Actualidades en Psicología
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description: Actualidades en Psicología (AP) is an official publication of the University of Costa Rica sponsored by the Psychological Research Institute (IIP, for its initials in Spanish), an entity belonging to the same university. Its objective is to promote scientific production in all fields of psychological science and associated fields, which is achieved via the publication of original and unpublished articles that present results of empirical research, mixed studies, methodological contributions, narrative states of the art, meta-analyses and literature reviews. This freely accessible journal is aimed primarily at students and professionals in the area of psychology and related sciences. The journal publishes in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The journal has been published continuously since 2018; i.e., article are published one at the time until the complete issue is compiled (issue closings are held in June and December). The journal’s call for papers is likewise open and permanent; thus, authors are welcome to submit their manuscripts throughout the year. The submissions should reflect the guidance provided under “Authors Guidelines.” Submission, revision and processing of manuscripts is free of charge. The journal is interested in original research contributions to the psychological sciences, which must respect and adhere to the highest ethical and scientific rules. Current Trends in Psychology seeks to encourage scientific investigation, to promote the discussion of relevant ideas for psychological sciences, and to disseminate professional and academic information relevant to the discipline. The journal currently ranks high in the UCRIndex. Furthermore, it is indexed in: PsycINFO , la base de datos de la Asociación Americana de Psicología SCIELO , Biblioteca Científica Electrónica en Línea-Brasil REDALYC , red de revistas para América Latina, el Caribe, Portugal y España PEPSIC , Revistas Electrónicas de Psicología – Brasil DIALNET , base de datos de revistas espa…
publisher: Universidad de Costa Rica
language: en
publication name: Actualidades en Psicología
issn: 0258-6444
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items: Character Strengths that Prevent Substance Use in Mexican University Students
items: Psychometric Evaluation of Two Procrastination Measures in University Students: Irrational Procrastination Scale and Academic Procrastination Scale Short Form
items: Severe Depression in Healthcare Workers: Sociodemographic and psychosocial factors during the COVID-19 pandemic
items: Psychometric properties of a scale of tolerance to corruption using moral dilemmas
items: Recognizing the Need to Seek Help: Signals that Trigger Academic Help-Seeking among University Students
items: Revisores
items: Verification of a Theoretical Model Between Empathy, Ethic Socialization and Cultural Orientation in Young Brazilian
items: Family influence on antisocial behavior in adolescents from Arequipa, Peru
items: El psicólogo en los Centros de Salud: informes distantes del SUS
items: Adaptation of two measures of social support in argentinian university students
items: Measuring Emotion Understanding with the Rasch Model
items: Construction and Statistical Analysis of the Multidimensional Inventory of Romantic Jealousy: Preliminary Study
items: Psychometric Analysis of Attitudes Toward Mathematics Through the Graduated Response Samejima Model
items: Innovations in Measurement: Visual Analog Scales and Retrospective Pretest Self-Report Designs
items: Editorial
items: Evaluadores
items: Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) as a Theoretical Framework to Understand Behavior Change
items: Evaluation of a Multicomponent Tele-care Model for Supporting People with Prediabetes and Obesity in Chile
items: Open Access Scientific Evidence of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Fibromyalgia
items: Factors associated with treatment adherence of Brazilian patients undergoing hemodialysis
items: Relationships between Social Support, Self-Regulation and Drug Consumptions among Portuguese Adults
items: Quality of Life in Costa Rican Patients with Brain Tumors: Neuropsychological Contributions
items: Mindfulness and Symptoms of Depression in Mexican Adolescents High School Students
items: Happiness Differences by Sex and Age in Peruvian University
items: Emotional Intelligence and Health in Aging: PECI-PM Program Benefits
items: (De)Gendering Older Patients: Exploring Views on Aging and Older Patients in Romanian General Practitioners
items: Presentation
items: The Partial Credit Model applied to the Lie Scale of the Big Five Questionnaire

Character Strengths that Prevent Substance Use in Mexican University Students
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description: Objective. Identify character strengths that predict non-substance use. Method. Quantitative study with a cross-sectional research design. For data collection, the Spanish version of the VIA-120 Inventory of Strengths Questionnaire was used. To measure substance use, a six-question questionnaire was used regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, marijuana, non-prescription medication to stay focused or alert, and any illegal drugs. The application was electronical. The sample was non-probabilistic of 569 participants, with an average age of 21.2 years (SD = 2.30). 35.3% were men and 64.7% women. The participants gave their informed consent. A robust regression was performed with the RStudio program. Results. Two character strengths were predictors of non-consumption of substances: Self-regulation and Spirituality.
subject: Articles
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subject: Positive Psychology
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subject: character strengths
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subject: substance use
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subject: university students
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subject: robust regression
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creator: María Enriqueta Sánchez Hernández
creator: María de Jesús Arguelles Bustamante
creator: Andrea Barba von Bertrab
creator: Anamary Lasso Ahedo
creator: Natalia Uranga Castillejos
creator: Marianne Zenteno Osés
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2025-12-30
publication date: 2025-12-30
starting page: 133
ending page: 149
doi: 10.15517/ap.v39i139.59887

Psychometric Evaluation of Two Procrastination Measures in University Students: Irrational Procrastination Scale and Academic Procrastination Scale Short Form
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description: Objective. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of two procrastination scales: the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) and the Academic Procrastination Scale-Short Form (APS-SF). Method. A total of 397 undergraduate students from Peru completed virtual questionnaires that included the IPS and APS-SF scales as well as assessments of academic burnout and mindfulness. Results. The IPS and the APS-SF have strong psychometric properties and unidimensional structures, indicating their effectiveness in assessing academic procrastination. Additionally, the instruments exhibited reliable internal consistency, as evidenced by consistent alpha and omega coefficients. Significant associations were identified between academic procrastination, burnout, and mindfulness. These findings significantly contribute to the comprehension and management of academic procrastination in the university context, establishing a solid foundation for future research and intervention strategies. Objective. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of two procrastination scales: the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) and the Academic Procrastination Scale-Short Form (APS-SF). Method. A total of 397 undergraduate students from Peru completed virtual questionnaires that included the IPS and APS-SF scales as well as assessments of academic burnout and mindfulness. Results. The IPS and the APS-SF have strong psychometric properties and unidimensional structures, indicating their effectiveness in assessing academic procrastination. Additionally, the instruments exhibited reliable internal consistency, as evidenced by consistent alpha and omega coefficients. Significant associations were identified between academic procrastination, burnout, and mindfulness. These findings significantly contribute to the comprehension and management of academic procrastination in the university context, establishing a solid foundation for future research and intervention strategies.
subject: Articles
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subject: irrational procrastination
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subject: academic procrastination
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subject: burnout
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subject: mindfulness
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subject: psychometric properties
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creator: Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo
creator: Pedro Arroyo-Pizarro
creator: Tania Arauco-Lozada
creator: Andres R. Martinez-Arevalo
creator: Wilson A. Becerra-Herrera
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2025-12-18
publication date: 2025-12-18
starting page: 114
ending page: 132
doi: 10.15517/ap.v39i139.62430

Severe Depression in Healthcare Workers: Sociodemographic and psychosocial factors during the COVID-19 pandemic
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description: Objective. The study investigated the association between severe depression prevalence in healthcare workers and various factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. 610 participants completed an online questionnaire, including the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD). Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios were calculated using Poisson regression. Results. Severe depression prevalence was 62.8%. In the adjusted model, women, and those with a family income of up to 4 minimum wages had a higher outcome prevalence. Factors such as poor working conditions, high stigma perception, elevated concern levels, low professional recognition, and increased medication/psychiatric treatment usage were associated with higher severe depression prevalence during the pandemic. Strengthening public policies for healthcare personnel during public-health disasters is essential.
subject: Articles
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subject: Depression
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subject: mental health
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subject: health personnel
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subject: psychosocial factors
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subject: cross-sectional studies
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subject: COVID-19
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creator: Tonantzin Ribeiro Gonçalves
creator: Priscila Goergen Brust-Renck
creator: Jocieli Ferrari
creator: Marília Verissimo Veronese
creator: Laura Cecilia Lopez
creator: Sueli Maria Cabral
creator: Mary Sandra Carlotto
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2025-12-11
publication date: 2025-12-11
starting page: 96
ending page: 113
doi: 10.15517/ap.v39i139.58478

Psychometric properties of a scale of tolerance to corruption using moral dilemmas
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description: Objective. Understanding the extent of citizen participation in corrupt practices presents a challenge given that the illicit and socially reprehensible nature of corrupt acts generates a social desirability bias into measures of corruption. The objective was to design a measurement to assess individuals’ propensity to either tolerate or resist corruption, employing eight moral dilemmas. Method. The instrument was administered to 173 participants for the exploratory factor analysis, followed by 282 participants for the confirmatory factor analysis. Results. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a single factor structure that grouped seven out of the eight dilemmas obtaining optimal goodness-of-fit indices and acceptable reliability. The measurement is useful for future research analyzing corruption.
subject: Articles
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subject: corruption
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subject: moral dilemmas
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subject: social desirability
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subject: validity
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subject: psychometry
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creator: Christian Enrique Cruz Torres
creator: Tonatiuh Garcia-Campos
creator: Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez-Espinosa
creator: Carlos Alberto Montesinos-González
creator: Pablo Domínguez-Perera
creator: Irene Salas-Menotti
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Christian Enrique Cruz Torres, Tonatiuh Garcia-Campos, Alejandra del Carmen Domínguez-Espinosa, Carlos Alberto Montesinos-González, Pablo Domínguez-Perera, Irene Salas-Menotti (Autor/a) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2025-12-06
publication date: 2025-12-06
starting page: 81
ending page: 95
doi: 10.15517/5r82yt47

