El bienestar psicológico en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the level of Psychological Wellbeing in university students of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca. The research was quantitative with a non-experimental cross-sectional design and a descriptive scope. The population consisted of 535 students, of which 198 were men (37%) and 337 were women (63%) between 17 and 44 years, with an average age of 21 years. The applied instrument was the Scale of Psychological Wellbeing of Carol Ryff adapted to the Spanish version of Díaz et al. (2006), composed of 29 questions, grouped into six dimensions: Positive relationships, Self-acceptance, Autonomy, Domain of environment, Personal growth and Purpose of life. The results show that, at a general level, students show a moderate tendency in the level of Psychological Wellbeing. At the level of each dimension, according to sex, the predominant dimension of well-being in men turned out to be that of Self-acceptance, while in women it is Purpose of life. Regarding age, it is determined that at a higher age, there is a low tendency in the level of psychological well-being in terms of the dimension of positive relationships. And finally, according to the different careers, the students of clinical psychology present a domain in the dimension of life purpose, those of Social in Self-acceptance and those of Educational a predominance in Personal Growths. However, none of these differences was statistically significant.