Satisfacción vital y su correlación con la autoeficacia en estudiantes de undécimo grado de una Institución Educativa del municipio de San José de Cúcuta.

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction in schoolchildren; for this, the first specific objective was to measure the level of self-efficacy; on the other hand, the second was to know the level of vital satisfaction; and finally to correlate these variables. In terms of methodology, it was a study of a quantitative cross-sectional approach and correlational scope, the information of which was collected through two standardized scales, one that assessed life satisfaction and the other the level of overall self-efficacy. For this study participated 68 students of eleventh grade, men and women from 16 to 18 years of age, selected from the total population available; The scales used were the General Self-efficacy (ATG) of Baessler and Schwarzer, and Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin’s Life Satisfaction (SWLS) (1985). The information collected through the instruments was analyzed through Pearson’s linear correlational method, which is designed for quantitative variables, being an index that measures the degree of covariation between different linearly related variables; this process was carried out through the IBM SPSS version 25 program. The results indicated that adolescent students have an average of 30.12, in self-efficacy, equivalent to 75% of the total possible score, being a level, moderate in the scale barometers; on the other hand, the life satisfaction scores indicate that they are satisfied with an average of 25.3, equivalent to 72.3% of the total score possible. Similarly, a significant correlation was found between self-efficacy and life satisfaction in the population studied (r= 0.28, p< 0.05), which means that students with higher levels of self-efficacy generally tend to be more satisfied with life than those with lower levels in this same variable.