Recognizing the Need to Seek Help: Signals that Trigger Academic Help-Seeking among University Students
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description: Objective. The present study examines the signals that students consider clear indicators for seeking help at university, as well as the variables associated with those students who realize they need assistance only after failing a course. Method. In the study, 753 students from different fields and universities responded to a questionnaire on motivational variables related to seeking academic help. Results. The results indicate that poor grades are the most important signal for seeking help. On the other hand, it was found that 10% of the sample who needed to fail the course to realize they required help were characterized by greater shame, less social and academic integration, and less vocational strength. They also had a lower appreciation of academic support.
subject: Articles
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subject: undergraduate students
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subject: higher education
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subject: institutional academic support
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subject: academic help-seeking
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subject: Motivation
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creator: Jorge Valenzuela
creator: Carla Muñoz
creator: Jorge Miranda-Ossandón
creator: Álvaro González-Sanzana
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 66
ending page: 80
doi: 10.15517/ap.v39i139.61292

Revisores
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subject: Reviewers
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creator: AP Evaluadores
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.25482

Verification of a Theoretical Model Between Empathy, Ethic Socialization and Cultural Orientation in Young Brazilian
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description: The present study aims to investigate the association between empathy, transmission of moral and ethical values and cultural orientation in youth. Theoretically, empathy and the functional exchange of experiences layout of people is believed to be important for moral and ethical training of the young, as well as to the orientation of the conventional patterns culturally established. 427 subjects of both genders between the ages of 12- 19 years old of private and public institutions of the city of João Pessoa-PB and Patrocínio-MG answered the multidimensional Davis Interpersonal Reactivity test. This consists on a set of questions about the belief of parents and teachers conveying / teaching moral and ethical principles and scale attributes of individualist and collectivist cultural orientation. It was observed that empathy was positively associated to socialization and ethical collectivist orientation, but in relation to the individualistic orientation, the first two variables were negatively associated. Thus, those who develop empathic abilities in their interpersonal relationships, both contribute to the transmission of social and moral values, as well as to the orientation, cooperation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships.
subject: Articles
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subject: Cultural Orientation
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subject: empathy
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subject: values and ethics
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subject: theoretical model
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creator: Nilton S. Formiga
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 99
ending page: 114
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.18156

Family influence on antisocial behavior in adolescents from Arequipa, Peru
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description: The aim was to determine the influence of the family on antisocial behavior in non-institutionalized adolescents. The sample consisted of 929 high school students, between 14 and 17 years old. In the process, a battery of test about social-demographic data, antisocial behavior and family functioning: relationship, satisfaction, cohesion, adaptability and family communication was applied. We analyzed variables using structural equation models differentiated by sex. The results indicated that family functioning in both sexes and the number of siblings in males are considerable factors when discussing antisocial behavior. The risk factors are: child abuse and violence between parents in females, besides consumption of alcohol by parents in both sexes.
subject: Articles
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subject: Family functioning
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subject: antisocial behavior
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subject: behaviornon-institutionalized adolescents
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subject: child abuse
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subject: ecological model
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creator: Renzo Rivera
creator: Milagros Cahuana Cuentas
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 85
ending page: 97
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.18814

El psicólogo en los Centros de Salud: informes distantes del SUS
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description: La investigación tuvo el objetivo de comprender las concepciones acerca de la salud y el papel profesional, en la vida cotidiana, entre psicólogos de las Unidades Básicas de Salud. Fueron realizadas diez entrevistas a Psicólogos de la región metropolitana de la ciudad de São Paulo. Se obtuvo información acerca de la trayectoria profesional, el trabajo diario, el papel del psicólogo, las concepciones de salud, las orientaciones teóricas, además de expectativas y desafíos. El Análisis de Contenido de las entrevistas apunta a que las acciones de los psicólogos son orientadas por presupuestos de la práctica clínica ejercidas en el ámbito del consultorio privado. Los datos sugieren que la identidad profesional se sustenta por los ideales clínicos, y que las prácticas son restringidas a la psicoterapia. Los cambios necesarios para una atención coherente con los principios del Sistema Único de Salud (SUS), solo ocurrirán si los espacios académicos y profesionales se convierten en ambientes democráticos de intensa reflexión crítica y de producción de nuevos saberes.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Psicólogos
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subject: Centros de Salud
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subject: Rol Profesional
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subject: Sistema Único de Salud
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subject: Salud Publica.
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creator: Davi Sousa Renata
creator: Montanar Franco Erich
creator: Domingues Rodrigues Adriana
creator: Araújo Vinícius Marcos
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 71
ending page: 83
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.19836

