<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xin Yang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shusheng Deng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weina Hu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yan Deng</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: AN INTEGRATED VARIABLE-CENTERED AND PERSON-CENTERED ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Problems of Education in the 21st Century</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">academic adjustment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cross-sectional design</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">person-centered analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social anxiety</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social media use</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social self-efficacy</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">June/2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/article?articleId=4499564</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">83</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">continuous</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study advances a dual-analytical framework examining the heterogeneous associations between social media use and university students' academic adjustment within the Chinese cultural context, integrating Social Cognitive Theory and the Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model. Through a mixed-methods approach combining variable-centered moderated mediation and person-centered latent profile analysis (N = 4,216), we identify two critical mechanisms: (1) social anxiety substantially mediates the relationship between social media use and academic adjustment, accounting for a significant proportion of this association, and (2) social self-efficacy moderates this statistical mediation pathway. Person-centered analyses reveal four distinct digital engagement configurations: high-intensity high-efficacy (36%), moderate-high intensity high-efficacy (28%), moderate-low intensity high-efficacy (20%), and low-intensity low-efficacy (16%). Profile-specific statistical mediation analyses demonstrate differential associations across profiles, with the strongest indirect relationship in the low-intensity low-efficacy group and the weakest in high-intensity high-efficacy users. These findings challenge uniform-effect assumptions by demonstrating how psychological resources co-occur with usage intensity to create distinctive associative patterns. While cross-sectional data preclude causal inference, results suggest theoretical and practical implications for understanding configuration-specific relationships between social media engagement and academic functioning. This dual-analytical framework advances theoretical integration of psychological mechanisms and configurational patterns in digital learning environments, potentially informing future longitudinal investigations of adaptation processes in educational technologies.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">383-402</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santi, E. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gabriel Gorghiu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Costin   Pribeanu</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY AND COURSE SATISFACTION IN STUDENTS PREPARING FOR TEACHING CAREERS</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Problems of Education in the 21st Century</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">academic self-efficacy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">computer self-efficacy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">self-regulated learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social self-efficacy</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">October/2023</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://oaji.net/articles/2023/457-1698379485.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">81</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Continuous</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Self-efficacy is an important variable that explains students̕ behavior of engaging in school activities and persevering in the face of academic challenges. High confidence in personal competencies and in the ability to successfully accomplish a particular task or a certain goal, acts as a stimulating factor of mental resources (cognitive, affective, motivational, volitional), contributing to students̕ success. In an educational context, the development of self-efficacy can be both a means of facilitating high achievement, but also an end in itself, a prospective goal of education. Perceived self-efficacy plays a major role in understanding how students perceive and experience academic courses. This research aims to identify the extent to which perceived self-efficacy with the course influences students' satisfaction with the class as a prerequisite for learning and academic performance. A structural model was developed and tested on two samples of students enrolled in the Psychoeducational Training Program, to prepare for the teaching career. The research results show that there is a significant relationship between perceived self-efficacy with the course and satisfaction with the class. Understanding this relationship, several educational implications can be formulated for the development of students' academic self-efficacy; by recognizing the main indicators of low self-efficacy, teachers can implement specific strategies and interventions to optimize students' self-confidence and performance.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">687-701</style></section></record></records></xml>