Cristina Liébana-Presa

Psychological distress in health sciences college students and its relationship with academic engagement

OBJECTIVEnTo determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and degree among students from four public universities.nnnMETHODnA non-experimental,comparative correlational, quantitative investigation without intervention.nnnSTUDY POPULATIONn1840 nursing and physical therapy students. The data collection tool used was a questionnaire.nnnRESULTSnA 32.2% prevalence of psychological distress was found in the subjects; a correlation between vigor and psychological distress was found for all of the subjects and also for women. High absorption and dedication scores and low psychological distress scores predicted higher vigor scores.nnnCONCLUSIONnThe risk of psychological distress is high, especially for women. Women seem to have a higher level of psychological distress than men. Vigor, energy and mental resilience positively influence psychological distress and can be a vehicle for better results during the learning and studying process.Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and de...

Co-operative Networks and their Influence on Engagement: A Study with Students of a Degree in Nursing

At present, the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) emphasizes the importance of collaborative learning in University education. Previous studies have found evidence to support collaborative activities; however, none have analyzed the influence of contact networks among students on their engagement and performance. This paper reports an intervention with nursing degree students aimed at facilitating an interdependent network to promote engagement and improve academic performance. The intervention was based on recording a video during a case study. The variables analyzed were network centrality, engagement and performance. The UCINET program was used to analyse social networks. The results showed a more cohesive network after the intervention and a high level of academic performance. The use of contact networks among students could be used as an academic strategy to build bridges between students in the classroom and even between these and students in other classrooms or centres.

Social Networks, Engagement and Resilience in University Students

Analysis of social networks may be a useful tool for understanding the relationship between resilience and engagement, and this could be applied to educational methodologies, not only to improve academic performance, but also to create emotionally sustainable networks. This descriptive study was carried out on 134 university students. We collected the network structural variables, degree of resilience (CD-RISC 10), and engagement (UWES-S). The computer programs used were excel, UCINET for network analysis, and SPSS for statistical analysis. The analysis revealed results of means of 28.61 for resilience, 2.98 for absorption, 4.82 for dedication, and 3.13 for vigour. The students had two preferred places for sharing information: the classroom and WhatsApp. The greater the value for engagement, the greater the degree of centrality in the friendship network among students who are beginning their university studies. This relationship becomes reversed as the students move to later academic years. In terms of resilience, the highest values correspond to greater centrality in the friendship networks. The variables of engagement and resilience influenced the university students’ support networks.

Social Network Analysis and Resilience in University Students: An Approach from Cohesiveness

The Social Network Analysis offers a view of social phenomena based on interactions. The aim of this study is to compare social reality through the cohesion variable and analyse its relationship with the resilience of university students. This information is useful to work with the students academically and to optimise the properties of the network that have an influence in academic performance. This is a descriptive transversal study with 90 students from the first and third year of the Nursing Degree. Cohesion variables from the support and friendship networks and the level of resilience were gathered. The UCINET programme was used for network analysis and the SPSS programme for statistical analysis. The students’ friendship and support networks show high intra-classroom cohesion although there are no differences between the support networks and friendship or minimal contact networks in both of the courses used for the study. The network cohesion indicators show less cohesion in the third year. No correlations were found between cohesion and resilience. Resilience does not appear to be an attribute related to cohesion or vice versa.

Relación entre la inteligencia emocional y el burnout en estudiantes de enfermería

