María S. Torregrosa

Academic goals and learning strategies in secondary education Spanish students with social anxiety / Metas académicas y estrategias de aprendizaje en estudiantes españoles de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria con ansiedad social

Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between high social anxiety, academic goals and learning strategies in a sample of 2,022 (51.1% male) Spanish adolescents aged 12–16. The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI), Achievement Goal Tendencies Questionnaire (AGTQ) and Learning and Studies Skills Strategies Inventory — High School Version (LASSI-HS) were used to assess the variables. The results showed no statistically significant differences in goal orientations between students with and without high social anxiety. However, students with high social anxiety used learning strategies significantly less. In addition, the logistic regression results indicated that high social anxiety acts as a significant predictor for setting social reinforcement goals and learning and study strategies.

Self-concept and sensation seeking as predictors of sexual behaviors under the influence of drugs among college students / Autoconcepto y búsqueda de sensaciones como predictores de conductas sexuales bajo los efectos de las drogas en universitarios

Los jovenes constituyen una poblacion de alto riesgo frente al VIH / SIDA al ser las conductas sexuales sin proteccion una de las principales vias de transmision en la actualidad. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar en que medida variables cognitivas predisposicionales como el autoconcepto y la busqueda de sensaciones, estan relacionadas con las relaciones sexuales bajo los efectos de las drogas en jovenes universitarios. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 339 estudiantes con edades entre 18 y 29 anos (M = 19.53; DE = 3.27). Los estudiantes cumplimentaron un cuestionario auto-administrado que evaluaba su comportamiento sexual, el consumo de sustancias, el nivel de busqueda de sensaciones y de autoconcepto. Para analizar la capacidad predictiva de estas variables se elaboraron tres modelos de regresion independientes entre si en funcion del tipo de sustancia consumida. El autoconcepto ha resultado ser predictor de las conductas de riesgo bajos los efectos del cannabis y otras drogas, pero no en el caso del alcohol. La busqueda de sensaciones no resulta ser predictora de mantener relaciones sexuales bajo la influencia de las drogas. Abstract Youngsters represent a high HIV-related risk population because unprotected sexual behavior is the mainly cause today. The aim of this study was to assess two cognitive variables, self-concept and sensation seeking, as predictors of sexual risk behavior among college students. The sample included 339 undergraduates aged 18-29 years (M = 19.53; SD = 3.27). The students completed a self-administered questionnaire during the class about their sexual behaviors, drug-taking, and sensation seeking and self-concept scales. Three independent predicting models based on the kind of substance were tested. Self-concept is a predictor of risk sexual behavior under the influence of cannabis and other drugs, but not under the influence of alcohol. Sensation seeking isn’t a predictor of risk sexual behavior under influence of drugs.