A proposed protocol for the registration of evidence-based Educational Psychology programs.

The turn to evidence-based interventions is significant for Psychology in general and for Educational Psychology in particular. Although there is a great deal of published evidence for program validation, there is currently no protocol for the evaluation of educational psychology evidence-based intervention programs and there is no General Register of such programs to act as a central information depository. This article has four objectives: (1) To assess the significance of the turn to Evidence-Based Programs in the context of today's Knowledge Society and Research and Development, Transfer and Innovation (R&Di) activities; (2) To provide a Classification of Programs based on the degree of specialization required for appropriate professional use in line with the requirements of the Code of Ethics in Psychology; (3) To tentatively propose a Protocol for the Registration of Evidence-Based Educational Psychology Programs; and (4) Finally, to identify some implications of the protocol. We conclude that there is a need for a General Register of validated programs.

Differential Predictive Effect of Self-Regulation Behavior and the Combination of Self- vs. External Regulation Behavior on Executive Dysfunctions and Emotion Regulation Difficulties, in University Students.

The aim of this research was to establish linear relations (association and prediction) and inferential relations between three constructs at different levels of psychological research - executive dysfunction (microanalysis), self-regulation (molecular level), and self- vs. external regulation (molar level), in the prediction of emotion regulation difficulties. We hypothesized that personal and contextual regulatory factors would be negatively related to levels of executive dysfunction and emotion regulation difficulties; by way of complement, non-regulatory and dysregulatory personal, and contextual factors would be positively related to these same difficulties. To establish relationships, we used a retrospective, ex post facto design, where 298 university students voluntarily participated by completing standardized self-reports. Linear and structural correlational, predictive analyses were performed, as well as inferential analyses. Results were consistent and validated the proposed hypotheses, for both association and prediction. The most important result refers to the discriminant value of the five-level combination heuristic for predicting Executive Function and External (contextual) Dys-Regulation. In conclusion: (1) both personal and contextual regulation factors must be analyzed in order to better understand the variation in executive functions and emotion regulation difficulties; (2) it is important to continue connecting the different levels of the constructs referring to self-regulation, given their complementary role in the behavioral analysis of regulation difficulties.

Resilience as a Buffering Variable Between the Big Five Components and Factors and Symptoms of Academic Stress at University.

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to establish predictive relationships of the Big Five personality factors (according to their self-regulatory level), together with resilience (proactive and reactive factors), for factors and symptoms of academic stress related to teaching and learning in the University context. A total of 405 female undergraduate students were selected, and completed questionnaires that had been previously validated in Spanish University students (Big Five personality factors, resilience, and academic stress symptoms and factors). A linear, ex-post facto design was used, including linear regression, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), and mediational analyses. Specific linear regression showed the expected gradation: that self-regulatory personality factors (conscientiousness, extraversion) were positive linear predictors of proactive resilience, as well as significant negative predictors of stress factors and symptoms of academic stress; while the non-regulatory personality factors (openness to experience, agreeableness) showed little relationship. By contrast, the dysregulatory personality factor (neuroticism) was a negative predictor of proactive resilience, a positive predictor of reactive resilience, and positively predicted academic stress factors in the teaching and learning process, as well as stress symptoms. SEM general analysis showed that personality factors positively predicted resilience, and resilience negatively predicted factors and symptoms of academic stress. Specific mediational model analysis, with each personality factor, confirmed the different mediating relationships that appeared in the linear regression analyses. These results are discussed from the perspective of promoting resilience and healthy personalities in the University context. Implications for addressing academic stress at University are discussed.

Self-Regulation and Regulatory Teaching as Determinants of Academic Behavioral Confidence and Procrastination in Undergraduate Students.

