The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model
IntroductionAn academic environment with continuously more demanding tasks requires students to capitalize on their strengths to meet the challenges and engage in learning experiences. Engaged students are deeply involved in their work, are strongly connected with their studies, and are more success...
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| description | IntroductionAn academic environment with continuously more demanding tasks requires students to capitalize on their strengths to meet the challenges and engage in learning experiences. Engaged students are deeply involved in their work, are strongly connected with their studies, and are more successful in academic tasks. The present study aimed to test a model in that core self-evaluations (CSE) predicts academic engagement (AE) directly and indirectly by increasing personal resources (i.e., psychological capital; PsyCap) in the case of two different samples, Romanian and Serbian.MethodsData were collected through three online questionnaires from 672 undergraduate students (Romania – 458; Serbia – 214).ResultsThe findings confirmed that CSE was positively related to PsyCap, which was positively associated with AE, and PsyCap mediates the relationship between the two variables in both samples. A positive evaluation of one’s characteristics (high CSE) mainly affects the cognitive and emotional mechanism of appraising the academic-related tasks one encounters (high PsyCap), ultimately shaping their motivation and engagement.DiscussionThese results pointed out the importance of the CSE and PsyCap that support each other and increase students’ AE, explaining the mediating mechanism of PsyCap. Also, they provide insight into the students’ engagement from two different cultural and educational contexts, being helpful to universities in their effort to increase students’ engagement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54c6da70ceee46d9a0f6e840d554bba42023-07-19T06:32:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-07-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11896651189665The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation modelRamona Paloș0Elena Mirela Samfira1Delia Vîrgă2Daliborka Purić3Department of Psychology, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, RomaniaTeacher Training Department, University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timișoara, Timișoara, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, RomaniaFaculty of Education in Užice, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaIntroductionAn academic environment with continuously more demanding tasks requires students to capitalize on their strengths to meet the challenges and engage in learning experiences. Engaged students are deeply involved in their work, are strongly connected with their studies, and are more successful in academic tasks. The present study aimed to test a model in that core self-evaluations (CSE) predicts academic engagement (AE) directly and indirectly by increasing personal resources (i.e., psychological capital; PsyCap) in the case of two different samples, Romanian and Serbian.MethodsData were collected through three online questionnaires from 672 undergraduate students (Romania – 458; Serbia – 214).ResultsThe findings confirmed that CSE was positively related to PsyCap, which was positively associated with AE, and PsyCap mediates the relationship between the two variables in both samples. A positive evaluation of one’s characteristics (high CSE) mainly affects the cognitive and emotional mechanism of appraising the academic-related tasks one encounters (high PsyCap), ultimately shaping their motivation and engagement.DiscussionThese results pointed out the importance of the CSE and PsyCap that support each other and increase students’ AE, explaining the mediating mechanism of PsyCap. Also, they provide insight into the students’ engagement from two different cultural and educational contexts, being helpful to universities in their effort to increase students’ engagement.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189665/fullcore self-evaluationspsychological capitalacademic engagementpersonal resourceshigher education |
| spellingShingle | Ramona Paloș Elena Mirela Samfira Delia Vîrgă Daliborka Purić The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model Frontiers in Psychology core self-evaluations psychological capital academic engagement personal resources higher education |
| title | The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model |
| title_full | The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model |
| title_fullStr | The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model |
| title_full_unstemmed | The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model |
| title_short | The core self-evaluations, psychological capital, and academic engagement: a cross-national mediation model |
| title_sort | core self evaluations psychological capital and academic engagement a cross national mediation model |
| topic | core self-evaluations psychological capital academic engagement personal resources higher education |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1189665/full |
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