La autoeficacia o creencia en la propia capacidad en determinadas situaciones puede ser considerada un concepto vital en el ámbito educativo, puesto que es un elemento que predice de mejor manera el desempeño de la habilidad y del conocimiento personales. Este concepto se inserta dentro de la Teoría Social Cognitiva de Bandura, en la cual se considera al ser humano como un individuo autorganizado, autorreflexivo, autorregulado y comprometido con su desarrollo. Un punto clave en esta teoría es que las personas tienen creencias personales (creencias de autoeficacia), que les permiten ejercitar cierto control sobre sus sentimientos, acciones y pensamientos. Esto quiere decir que el comportamiento de los individuos se ve influido por lo que piensan, creen y sienten. Así, pues, la autoeficacia se convierte en un buen elemento de predicción del comportamiento humano. Las creencias de aut...

Believing in the own capacity or self- effectiveness in certain situations could be considered as a vital concept within the academic field because it can better predict performance than otherwise personal skills and knowledge can do.This concept is inserted within Bandura’s Cognitive Social Theory, which considers the human being as a self-organized, self-reflexive and task-committed individual. A key point in this theory is that people have personal believes regarding their self- effectiveness that allow them to have a certain control on their feelings, actions and thoughts. This means that individuals’ behavior can be influenced by what they think, create and feel. Therefore, self- effectiveness becomes a good predictive of the human behavior. Self- effectiveness believes also have an influence in the way each person acts through cognitive, motivational, affective and selective p...

Believing in the own capacity or self- effectiveness in certain situations could be considered as a vital concept within the academic field because it can better predict performance than otherwise personal skills and knowledge can do.This concept is inserted within Bandura’s Cognitive Social Theory, which considers the human being as a self-organized, self-reflexive and task-committed individual. A key point in this theory is that people have personal believes regarding their self- effectiveness that allow them to have a certain control on their feelings, actions and thoughts. This means that individuals’ behavior can be influenced by what they think, create and feel. Therefore, self- effectiveness becomes a good predictive of the human behavior. Self- effectiveness believes also have an influence in the way each person acts through cognitive, motivational, affective and selective pr...

Believing in the own capacity or self- effectiveness in certain situations could be considered as a vital concept within the academic field because it can better predict performance than otherwise personal skills and knowledge can do.This concept is inserted within Bandura’s Cognitive Social Theory, which considers the human being as a self-organized, self-reflexive and task-committed individual. A key point in this theory is that people have personal believes regarding their self- effectiveness that allow them to have a certain control on their feelings, actions and thoughts. This means that individuals’ behavior can be influenced by what they think, create and feel. Therefore, self- effectiveness becomes a good predictive of the human behavior. Self- effectiveness believes also have an influence in the way each person acts through cognitive, motivational, affective and selective p...

El estudio propone la validación del modelo mediacional de uso de redes sociales para acciones colectivas (MMURSAC), cuyo objetivo es explicar la intención de participar en acciones colectivas presenciales (IPACP), considerando al activismo en línea (AEL) como variable predictora y a la autoeficacia del uso de redes sociales para producir acciones colectivas (AURSAC) como variable mediadora. La muestra estuvo conformada por 293 estudiantes universitarios de dos instituciones privadas de Lima. Para obtener los datos se crearon tres instrumentos: escala de activismo en línea, escala de autoeficacia del uso de redes sociales para producir acciones colectivas y escala de intención de participar en acciones colectivas presenciales. La investigación se inserta dentro de un nivel básico descriptivo y posee un diseño correlacional multivariado. Los resultados mostraron un buen índice de...

