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

^*Autor correspondiente de este trabajo

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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.

Idioma original	Inglés
Título de la publicación alojada	The Theory of Self-vs Externally-Regulated Behavior
Subtítulo de la publicación alojada	Applicability to Educational, Clinical, Health and Organizational Psychology Contexts
Editorial	Nova Science Publisher Inc.
Páginas	227-239
Número de páginas	13
ISBN (versión digital)	9798895307823
ISBN (versión impresa)	9798895307229
Estado	Publicada - 1 ene. 2025

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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. En 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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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. En 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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