Emotional State During the Post-Pandemic Period: Psychological Capital and Academic Engagement in University Students

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the relationship between psychological capital and the academic commitment of the university students of Madre de Dios (Peru) during the post-pandemic period. The approach was quantitative, the design was non-experimental and the type was descriptive-correlational of cross-sectional nature. The sample was made of 344 students to whom the Psychological Capital Questionnaire and the UWES-S Scale were applied, instruments with adequate levels of validity based on content and reliability. According to the results, the Spearman’s rho coefficient between the variables psychological capital and academic engagement was 0.786 and the p-value was lower than the significance level (p <0.05). In the same sense, it was determined that the correlation coefficients between psychological capital and the dedication, vigor and absorption dimensions were 0.802; 0.736 and 0.748 respectively, being statistically significant in all cases (p <0.05). Finally, it was concluded that a direct and significant relationship exists between psychological capital and academic engagement