The research was aimed analyze the validity and reliability of the MOS Social Support Sherbourne and Stewart (1991) to patients with cancer in Trujillo. Study instrumental. The simple consisted of 100 patients diagnosed with cancer, aged 18 and both sexes. The instrument used was the Questionnaire MOS Perceived Social Support (MOS), developed by Sherbourne and Stewart (1991), and a data sheet designed for the study purposes. The techniques used were Cronbach’s alpha for reliability and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of principal axes for validity. The results achieved a high level of reliability (

La investigación tuvo como propósito analizar la validez y confiabilidad del cuestionario MOS de Apoyo Social de Sherbourne y Stewart (1991) a pacientes con cáncer de Trujillo. Estudio de tipo instrumental. La muestra estuvo conformada por 100 pacientes con diagnóstico de cáncer, mayores de 18 años y de ambos sexos. El instrumento utilizado fue el Cuestionario MOS de Apoyo Social Percibido (MOS), desarrollado por Sherbourne y Stewart (1991), y una ficha de datos diseñada para fines del estudio. Las técnicas de análisis fueron el alfa de Cronbach para la confiabilidad y el analisis factorial exploratorio (AFE) de ejes principales para la validez con rotación Promáx. Se logró un nivel elevado de confiabilidad ( =.94) y un modelo de tres factores (54.240% de la varianza total): informacional, afectivo e instrumental. El estudio concluyó en un adecuado nivel de confiabilidad y v...

This study had the objective to identify the differences by gender and kind of school in interpersonal communication, the sample comprised of 181 university students, the study design was descriptive and comparative, the questionnaire was used interpersonal communication of Reyes (1996), extracted the validity and reliability for the study, the results show no statistically significant differences by gender and type of school in interpersonal communication, it highlights the need for studies on interpersonal communication in Latin America related to social and technological.

This study had the objective to identify the differences by gender and kind of school in interpersonal communication, the sample comprised of 181 university students, the study design was descriptive and comparative, the questionnaire was used interpersonal communication of Reyes (1996), extracted the validity and reliability for the study, the results show no statistically significant differences by gender and type of school in interpersonal communication, it highlights the need for studies on interpersonal communication in Latin America related to social and technological.

The present study aimed to establish the relationship between ways of coping with stress and psychological well-being. A sample of 934 university students from Lima and Huancayo, 16 to 22 years old, was used. Two were the instruments applied: the COPE Inventory (Carver, Scheir y Weintraub, 1989), about coping with stress strategies, adapted to peruvian context. And the Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB), by Carol Ryff (1989), adapted to Peruvian context by Leal and Silva (2010). The results showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between problem-focused and emotion- focused coping with stress strategies and psychological well-being, while other coping strategies obtained a significant but indirect relationship.

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo establecer la relación entre los modos de afrontamiento al estrés y el bienestar psicológico. Se evaluó a 934 estudiantes universitarios de Lima y Huancayo, con edades entre 16 y 25 años, a quienes se les aplicó la Escala de Modos de Afrontamiento al Estrés (COPE) diseñado por Carver, Scheir y Weintraub (1989) adaptado al contexto peruano y la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico (SPWB), propuesta por Carol Ryff (1989), adaptada al contexto peruano. Los resultados mostraron que existe una relación directa y significativa entre el modo de afrontamiento al estrés centrado en el problema y la emoción con el bienestar psicológico, mientras que otros estilos de afrontamiento guardan una relación significativa, pero indirecta.