Self-efficacy and Academic Engagement in students of La Salle University in the city of La Paz. A correlational study.

• Debra Valentina Quiroga Gomez Garcia

  , Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación- Universidad La Salle Bolivia

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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8765-9443 (unauthenticated)

• Marissa Pelaez Somoza

  , Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación- Universidad La Salle Bolivia

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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-4448 (unauthenticated)

University life is a period of adaptation, students set new goals and objectives. Therefore, they must present a judgment of their own abilities and need to maintain a persistent motivation for their university studies. Its main objective is to determine the correlation between general self-efficacy and academic engagement in university students at La Salle University. The present investigation is of a descriptive bi-varied correlational type.. The research was carried out with a total of 300 students, by a non-probabilistic convenience sampling. Both the general self-efficacy scale and the academic engagement scale were analyzed with
other sociodemographic variables. Obtaining as a final result that there is a direct positive relationship with a correlation value of 0.230 between general self-efficacy and academic engagement.

1. Debra Valentina Quiroga Gomez Garcia, , Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación- Universidad La Salle Bolivia

   Licenciada en Psicología de la Universidad La Salle. Encargada de asesoramiento y nivelación a niños con dificultades académicas. ORCID. 0000-0002-8765-9443.

2. Marissa Pelaez Somoza, , Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación- Universidad La Salle Bolivia

   Psicoterapeuta cognitivo comportamental. Encargada de consulta de desarrollo personal y género. Docente pre y pos grado. Psicóloga en defensoría de la niñez y adolescencia.
   ORCID. 0000-0003-1979-4448.

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