Adaptation of the Psychological Wellbeing Scale in Mexican medical students
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| contents | Adaptation of the Psychological Wellbeing Scale in Mexican medical students Fernando Flores Hernández Sara Morales López Yuseli Olivia Ramos Castillo Tania Vives Varela Manuel Millán-Hernández Medicina being medicine students public schools private schools Introduction The Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being is the most widely used instrument for assessing the eudemonic perspective of well-being. Although it has been adapted for the Spanish population, it has not been modified for health science students in the Mexican population.Objective Adapt and obtain the psychometric properties of this scale for medical students in the Mexican population.Method The study was conducted with 1,974 undergraduate students, 1,551 from the UNAM Medicine Faculty and 423 from the La Salle University Mexican School of Medicine. The analysis was undertaken using the IBM SPSS Statistics 21 and AMOS 21 SPSS programs.Results An instrument with a robust structure derived from the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses carried out was obtained, with satisfactory explained variance, adequate internal consistency obtained through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and appropriate discrimination.Discussion and conclusion Our adaptation is a suitable version for Mexican medical students with four final dimensions; purpose in life, personal rejection and self-acceptance, personal control, and personal growth. 2023 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58275096007 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/58275096007.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/movil 10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2023.012 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.2 Vol.46 |
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| spellingShingle | Adaptation of the Psychological Wellbeing Scale in Mexican medical students Fernando Flores Hernández Medicina being medicine students public schools private schools Adaptation of the Psychological Wellbeing Scale in Mexican medical students Fernando Flores Hernández Sara Morales López Yuseli Olivia Ramos Castillo Tania Vives Varela Manuel Millán-Hernández Medicina being medicine students public schools private schools Introduction The Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being is the most widely used instrument for assessing the eudemonic perspective of well-being. Although it has been adapted for the Spanish population, it has not been modified for health science students in the Mexican population.Objective Adapt and obtain the psychometric properties of this scale for medical students in the Mexican population.Method The study was conducted with 1,974 undergraduate students, 1,551 from the UNAM Medicine Faculty and 423 from the La Salle University Mexican School of Medicine. The analysis was undertaken using the IBM SPSS Statistics 21 and AMOS 21 SPSS programs.Results An instrument with a robust structure derived from the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses carried out was obtained, with satisfactory explained variance, adequate internal consistency obtained through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and appropriate discrimination.Discussion and conclusion Our adaptation is a suitable version for Mexican medical students with four final dimensions; purpose in life, personal rejection and self-acceptance, personal control, and personal growth. 2023 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58275096007 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/58275096007.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/582/58275096007/movil 10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2023.012 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.2 Vol.46 |
| title | Adaptation of the Psychological Wellbeing Scale in Mexican medical students |
| topic | Medicina being medicine students public schools private schools |
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