Factores implicados para realizar o no realizar tesis en estudiantes de psicología
Date
2018
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Vicerrectorado de Investigación - Universidad San Ignacio del Loyola
Abstract
A pesar de la necesidad de investigaciones científicas en Psicología para
dar respuesta a los diferentes problemas psicosociales del país (violencia
familiar y corrupción, por ejemplo), los estudios en esta área son aún
insuficientes. Una de las formas de incentivar las investigaciones es a través
de la realización de tesis. Sin embargo, muchos estudiantes optan por otro
tipo de trabajos para tal fin. El objetivo del estudio es identificar, describir
y explicar aquellos factores que influyen en la decisión de realizar o no
realizar tesis para obtener el título profesional en estudiantes de pregrado
de la carrera de Psicología. Se empleó una metodología cualitativa y el
diseño Teoría Fundamentada. Se realizaron 7 entrevistas individuales y 2
grupos focales a un total de 28 estudiantes universitarios (20 mujeres y 8
varones), residentes en la ciudad de Lima, de 2 universidades nacionales y
3 particulares, que cursaban los últimos ciclos de la carrera de Psicología.
Los resultados sugieren que existen factores psicológicos, circunstanciales,
familiares, relacionados a la universidad, sociales y culturales cuya compleja
interacción influye en los procesos psicológicos del estudiante para tomar
la decisión de realizar o no realizar una tesis, representando el sistema de
creencias del estudiante respecto de sí mismo y en relación con la actividad
de investigación un factor psicológico central.
Despite the need for scientific research in psychology to solve the different psychosocial problems of the country (family violence and corruption, for example), studies in this area are not still enough. One of the ways to encourage research is by doing a thesis. However, many students opt for other types of jobs for that purpose. The objective of the study is to identify, describe and explain those factors that influence the undergraduate Psychology students’ decision to do or not a thesis in order to obtain the professional degree. A qualitative methodology and the Grounded Theory design were used. We conducted 7 individual interviews and 2 focus groups of a total of 28 university students (20 women and 8 men), living in the city of Lima, 2 of them from public universities and 3 of them from private universities and who were in the last semesters of the Psychology specialty. The results suggest that there are psychological, circumstantial, family, university-related, social and cultural factors, complex interaction of which affects the psychological processes of the student to decide to do or not a thesis, representing the student’s belief system in itself and in relation to the research activity, a main psychological factor.
Despite the need for scientific research in psychology to solve the different psychosocial problems of the country (family violence and corruption, for example), studies in this area are not still enough. One of the ways to encourage research is by doing a thesis. However, many students opt for other types of jobs for that purpose. The objective of the study is to identify, describe and explain those factors that influence the undergraduate Psychology students’ decision to do or not a thesis in order to obtain the professional degree. A qualitative methodology and the Grounded Theory design were used. We conducted 7 individual interviews and 2 focus groups of a total of 28 university students (20 women and 8 men), living in the city of Lima, 2 of them from public universities and 3 of them from private universities and who were in the last semesters of the Psychology specialty. The results suggest that there are psychological, circumstantial, family, university-related, social and cultural factors, complex interaction of which affects the psychological processes of the student to decide to do or not a thesis, representing the student’s belief system in itself and in relation to the research activity, a main psychological factor.
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Psicología, Tesis, Universidad, Sistema de creencias, Psychology, Thesis, University, Belief system