Abstract

RIVERA-LEDESMA, Armando; CABALLERO SUAREZ, Nancy patricia; PEREZ SANCHEZ, Ivonne Nalliely  and  MONTERO-LOPEZ LENA, María. SCL-90 R: Psychological Distress, Gender and Risky Behaviors. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.1, pp.105-118. ISSN 1657-9267.

Based on a probability sample of 466 Mexican college students, we want to find out if there is a relationship between psychological distress and risky behavior (drug-consuming, sexual behavior or both) between men and women. Results show that psychological distress presents more differences with women who consume drugs, tobacco and alcohol and who present behaviors which combine sex and alcohol more than men. Men with occasional sexual activity preset more distress than those who don't show this behavior. To begin, we explore the factorial structure of SCL-90-R observing the same results of those obtained by other researchers. It seems that the factor analysis doesn't support the structure proposed by the authors of the instrument.

Keywords : SCL-90-R; distress; gender; substance abuse; sexual risk behaviors; Health Psychology; Quantitative Research; Psychometry; Mexico.

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