Assertive Strategies Research Articles

Influence of severity biomarkers on the functional profile of COVID-19 survivors as assessed by the PCFS scale

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between laboratory biomarkers of severity and functional limitations analyzed by the PCFS (Post COVID Functional Scale) in COVID-19 survivors. Methods: ambispective, quantitative and longitudinal cohort study. Data collection took place in two moments: initially during hospitalization, recording the percentage of lung impairment, D-dimer, CRP (C Reative Protein), BMI (Body Mass Index), age, smoking time, mechanical ventilation (MV), MV time, lenght of hospitalization, thrombosis, use of vasoactive drugs, anticoagulants and corticosteroids. The second by applying the PCFS scale. Results: 80 individuals were included. 46 (57.5%) were female with a mean age of 52.3 years (SD 14.5) and a BMI of 27.5 kg/m2 (SD 4.4). Of these, 64 (80%) had limitations. Comparing the groups by dependent factor, functional profile, smoking time (12 vs. 28 years, p=0.041), BMI (25 vs. 28 kg/m2, p=0.036), age (43 vs. 54 years, p=0.008), D-dimer (421 vs 788 mg/L p=0.012) and CRP (2 vs 12mg/L, p=0.047) were higher in the group with limitations. In logistic regression, D-dimer and BMI remain as independent predictors of worse functional profile. Conclusion: D-dimer and BMI changes during hospital stay can modify the post-COVID-19 functional profile. Therefore, the early inclusion of individuals with changes in these markers in rehabilitation programs is an assertive strategy for COVID-19 survivors.

The Role of the Heterogeneous Catalyst to Produce Solketal from Biodiesel Waste: The Key to Achieve Efficiency.

The valorization of the large amount of crude glycerol formed from the biodiesel industry is of primordial necessity. One possible direction with high interest to the biorefinery sector is the production of fuel additives such as solketal, through the acetalization of glycerol with acetone. This is a chemical process that conciliates high sustainability and economic interest, since solketal contributes to the fulfillment of a Circular Economy Model through its use in biodiesel blends. The key to guarantee high efficiency and high sustainability for solketal production is the use of recovery and recyclable heterogeneous catalysts. Reported works indicate that high yields are attributed to catalyst acidity, mainly the ones containing Brönsted acidic sites. On the other hand, the catalyst stability and its recycling capacity are completely dependent of the support material and the acidic sites incorporation methodology. This review intends to conciliate the information spread on this topic and indicate the most assertive strategies to achieve high solketal production in short reaction time during various reaction cycles.

Relación entre Violencia Física y Otras Formas de Maltrato Intrafamiliar en Mujeres Adolescentes Embarazadas

Besides the relationship with each other, forms of abuse are risk factors for the use of alcoholic beverages, early initiation of sexual activity, and early pregnancy. There are still gaps in the literature regarding maltreatment events in specific groups. This study aims to identify the relationship between physical violence and other forms of mistreatment in Malanje municipality pregnant teenagers from August 2nd to October 5th, 2022. It is quantitative survey of 137 participants in a single-stage cluster. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, and multivariate analysis by logistic regression were applied at a 0.05 significance level. As results, the study demonstrates that pregnant adolescents living in rural areas were 5.38 times more likely to suffer physical violence than those from urban/ peri-urban areas. The experience of physical violence by study participants was associated with corporal punishment (AOR= 4.35; 95% CI. 1.86-10.18) and severe physical violence (AOR= 4.95; 95% CI. 1.24-19.80). No significant association was found between physical violence and psychological aggression (AOR= 1.81; 95% CI. 0.55-5.96). In conclusion, pregnant teenagers who are victims of non-violent abuse are equally vulnerable to violent acts. A permanent dialogue with families to promote violence-free education is needed, especially in more disadvantaged areas. Future studies should further explore geographic issues to generate more assertive strategies.

Please Excuse My Accent: An Examination of Impression Management Strategies Used by Nonnative Speakers

In this research, we investigate the impression management (IM) strategies used by nonnative speakers. We ask the following questions: (1) What IM strategies do nonnative speakers employ, (2) Are some IM strategies more effective than others, and (3) What determines the use of different IN strategies among nonnative speakers? Across two studies, we examine if some IM strategies are more effective than others in improving outcomes for nonnative speakers. Results from both studies revealed negative effects associated with the use of defensive strategies, and results from Study 2 demonstrated benefits associated with assertive strategies (i.e., self-promotion and flattery).

Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory profiles of bacterial infection or colonization among patients hospitalized in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 intensive care units (ICUs) in Southeast Pará

Objectives: To compare the clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory profiles of bacterial infection or colonization among patients hospitalized in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 intensive care units (ICUs) in Southeast Pará, Brazil. Methods: This was a retrospective analytical study based on the analyses of electronic medical records and microbiological reports of patients admitted to the ICU of a regional hospital located in Pará in the Brazilian Amazon due to complications associated with COVID-19 and other causes from March 2020 to December 2021. The sample consisted of data from the medical records of 343 patients collected after approval by the ethics and research committee (opinion number 5281433)was granted. The data extracted from the bacteriological and antibiogram culture reports were analyzed to characterize the clinical-epidemiological profile of the patients. The data were transferred and tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2019 to conduct a descriptive analysis, and the associated statistical analyses were performed using Stata 17.0 statistical software. Results: Of the total patients, 59.5% were hospitalized in the COVID-19 ICU and 40.5% were hospitalized in the non-COVID-19 ICU. Most individuals admitted to the COVID-19 ICU and non-COVID-19 ICU were aged between 66 and 78 years and between 54 and 66 years, respectively. The hospitalization duration in the COVID-19 ICU was fewer than 15 days, whereas that in the non COVID-19 ICU was 15 to 30 days. Deaths were more frequent in the Covid-19 ICU compared to the non-Covid-19 ICU (64% versus 41%). In contrast, hospital discharge was more frequent in the non-Covid-19 ICU (58.3% versus 34.8%).The most prevalent comorbidity in both ICUs was circulatory system disease. Gram-negative bacteria were the most frequent etiological agent in both groups and were present in 63.1% of the cultures analyzed. Regarding the phenotypic profile of resistance, carbapenemase production was detected in 43.0% of the cultures analyzed. Multidrug resistance against antimicrobial drugs was more frequent in the non-COVID-19 ICU(55.7%). Most of the antimicrobial drug prescriptions for were empirical. Conclusions: The recurrence of secondary infections and bacterial colonization in both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 ICU patients should not be underestimated. The clinical, microbiological, and bacterial resistance profiles elucidated in this study highlight the need to develop and implement holistic and assertive strategies to control and mitigate these problems. Which will contribute to an improved prognosis for patients and quality of life patients.

Neutrophil Extracellular Trap-related Biomarkers Are Increased in the Synovial Fluid of Patients With Periprosthetic Joint Infections.

The diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a major challenge in clinical practice. The role of neutrophils in fighting infection has been increasingly understood, and one mechanism of action of these cells is neutrophil extracellular traps. However, little is known about this process in PJI. (1) Are the biomarkers of neutrophil extracellular trap formation (citrullinated histone H3 [H3Cit], cell-free DNA [cf-DNA], and myeloperoxidase [MPO]) increased in the synovial fluid of patients with PJI? (2) What is the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers of neutrophil extracellular trap formation for PJI? Between May 2020 and March 2021, 43 patients who underwent revision THA or TKA were enrolled in this study. Eleven patients were excluded and 32 patients were categorized into the PJI group (n = 16) or non-PJI group (n = 16) according to the 2018 Second International Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection criteria. There were 15 men and 17 women in this study, with a median (range) age of 70 years (60 to 80 years). Twenty-seven patients had TKA and five had THA. We measured cf-DNA, MPO, and H3Cit in synovial fluid. The sensitivity, specificity, and receiver operating characteristic curve were calculated for each biomarker using the Musculoskeletal Infection Society criteria as the gold standard for diagnosis and considering a clinical surveillance of 2 years for patients in the non-PJI group. Patients with PJI had higher levels of synovial fluid cf-DNA (median [range] 130 ng/µL [18 to 179] versus 2 ng/µL [0 to 6]; p < 0.001), MPO (1436 ng/µL [55 to 3996] versus 0 ng/µL [0 to 393]; p < 0.001), and H3Cit (2115 ng/µL [5 to 2885] versus 3 ng/µL [0 to 87]; p < 0.001) than those in the non-PJI group. In receiver operating characteristic curve analyses, we observed near-perfect performance for all biomarkers evaluated, with an area under the curve of 1 (95% CI 0.9 to 1), 0.98 (95% CI 0.9 to 1), and 0.94 (95% CI 0.8 to 0.99) for cf-DNA, MPO, and H3Cit, respectively. The sensitivity for detecting PJI using synovial fluid was 100% for cf-DNA, 94% for MPO, and 88% for H3Cit. The specificity was 100% for cf-DNA and MPO, and 88% for H3Cit. Our results show that neutrophils in the periprosthetic microenvironment release neutrophil extracellular traps as part of the bactericidal arsenal to fight infection. These results allow a better understanding of the cellular and molecular processes that occur in this microenvironment, enabling the design of more assertive strategies for identifying new biomarkers and improving the available ones. Novel studies are needed to define whether and how neutrophil extracellular trap-related biomarkers can be useful for diagnosing PJI. Level II, diagnostic study.