Se estudió la relación entre el uso de las plataformas en línea Facebook y YouTube, la conciencia metacognitiva, las estrategias metacognitivas en la lectura y las de aprendizaje y estudio en 463 estudiantes de primeros ciclos en cuatro universidades privadas y una estatal, varones y mujeres (16-23 años). Se desarrollaron escalas para las variables estudiadas y para analizar los hábitos de consumo de plataformas en línea, que presentaron validez y confiabilidad. Los resultados indicaron un mayor uso de la plataforma en línea Facebook, así como bajos niveles en el desarrollo de la conciencia metacognitiva y en el uso de estrategias metacognitivas en la lectura.

Se estudió la relación entre el uso de las plataformas en línea Facebook y YouTube, la conciencia metacognitiva, las estrategias metacognitivas en la lectura y las de aprendizaje y estudio en 463 estudiantes de primeros ciclos en cuatro universidades privadas y una estatal, varones y mujeres (16-23 años). Se desarrollaron escalas para las variables estudiadas y para analizar los hábitos de consumo de plataformas en línea, que presentaron validez y confiabilidad. Los resultados indicaron un mayor uso de la plataforma en línea Facebook, así como bajos niveles en el desarrollo de la conciencia metacognitiva y en el uso de estrategias metacognitivas en la lectura.

This paper is the report of a study about the problems which psychology students have to resolve when they write a thesis for obtaining the degree. In the frame of this study three variables were considered: academic achievement motivation, selfevaluated autoefficacy for writing a thesis, and the will to write her. A sample of´psychology students in the last academic semesters of three privates universities answered the psychometric reactives used for this study. The author comments the relationships between the variables and their intensity.

This cross-sectional study examined the mediating role of three reasoned action approach (RAA) constructs—attitudes, perceived social pressure, and perceived behavioral control—on the relationship between peer networks and intention to consume unhealthy food. The authors examined self-reported data of a sample of 277 adolescents from public and private schools in Lima, Peru. Results revealed a total mediating effect of the reasoned action constructs; yet attitudes and perceived behavioral control, but not perceived social pressure (injunctive and descriptive norms), mediated the relationship between peer network and intention to consume unhealthy food. Explanations for these results are discussed in light of social cognitive theory and Ajzen and Fishbein’s postulates about specific attitudes. Finally, we discuss how school nurses can take advantage of RAA variables to influence foo...

In recent years, political instability in South American countries has led to an increase in violent collective actions. While extensive research has examined normative collective action, fewer studies have investigated its non-normative forms, particularly regarding the comparison of the predictive role of participative and group efficacy in non-normative collective behavior. By analyzing the dynamics between social media, efficacy, and non-normative collective behavior, this study aims to provide insights into the indirect effect of group and participative efficacy in the relationship between political social media use and non-normative collective action. Structural Equation Modeling analysis was done using a sample of 1979 participants from Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Participative efficacy was found to mediate the relationship between political social media use and non-normative colle...

La autoeficacia o creencia en la propia capacidad en determinadas situaciones puede ser considerada un concepto vital en el ámbito educativo, puesto que es un elemento que predice de mejor manera el desempeño de la habilidad y del conocimiento personales. Este concepto se inserta dentro de la Teoría Social Cognitiva de Bandura, en la cual se considera al ser humano como un individuo autorganizado, autorreflexivo, autorregulado y comprometido con su desarrollo. Un punto clave en esta teoría es que las personas tienen creencias personales (creencias de autoeficacia), que les permiten ejercitar cierto control sobre sus sentimientos, acciones y pensamientos. Esto quiere decir que el comportamiento de los individuos se ve influido por lo que piensan, creen y sienten. Así, pues, la autoeficacia se convierte en un buen elemento de predicción del comportamiento humano. Las creencias de aut...

Affective polarization has become a worldwide phenomenon that impacts the ability to engage in meaningful dialogue and reflective consideration of different available courses of action. Social media use has been linked to phenomena such as homophily and echo chambers, which contribute to the polarization of attitudes and beliefs. At the same time, social media use has been tied to collective action. This study seeks to analyze the relationship between the political use of social media, affective polarization, and collective action. It proposes two models: the first evaluates the mediating effect of the SIMCA variables in the relationship between the political use of social media and collective action; the second proposes a pathway whereby the political use of social media and its impact on collective action is mediated first by affective polarization and subsequently by the SIMCA model v...

