Executive Functions as a Mediating Variable between Combined Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of University Students

Jesús de la Fuente; Douglas F. Kauffman; Fabian Barrera; Flavia Santos; Evely Boruchovitch; Paul Sander; E. Karagiannopoulou

Executive Functions as a Mediating Variable between Combined Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of University Students

Jesús de la Fuente^*
, Douglas F. Kauffman
, Fabian Barrera
, Flavia Santos
, Evely Boruchovitch
, Paul Sander
, E. Karagiannopoulou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Experience of Educational Well-being Index (EEWI) has been shown to be predictive of psychological well-being. However, its mediating role in the relationship between executive functions (EF) and psychological well-being in university students has yet to be established. Using an ex post facto design, 110 university students completed inventories assessing EEWI and EF at different points throughout an academic quarter. The study used correlational, predictive, inferential and mediational predictive analyses. The results showed that the selected EEWI factors (Combined Regulation and Regulation of Teaching-Learning) and EF were significant predictors of psychological well-being. Additionally, students’ EF had a significant predictive effect on psychological well-being. The implications of these findings are analyzed, and future research is recommended to further explore the role of EF in the predictive relationship established by the EEWI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior
Subtitle of host publication	Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts
Publisher	Nova Science Publisher Inc.
Pages	227-239
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9798895307823
ISBN (Print)	9798895307229
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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Name	The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

index of combined regulation
mediation analysis
psychological well-being executive functions
university students
Self-vs Externally regulated behavior theory
behavioral regulation
behavioral dysregulation

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de la Fuente, J., Kauffman, D. F., Barrera, F., Santos, F., Boruchovitch, E., Sander, P., & Karagiannopoulou, E. (2025). Executive Functions as a Mediating Variable between Combined Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of University Students. In The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts (pp. 227-239). (The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts). Nova Science Publisher Inc..

de la Fuente, Jesús ; Kauffman, Douglas F. ; Barrera, Fabian et al. / Executive Functions as a Mediating Variable between Combined Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of University Students. The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts. Nova Science Publisher Inc., 2025. pp. 227-239 (The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts).

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Executive Functions as a Mediating Variable between Combined Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of University Students. / de la Fuente, Jesús; Kauffman, Douglas F.; Barrera, Fabian et al.
The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts. Nova Science Publisher Inc., 2025. p. 227-239 (The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts).

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de la Fuente J, Kauffman DF, Barrera F, Santos F, Boruchovitch E, Sander P et al. Executive Functions as a Mediating Variable between Combined Regulation and Psychological Well-Being of University Students. In The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts. Nova Science Publisher Inc. 2025. p. 227-239. (The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior: Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts).

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