Autoeficacia y optimismo en estudiantes universitarios según su espiritualidad y religiosidad y espiritualidad

  1. Félix Arbinaga
  2. Lidia Torres-Rosado
  3. Nehemías Romero-Pérez
  4. María Isabel Mendoza-Sierra
  5. Yojanan Carrasco-Rodríguez
Revista:
Informació psicològica

ISSN: 0214-347X

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 121

Páginas: 29-41

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

La espiritualidad/religiosidad, como factores de regulación verbal, influyen en sobre la manera en que una persona se comporta. En esta investigación se analiza cómo ambas variables interaccionan con la autoeficacia y el optimismo en estudiantes universitarios. Ha participado un total de 121 hombres y 198 mujeres estudiantes universitarios, con una edad media de 22.63 años (DT = 2.834). La espiritualidad fue evaluada mediante la Beliefs and Values Scale, el ateísmo con la Rejection of Christianity Scale, la autoeficacia general mediante la The General Self-Efficacy Scale y el optimismo con el Life Orientation Test. Los resultados indican que tras realizar una regresión lineal las puntuaciones en ateísmo mostrarían una capacidad explicativa del 22.7% sobre la varianza en la autoeficacia general reflejada por los estudiantes; sin embargo, el aporte realizado por la espiritualidad no es significativo. No obstante, es el optimismo quien mantiene la mayor capacidad explicativa (β = .401). Tomando la puntuación total del optimismo como variable dependiente, tanto la espiritualidad como el ateísmo hacen un aporte negativo y no significativo, siendo explicada por la autoeficacia general en un 40.9% de su varianza; el número de actos religiosos a los que se acude durante un mes explicarían el 13% de la varianza obtenida.

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