espanolLa resiliencia es la habilidad para adaptarse a los acontecimientos adversos, superarlos y ser capaz de lograr un progreso exitoso a pesar de haber vivido esa situacion traumatica. Las autovaloraciones esenciales son un amplio factor de la personalidad, de orden superior, compuesto por cuatro rasgos: autoestima, autoeficacia, lugar de control interno y neuroticismo. En este trabajo nos planteamos como objetivo principal conocer si existe relacion entre la resiliencia y el amplio factor de personalidad autovaloraciones esenciales; tambien nos planteamos averiguar si hay diferencias por sexo y por edad. Participaron en el estudio 620 estudiantes de bachillerato y universitarios (50% varones) de Leon y de Salamanca (Espana). Los instrumentos de medida fueron la Escala de Ego-Resiliencia y la Escala de Autovaloraciones Esenciales (CSES). Los resultados indican que los estudiantes con puntuaciones mas elevadas en la escala de resiliencia tambien obtienen mejores puntuaciones en autovaloraciones esenciales. Tambien se hallaron diferencias estadisticamente significativas en funcion del sexo: los varones obtienen mas altas puntuaciones en resiliencia y en autovaloraciones esenciales. Las diferencias por edad indican que los mas jovenes obtienen las mas altas puntuaciones en autovaloraciones esenciales. Podemos concluir que los jovenes mas resilientes son aquellos con mayor equilibrio emocional, mas sana autoestima, tienen lugar de control interno y expectativas de autoeficacia mas elevadas. Y los varones jovenes poseen estas cualidades en mayor medida que las mujeres. EnglishResilience is the ability to adapt at adverse events, overcome them and be able to achieve successful progress despite having lived that harmful situation. Core self-evaluations are a broad, higher-order personality factor composed of four personality traits: self-esteem, self-efficacy, internal locus of control and neuroticism. In this paper, we aim to know if there is a relationship between resilience and the broad personality factor called core self-evaluations, we also consider whether there are differences by sex and age. Participants were 620 students and scholars (50% male) from Leon and Salamanca (Spain). The measures were the Ego-Resilience Scale and the Core Self-Evaluations Scale (CSES). The results indicate that students with higher scores on the resilience scale also score higher on core self-evaluations. We found differences statistically significant by sex: men obtained higher scores on resilience and core self-evaluations. Younger students take the highest scores on core self-evaluations. We can concluded that the most resilient young people are those with greater emotional stability, healthier self-esteem, have internal locus of control and higher self-efficacy. In addition, young men have these qualities largely than women.espanolEn este trabajo correlacional nos planteamos averiguar si hay relacion entre la inteligencia emocional y el burnout a consecuencia de los estudios. Participaron 134 estudiantes de enfermeria que cumplimentaron una serie de cuestionarios, la Escala de Inteligencia Emocional de Schutte-SSIE-33 y la Escala de Inteligencia Emocional-EIE-25 para evaluar la inteligencia emocional y el MBI-SS para valorar el burnout academico. Se realizaron analisis de correlaciones, la prueba t de Student y analisis de regresion multiple. Los resultados mostraron que la inteligencia emocional se relaciona positivamente con la dimension de eficacia academica del burnout y explica un 21.7% de su variabilidad. Estudiantes de enfermeria con niveles elevados de inteligencia emocional y de conciencia emocional (dimension de la inteligencia emocional) se perciben mas eficaces en sus estudios, lo que puede traducirse en mayor exito academico en el presente y en un futuro, y en logro profesional consecuentemente. Se necesita mas investigacion sobre los instrumentos de evaluacion de la inteligencia emocional, con los que avanzar mas en el conocimiento de estos constructos con el fin de promocionarlos en el ambito universitario para lograr estudiantes mas exitosos y saludables. EnglishThe aim of this correlational study was identify if there are relationship between emotional intelligence and academic burnout. Participants were 134 nursing students that completed a series of questionnaires: the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale SSEI-33 and the Emotional Intelligence Scale EIS-25 to evaluate emotional intelligence, and the MBI-SS to evaluate academic burnout. We performed a statistical analysis of correlations, the Student’s t-test, and the multiple regression analysis. The results showed that emotional intelligence correlated positively with the burnout dimension of academic self-efficacy and explained 21.7% of variance. Nursing students with high levels of emotional intelligence and emotional conscience (dimension of emotional intelligence) had higher perceptions of academic self-efficacy, which could result in greater present and future academic success, and consequently in subsequent professional success. Further research on emotional intelligence assessment instruments is required in order to gain a deeper understanding of these constructs, to promote these within universities and thus achieve healthier, more successful students.

Cooperative networks and their influence on engagement with nursing students

This paper is part of a research project into innovation in education, undertaken at the [name deleted for review process], with university students from Health Sciences. The aim of the study was to demonstrate how the cooperative networking of students, increasing the engagement and academic outcomes. For this, a teaching methodology was designed where the students had to build a case in video format and establish relationships between them to transfer help, advice and ideas. The network before and after the intervention was measured by applying the method of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and the UCINET software. The engagement was measured with a questionnaire about Commitment (Student Academic Engagement) based on studies by Schaufeli et al, 2002. These results show that (i) the network was broader after intervention, (ii) the degree of connections associated with increased engagement, and (iii) the degree of student satisfaction was high with this teaching methodology.

Malestar psicológico en estudiantes universitarios de ciencias de la salud y su relación con engagement académico

OBJECTIVEnTo determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and degree among students from four public universities.nnnMETHODnA non-experimental,comparative correlational, quantitative investigation without intervention.nnnSTUDY POPULATIONn1840 nursing and physical therapy students. The data collection tool used was a questionnaire.nnnRESULTSnA 32.2% prevalence of psychological distress was found in the subjects; a correlation between vigor and psychological distress was found for all of the subjects and also for women. High absorption and dedication scores and low psychological distress scores predicted higher vigor scores.nnnCONCLUSIONnThe risk of psychological distress is high, especially for women. Women seem to have a higher level of psychological distress than men. Vigor, energy and mental resilience positively influence psychological distress and can be a vehicle for better results during the learning and studying process.Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and de...

Mal-estar psicológico em estudantes universitários de ciências da saúde e sua relação com o Engagement

OBJECTIVEnTo determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and degree among students from four public universities.nnnMETHODnA non-experimental,comparative correlational, quantitative investigation without intervention.nnnSTUDY POPULATIONn1840 nursing and physical therapy students. The data collection tool used was a questionnaire.nnnRESULTSnA 32.2% prevalence of psychological distress was found in the subjects; a correlation between vigor and psychological distress was found for all of the subjects and also for women. High absorption and dedication scores and low psychological distress scores predicted higher vigor scores.nnnCONCLUSIONnThe risk of psychological distress is high, especially for women. Women seem to have a higher level of psychological distress than men. Vigor, energy and mental resilience positively influence psychological distress and can be a vehicle for better results during the learning and studying process.Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and de...