Construcción y validación de un modelo multidimensional de ajuste de los jóvenes al contexto universitario
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Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias
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Este artículo presenta un modelo de interacción de variables personales y contextuales en la predicción del rendimiento y del desarrollo psicosocial de estudiantes universitarios. La muestra fue constituida por 560 estudiantes de primer año de la Universidad do Minho. Los resultados del path analysis sugieren que, a pesar de que las expectativas iniciales de implicación académica de los alumnos, representan un índice efectivo de su implicación en la vida universitaria, y que el clima social del aula afecta a los niveles de implicación, bienestar y satisfacción obtenidos, esas relaciones no fueron lo suficientemente fuertes para influir en los resultados de las variables criterio del modelo. El rendimiento académico fue determinado por la nota de acceso a la Universidad y el desarrollo psicosocial por los niveles de autonomía en el momento de ingreso. Pese a la necesidad de una mayor investigación, los resultados alertan sobre la importancia de las características preuniversitarias de los alumnos en la configuración de sus procesos de adaptación.
This article presents a model of interaction of personal and contextual variables in the prediction of academic performance and psychosocial development of Portuguese college students. The sample consists of 560 first-year college students of the University of Minho. The path analysis results suggest that initial expectations of the students’ involvement in academic life constituted an effective predictor of their involvement during their first year; as well as the social climate of the classroom influenced their involvement, well-being and levels of satisfaction obtained. However, these relationships were not strong enough to influence the criterion variables integrated in the model (academic performance and psychosocial development). Academic performance was predicted by the high school grades and college entrance examination scores, and the level of psychosocial development was determined by the level of development showed at the time they entered college. Though more research is needed, these results point to the importance of students’ pre-college characteristics when we are considering the quality of their college adjustment process.
This article presents a model of interaction of personal and contextual variables in the prediction of academic performance and psychosocial development of Portuguese college students. The sample consists of 560 first-year college students of the University of Minho. The path analysis results suggest that initial expectations of the students’ involvement in academic life constituted an effective predictor of their involvement during their first year; as well as the social climate of the classroom influenced their involvement, well-being and levels of satisfaction obtained. However, these relationships were not strong enough to influence the criterion variables integrated in the model (academic performance and psychosocial development). Academic performance was predicted by the high school grades and college entrance examination scores, and the level of psychosocial development was determined by the level of development showed at the time they entered college. Though more research is needed, these results point to the importance of students’ pre-college characteristics when we are considering the quality of their college adjustment process.
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Soares, Ana Paula, & Guisande, M. Adelina, & Diniz, António M., & Almeida, Leandro S. (2006). Construcción y validación de un modelo multidimensional de ajuste de los jóvenes al contexto universitario. Psicothema, 18(2),249-255
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