment, family, couple, etc. and an affective evaluation related to the frequency and intensity of positive and negative emotions, their research has been included in numerous investigations into the health field and in different populations.
Objective. To obtain a scale adapted to local conditions and the specific population. Material and methods. In this research, the scale was adapted from Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale in adolescents and conducted descriptive and comparative analysis. We obtained a sample of 208 students from the UAEMex between 14 and 18 years, which 50% were female and the rest men.
Results. As for the scale, was obtain an alpha of 0.9191 for the four factors that comprise, a percentage of variance explained by 41.791, the analysis per groups indicated differences in some of the factors compared by gender and age ranges.
Conclusion. Psychological Well-Being Scale is an excellent indicator of the relationship that the subject has to itself (Self) and their environment (Interpersonal Relations), but it is necessary to adapt the model to integrate other areas of intervention such as positive psychology.

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