Factors of positive mental health in psychology students in Veracruz university

  • María Esther Barradas Alarcón Universidad Veracruzana
  • Josué Martin Sánchez Barradas Universidad Veracruzana
  • María Lourdes Guzmán Ibañez Universidad Veracruzana
  • Jorge Arturo Balderrama Trapaga Universidad Veracruzana

Abstract

This work focuses on the thematic of Positive Mental Health, based on input from Johada. Your Objective: was to measure positive mental health psychology student entrants. The Method was descriptive, quantitative methodology. Was applied: the scale of Positive Mental Health Maria Teresa Lluch Canut. Data analysis was performed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows, in version 17.0. ). Subjects. -: There were 158 newly admitted students of the Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz region generations 2007 and 2008. Results: Comparing the 2007-2008 generation, considering the distribution of 100% for each of the generations, was obtained Positive Mental Health in the generation Global 2007 88.7% (n = 63) and the generation 2008, 97.7% (n = 84) and without mental health in 2007 was obtained 11.3% (n = 8) and 2.3% (n = 2) in 2008, the differences were significant, X2 (p> .05).

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Barradas Alarcón M.E. (2009) Elección de la carrera en Psicología y Salud Mental en estudiantes Universitarios. Tesis de Doctorado no publicada, Escuela Libre de ciencias Políticas y Administración Pública de Oriente, Xalapa, Ver. México.

Jahoda, M. (1967). El prejuicio racial y la salud mental. Buenos Aires: Humanitas.

LLuch Canut, M.T. (1999). Construcción de una escala para evaluar la salud mental positiva. Barcelona: Universidad de Barcelona.

Published
2015-01-18
How to Cite
Barradas Alarcón, M. E., Sánchez Barradas, J. M., Guzmán Ibañez, M. L., & Balderrama Trapaga, J. A. (2015). Factors of positive mental health in psychology students in Veracruz university. RIDE Revista Iberoamericana Para La Investigación Y El Desarrollo Educativo, 1(1), 138 - 150. Retrieved from http://ride.org.mx/index.php/RIDE/article/view/19
Section
Medical and Health

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