ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

In the present investigation, the objectives are to describe the levels of Quality of Life of Colombian university students and analyse the relationships between the sociodemographic variables (sex and age) studied and the levels of Quality of Life of Colombian university students. A total of 1641 university students of both sexes (61.2% of men and 38.8% of women), aged between 17 and 18 years (M = 17.60 years; SD =,49) participated in this research), analysing the dimensions of the quality of life of the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire based on the sociodemographic variables sex and age. The main results of this study are that the best valued dimensions of quality of life are the school environment, psychological well-being, the relationship with parents and family life, self-perception and social acceptance. The boys present superior values in the dimensions of quality of life, physical well-being, self-perception, Autonomy and Economic Resources. Finally, 17-year-old subjects have higher values in the dimensions of physical well-being and school environment.