Relationships between self-concept and psychological well-being in Mexican university women students

Abstract

Through structural equation models analyze the direct and indirect effects of self-concept (personal, physical, social and academic) on psychological well-being in its dimensions of self-acceptance and personal growth. The total sample comprised 792 Mexican university women students, with an average age of 20.39 years (SD=1.81). The proposed model obtains a satisfactory fit. Being significant the majority of the hypothesized relationships. Personal and social self-concept are the variables with greater explanatory power over perceived psychological well-being. It also emphasizes the mediator capacity of personal self-concept between physical, social and academic self-concept factors and psychological well-being. Future research should replicate these findings in larger samples.