Big Five, Self-Regulation, and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Achievement Emotions in Undergraduate Students

Authors

Jesús de la Fuente, University of Navarra & University of AlmeríaFollow
Paola Paoloni, National University of Río CuartoFollow
Douglas Kauffman, Medical University of the Americas
Meryem Yilmaz Soylu, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Paul Sander, Teesside UniversityFollow
Lucía Zapata, Private Practice, Educational PsychologistFollow

ORCID IDs

Jesús de la Fuente

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2020

Citation

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 3602; doi:10.3390/ijerph17103602

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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license

Abstract

The study focused on the analysis of linear relations between personality, self-regulation, coping strategies and achievement emotions. The main objective was to establish a model of linear, empirical, associative to infer needs and proposals for intervening in emotional health in the different profiles of university students. A total of 642 undergraduate students participated in this research. Evidence of associative relations between personality factors, self-regulation and coping strategies was found. The neuroticism factor had a significant negative associative relationship with Self-Regulation both globally and in its factors; especially important was its negative relation to decision making, and coping strategies focused in emotion. The results of Structural Equation Model showed an acceptable model of relationships, in each emotional context. Results and practical implications are discussed.