Relationship between lifestyle and positive psychological functioning in university administrative staff

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https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.5473

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lifestyle, positive psychological functioning, mental health, administrative personnel, university

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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.

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Joel Omar González-Cantero, University of Guadalajara

PhD. in Psychology. Research Professor at the Center for Research in Behavior and Health, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Victor Hugo González-Becerra, University of Guadalajara

PhD. in Behavioral Sciences. Research Professor at the Center for Research in Behavior and Health, University of Guadalajara.

Carmen Elvira Hernández-Magaña, University of Guadalajara

Master in Gerontology. Full-time Professor at the Center for Research in Behavior and Health, University of Guadalajara.

Fabiola Macías-Espinoza, University of Guadalajara

PhD. in Occupational Health Sciences. Full-time Professor at the University Center for Health Sciences, University of Guadalajara.

José Ángel Morón-Vera, University of Guadalajara

Master student in Health Psychology. Fellow of the Center for Research in Behavior and Health, University of Guadalajara

Alicia Abundis-Gutiérrez, University of Guadalajara

PhD. in experimental Psychology. Research Professor at the Center for Research in Behavior and Health, University of Guadalajara.

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2021-09-17

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González-Cantero, J. O., González-Becerra, V. H., Hernández-Magaña, C. E., Macías-Espinoza, F., Morón-Vera, J. Ángel, & Abundis-Gutiérrez, A. (2021). Relationship between lifestyle and positive psychological functioning in university administrative staff. Revista CES Psicología, 14(3), 57–69. https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.5473

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