A tale of dualization: accounting for the partial marketization of regulated savings in France

As in other countries, regulated savings in France are intricately woven into dense regulatory frameworks driven by explicit governmental objectives. The anticipated marketization of the French economy should have eradicated them; however, a substantial portion of regulated savings has managed to evade this process. Is this phenomenon attributable to the tenacious grip of the French state-led tradition? Not entirely, as another subset of these savings has indeed undergone marketization. The landscape of French regulated savings is notably distinguished by a growing dichotomy: on one side, non-marketized products offered by banks, and on the other, increasingly marketized products provided by insurers. Drawing upon process tracing, we contend that these ostensibly conflicting developments emanate from the distinct and precise institutional dependencies between state and private actors in which these products are enmeshed. The prevailing status quo within the banking sector is owed to banks’ engagement in a mutually advantageous, long-term exchange of favors with state actors. Faced with the trade-off between offering less lucrative products and risking the endangerment of this relationship, banks have opted for the former. In contrast, an assertive strategy has gained traction in the insurance industry. Yet, strategies for the marketization of regulated savings aligned with state priorities have been implemented, even when insurers expressed opposition.

Disclosures of labour practices: perspectives of legitimacy and impression management

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse how an influential supplier of electronics manufacturing services (i.e. Foxconn) discloses its labour practices.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is conducted through the theoretical lens of legitimacy and impression management. This particular firm is selected as it provides a rich case on labour practice disclosures in a setting where significant labour malpractice incidents occurred from 2009 to 2011. The sample period covers 12 years of the firm's labour practice disclosures (2008–2019) to match with publicly available information that is used to construct expert comparative accounts on the disclosures. The authors corroborate the comparative accounts with sociological studies and responsibility reports from the major customer (i.e. Apple).FindingsThe authors found that the disclosures become more detailed over successive years. Occupational health and safety issues are predominantly reported, followed by issues relating to vocational guidance and training and then employment policy. Regarding impression management strategies, defensive strategies embedded in the disclosures are rarely detected and assertive strategies are persistently used from 2008 to 2019 to maintain legitimacy. The comparative accounts show the persistent use of one defensive strategy (i.e. omission) to maintain and regain legitimacy. In other words, as an economic strategy, material labour practice issues are persistently omitted in the disclosures. The incidents discernibly affect how Foxconn discloses labour practices.Originality/valueThe authors’ study contributes to the limited extant research on suppliers' labour practice disclosures from the perspective of legitimacy theory and impression management. The results will be of great interest to researchers, investors, assurers and other stakeholders.

Why Did China's Assertive Strategy on The Himalayan Border?

The development of differing perceptions of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has been one of the constant factors leading to the protracted dispute in the Himalayan border. Since the outbreak of war in 1962, recriminations and clashes between military forces have continued along the 3,488 km disputed area. Since 1980 both parties have continued to make efforts to resolve disputes with a fair and acceptable solution. Unfortunately, the initiations of these peace efforts have always been deadlocked. At first, in responding to India, China preferred to be passive. However, recently China has begun to respond with an assertive behavior. The deployment of army troops, military equipment, covert attacks, and massive infrastructure development was carried out by China in strategic Himalayan border. This study explores the changing of China’s assertive strategy in the Himalayas by employing offensive realism and using qualitative approach. This study has found that the changing behavior of China’s is related protecting its national interests and territorial sovereignty as well as a form of affirming the stability of China's dominance in the region. This study's results will provide an overview that there has been a shift in China's strategy for managing its border conflict with India.

