Life Satisfaction and Academic Engagement in Chileans Undergraduate Students of the University of Atacama

Carmen Burgos-Videla (), Ricardo Jorquera-Gutiérrez, Eloy López-Meneses and Cesar Bernal
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Carmen Burgos-Videla: Department of Primary Education, Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Education, Vice-Rectory for Research and Postgraduate, University of Atacama, Copiapó 1530000, Chile
Ricardo Jorquera-Gutiérrez: Department of Psychology, University of Atacama, Copiapó 1531772, Chile
Eloy López-Meneses: Department of Education and Social Psychology, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Seville, Spain
Cesar Bernal: Department of Education Sciences, Language, Culture and Arts, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28032 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-12

Abstract: The growing problem of mental health in the university population, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, has generated the need to consider positive variables to address this situation. Life satisfaction and academic engagement are two constructs that emerge as conceptual tools oriented in this direction. The present study sought to describe the effect of academic engagement on life satisfaction in a sample of Chilean university students. A cross-sectional co-relational design was used. A total of 370 university students participated, 72.4% female and 27.6% male, aged beitive effect of engagement on life satisfaction was demonstrated, where the dimensions vigor (β = 0.462; p < 0.01) and dedication (β = 0.465; p < 0.01) acted as significant predictors (χ 2 = 87.077, gl = 32, p < 0.01; χ 2 /gl = 2.721; CFI = 975; TLI = 0.964; RMSEA = 0.068). The proposed model showed factorial invariance according to sex. The usefulness of employing these constructs as a way to manage the well-being and mental health of students in university institutions is discussed.

Keywords: digital competencies; latent class analysis; latent class models; technology consumption; data analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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