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Esta investigación evaluó el bienestar subjetivo (BS) y su predicción a partir de la autoeficacia y la satisfacción con algunos dominios de la vida (p.ej., salud, relaciones afectivas, trabajo) en un momento de crisis económica y social en Colombia. 795 estudiantes, profesores y empleados de una universidad respondieron cuestionarios que evaluaban las variables estudiadas. Los resultados mostraron alto BS, elevada auto-eficacia, y satisfacción con la mayor parte de los dominios vitales. Los dominios referidos a relaciones afectivas, futuro y trabajo, y la percepción de auto-eficacia explicaron un porcentaje alto de la varianza del BS. Estos dominios son los más cercanos a la vida emocional. Estas variables explican una alta proporción de la varianza del BS. The study assessed subjective well-being (SWB) and its prediction from self-efficacy and satisfaction in some specific life domains (e.g., health, affective relationships, work), in a Colombian period of social and economical crisis. 795 members (students, faculty, employees) of a private university in Colombia participated in the study. Questionnaires were used to gather relevant information. Results showed high SWB, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with most life domains. Out of these domains, affective relationships, future and work, as well as self-efficacy, explained a high percentage of variance in SWB. These domains are the closest to the individual's emotional lives. In spite of the explained variance, other variables, not considered in this work, must be explored in future researches.

What motives do people prioritize in their social lives? Historically, social psychologists, especially those adopting an evolutionary perspective, have devoted a great deal of research attention to sexual attraction and romantic-partner choice (mate seeking). Research on long-term familial bonds (mate retention and kin care) has been less thoroughly connected to relevant comparative and evolutionary work on other species, and in the case of kin care, these bonds have been less well researched. Examining varied sources of data from 27 societies around the world, we found that people generally view familial motives as primary in importance and mate-seeking motives as relatively low in importance. Compared with other groups, college students, single people, and men place relatively higher emphasis on mate seeking, but even those samples rated kin-care motives as more important. Furthermore, motives linked to long-term familial bonds are positively associated with psychological well-being, but mate-seeking motives are associated with anxiety and depression. We address theoretical and empirical reasons why there has been extensive research on mate seeking and why people prioritize goals related to long-term familial bonds over mating goals. Reallocating relatively greater research effort toward long-term familial relationships would likely yield many interesting new findings relevant to everyday people’s highest social priorities.