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Preventing academic burnout and desertion is a problem that must be addressed
in university teaching…to counteract these negative effects on university students,
several studies have highlighted the importance of devising learning strategies
that foster academic engagement, as this is a significant component in preventing
academic dropout. It is essential that students express engagement with their
studies since it has been proven that academic engagement not only increases
their probabilities of successfully completing their studies but also improves their
learning during corporate internships. In this line, several studies have underscored
the importance of variables such as academic self-efficacy and emotional
intelligence to improve academic engagement.
The aim of this study was to analyze academic self-efficacy as a mediator between
emotional intelligence and academic engagement.
A non-experimental, cross-sectional, correlational-causal study was designed in
which 1,164 Mexican students participated (Mage=21.21; SD=3.26) (30.0% female;
69.6% male; 0.4% other). The scales of emotional intelligence, academic selfefficacy and academic engagement were used, and a structural equation analysis
with latent variables was conducted.
The results obtained demonstrate that emotional clarity and repair have a positive
and direct effect on academic self-efficacy. In addition, emotional repair predicts
behavioral and emotional engagement. It was also found that academic selfefficacy is an excellent mediator between emotional clarity and repair, and the
dimensions of academic engagement, as it substantially improves behavioral and
emotional engagement while decreasing behavioral and emotional disaffection.
In conclusion, it can be attested that emotional clarity and repair have a direct and
positive effect on academic self-efficacy, as do emotional repair on behavioral
and emotional engagement, and emotional attention on behavioral engagement.
However, academic self-efficacy is an excellent mediator between emotional
intelligence and the dimensions of academic engagement, as it substantially
improves behavioral and emotional engagement while decreasing behavioral and
emotional disaffection. Finally, teachers should present students with different
learning strategies that teach them how to be efficient in their learning and to
understand the feelings they experience, remediating potential negative emotions
derived from frustrations or unattained achievements in order to face future
academic situations.
Mediation of academic self-efficacy between emotional intelligence and academic
engagement in physical education undergraduate students. Adapted from Baños
et al. (2023)
According to the adaptive theory of emotion, what might be one plausible
explanation behind the correlation between academic self-efficacy and
academic engagement?
A) By nature, human beings only choose to engage in activities they are skilled at
B) People are primarily motivated by rewards, so students who get good
grades demonstrate higher academic engagement compared to their lessrewarded peers
C) Praise from teachers associated with academic success produces
positive emotions that motivate students to remain engaged in productive
academic work
D) Adapting to the constantly-changing demands of academic settings
promotes healthy emotional regulation skills
Correct answer is C
According to the adaptive theory of emotion, the purpose of human emotion
is ultimately to help people adapt to and therefore succeed in their individual
environments and circumstances. In other ways, emotions are useful insofar as they
promote both survival and flourishing. The adaptive theory of emotion would likely
explain the correlation between academic self-efficacy and academic engagement
by noting that students who do better at school (socially, academically, gradewise, etc.) tend to be praised, whether that praise comes from parents, teachers,
administrative staff, friends, or others. Those who are praised at school are
subsequently more likely to experience positive emotions as a result of this praise,
which then encourages future academic engagement and the types of modern
“survival skills” that are necessary in the current world: doing well at school. For this
reason, Answer C is the correct choice for this question.
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