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VENCES CAMACHO, Karen Aurora; MARQUEZ GOMEZ, Josué Ociel  e  CARDOSO JIMENEZ, Daniel. Psychological Well-Being in New University Students. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.13, n.26, e006.  Epub 28-Ago-2023. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v13i26.1385.

A high level of psychological well-being has an impact on the reduction of stress, anxiety and depression and, therefore, on learning and academic indicators (Seligman, 2011). The objective of this research was to analyze the psychological well-being of first-year students of the bachelor's degrees of Administration and Psychology, Tejupilco campus, of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México in the period 2020A. The population studied was 174 students of both sexes with ages ranging from 17 to 19 years old. The classification of psychological well-being was based on Ryff's scale (1989), adapted by Díaz et al. (2006), whose reliability is 0.741. The information was processed with software for the social sciences; a database was created to calculate descriptive statistics of minimum, maximum, percentiles and cut-off points; subsequently, recoded values of low, moderate and high levels were obtained, and finally, frequencies and percentages of psychological well-being were calculated. Regarding self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, mastery of the environment and life purpose, 35.4 % of students were located on average at a low level and 64.6 % at a moderate-high level. Regarding personal growth, 43% showed a low level and 57% a moderate-high level. The first-year students of the Administration and Psychology bachelor's degree programs present, in general, a low level of psychological well-being, for which reason it was necessary to provide attention through academic tutoring, with conferences, courses and workshops to improve this situation and therefore have a favorable impact on the academic indicators of failure, lag, dropout and retention during the first semester.

Palavras-chave : psychological well-being; students; first year; administration; psychology.