scholarly journals Impact of Emotional Style on Academic Goals in Pandemic Times

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Jessica Paola Palacios Garay ◽  
Jorge Luis Escalante ◽  
Juan Carlos Chumacero Calle ◽  
Inocenta Marivel Cavarjal Bautista ◽  
Segundo Perez-Saavedra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Logistic Model ◽  
Private University ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Social Reinforcement ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Incidence ◽  
Emotional Style

The objective of the present study was to determine the incidence of university students’ emotional style on the dimensions of academic goals (academic goals, learning goals, achievement goals and social reinforcement goals). For this study, 780 students of the fifth and sixth cycle of the Health Sciences School at a private university in Lima were chosen.In this quantitative study, of a substantive type, and a causal correlational cross-sectional non-experimental design, The Emotional Style Questionnaire (ESQ) was administered and for academic goals the questionnaire of the same name (CMA). The results evidenced the significant incidence of emotional style in the academic goals of university students with 72.1%; because the reason of plausibility of the logistic model (p<0.05) fits well with the data (Deviation with p<0.05).

scholarly journals The Impact of Cooperative Learning on University Students’ Academic Goals

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Mendo-Lázaro ◽  
Benito León-del-Barco ◽  
María-Isabel Polo-del-Río ◽  
Víctor M. López-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Social Reinforcement ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
The Impact

Cooperative learning encourages the development of interpersonal skills and motivates students to participate more actively in the teaching and learning process. This study explores the impact of cooperative learning on the academic goals influencing university students’ behavior and leading to the attainment of a series of academic objectives. To this end, a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was used, with a sample of 509 university students from Preschool, Primary and Social Education undergraduate degree courses. Using the Academic Goals Questionnaire (AGQ), pretest and posttest measures were taken via self-reports to evaluate three types of academic goals: learning goals, social reinforcement goals and achievement goals. The results show that cooperative learning is an effective tool for encouraging university students to develop academic goals that motivate them to fully engage with the tasks they are set in order to acquire knowledge and skills (learning goals). In addition, when students are asked to work as part of a team on an autonomous basis without the structure and supervision necessary to ensure a minimum standard of cooperation, they display a greater tendency toward social reinforcement goals than toward learning and achievement goals. These findings contribute new knowledge to the conceptual framework on cooperative learning. Goals may be considered one of the most important variables influencing students’ learning and the use of cooperative learning techniques in university classrooms creates the necessary conditions for encouraging students to develop goals oriented toward learning.

scholarly journals Sociodemographic factors associated with academic goals in university students in times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (33) ◽  
pp. e15114
Author(s):  
Jessica Paola Palacios Garay ◽  
Jorge Luis Escalante Flores ◽  
Juan Carlos Chumacero Calle ◽  
Jaime Tamashiro-Tamashiro
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Experimental Cross ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Descriptive Level

Motivational processes in students are oriented to the fulfillment of academic goals, therefore, it is one of the significant variables of the study, for this, a student-centered approach was adopted. The present research set out to determine the association of sociodemographic factors with the academic goals of university students from a private university; The sample consisted of 1,400 students from the Health career: 659 (47.1%) were male and 741 (52.9%) were female; The approach was quantitative, of the substantive type, descriptive level, under the non-experimental cross-sectional design; a sociodemographic record was used. Regarding academic goals, the CMA questionnaire was administered. The results showed that the academic goals are associated with the variables sex, age, school of origin and hours of study of the students who participated, since the significance was p <0.05. The data obtained allowed to qualify and quantify the importance of motivation as a transcendent component for the fulfillment of the proposed objectives.

