Relationship between perceived environmental mastery and self-efficacy in university students

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Published: Sep 1, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n1.v5.1613
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environmental mastery self-efficacy psychological well-being students higher education

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Carlos Freire Rodríguez
Universidade da Coruña
María del Mar Ferradás Canedo
Universidade da Coruña

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Perceived environmental mastery is one of the core dimensions of psychological well-being.
Environmental mastery refers to the degree to which the person feels responsible for the events that occur in his/her life and, therefore, he/she is competent to choose and create enabling environments to meet his/her own personal development needs. The present work analyzes the relationship between this dimension of psychological well-being and the motivated behavior in university students. Specifically, it is studied if the degree (low, medium, or high) of perceived environmental mastery influences the students

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Freire Rodríguez, C., & Ferradás Canedo, M. del M. (2019). Relationship between perceived environmental mastery and self-efficacy in university students. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 5(1), 381–390. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n1.v5.1613
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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019): HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
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Carlos Freire Rodríguez, Universidade da Coruña

Departamento de Psicología

María del Mar Ferradás Canedo, Universidade da Coruña

Departamento de Psicología

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