O estudo busca analisar se as variáveis do Modelo de Identidade Social para Ação Cole-tiva (siMca) mediam a relação entre o uso das redes sociais e a ação ambiental coletiva. A pesquisa utilizou um desenho correlacional multivariado, baseado na análise do mo-delo de equações estruturais (sem), com uma amostra de 259 universitários peruanos. Verificou-se que a eficácia do grupo mediou a relação entre o uso de redes e hábitos contra as mudanças climáticas. Além disso, constatou-se que convicções morais, a raiva, a identificação com os ativistas e a eficácia do grupo mediaram parcialmente a relação entre o uso de redes sociais e a ação coletiva virtual contra as mudanças climáticas. Conclui-se que a conexão entre redes e ação coletiva varia conforme o tipo de ação coletiva ambiental.

This paper is the report of a study about the problems which psychology students have to resolve when they write a thesis for obtaining the degree. In the frame of this study three variables were considered: academic achievement motivation, selfevaluated autoefficacy for writing a thesis, and the will to write her. A sample of´psychology students in the last academic semesters of three privates universities answered the psychometric reactives used for this study. The author comments the relationships between the variables and their intensity.

Se estudió la relación entre el uso de las plataformas en línea Facebook y YouTube, la conciencia metacognitiva, las estrategias metacognitivas en la lectura y las de aprendizaje y estudio en 463 estudiantes de primeros ciclos en cuatro universidades privadas y una estatal, varones y mujeres (16-23 años). Se desarrollaron escalas para las variables estudiadas y para analizar los hábitos de consumo de plataformas en línea, que presentaron validez y confiabilidad. Los resultados indicaron un mayor uso de la plataforma en línea Facebook, así como bajos niveles en el desarrollo de la conciencia metacognitiva y en el uso de estrategias metacognitivas en la lectura.

This paper is the report of a study about the problems which psychology students have to resolve when they write a thesis for obtaining the degree. In the frame of this study three variables were considered: academic achievement motivation, selfevaluated autoefficacy for writing a thesis, and the will to write her. A sample of´psychology students in the last academic semesters of three privates universities answered the psychometric reactives used for this study. The author comments the relationships between the variables and their intensity.

pbusse@ulima.edu.pe, fruizd@ulima.edu.pe

This research aims to analyse the indirect effect of pluralistic attitudes and political distrust on the relationship between relative deprivation and populist attitudes. We conducted a survey on a sample of 3,800 adults from Chile, Colombia, and Peru and performed a mediation analysis using structural equation modelling. The findings showed that political distrust and pluralism have positive and statistically significant indirect effects on the relation between relative deprivation and populist attitudes in these three countries. These findings suggest that perceptions of inequality may contribute to increased political distrust and be associated with pluralistic demands to listen to those perceived as marginalised from power, which ultimately predicts populist attitudes. The study posits that this is a model that may explain the inclusive populism that is often prevalent in Latin Ameri...

El artículo analiza de manera comparada el papel mediador de la identidad social en la relación entre las emociones (positivas y negativas) y la participación en acciones colectivas. La muestra estuvo conformada por estudiantes universitarios de Perú (N = 599; M = 24.5 años) y Chile (N = 592; M = 22.2 años). Para realizar dicho análisis, se estimó un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM). Los resultados demostraron que en los dos países la identidad social mediaba la relación de las emociones positivas y negativas con la acción colectiva; además, las emociones positivas fueron las que marcaron la tendencia a la acción colectiva de los estudiantes. Se concluyó que las emociones predicen la acción colectiva a través de la identificación con un movimiento social, en este caso el estudiantil. Asimismo, se observó que el efecto indirecto de la identidad social era m...

Corrección del artículo (6 de junio de 2022): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01403-w