In this study, the general objective was to determine the influence of physical activity levels on psychological well-being, psychological distress, and emotional state in college students from Río Cuarto. For this, the quantitative approach was used, with a cross-sectional design, of a simple prospective ex post facto type. A sample of 200 college students was used, who were administered the Physical Activity Questionnaire, short version (IPAQ-SF), the Psychological Well-Being Scale for Adults (BIEPS-A), the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), and the Anxiety and Depression scales of the Derogatis Symptom Inventory, Revised (SCL-90-R). Statistically significant differences were found in the levels of psychological well-being and positive affect, depending on the levels of physical activity reported by the participants. The most active students presented better levels in these t...

Social connectedness is a set of cognitions and representations about oneself in relation to others that translates into a feeling of closeness and belonging to the social environment in which the individual is immersed and towards the people who are part of it. The relationship between social connection, mental health and general well-being has been widely evidenced, so its assessment is extremely important in contexts of clinical intervention as well and research. Based on this, the present work aimed to present the normative scores of the Social Connectedness Scale in Argentinean adults and provide classification criteria. The scale was administered to 1305 Argentineans between 18 and 60 years old, and we proposed norms by age, considering that significant differences were found between groups according to this variable. The 25th and 75th percentiles were proposed as classification cr...