The health literacy of university students in North Cyprus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultan Sariyar ◽  
Hülya Firat Kiliç
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
University Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Education ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North Cyprus ◽  
Measurement Tools

Abstract Health literacy is individuals' motivation and ability to obtain, understand, evaluate and use health information. Health literacy is very important during university education when students have the ability to acquire and accumulate knowledge of the best way. The aim of this study was to determine the health literacy of university students. The sample of this descriptive cross-sectional study was composed of 365 students who were first-time visitors at the health center of a private university in Northern Cyprus between May and July 2017. An introductory information form and the Adult Health Literacy Scale (AHLS) were used as data collection tools. The mean AHLS score of the students was found as 13.91 ± 2.90. Health literacy was found to be lower for male students and students with more years of study. The students with low daily alcohol use had higher AHLS scores. The results of the study suggest that curricula should be revised to raise the health literacy of university students to the highest level. It is important to organize conferences, seminars and scientific activities to improving the health literacy of male students and students with more years of study. Due to the limitations of studies of health literacy in North Cyprus, future studies should be conducted with larger samples and different measurement tools.

Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics and Antimalarials Among Sudanese Undergraduate University Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1249-1255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelmoneim I Awad ◽  
Idris B Eltayeb
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
Study Population

Background: In many developing countries, up to 60–80% of health problems are self-medicated. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics and/or antimalarials and identify factors promoting such use among university students in Sudan. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed, using a pretested questionnaire on a sample of 1300 students selected from 5 universities in Khartoum State, Sudan. Results: Eight hundred ninety-one (79.5%; 95% CI 77.0 to 81.8) students from the study population had used antibiotics or antimalarials without a prescription within 1–2 months prior to the study. Four hundred ninety (55%; 95% CI 51.7 to 58.3) of the respondents stated that they had used antibiotics, 39 (4.4%; 95% CI 3.2 to 6.0) had used antimalarials, and 362 (40.6%; 95% CI 37.4 to 43.9) had used both. Overall, self-medication with antibiotics or antimalarials was significantly more common among students 21 years of age or older compared with those 20 years of age or younger (OR 1.55; 95% CI 1.15 to 2.09; p = 0.004) and among students attending private universities compared with those attending public universities (OR 1.42; 95% CI 1.04 to 1.95; p = 0.028). Self-medication with antibiotics followed a simitar pattern, which was significantly more common among students 21 years of age or older (OR 1.36; 95% CI 1.03 to 1.81; p = 0.03) and private university respondents (OR 1.52; 95% CI 1.15 to 2.02; p = 0.003). Self-medication with antimalarials was found to be significantly less common among females (OR 0.76; 95% CI 0.59 to 0.97; p = 0.028) and higher among the 21 years or older age group (OR 1.84; 95% CI 1.42 to 2.40; p < 0.001), The most common reason indicated for self-medication was the respondents’ previous experiences with similar ailments. The main source of drugs was community pharmacies. Conclusions: The prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics/antimalarials among undergraduate university students in Khartoum State is high. Our findings highlight the need for planning interventions to promote the judicious use of antibiotics/antimicrobials.

scholarly journals Personal Factors Associated with Digital Competencies in University Students in the Context of Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 624-637
Author(s):  
José Luis Valdez Asto ◽  
Luciano Pérez Guevara ◽  
Yrene Cecilia Uribe-Hernández ◽  
Willian Sebastián Flores-Sotelo ◽  
José Antonio Arévalo-tuesta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Probabilistic Sampling ◽  
Digital Competencies ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The University

The present research aimed to establish the association between personal factors (age, sex, hours connected and school of origin) and the digital competencies of university students, which have been originated and developed with a greater degree of intensity during the pandemic, generating as a consequence the need for distance education. The study was basic, explanatory, and quantitative, with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 1242 students of the Faculty of Medicine from the tenth to the fourth cycle: 658 males (53.0%) and 584 females (47.0%). A probabilistic sampling by strata was performed and the questionnaire of Gutiérrez et al. (2017), an instrument for the evaluation of the digital competence of the university student with a reliability of 0.997, was used. It was concluded that personal factors are associated with digital competencies in students of a private university because the personal factors of sex, age, school of origin and hours connected to social networks presented p < 0.05. Regarding descriptive results, 52.3% of male students presented ineffective level. Of students aged 22 years or younger, 58.2% presented an ineffective level. It was observed that 57.7% of the students who come from private schools presented an ineffective level, and 57.1% of the students who connect for 3 hours or less presented an ineffective level.

