Academic and cognitive-affective factors as predictors of the intention to graduate with a thesis in Psychology students; [Facteurs académiques et cognitivo-affectifs comme prédicteurs de l’intention d’être diplômé avec une thèse pour les étudiants en psychologie]; [Fatores acadêmicos e cognitivo-afetivos como preditores da intenção de obter a licenciatura com dissertaçao em estudantes da psicologia]

Capa-Luque W.; Vallejos-Flores M.Á.; Livia Y.P.; Mayorga-Falcon L.E.; Bello-Vidal C.; Guerra E.H. · Revista de Psicologia (Peru) (2022) · DOI: 10.18800/psico.202201.007

Resumen

A predictive model of the intention to graduate with a thesis, based on academic and cognitive-affective factors, is examined in a sample of 198 students from the first to the fifth year of psychology. The structural model tested by Path Analysis presented an adequate adjustment (CFI >.95 and RMSEA <.08), observing that engagement and attitude towards statistics indirectly regulate the intentionality of a thesis, while self-efficacy and methodological competencies have direct effects on intentionality. When there are adequate methodological competencies, the prognosis for doing a thesis is 82.6%, while a favorable attitude towards statistics forecasts 80.6% of the interest of graduating with a thesis.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal