Academic self-concept, school motivation and school engagement in university students from the Dominican Republic and Spain

This research studies differences in academic self-concept, school motivation and school engagement between university students from the Dominican Republic and Spain, considering gender and country, as well as the direction of these variables in both countries. The sample considers 1101 students from 18 to 56 years old, from public and private universities among Santo Domingo and the Basque Country, of which 567 were from the Dominican Republic and 534 from Spain. The instruments implemented were the (AUDIM) for the self-concept, the (CEAM II) for the school motivation and the (SEM) for the school engagement. The results obtained indicate that: (a) in both countries women show better verbal academic self-concept and men in math. (b) In Spain there is a difference in the general motivation on behalf of women. (c) In both countries there is a difference for the implication on behalf of women. (d) there is a difference in all the dimensions of these variables on behalf of the Dominican Republic. (e) In both countries Directionality is explicative for both directions.