DEPRESIÓN Y BIENESTAR EN ESTUDIANTES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE QUICHÉ, GUATEMALA

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https://doi.org/10.29076/issn.2602-8379vol10iss18.2026pp35-45p

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Psicología positiva, educación, salud mental, integral, universitarios

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Quiché alberga una población mayoritariamente indígena, afectada históricamente por el conflicto armado interno, lo que puede relacionarse con los niveles de depresión y bienestar. El objetivo fue determinar la asociación entre la depresión y dimensiones de bienestar en estudiantes del departamento de Quiché de la universidad pública de Guatemala. Con un enfoque cuantitativo no experimental correlacional-predictivo y un muestreo no probabilístico intencional de 446 estudiantes. La información se recopiló digitalmente y se utilizaron las escalas MHC-SF y PHQ-9. Se empleó una regresión lineal múltiple, el modelo resultó estadísticamente significativo, F (3, 44) = 116, p < .001, la ecuación Y = 28.059 - 0.488 (BE) - 0.258 (BS) - 0.321 (BP). Es decir, que el aumento de las tres dimensiones del bienestar se relaciona con una disminución de los puntajes de depresión en esta población. Se evidencia la necesidad de intervenciones que promuevan el bienestar para la mejora de la salud mental en poblaciones vulnerables que permitan fortalecer la identidad educativa.

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DEPRESIÓN Y BIENESTAR EN ESTUDIANTES DE LA UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE QUICHÉ, GUATEMALA. (2026). PSICOLOGÍA UNEMI, 10(18), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.29076/issn.2602-8379vol10iss18.2026pp35-45p