The article presented here is the result of an anthropological approach to urban populations belonging to the middle and marginalized sectors in eight Mexican states, which we carried out for the Secretary of Health in 1994. This research was carried out in parallel to the second National Survey of Health (ENSA-11), seeking to delve into the meanings that mediate the processes of use of the different health services to which these social sectors have access.

The article presented here is the result of an anthropological approach to urban populations belonging to the middle and marginalized sectors in eight Mexican states, which we carried out for the Secretary of Health in 1994. This research was carried out in parallel to the second National Survey of Health (ENSA-11), seeking to delve into the meanings that mediate the processes of use of the different health services to which these social sectors have access.

Academic self-efficacy is a powerful predictor of academic success, yet there are several factors that predispose it. Because of this, an explanatory model is proposed using the self-regulation of academic activities, positive affection, and personality. Hierarchical multiple linear regression was used to support the predictive proposal of the model. The Specific Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale of Academic Situations, The Scale of Positive and Negative Experience, Subscale Self-Regulation of Activities of the Academic Procrastination Scale, and Mini International Personality Item Pool (MINI-IPIP) were used. High correlations were obtained in the self-regulation of activities, positive affection, and personality (extraversion, concientousness and openness to experience) to academic self-efficacy. The final predictive model explained 30.1% of the total variance of academic self-efficacy. In ...