Guerrero-Alcedo Jesús M, Espina-Romero Lorena C
Carrera de Psicología, Universidad Científica Del Sur, Lima, Peru.
Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru.
Heliyon. 2024 Jul 31;10(15):e35370. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35370. eCollection 2024 Aug 15.
Psychological capital (PsyCap) constitutes a positive personal resource that enhances better well-being and academic performance in university students. Initially addressed in the organizational realm and recently in the academic one. This study aimed to establish the differences in PsyCap according to gender and age in Peruvian university students. A quantitative, comparative, non-experimental, and cross-sectional study was conducted with 708 students (77.4 % women and 22.6 % men), aged between 18 and 61 years (M = 22.1; SD = 5.95), selected in a non-probabilistic manner, who completed the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-12). The results indicate very strong evidence supporting the existence of significant differences between different age groups, suggesting that the observed variations are not due to chance but reflect real differences between ages. Regarding gender, the data do not provide enough information to confidently assert whether there are significant differences between men and women in relation to psychological capital (PsyCap) and its dimensions. This implies that we cannot confirm whether gender influences these variables. These findings highlight the need to consider age when assessing and intervening in PsyCap in university students.
心理资本（PsyCap）是一种积极的个人资源，能提升大学生的幸福感和学业成绩。该概念最初在组织领域被提出，最近也出现在学术领域。本研究旨在确定秘鲁大学生心理资本在性别和年龄方面的差异。对708名学生进行了一项定量、比较、非实验性的横断面研究（其中女性占77.4%，男性占22.6%），年龄在18至61岁之间（M = 22.1；SD = 5.95），采用非概率抽样方式选取，这些学生完成了心理资本问卷（PCQ - 12）。结果表明有非常有力的证据支持不同年龄组之间存在显著差异，这表明观察到的差异并非偶然，而是反映了年龄之间的真实差异。关于性别，数据没有提供足够信息来确定男性和女性在心理资本（PsyCap）及其维度方面是否存在显著差异。这意味着我们无法确定性别是否会影响这些变量。这些发现凸显了在评估和干预大学生心理资本时考虑年龄因素的必要性。
