Social support, self-efficacy and academic satisfaction of university students during the COVID-19 lockdown

  1. José-Manuel Tomás 1
  2. Melchor Gutiérrez 2
  3. Salvador Alberola 2
  1. 1 Department of Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia (Spain)
  2. 2 Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology. Faculty of Psychology. University of Valencia (Spain). Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010, Valencia (España)
Revista:
ESE: Estudios sobre educación.

ISSN: 1578-7001

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 44

Páginas: 59-80

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.15581/004.44.003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: ESE: Estudios sobre educación.

Resumen

Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo analizar las relaciones entre el apoyo institucional percibido por los estudiantes, el apoyo de los profesores, el apoyo de los compañeros y su satisfacción académica, mediada por su autoeficacia en las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC). Participaron 157 estudiantes que cursaban de primero a cuarto año en diferentes disciplinas de la Universidad de Valencia. Se probaron modelos de ecuaciones estructurales con factores latentes. El modelo final aportó índices de ajuste satisfactorios a los datos observados. Cabe destacar el fuerte efecto directo del apoyo del profesorado sobre la satisfacción académica de los estudiantes, mientras que tuvo menor peso, aunque también significativo, el efecto del apoyo institucional. En conclusión, la figura del docente es de suma importancia para la satisfacción académica de los estudiantes.

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