Can Character Strengths Predict College Adjustment? A Study Carried Out in Nursing Students in the Argentine Republic [Scholarly Article - Trends in Psychology, August 2022]

Title:

Can Character Strengths Predict College Adjustment? A Study Carried Out in Nursing Students in the Argentine Republic

 

Authors:

Aldana Sol Grinhauz, 

Center for Human and Social Research for Defense (CISOHDEF), National Military College Headquarters, National Defense University (UNDEF), Army Faculty Salguero 2154, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Sergio Héctor Azzara 

Center for Human and Social Research for Defense (CISOHDEF), National Military College Headquarters, National Defense University (UNDEF), Army Faculty Salguero 2154, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

 

& 

 

Susana Azzollini 

Research Secretariat of the Army Faculty, Center for Social and Human Research for Defense (CISOHDEF), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), National Defense University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Published:

Trends in Psychology, 2 August 2022

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43076-022-00215-1

 

Abstract:

The objective of the study was to analyse and develop an explanatory model of the relationship between strengths of character and adaptation to the university in nursing students from different educational institutes of the Provinces of Buenos Aires and Formosa, in its three dimensions—academic, social, and institutional. The prediction model was based on the 24 character strengths of 210 nursing students from different educational institutes of the Provinces of Buenos Aires and Formosa, aged between 20 and 55 years (M = 28.49; SD = 7.51; 76% women). The Inventory of Virtues and Strengths and the Scale of Adaptation to the University were used. Three multiple linear regression analyses were carried out, one for each dimension of university adaptation. The strengths of citizenship, hope, prudence, and social intelligence predicted the social dimension. The strengths of vitality, citizenship, and fairness predicted the institutional dimension. The strengths of prudence, spirituality, and vitality predicted the academic dimension. The results allow us to state that character strengths constitute a valuable resource for the nursing student given their role as predictors of the ability to adapt to university life. 

 

Argentina's Private Universities: Stringent Regulation of a Small but Consolidated Sector [Scholarly Article – International Higher Education, 2022]

Title:

Argentina's Private Universities: Stringent Regulation of a Small but Consolidated Sector  

 

Author: 

Dante J. Salto 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  

 

Published: 

International Higher Education, 7 January 2022 

https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14505   

 

Abstract: 

Significant resistance to private universities in Argentina has resulted in a small, but strong participation of this sector in higher education. Core debates about private actors in education have evolved from vigorous opposition to more nuanced discussion about their fundamental role. However, the more prestigious and larger public sector still enjoys much governmental support in terms of finance and regulations, which has led the private sector to rely mostly on tuition revenue.