THE IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN THE LEARNING CONTEXT: THE PERSPECTIVE OF SUCCESSFUL INSERTION IN THE JOB MARKET IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The study is quantitative in nature. A total of 484 university students from the state of Rio de Janeiro participated in the study, 407 women, aged between 17 and 59 years (mean equal to 25.47 years, standard deviation of 8.99 years) from different undergraduate courses belonging to public (42.20%) and private (57.80%) universities in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Descriptive statistical analyzes and Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were performed with the support of SPSS and AMOS software. The main results and conclusions of the study are that the variables related to Positive Psychology positively influence the students' perspective of success in entering the job market and that students from private universities presented better indicators of self-esteem, self-efficacy, internality locus of control, mindfulness and prospect of success in entering the job market when compared with students from public universities. The results of the study indicate the importance of Positive Psychology being considered in training contexts.