The combination of student Self-Regulation (SR) and the context of Regulatory Teaching (RT), each in varying degree, has recently been demonstrated to have effects on achievement emotions, factors and symptoms of stress, and coping strategies. The aim of the present research study is to verify its possible further effects, on academic behavioral confidence and procrastination. A total of 1193 university students completed validated online questionnaires with regard to specific subjects in their degree program. Using an ex post facto design, multivariate analyses and structural equation modeling (SEM) were carried out in order to test the relationships predicted by the model. SR and RT had a significant joint effect in determining the degree of academic behavioral confidence and of procrastination. Academic behavioral confidence also significantly predicted reasons for procrastinating, and these in turn predicted activities of procrastination. Conclusions are discussed, insisting on the combined weight of the two variables in determining academic behavioral confidence, reasons for procrastinating and activities subject to procrastination, in university students. Implications for guidance and educational support of university students and teachers are analyzed.

Effect of Levels of Self-Regulation and Situational Stress on Achievement Emotions in Undergraduate Students: Class, Study and Testing.

Achievement emotions constitute one important variable among the many variables of students' learning. The aim of this research was to analyze the differential effect of university students' levels of self-regulation (1 = low, 2 = medium and 3 = high), and of their level of perceived stress in three academic situations (1 = class, 2 = study time and 3 = testing), on the type of achievement emotionality they experience (positive and negative emotions). The following hypotheses were established: (1) a higher level of student self-regulation would be accompanied by higher levels of positive emotionality and lower levels of negative emotionality and (2) a higher level of situational stress would predispose higher levels of negative emotionality and lower levels of positive emotionality. A total of 520 university students completed three self-reports with validated inventories. Descriptive, correlational, and structural prediction analyses (SEM) were performed, as well as 3 × 3 ANOVAs, under an ex post facto design by selection. The results showed overall fulfillment of the hypotheses, except for a few specific emotions. Implications for prevention and psychoeducational guidance in the sphere of university education are discussed.

Psicología de la educación e i+d+i: un programa de acción estratégica para el siglo XXI / No disponible

La realidad académica y profesional de la Psicología ha convertido el proceso de realización de Grados, Másteres y Doctorados, en una encrucijada importante. El objetivo de este trabajo es justificar la necesidad de asumir un enfoque integrado, académico y profesional, para la construcción de un modelo científico-tecnológico unitario que sustente la acción psicológica en la sociedad del conocimiento del siglo XXI. En primer lugar, partiendo de los cambios académicos y profesionales que afectan al estatus de la Psicología, se fundamentan los parámetros actuales de la Psicología de la Educación, con especial énfasis en los factores científico-tecnológicos. Después, se repasan los ámbitos profesionales de la Psicología de la Educación, para proponer la actividad en I+D+i como elemento transversal de laPsicología (Escolar y Educativa) para el siglo XXI. Finalmente, se ejemplifican los elementos de una esta nueva área de trabajo, en elámbito de la Psicología Educativa.Se concluye la necesidad de un análisis de la realidad, científico-tecnológica, académica y profesional actual, para la integración dela I+D+i en el status académico y profesional de la Psicología, en general, y la Psicología Educativa, en particular. Para ello, se postula un Programa de Acción Estratégica que articule los retos de la Psicología, como ciencia y como profesión (AU)

Current academic and professional reality in Psychology has brought the pursuit of undergraduate and graduate degrees to an important crossroads. The objective of this study is to justify the need for adopting an integrated approach, both academic and professional, in order to construct a single scientific/technological model that undergirds work in psychology in today’s knowledge-based society. First, beginning with the academic and professional changes that are affecting the field of psychology, we establish a basis of the current parameters of Educational Psychology, giving special emphasis to scientific/technological factors. Next, we review the different professional arenas of Educational Psychology, and propose R&D&I activity as an element common to Educational and School Psychologyfor the 21st century. Finally, we offer examples of the components of this new area of work in Educational Psychology, shared in common with the classic arenas of psychology.We conclude with the need to analyze current reality, in its scientific-technological, academic and professional aspects, in order to incorporate R&D&I into the status quo of Psychology overall, and of Educational Psychology in particular. Toward this end, we postulatea Strategic Action Program which would articulate the challenges facing Psychology as a science and as a profession (AU)