ASIA PACIFIC GEOPOLITICS: US STRATEGIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHINA

China’s rise has made her the centre of the regional and international politics. Its power potentials and geopolitical and geo-economic influence in the region has made the region pivot of major power politics. Chinese outreach through Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and naval assertiveness along with its expansion of interests has generated countervailing measures from the major powers especially US and some regional states especially Japan, India, and Australia. This paper hypothesises that China’s rise has made US and its regional allies concerned about the future of the regional order in which their interests are imminently would be marginalized against Chinese power, therefore, US with its allies has adopted provoking and assertive strategies to counter Chinese power and influence. In this paper effort has been made to analyse the dimensions of the Chinese rise and its perceptions by the US and its regional partners. It also endeavours to find out the nature and conduct of US strategies to balance and counter Chinese ever-expanding interests and influence. Finally, effort has been made to trace out the implications for China’s interests, influence, and goals in the region.

E-Questionnaire on health knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP-Health) for Brazilian students in distance learning

ABSTRACT Background The role of universities in health promotion has been strengthened by institutional policies and the Health Promoting Universities movement. Together they seek to identify behaviours that are harmful to the health of university students and implement programs or interventions to promote the health of students within the physical environment of universities. However, the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly increased the number of students learning by distance. Under these circumstances, there is an increased need to assess the knowledge, attitudes and health practices of students in distance learning. Objective To develop a KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice) questionnaire on the health of distance learning students. Methods Development was carried out in four stages: 1) literature review to identify existing health programs in universities; 2) formulation of questions based on WHO theoretical frameworks, National Health Promotion Policy and the literature review; 3) selection of interdisciplinary expert judges and submission of the KAP-Health questionnaire for analysis of appearance, efficiency/consistency, clarity/understanding, pertinence of content and sequence of items; and 4) content validation by applying the content validity coefficient (CVC). Results The mean CVCs obtained were all equal to or greater than 0.96, 0.95 and 0.93 for the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices domains, respectively; all comfortably above the cut-off score of 80% (CVCt = 0.80). Conclusions At this stage of the study, the judges consider the content of the KAP-Health questionnaire adequate to identify issues related to the health of students in distance learning. However, it is important to note that the next step is to test the usefulness of this questionnaire. We believe that our KAP-Health instrument is both original and useful for planning institutional policies in order to implement assertive strategies to promote the health of remote-learning students in Brazil and in other parts of the world.

Lifestyle of medical school professors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction: Lifestyle medicine is an increasingly valued field in medicine. Based on scientific evidence, it addresses key health-related behaviors, which are the root causes of most premature deaths, chronic diseases, and health care costs. In a university context, the lifestyle of faculty directly and indirectly impacts undergraduate learning. Objective: This study aims to understand the overall scenario of the lifestyle of medical professors at a private university in São Paulo, to enable future assertive strategies to improve the lifestyle of this population. Materials and Methods: A statistical evaluation of 95 anonymous faculty members was conducted using an online questionnaire consisting of 4 questions about the perception of current health, need and motivation for change, along with the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire, answered between November 2021 and May 2022. Results: From the subjective responses, there is a perceived need for change in the pillars of physical activity (64.2%), mental health/stress management (46.3%), weight management (46.3%), and sleep improvement (35.8%). Through the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire, it is noted that 32% of the faculty have a lifestyle classified as "regular" or "needs improvement"; 89.5% of respondents do not meet the World Health Organization's recommendation for physical activity; 31% report being 8kg or more above their ideal weight; 48.4% complain of non-restorative sleep. Conclusion: In this study, we discuss the possible associations between work conditions, the difficulties in maintaining healthy lifestyle pillars, and how an unfavorable aspect of lifestyle can negatively impact one or several lifestyle pillars. A better understanding of these relationships is crucial for outlining more assertive strategies for the health of faculty and, consequently, better training for future doctors.

STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI DALAM BAHASA IKLAN PERJALANAN WISATA DI YOUTUBE (KAJIAN PRAGMATIK)

The communication strategy in advertising is the advertiser's language strategy (speaker) to convey a certain message to the listener (speech partner). The research objectives are (1) to describe the communication strategy in YouTube travel advertisements, (2) to describe the types of speech acts in the communication strategy of travel advertisements on YouTube. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The primary data source from https://m.youtube.com is in the form of travel advertisement videos (video uploaded in 2017-2021, minimum video duration is 2 minutes, video has more than 100 views). Qualitative data analysis techniques include data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study are: (1) communication strategies in travel advertising on YouTube include assertive and directive strategies. Assertive strategies bind speakers to the truth of the propositions expressed, among others, function to state (stating), testify (testifying), claim (claiming), and suggest (suggesting). Directive strategies are used by speakers with the intention of influencing the speech partners to take actions according to the speaker's will, including to command, convince, recommend, and advise; (2) The types of speech acts used in communication strategies in travel advertisements on YouTube include lukosi, ilukosi, and perlokusi acts.

Consumer Anxiety and Assertive Advertisement Preference: The Mediating Effect of Cognitive Fluency.

Companies often seek to persuade consumers to buy products or services through assertive advertising, but such advertising is often resisted by consumers. In order to identify ways to increase consumers' preference for assertive advertising, this study starts by considering consumers' anxiety and finds, through two between-group experiments, that the emotional state of consumers when viewing advertisements affects their attitudes toward assertive advertisements: anxious consumers have a more positive attitudes toward assertive advertisement, and cognitive fluency plays a mediating role in the relationship between consumer anxiety and consumer attitudes toward assertive advertisement. This study incorporates consumer anxiety into the study of assertive advertising, thus both enriching the theoretical research on assertive advertising and consumer anxiety and providing novel ideas for companies to enhance the effectiveness of their assertive advertising strategies.

Assertiveness as a coping strategy and personal characteristic in adolescence

The assertiveness in the structure of coping strategies and in relation to personality characteristics in adolescence is studied. Topicality of the study is determined by the fact that the specifics of assertiveness of adolescents are not sufficiently studied, while it is that quality, which is important for the person’s ability to the further successful entry into modern society. In this regard, the goal was set to identify the place of assertive behaviour in the repertoire of coping strategies and to find the connections of assertiveness with personality traits in the adolescence period of life. The sample consisted of 201 schoolchildren aged 11 to 18 (M = 14.5), among which there were 98 boys and 103 girls. Methods used included: the Assertiveness Test after V.C. Sanchez &amp; P.M. Lewinsohn, the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale (SACS) after Stevan E. Hobfoll (Russian adaptation by Nataliya Vodop'yanova), Raymond Bernard Cattell’s multy-factor personality questionnaire (16PF), and questionnaire ‘Components of Self-attitude’ (by Sergey Pantileyev). The research revealed that coping strategies “assertive actions” and “avoidance” are the opposite tendencies of behaviour. Those adolescents who choose an assertive strategy are distinguished by positive self-attitude, emotional stability, and dominance. They are characterised by self-confidence and assurance in their ability to act competently and effectively overcome stressful situations. In contrast, the choice of avoidance is associated with such personal characteristics as negative self-attitude, emotional instability, anxiety, shyness and low self-control. Adolescents with high assertiveness are more variable in the use of coping strategies, however the differentiation of assertive and demonstratively dominant actions is still insufficient in adolescent period of human life. Thus, personal assertiveness is just beginning to form in adolescence.

