Since the mid-20th century, the study of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) has aimed to identify the distinctive characteristics that enable individuals to acquire new knowledge and skills under their control. The theory of Internal Self-Regulation vs. External-Regulation in Learning (SRL vs. ERL; 2017) has postulated that a large number of self-regulatory variables are mediated by regulated/non-regulated or dysregulated features of the context. After signing their informed consent, a total of 616 university students completed validated instruments of SRL vs. ERL, behavioral regulation (SRB), regulatory teaching (RT), and metacognitive study control strategies (SRS). Using an ex-post facto design and correlation, regression, structural equation model and mediation analyses, the present research aimed to establish multicausal predictive relationships among the analyzed variables. Results indicated positive predictive effects between the external regulation variables on the self-regulation variables in learning [regulation (SRL)/non-regulation (NRL)/dysregulation (DRL)]; as well as positive predictive effects between SRL on SRB, RT and metacognitive SRS. Additionally, external regulation (ERL) not only predicted but mediated numerous relations among the variables studied. Other findings and important considerations for future research in the field of self-regulation are discussed.

This investigation aimed to analyze the predictive differential value of personal (self-regulation, self-efficacy, procrastination) and contextual characteristics (parents’ socio-educational level), regarding academic achievement, among Colombian adolescents. A total of 430 students (from 11 to 18 years old) from both genders filled out validated self-reports and informed their academic achievement. We performed an ex-post-facto design, simple regression analyses, structural equations predictions analyses (SEM), and variance analyses (ANOVAs). The results showed that self-regulation is the most potent personal variable predictive of procrastination and achievement, positively associated with self-efficacy; additionally, the parents’ educational level was also a predictor, although to a lesser level. The female group and the elderly group negatively predicted academic achievement, behaving as modulatory variables of the above results.

The Self-Regulation vs. External-Regulation Theory (2017) has postulated a continuum of regulation/non-regulation/dys-regulation that is present both in the individual and in the individual’s context. This gives rise to a behavioral heuristic that can predict and explain other health-related variables, such as psychological reactance and student health. On a voluntary basis, 269 university students completed validated questionnaires on variables of regulation, reactance and health. Using an ex post facto design, we performed correlational analysis and structural linear regression to build a structural equations model (SEM) with acceptable statistical values. The results showed various predicted relationships: self-regulation was associated with and positively predicted self-regulated health behavior; external health-regulating contexts were associated with and positively predicted self-regulated health behavior; non-regulatory and dysregulatory contexts negatively predicted self-regulated health behavior and students’ health itself, as well as positively predicting psychological reactance behavior. Implications are established for explaining variability in general and health-related self-regulation, as well as for intervening in these variables in health programs.

Se presentan las características de la supervisión clínica conductual abstraídas de un análisis de tipo etnográfico de entrevistas realizadas a 18 supervisores de la primera, segunda y tercera generación de terapias conductuales. Los entrevistados contaban con experiencia de 17 años en promedio (DE = 9.85) como clínicos y 16 años en promedio (DE =10.51) como supervisores. Se utilizó el software Altlas.ti 6.2 para analizar y relacionar las características centrales de la supervisión. Los resultados mostraron la supervisión conductual como categoría central con dos subcategorías axiales: factores que afectan la supervisión y proceso de supervisión. Los procedimientos de enseñanza con mayor fundamentación fueron: la formulación de caso, la discusión teórica, la retroalimentación, el modelamiento y el moldeamiento. Se concluye que la supervisión clínica se conceptualiza como un proceso y no como un resultado, y se discuten las implicaciones para los programas psicología clínica en la formación de futuros terapeutas.

Background: The correlation between academic performance and educational support environments is crucial for student wellbeing, as highlighted by recent educational reports. Aims: This study introduces and validates the Experience of Academic Wellbeing Index (EAWI), designed to assess three dimensions of academic experience: presage (personal and contextual regulation), process (regulation in the teaching–learning process) and product (physical and psychological health). Additionally, the predictive relationship with psychological wellbeing and flourishing was tested. Sample: The sample consisted of 565 university students aged 18–25 from various disciplines, providing a broad base for analysis. Methods: Employing an ex post facto design, participants completed three validated instruments over 3 months and two inventories on psychological wellbeing and flourishing at the end. Structural validity, reliability and predictive analyses (ANOVA and MANOVA) were conducted. Results: The EAWI proved to be a reliable psychoeducational construct, significantly predicting psychological wellbeing and flourishing amongst students. It effectively measured the intended variables, confirming its structural validity. Conclusions: The EAWI is applicable in university settings for assessing and enhancing student academic wellbeing. Its effectiveness in diverse educational contexts warrants further investigation.