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Psychological Profiles of Positive Mental Health of Women in Situation of Confinement Due to COVID-19

Author(s): Jorge Eduardo Navarro-Obeid*, Efraín Javier De la Hoz-Granadillo and María Laura Vergara-Álvarez

Volume 19, Issue 2, 2023

Published on: 04 October, 2022

Page: [159 - 169] Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/2666082218666220822161347

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Abstract

Background: The world health organization has indicated that the problem of COVID-19 and confinement generated strong psychological impacts on the world population. Much of the research has focused on studying mental health in different population groups, leaving aside a positive mental health perspective.

Objective: The present research intended to establish positive mental health profiles in confined women due to COVID-19 during 2020.

Methods: The factors of personal satisfaction, prosocial attitude, self-control, autonomy, problem- solving, self-actualization, and interpersonal relationships were assessed through the application of Lluch's positive mental health scale, in a sample of 202 confined women in the Department of Sucre, Colombia, selected by non-probabilistic convenience sampling. In addition, cluster analysis models were applied to identify psychological profiles of positive mental health and characterize sociodemographic variables, the selected model was evaluated and validated using the statistical technique of discriminant analysis using Minitab 18 software.

Results and Discussion: A positive mental health differentiation in women is shown from which four psychological profiles of positive mental health could be identified, with scores of 14.10 in profile 1, 11.41 in profile 2, 9.15 in profile 3, and 7.56 in profile 4. The positive mental health factors used showed an ability to discriminate in 92.6% of the cases in the profiles.

Conclusion: The identified profiles are significant and important to characterize psychometric profiles of positive mental health of confined women, which are important results for their diagnosis and the development of public policies for their treatment.

Keywords: Positive mental health, psychological profile, women, cluster analysis, COVID-19, sociodemographic variables.

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