Nivel de bienestar psicológico en madres y padres usuarios del servicio del Aula de Estimulación Temprana de la Universidad de Cuenca en el período septiembre 2023 - febrero 2024

Abstract

Psychological well-being is a critical component ensuring human mental health, making it imperative to consider this factor in university mothers and fathers. This approach allows for the visibility of the interplay of diverse psychosocial factors influencing the attainment of their life goals. University students grapple with the challenge of fostering greater autonomy, forming new social relationships, maintaining a minimum grade average, managing personal time, ensuring decision-making security, navigating future uncertainties, and, in some cases, relocating and adapting to the new organizational culture inherent in university life. These challenges inevitably impact their psychological well-being. The objective of this study is to delineate the levels of psychological well-being in university mothers and fathers who are users of the Early Stimulation Classroom at the University of Cuenca based on sociodemographic variables. Employing a quantitative approach, this research seeks to determine the level of psychological well-being and identify the predominant dimension of psychological well-being in this population. The study, involving 36 university parents, utilized the Ryff and Keyes Psychological Well-Being Scale (1995), adapted to Spanish by Díaz et al. (2006), to assess psychological well-being, while sociodemographic variables were collected through a self-developed form. The findings reveal that participants in the study, mothers and fathers alike, exhibit a high level of psychological well-being, with apredominance in the dimensions of autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth. Additionally, the study revealed that the number of children is a factor influencing the perception of psychological well-being in this university population.