Positive emotions vs. negatives, as a subject of study, in the university learning-learning processes, based on the 3p and didepro models
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Introduction. There is quite a consensus that commitment involves both behaviors (completing tasks), emotions (belonging) and the maintenance of effort and persistence in school work. Students who are committed and motivated to learn have highly related concepts, have more communities than differences in the measurements of different constructs. I assume the construct in its continuous format, engagement (commitment) vs. bournot (exhaustion) as a variable object of study, existing relationships are established with various motivational variables, of presage (personal self-regulation and academic confidence), of process (learning approaches, coping strategies, self-regulated learning) and of product (performance and academic satisfaction).
Method. A total of 250 students from the University of Almeria (Spain, corresponding to the second and fourth years of the Bachelor's and Bachelor's degrees, respectively) participated in this research. For the evaluation of the engagement-bournout construct, a validated Spanish version of the Marlach Bournout Inventory Survey -Utrech Work Engegement Scale for Students was used. The completion of the questionnaires was done anonymously, in class and in different weeks. An ex post facto research design was used. The analyzes carried out in relation to the objectives and hypotheses proposed were of association (Pearson bivariate correlations).
Results It seemed an association relationship, positive and significant, between personal self-regulation and academic confidence (especially, in some of its components) with engagement, as well as negative with bournout.
Discussion and Conclusions. The results confirm two aspects. On the one hand, the relevance of the 3P and DIDEPRO models, as consistent heuristics for the analysis of the university teaching-learning process, in the aspect of studying the emotions of the students. On the other, the importance of positive emotional (engagement) vs. negative (bournout), associated with other classic motivational constructs analyzed.
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