Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population
The aim of this study was to analyze sex differences in Psychological Well-being among college students. Additionally, it was proposed to evaluate the difference between college students and general population. Psychological Well-being is the result of an evaluative assessment by the subject with re...
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| author | Del Valle, Macarena Verónica Hormaechea, Florencia Urquijo, Sebastián |
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| description | The aim of this study was to analyze sex differences in Psychological Well-being among college students. Additionally, it was proposed to evaluate the difference between college students and general population. Psychological Well-being is the result of an evaluative assessment by the subject with respect to its own life. This study worked with a sample of 654 students (457 women and 197 men) of the National University of Mar del Plata. It was applied the Spanish adaptation (Díaz el at., 2006) of Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale. For the analyses of sex differences t student test and Mann-Whitney's U test were carried out. The results showed that women scored significantly higher than men in the scales of Purpose in Life, Positive Relations with others and Personal Growth; and men scored significantly higher in Autonomy with regard to women. However the effect sizes of the differences were small. Regarding educational level, a difference between college students and general population was observed. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-107232019-05-27T19:44:34Z Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population El bienestar psicológico: diferencias según sexo en estudiantes universitarios y diferencias con población general Del Valle, Macarena Verónica Hormaechea, Florencia Urquijo, Sebastián bienestar psicológico sexo estudiantes universitarios nivel educativo psychological well-being sex differences college students educational level The aim of this study was to analyze sex differences in Psychological Well-being among college students. Additionally, it was proposed to evaluate the difference between college students and general population. Psychological Well-being is the result of an evaluative assessment by the subject with respect to its own life. This study worked with a sample of 654 students (457 women and 197 men) of the National University of Mar del Plata. It was applied the Spanish adaptation (Díaz el at., 2006) of Ryff's Psychological Well-being Scale. For the analyses of sex differences t student test and Mann-Whitney's U test were carried out. The results showed that women scored significantly higher than men in the scales of Purpose in Life, Positive Relations with others and Personal Growth; and men scored significantly higher in Autonomy with regard to women. However the effect sizes of the differences were small. Regarding educational level, a difference between college students and general population was observed. El objetivo del estudio fue analizar las diferencias según el sexo en el Bienestar Psicológico de estudiantes universitarios. Adicionalmente, se planteó evaluar la diferencia entre estudiantes universitarios y población general. Se entiende al Bienestar Psicológico como el resultado de una evaluación valorativa que realiza el sujeto respecto a su propia vida. Se trabajó con una muestra de 654 estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, a quienes se les aplicó la adaptación española de la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico de Ryff, realizada por Díaz et al. (2006) y para los análisis de las diferencias se llevaron a cabo pruebas t de comparación de medias y pruebas U de Mann-Whitney. Los resultados mostraron que las mujeres puntuaron significativamente más alto que los hombres en las escalas de Propósito en la Vida, Relacionamiento Positivo y Crecimiento Personal; y los hombres puntuaron significativamente más alto en Autonomía con respecto a las mujeres. Sin embargo los tamaños del efecto de las diferencias fueron pequeños. Respecto al nivel educativo, se observó una diferencia marcada entre estudiantes universitarios y población normotípica. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2015-12-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/10723 10.32348/1852.4206.v7.n3.10723 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 7 No. 3 (2015): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 6-13 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 7 Núm. 3 (2015): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 6-13 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v7.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/10723/DelValle2 Derechos de autor 2015 Macarena Verónica Del Valle, Florencia Hormaechea, Sebastián Urquijo |
| spellingShingle | bienestar psicológico sexo estudiantes universitarios nivel educativo psychological well-being sex differences college students educational level Del Valle, Macarena Verónica Hormaechea, Florencia Urquijo, Sebastián Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| title | Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| title_alt | El bienestar psicológico: diferencias según sexo en estudiantes universitarios y diferencias con población general |
| title_full | Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| title_fullStr | Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| title_short | Psychological well-being: gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| title_sort | psychological well being gender differences in college students and differences with general population |
| topic | bienestar psicológico sexo estudiantes universitarios nivel educativo psychological well-being sex differences college students educational level |
| topic_facet | bienestar psicológico sexo estudiantes universitarios nivel educativo psychological well-being sex differences college students educational level |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/10723 |
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