Cyberbullying, Self-concept and Academic Goals in Childhood

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Delgado ◽  
Raquel Escortell ◽  
María Carmen Martínez-Monteagudo ◽  
Alicia Ferrández-Ferrer ◽  
Ricardo Sanmartín
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Motivational Orientation ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Peer Bullying ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Cyberbullying has aroused scientific interest given the impact it has on the lives of young people. The present study proposes to analyze the relationship between self-concept (Self-Description Questionnaire I), academic goals (Achievement Goals Tendencies Questionnaire), and the participation of the roles of victim, bully and bystander in cyberbullying (Cyberbullying. Screening for peer bullying and cyberbullying), by gender and grade. The sample was composed of 548 students (49.8% girls) in 5th and 6th grade of Primary Education (M age = 10.95, SD = 0.7). Logistic regression analyses showed the explicative role of social self-concept and learning goals in the three roles, highlighting the academic self-concept and achievement goals in the victims, as well as the high social reinforcement goals in bullies and bystanders. This relation varied slightly according to gender and grade, being the motivational orientation towards school achievement a protector of victimization in girls and 6th grade students. The findings are discussed, pointing out their involvement in the development of preventive cyberbullying programs in preadolescence.

scholarly journals Prevalence and determinants of smoking in some selected private university students of Dhaka city

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
SA Huq ◽  
SM Hossain ◽  
Mizan Zahid ◽  
SMT Haque ◽  
TG Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
University Students ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Private University ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quit Smoking

This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence and determinants of smoking among some selected private university students of Dhaka city in Bangladesh with sample size of 190. The students were aged between 18 and 26 years with mean age as 22.42 ± 1.820. The majority of the respondents (82.1%) were of the nuclear family and 63.2% were living with their friends. Among the smokers (n=187) 50.5% spent Tk. 91-130 and 26.3% spent Tk. 131-170 for smoking daily. The present study also revealed that 98.4% students were smokers of whom 79.7% started smoking at ages between 13 to15 years. Among them 42.5% smoked 12-16 cigarettes, 27.4% smoked 17-21 cigarettes per day and rest 19.4%, 7.0% and 3.8% were taking 22-26 , 2-6 and 7-11 cigarettes per day. Regarding knowledge on hazards associated with smoking 39% mentioned it was loss of money and 35.2% mentioned lung cancer. The study further revealed that 93% smoked due to peer pressure and 91.4% got intervention to quit smoking. Of them 39.8% received counseling from friends as intervention. A significant association was found from this study between number of cigarette taken per day with living partner (p= 0.000). As smoking kills the smokers, awareness program to be lunched in a way so that people voluntary leaves the habit.Update Dent. Coll. j: 2015; 5 (2): 40-46

scholarly journals ¿PREDICE EL PERFECCIONISMO LAS ALTAS METAS ACADÉMICAS EN ESTUDIANTES CHILENOS DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Nelly G. Lagos San Martín ◽  
Ricardo Sanmartín López ◽  
María E. Urrea-Solano ◽  
María J. Hernández-Amorós ◽  
Lucía Granados Alós ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Predictive Capacity ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Age Range

Abstract.FORECASTING THE PERFECTIONISM THE HIGH ACADEMIC GOALS IN CHILEAN STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION?The scientific work shows the importance of having high academic goals for the achievement of students at all levels of education, which is necessary to delimit those goals, defining the variables that determine them. Hence, the objective of the study was to analyze the predictive capacity of perfectionism over the academic goals in a sample of 479 Chilean higher education students, 237 men and 242 women, with a age range of 19-36 years. Perfectionism was evaluated with the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) and academic goals with the Academic Targets Questionnaire (CEMA). The data were analyzed trough the method of logistic regression which allow us to report that high scores on perfectionism self-criticism predict high goals in social reinforcement and that high scores on self-oriented improvement predict high learning and achievement goals. With these results it is possible to indicate that indeed perfectionism predicts the high goals that this relationship accounts for the way in which the students in the university context.Keywords: Learning goals, Perfectionism, Higher education, Logistic regressionResumen.Los trabajos científicos muestran la importancia de contar con altas metas académicas para el logro de un buen rendimiento escolar de los estudiantes de todos los niveles educativos, motivo por el cual resulta necesario delimitar dichas metas, definiendo las variables que las determinan. Es por ello que el objetivo del estudio fue analizar la capacidad predictiva del perfeccionismo sobre las metas académicas en una muestra de 479 estudiantes chilenos de educación superior, 237 hombres y 242 mujeres, sus edades se ubican en un rango que abarca entre los 19 y 36 años de edad. El perfeccionismo se evaluó con la Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) y las metas académicas con el Cuestionario de Metas Académicas (CEMA). Los datos fueron analizados a partir del método de regresión logística los cuales permiten informar que altas puntuaciones en perfeccionismo auto-orientado a críticas predicen las altas metas en refuerzo social y que altas puntuaciones en perfeccionamiento auto-orientado al esfuerzo predicen las altas metas de aprendizaje y de logro. Con estos resultados es posible indicar que efectivamente el perfeccionismo predice las altas metas académicas y que esta relación da cuenta de la forma en que se configuran las motivaciones de los estudiantes en el contexto universitario.Palabras claves: Metas de aprendizaje, Perfeccionismo, Educación superior, Regresión logística

