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<journal-id>2215-3535</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Actualidades en Psicología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Act.Psi]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-3535</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-35352016000200025</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/ap.v30i121.24366</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diferencias de la felicidad según sexo y edad en universitarios peruanos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Happiness Differences by Sex and Age in Peruvian University]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Humberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Caycho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tomás]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ventura-León]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Privada del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Privada del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lima ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Privada del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>121</numero>
<fpage>25</fpage>
<lpage>37</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-35352016000200025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-35352016000200025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-35352016000200025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El estudio, descriptivo comparativo, explora las diferencias de la felicidad en jóvenes y adultos peruanos, según el sexo y la edad, a partir de las puntuaciones de la Escala de Felicidad de Lima (Alarcón, 2006). Para ello se contó con la participación de 402 personas, varones (50%) y mujeres (50%), con edades entre 16 y 35 años (Media = 19.59; DT = 3.75) de la ciudad de Lima. Los resultados muestran que las mujeres son más propensas a experimentar cierto grado de felicidad; mientras que las personas del grupo de mayor edad tienen más altas puntuaciones en felicidad que las del grupo de menor edad. Los resultados contribuyen a una mejor comprensión de la felicidad y su relación con variables sociodemográficas vinculadas a la salud y el bienestar. Esto permite, a su vez, contar con información empírica importante para la implementación de acciones destinadas a favorecer el desarrollo de variables positivas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The study, comparative descriptive, describes the differences of happiness in Peruvian youth and adults based on sex and age using the Lima Happiness Scale (Alarcon, 2006). 402 people, male (50 %) and women (50 %), between 16 and 35 years old (mean = 19.59, SD = 3.75) of the city of Lima participated in the study. The results show that women are more likely to experience some degree of happiness; while people of the older age group have higher happiness scores than the younger age group. The results contribute to a better understanding of happiness and its relation to sociodemographic variables related to health and well-being. This provides important empirical information for the implementation of actions to promote the development of positive variables]]></p></abstract>
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