Relationship between lifestyle and positive psychological functioning in university administrative staff

In Mexico, healthy lifestyle has a low prevalence. The importance of a healthy lifestyle lies in avoiding the emergence of a chronic non-communicable disease. Thus, university administrative personnel are a vulnerable population due to working conditions that prevent them from having a healthy lifes...

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Published inRevista CES Psicología Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 57 - 69
Main Authors González-Cantero, Joel Omar, González-Becerra, Victor Hugo, Hernández-Magaña, Carmen Elvira, Macías-Espinoza, Fabiola, Morón-Vera, José Ángel, Abundis-Gutiérrez, Alicia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Medellín Universidad CES 01.01.2021
Subjects
Chronic illnesses
Health behavior
Health care
Lifestyles
Mental health
PSYCHOLOGY
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Self esteem
Working conditions
administrative personnel
mental health
university
positive psychological functioning
personal administrativo
universidad
funcionamiento psicológico positivo
salud mental
estilo de vida
lifestyle
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Summary:In Mexico, healthy lifestyle has a low prevalence. The importance of a healthy lifestyle lies in avoiding the emergence of a chronic non-communicable disease. Thus, university administrative personnel are a vulnerable population due to working conditions that prevent them from having a healthy lifestyle, so it is necessary to analyze psychological variables that can explain how to promote and develop a healthy lifestyle. The purposes of this study were to identify relationships among lifestyle (LS) and positive psychological functioning (PPF) and their differences by gender in the administrative staff; a cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted. University administrative staff (n = 102), were recruited using the snowball sampling method, forming a non-probabilistic sample, completed the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire and the Positive Psychological Functioning Scale. LS has a statistically significant correlation with PPF (r = .355, p = .001); in addition, it is worth pointing out that showing a low level of PPF implies a lower probability of having a healthy LS (Ψ = 28.333, 4.965 – 161.675). Results suggest the relevance of interventions to develop psychological resources in people seeking the adoption of a healthy LS.
ISSN:2011-3080
2011-3080
DOI:10.21615/cesp.5473