International Journal of Educational Psychology

Analysis of Occupational Well-Being in Residential Care Homes in Spain

2024-10-04T13:52:29+02:00

Professionals working in residential care homes for children and young people face challenges that affect their well-being at work and psychosocial climate. This study analyses the influence of work climate and psychosocial factors on the well-being of 164 workers in residential care centres in Spain, using the Psychosocial Climate at Work Scale (ECPT) and the FPSICO 4.1 questionnaire. Data analysis includes descriptive statistics, correlations and linear regressions to create predictive models. The results indicate that factors such as managerial role, experience in the social sector and external supervision contribute to a better psychosocial work climate. These findings highlight the importance of effective leadership from administrations and management teams, which favours a healthy environment for professionals. They also underline the need to establish staff retention mechanisms and to provide external supervision as additional support. Finally, it is recommended to implement socio-educational programmes focused on well-being at work that not only improve the psychosocial climate, but also increase the satisfaction and performance of workers, thus promoting an environment that favours the efficiency and well-being of the staff in residential care homes for children and young people.

Self-Assessment of Teamwork in Higher Education: Adaptation and Validation of the CATME-S to Spanish Version

2024-06-04T10:52:19+02:00

Teamwork is one of the transversal skills to be acquired for an integral performance in life. Thus, higher education must address it effectively, but one of the great challenges of competence-based learning in higher education is the measurement of their acquisition. For this reason, to ensure an adequate competence acquisition, reliable instruments adapted to the particular context are needed. In this sense, one of the most used instruments to measure said competence is not translated or validated in Spanish. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness–Short (CATME-S) questionnaire on teamwork competence in a self-assessment version in a university population in the Basque Country. This research began with the questionnaire’s back-translation and adaptation by two experts in educational research. The study involved 949 students pursuing bachelor’s degrees in physical activity and sports sciences and primary education at a university in the Basque Country, Spain (381 women and 568 men aged 17–24 years: M = 20.5; SD = 1.5). A confirmatory factor analysis returned adequate goodness-of-fit indices, confirming the validity of the CATME-S scale measurement model. Therefore, it may be concluded that it represents a suitable tool for self-assessing teamwork competence in university students in the Basque Country.

Self-Esteem and Family Communication as Predictors of Satisfaction with Studies in University Students from the Southern Region of Peru

2024-11-15T19:23:48+01:00

Family and personal factors play an essential role in the satisfaction with the studies of university students. In this sense, the objective of this research was to determine if self-esteem and family communication predict satisfaction with studies in university students from the Puno Region, Peru. The methodology consisted of a cross-sectional and predictive design; 538 Peruvian university students of both sexes participated (69.1% men and 30.09% women) in 2022, whose ages ranged between 17 and 37 years (M = 20.43 and SD = 3.22). The instruments used were the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, the Olson Family Communication Scale (FCS), and the Merino Satisfaction Scale with the study. The results show that the proposed model had a good fit (X2 = 582.26, df = 224, p < .001, TLI = 941, CFI = .948, RMSEA = .055, RMR = .041), evidencing that self-esteem and family communication significantly predict (p < .001) satisfaction with the studies. In the discussion it is observed that self-esteem and family communication are significant predictors of satisfaction with studies in university students. Therefore, strategies to improve satisfaction with studies should be aimed at improving the self-esteem and communication of university students.

Academic Resilience and Interrelationships to Special Education Needs of Students in Fourth Grade

2025-01-29T18:02:19+01:00

In common understanding, resilience enables students to withstand adverse conditions. Resilient students achieve moderate to good educational outcomes in spite of high risks. To foster academic resilience, a deep understanding of risk and resources, their interplay and moderating effects is essential. We aim to achieve this goal by using hidden (latent) Markov modelling (HMM) to (1) identify risk and resilience in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) sample for Germany 2016 and (2) reflect on the interdependences between these factors. Furthermore, special educational needs (SEN) are introduced as a variable for post hoc analysis. A four-class solution was established and factors favoring resilience could be identified. Post hoc analyses of class allocations show that students with SEN are less likely being allocated to classes with high socio-economic resources and above average academic achievements than students without SEN.