Tomando en cuenta doce índices de factores asociados con la deserción en estudiantes universitarios, fue sometido a prueba un modelo hipotético de factores internos, externos y bilaterales, con base en datos de una muestra conformada por 359 estudiantes de una universidad pública en el noroeste de México. El análisis factorial confirmatorio derivó la estructuración de tres factores principales asociados con la deserción, la cual concuerda con el modelo teórico planteado por los autores: 1. Factores Internos al Alumnos (FIA), 2. Factores Externos al alumno (FEA), y 3. Factores Bilaterales (FB). Se obtuvo validez convergente y divergente de constructos, con parámetros significativos para p < 0.001, asimismo, se consiguió un modelo confirmatorio con aceptable bondad de ajuste (X2 = 151.94; p = .00001; CFI = .91; RMSEA = .089; intervalo de confianza al 90% de RM...

Introduction: School dropout represents a problem among higher education institutions, that prevails and affects the professional development of students. Objective: Prove relations between demotivation, teaching skills, satisfaction of academic expectations and tutoring in a University in a South of Sonora, México. Method: A scale of factors associated with dropping out was used (Tutoring Scale, Scale of Satisfaction of Academic Expectations, Scale of Teaching Competencies and Scale of Motivation), applied to 359 students from 6 different professions, chosen at random where 161 were men, 191 women, aged from 18 to 51 years old. Results: Tutoring, academic expectations satisfaction and teaching competences had a positive and significative covariances among these constructs. Regarding the demotivation factor, it was appreciated a negative covariance with the remaining constructs, wh...

Introduction: School dropout represents a problem among higher education institutions, that prevails and affects the professional development of students. Objective: Prove relations between demotivation, teaching skills, satisfaction of academic expectations and tutoring in a University in a South of Sonora, México. Method: A scale of factors associated with dropping out was used (Tutoring Scale, Scale of Satisfaction of Academic Expectations, Scale of Teaching Competencies and Scale of Motivation), applied to 359 students from 6 different professions, chosen at random where 161 were men, 191 women, aged from 18 to 51 years old. Results: Tutoring, academic expectations satisfaction and teaching competences had a positive and significative covariances among these constructs. Regarding the demotivation factor, it was appreciated a negative covariance with the remaining constructs, wh...