Initial Proposal of an Explanatory Model of the Sense of Life in University Students

The purpose of this study was to examine an explanatory model of the meaning of life based on subjective happiness and life satisfaction in young university students in Tacna. A non-probabilistic convenience sampling was carried out, recruiting 150 participants between 18 and 34 years of age in the...

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Autores: Quispe Hurtado, Camila Sharoon, Yanapa Vilca, Susan Belén, Hancco Ninaja, Saira Liseth, Blanco Alave, Stephanie
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad César Vallejo
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad César Vallejo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.revistas.ucv.edu.pe:article/2818
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.ucv.edu.pe/index.php/psiquemag/article/view/2818
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sentido de la vida
Felicidad subjetiva
Satisfacción con la vida
Modelo estructural
meaning of life
subjective happiness
life satisfaction
structural model
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to examine an explanatory model of the meaning of life based on subjective happiness and life satisfaction in young university students in Tacna. A non-probabilistic convenience sampling was carried out, recruiting 150 participants between 18 and 34 years of age in the city of Tacna. Three measurement instruments were applied: the Sense of Life test, the Subjective Happiness Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The results revealed that the model varied according to the estimator used, the most appropriate being the WLSMV, which showed acceptable indexes (X2/gl=0.19; CFI=1.00; TLI=1.02; PFNI=0.79; SRMR=0.03; RMSEA=0.00), making it the most appropriate option. In addition, some values higher than one were observed, possibly attributable to the amount of data used in the analysis. Consequently, it is concluded that both subjective happiness and life satisfaction act as predictors of meaning in life.