Effect of Communication Strategies for Implementation of IT-based Educational Innovation During COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Motivation, Attitude, and Intent

The COVID-19 pandemic made the world come to a halt, but the number and pace of innovation responses became faster than ever. However, there is a paucity of studies concentrating on the management/implementation of innovation in educational institutes. Moreover, no in-depth study has been conducted on the effect of communication strategies adopted for educational innovation implementation on the students’ motivation, attitude, and intent to use, particularly in India, to the best of the writer’s information. Accordingly, the present study aims to address the research gaps by measuring the effect of select communication strategies used for implementing IT-based educational innovations. Grounded on prior research, the study scrutinizes the effect of rational persuasive strategy (utilizing legitimate contentions), assertive strategy (utilizing intimidation), and consulting strategy (engaging in the act of giving expert advice), and inspirational (evoking feelings of appreciation) strategy. To address the hypotheses framed, the data for the cross-sectional quantitative study was collected from engineering students using an e-questionnaire from Rajasthan, India. The sample comprised 305 (84.3% male and 15.7% female) students, with a mean age of 18.16 years. The findings of PLS-SEM using SmartPLS 3.2.9 confirmed that all strategies except assertive strategy had a positive and significant effect on motivation, attitude, and intent, thereby confirming the role of communication strategies. The study adds to the extant studies on communication strategies, innovation implementation, and adoption of Information Technology for education. The managerial implications include assisting institutes, faculty, and administration in providing insight into appropriate tactics to encourage the implementation of educational innovations among students. The study will also be useful for the administrators/policymakers, for better comprehension of issues and finding solutions for innovation implementation.

Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Older Patients: A Systematic Review.

Background: Age-related multiple comorbidities cause older adults to be prone to the use of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM) resulting in an increased risk of adverse events. Several strategies have emerged to support PIM prescription, and a huge number of interventions to reduce PIM have been proposed. This work aims to analyze the effectiveness of PIM interventions directed to older adults. Methods: A systematic review was performed searching the literature in the MEDLINE PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane scientific databases for interventional studies that assessed the PIM interventions in older adults (≥65 years). Results: Forty-seven articles were included, involving 52 to 124,802 patients. Various types of interventions were analyzed such as medication review, educational strategies, clinical decision support system, and organizational and multifaceted approaches. In the hospital, the most successful intervention was medication review (75.0%), while in primary care, the analysis of all included studies revealed that educational strategies were the most effective. However, the analysis of interventions that have greater evidence by its design was inconclusive. Conclusion: The results obtained in this work suggested that PIM-setting-directed interventions should be developed to promote the wellbeing of the patients through PIM reduction. Although the data obtained suggested that medication review was the most assertive strategy to decrease the number of PIM in the hospital setting, more studies are necessary. Systematic Review Registration: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021233484], identifier [PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021233484].

Why and how is China reordering the food regime? The Brazil-China soy-meat complex and COFCO’s global strategy in the Southern Cone

ABSTRACT Chinese agricultural investments in the Southern Cone and the Brazil-China soy-meat complex are playing a pivotal role in the international reordering of the contemporary food regime. China's neo-mercantilist strategy, as exemplified by COFCO, carries elements of both continuity and rupture with this process. With an assertive yet flexible strategy, COFCO has adapted to China's internal requirements, the specificities of host countries, the geopolitical tensions with the US, and global competitors' corporate power. COFCO's strategy reflects the successful Chinese integration into the capitalist world system and the pursuit of a self-reliant food security policy by setting its own terms for global agribusiness engagement.

Behind the US-China Cold War

As the global pandemic accelerates economic problems, divisions over global capitalism have sharpened. This includes those who want to delink the US/China relationship, those who wish to recalibrate but maintain the transnational system, and China’s own more assertive strategy as its economic power increases. These debates affect national and world politics as antagonism grows, even as capital continues to pour into China.

Metacognition, entrepreneurial profile, and perception of success

This study sought to identify to what extent metacognition has an effect on perceived success, mediated by the entrepreneurial profile. The sample we analyzed involved 194 alumni from Business Administration, Accounting, and Economics programs from public and private higher education institutions in the state of Sergipe. The procedures involved the use of structural equation modeling and the results indicated that goal orientation has a significant direct and indirect relationship with perceived success. Metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive experience have significant indirect relationships with perceived success, and this relationship takes place with the "self-realization" and "leader" dimensions of the entrepreneurial profile. As this study's contribution, we identified metacognitive characteristics that can be improved to enhance the perception of success, such as: frequently defining goals, understanding the relationship between tasks and goals, setting specific goals, frequently evaluating a task's progress, selecting the best option for problem solving, using assertive strategies in the past, gaining prior knowledge regarding a task, breaking problems into small parts, thinking before performing a task, using different strategies, organizing time and information, selecting important information, and using intuition to formulate strategies.