Competências genéricas e condições psicológicas de estudantes universitários do ensino privado noturno

Abstract

Night-time university students tend to be workers who crave advances in their employability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the profiles of university students of night education regarding psychological conditions and their self - perceptions of generic competences acquired in their undergraduate courses. We studied 184 students (62 males and 122 females, 18-59 years old), from the third regular year of a private university of Administration, Law, Physical Education, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Social Work courses, with the use of the Adult Self- Report (ASR) and the Generic Competences Scale (GCE). Results showed that 74% of the self-reported students had exercised some paid activity in the last six months. Women presented more internalizing psychological problems (borderline/clinical scores). The competence related to "responsibility at work" was the main one mentioned, relevance that can be associated to the condition of workers who study. The "problem solving" competence scored the lowest scores. Significant differences between the courses were found in the competences "concern for quality and improvement" and "ability to apply knowledge to practice", with Physiotherapy students presenting higher average. It is indicated an extension of the research in search of greater robustness of the results.