scholarly journals Prevalence of Insomnia and Its Association with Social Media Usage among University Students in Selangor, Malaysia, 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed A Abdalqader ◽  
Indang Ariati Ariffin ◽  
Hasanain Faisal Ghazi ◽  
Mohammed Faez AboBakr ◽  
Mohd Ariff Fadzil
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
P Value ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Media Usage

Insomnia is an arising common health problem in Malaysia. There are many factors contributed to insomnia in young adults but very few are known. Increasing usage of social media may be one of the contributing factors to insomnia along its association with the sociodemographic factors. The objective of this study was to measure the prevalence of insomnia and to study its association with usage of social media and sociodemographic factors among university students. A cross-sectional based questionnaire was conducted among 445 students aged 18-30 years old in a private university in Selangor from July to August 2018. The questionnaire consisted of three parts to assess insomnia, social media usage and some socio-demographic factors. The age of the respondents ranged from 19 to 33 years old and the majority was relatable to insomnia (69%). The frequency of accessing social media was significantly associated with insomnia (p value=0.005). The time of the day of accessing social media mostly was significantly associated as well with insomnia, especially evening (p value=0.02), night time (p value=0.01) and before sleeping time (p value=0.04). The use of gadgets (phones/laptops/tablets) before sleeping at night also showed significant association with insomnia (p value=0.003). The sociodemographic factors (gender, age, race, income, relationship and living status) showed no significant association with insomnia. As a conclusion, the most influential factors that significantly associated to insomnia among students in a private university were the frequency of accessing social media, time of social media usage (the evening, night and before sleeping), and the usage of gadgets before sleeing on bed.

scholarly journals Associations between Profiles of Self-Esteem and Achievement Goals and the Protection of Self-Worth in University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2218 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Mar Ferradás ◽  
Carlos Freire ◽  
José Carlos Núñez ◽  
Bibiana Regueiro
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
High Learning ◽  
Defensive Pessimism ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals

The high demands of academia and the fear of failure lead some university students to prioritize defending their personal worth through the use of complex strategies such as self-handicapping or defensive pessimism. Adopting a person-centered approach, this study established two objectives: First, to analyze the conformation of different motivational profiles based on the combination of self-esteem and achievement goals (learning, performance approach, and performance avoidance); and second, to determine if the identified profiles differ from one another in the use of self-handicapping and defensive pessimism. A total of 1028 university students participated in the research. Four motivational profiles were obtained: (a) High self-esteem, low learning goals, high performance approach goals, and high performance avoidance goals; (b) high self-esteem, high learning goals, low performance approach goals, and low performance avoidance goals; (c) low self-esteem, low learning goals, high performance approach goals, and high performance avoidance goals; and (d) low self-esteem, high learning goals, high performance approach goals, and medium performance avoidance goals. Profiles (c) and (d) were significantly related to self-handicapping and defensive pessimism, respectively. These results suggest that students with low self-esteem are more vulnerable to self-protection strategies. Additionally, under self-handicapping and defensive pessimism, the achievement goals are slightly different.

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