López-Guerra Víctor Manuel, Quinde Dolores Lucia, Guevara-Mora Sandra, Ocampo-Vásquez Karina, Siguenza-Campoverde Wilson Guillermo, de la Cruz Cristina Díaz, Vivanco-Rios Segundo Francisco, Rodríguez-Balcázar Susan Cristy, Ramírez-Alva José Melanio
Department of Psychology, Universidad Técnica Particular De Loja, Loja, Ecuador.
General Directorate of University Missions, Universidad Técnica Particular De Loja, Loja, Ecuador.
Front Psychol. 2025 Aug 20;16:1620382. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1620382. eCollection 2025.
Several studies have indicated a positive association between positive psychological resources-such as spirituality and psychological capital-and psychological well-being. However, the specific nature of these relationships remains poorly understood.
The purpose of this study was to examine, through a model of structural equations, the influence of spirituality and psychological capital on psychological well-being, as well as to explore the relationship between these two predictor variables.
The sample consisted of 1,044 adults living in Ecuador and Peru, aged between 18 and 71 years ( = 24; SD = 7.77), of whom 64.8% were women. The Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale (Ryff, 1989), the Parsian and Dunning Spirituality Scale (Parsian and Dunning, 2009), and a psychological capital questionnaire were used.
Structural analyses showed a good fit of the proposed model according to the main goodness-of-fit indices. Psychological capital emerged as the most robust predictor of psychological well-being, explaining 13% of its variance, followed by spirituality. Likewise, a positive association was also evident between spirituality and psychological capital. Overall, the findings suggest that higher levels of these positive resources are related to greater psychological well-being.
The results provide relevant empirical evidence on the promoting role of positive internal resources in psychological well-being, especially in Latin American contexts. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed, the study's limitations are acknowledged, and future research is proposed.
多项研究表明，诸如精神性和心理资本等积极心理资源与心理健康之间存在正相关。然而，这些关系的具体性质仍知之甚少。
本研究旨在通过结构方程模型检验精神性和心理资本对心理健康的影响，并探讨这两个预测变量之间的关系。
样本包括1044名居住在厄瓜多尔和秘鲁的成年人，年龄在18至71岁之间（平均年龄 = 24岁；标准差 = 7.77），其中64.8%为女性。使用了赖夫心理健康量表（赖夫，1989年）、帕尔西安和邓宁精神性量表（帕尔西安和邓宁，2009年）以及一份心理资本问卷。
结构分析表明，根据主要的拟合优度指标，所提出的模型拟合良好。心理资本成为心理健康最有力的预测因素，解释了其13%的方差变异，其次是精神性。同样，精神性和心理资本之间也存在明显的正相关。总体而言，研究结果表明，这些积极资源水平越高，心理健康状况越好。
研究结果为积极的内部资源在心理健康中的促进作用提供了相关的实证证据，尤其是在拉丁美洲背景下。讨论了理论和实践意义，承认了研究的局限性，并提出了未来的研究方向。
