Sufrimiento psicológico en hombres y mujeres con síntomas de depresión

Abstract

The hardiness is a variable of great importance in the protection of health, so the validation and adaptation The instruments to evaluate it are necessary. The objective of the research was to evaluate the psychometric of of the Hardiness Questionnaire (non-work version) for a sample of the Cuban population. An properties study was carried out based on the quantitative research paradigm. The sample selection was instrumental based on a cluster sampling that included 400 subjects residing in six provinces of the country. The made age chosen was 48 (±14.7); 54.5 % of the simple was for females. standard models were estimated, the one who showed better scores was the trifactorial one (control, Three and challenge) with a factor of a second order (hardiness) reduced from the elimination of two implication Some acceptable figures of reliability were obtained, both global (a=0.83) and as in each reactive. control and challenge (a=0.77) and implication (a=0.70). The recurrent validity brings evidence of dimension: value of the subscales control and commitment. the