The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between depression, emotional exhaustion, self-esteem, satisfaction with studies, academic self-efficacy, and the use of virtual media in Peruvian university students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A total of 569 college students (61.9% female), with a mean age of 21.73 years (standard deviation = 4.95), responded to the following questionnaires: Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, Single Item Self-Esteem Scale, Brief Scale of Satisfaction with Studies, Scale of Use of Virtual Media, Patient Health Questionnarie-2, and Single Item of Academic Emotional Exhaustion. Correlation statistics, regression models, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used for data analysis. The results demonstrated a direct and significant correlation between virtual media use, academic self-efficacy, self-esteem, depression, and emotional exhaustion (p < .01). In addition, satisfaction with studies (β = −0.13), academic self-efficacy (β = −0.19), self-esteem (β = −0.14), and emotional exhaustion (β = 0.19) predicted depression significantly, whereas virtual media use (β = 0.17), study satisfaction (β = 0.09), and depression (β = 0.20) predicted emotional exhaustion associated with academics. The SEM model indicated that self-esteem, satisfaction with studies, and academic self-efficacy negatively predict depression, whereas academic self-efficacy positively predicts virtual media use. Finally, both virtual media use and depression positively predict emotional exhaustion. This model presents optimal goodness-of-fit indices (X² = 8.926, df = 6, p = .178; comparative fit = .991, Tucker–Lewis = .979, root mean square error of approximation = .029 [confidence interval 90% = .000–.067], standardized root mean square residual = .022). Thus, academic self-efficacy, self-esteem, satisfaction with studies, and virtual media use predict depression and emotional exhaustion among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the emotional impact of COVID-19 on university students, the goal was to explore the relationship between anxiety, depression, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction among pre-professional interns. The research was carried out using an explanatory cross-sectional design, with the participation of 1011 pre-professional interns of 13 health networks from the department of Puno (Peru). Data were collected using the Satisfaction with Life Scale, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2, Patient Health Questionnaire 2, and the Psychological Wellbeing Scale. The main data analysis was carried out using the R statistical software, and implementing the confirmatory factor analysis technique, which evidenced that the explanatory model provides an acceptable value. Based on the above, a negative relationship between depression and life satisfaction, (β = −.60, p < .001) and a positive relationship between anxiety and life satisfaction (β = .28, p < .001) was shown, in addition to a mediating effect of the psychological wellbeing related to depression and life satisfaction (p < .001). In conclusion, life satisfaction is explained concerning the degree of depression and anxiety, as well as the moderating effect of psychological well-being. Despite that, there is an urgent need to take preventive actions to strengthen the mental health of the pre-professional health interns, who have also been providing support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar el efecto de la gestión educativa sobre el desempeño docente en profesores de Educación Básica Regular del departamento de Puno, durante la Pandemia COVID-19. Corresponde a una investigación de enfoque cuantitativo, alcance explicativo y diseño no experimental, que contó con la participación de 650 docentes de 10 Unidades de Gestión Educativa Local, a quienes se les aplicó una escala de percepción de la gestión educativa y un cuestionario de autoevaluación del desempeño docente, ambos válidos y confiables; los análisis se realizaron en base a un nivel de significancia del 5% y nivel de confianza del 95%. Los resultados dan cuenta de una correlación directa y significativa entre la variable gestión educativa y desempeño docente (r = .623, p < .05), de igual forma con las dimensiones gestión institucional (r =.523, p < .05), Gestión pedagógica (r =.499, p < 0.05), Gestión administrativa (r =.611, p < .05) y Gestión comunitaria (r = .514, p < .05). Aunado a esto, el modelo de regresión lineal múltiple explica el efecto que tiene la variable gestión educativa y sus dimensiones, sobre el desempeño docente en los profesores de Puno. Se concluye que la gestión educativa, que puede ser entendida como el fortalecimiento de los Proyectos Educativos y el enriquecimiento de los procesos pedagógicos con el fin de responder a las necesidades educativas locales y regionales, es un factor determinante que explica el nivel de desempeño que logran los profesores de Educación Básica Regular de Puno durante la Pandemia COVID-19.

The objective of this study was to determine if religiousness and spirituality predict life satisfaction among Peruvian citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a non-experimental, predictive and cross-sectional study with a sample of 734 people of both sexes (39.5% males and 60.5% females) between 17-75 years of age (M = 32.05). To measure the variables, the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were used. A multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the variables that best predict life satisfaction, finding that the spirituality variable explains 10.7 % of the total variance of the life satisfaction variable. In summary, a positive and significant correlation between spirituality and life satisfaction is identified (r = .328, p < .01).

El objetivo del presente estudio es determinar la eficacia de un programa de intervención para desarrollar la inteligencia emocional en un grupo de riesgo. La metodología implica un diseño cuasi experimental, con grupo intacto, el mismo que fue sometido a una evaluación antes y después de una intervención. La población consta de 33 adolescentes, mujeres identificadas con ideación suicida, y los instrumentos aplicados fueron la escala de ideación suicida de Beck y el inventario de inteligencia emocional de BarOn Ice. Los resultados evidencian el hallazgo de diferencias significativas (p < ,05) en los niveles tanto de ideación suicida (Z = -4,596) como en las dimensiones de inteligencia emocional: intrapersonal (t = -7,815), manejo de estrés (t = 10,294) y estado de ánimo general (t = 7,178). Se corrobora la prevalencia de la inteligencia emocional afectada en sujetos que presentan ideación suicida; así también, los resultados concuerdan con estudios que sustentan que la inteligencia emocional modula el riesgo suicida. Por lo tanto, se ha demostrado que la eficacia del programa de intervención permitió el desarrollo de la inteligencia emocional en las dimensiones antes mencionadas; por consecuencia se disminuyeron los niveles de ideación suicida en la población de riesgo

This study aims to determine whether psychological distress and workload predict satisfaction with life in Peruvian female university professors caring for dependent relatives. A total of 157 Peruvian female university professors aged 26–58 years who were caring for dependent relatives (M = 40.50; SD = 7.72) participated in the study. Of the female university professors participating in the study, 87.3% worked in a private university. The Psychological Distress Scale (K6), the Workload Scale (ECT) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were applied to them. Through a multiple regression analysis, it was found that psychological distress (β = .559, p < .01) and workload (β = .173, p < .01) are variables that significantly predict satisfaction with life in university professors who are also housewives (adjusted R² = .43), being psychological distress the variable with the highest predictive power. These findings provide evidence for the usefulness of considering both psychological distress and workload as predictors of satisfaction with life in female Peruvian university professors.