Adaptation of two measures of social support in argentinian university students
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description: Social support is an important construct in education which influences behavioral, cognitive and affective terms. Although there are numerous instruments to assess this construct, in Argentina there are no published scales to assess perceived support by students. Therefore, our aim was to adapt Social Support for Children and Adolescents (Malecki, Demaray & Elliot, 2003) and Academic Support (Lent et al., 2005) scales in college students. For this projectIn this regard, data from 551 students of different degrees from the National University of Cordoba (Argentina) was collected. For both instruments, results showed satisfactory internal consistency values (composite reliability, ρ > .70) and the original structure was replicated for each measure using confirmatory factor analysis. Limitations and new lines of research are suggested.
subject: Articles
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subject: Social support scale for children and adolescents
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subject: academic support
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subject: social support
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subject: university studentsEliminar university students
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creator: Mauricio Federico Zalazar Jaime
creator: Marcos Cupani
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 57
ending page: 70
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.21809

Measuring Emotion Understanding with the Rasch Model
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description: The aim of this study was to construct emotion understanding items from the Rasch Model approach by experimenting through comparison between verbal /image response format. The participants were 204 subjects from a Spanish community sample. A randomized experiment was carried out to test the effect of response format (verbal/image) and participants’ gender on the emotion understanding Rasch measurements. The effect on item difficulty of the social distance (close/far) was also contrasted. No interaction effect was found. Response format had a significant effect on measurement regardless of gender: the verbal response format was easier than the image one. There were significant gender differences on emotion understanding favoring women. Items describing situations with close receivers were significantly easier than the items showing far recipients.
subject: Articles
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subject: Emotion understanding
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subject: item construction
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subject: gender differences
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subject: Rasch model
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subject: response format.
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creator: Ana R. Delgado
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 47
ending page: 56
doi: 10.15517/ap.v29i119.21516

Construction and Statistical Analysis of the Multidimensional Inventory of Romantic Jealousy: Preliminary Study
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description: Aiming to construct and validate a test to measure jealousy, the Multidimensional Inventory of Romantic Jealousy (MIRJ) was developed from three axes: 1) the notion of jealousy, 2) the situations that generate it and 3) cognitive, affective and behavioral responses involved. The MIRJ consists of five Likert scales with five response options each. The inventory was validated by expert judgment on the content validity and exploratory factor analysis to construct the validity of each scale, showing higher reliability coefficients (α > .85). MIRJ has a fairly clear structure with independent dimensions that measure with reasonable accuracy the three axes. In Conclusion, romantic jealousy is a multidimensional construct with affective, cognitive and behavioral responses, triggered from a situation that represents the possible loss of a partner.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Romantic jealousy
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subject: validation
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subject: measuring
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subject: factorial analysis
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subject: etnopsychologic
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creator: Jaqueline Mota Palma
creator: Norma Ivonne González-Arratia López-Fuentes
creator: José Luis Valdez Medina
creator: Sergio González Escobar
creator: Gabriela Hernández Vergara
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 31
ending page: 45
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.18977

Psychometric Analysis of Attitudes Toward Mathematics Through the Graduated Response Samejima Model
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description: The assessment of attitudes in education has been used as a tool for preventing the loss of subjects and the desertion. The aim of the study is to perform a psychometric analysis of the “Attitudes towards Mathematics” scale with Samejima´s graded response model (MRG). The sample was of 944 students from different university careers. To analyze the TCT and the MRG model was used. In conclusion, the scale has good psychometric quality. Finally, the benefits of using the MRG for assessing attitudes are presented.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Attitudes
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subject: polytomous items
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subject: MRG
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subject: college students.
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creator: Olga Rosalba Rodríguez Jiménez
creator: Sergio Enrique Mora Mojica
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 7
ending page: 30
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.18722

Innovations in Measurement: Visual Analog Scales and Retrospective Pretest Self-Report Designs
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description: The authors discuss limitations of two popular measurement procedures, the Likert scale and conventional pretest-posttest self-report design. Both techniques have limits and yet are often combined, leading to restricted fidelity for measuring change. The authors go on to discuss two innovations in measurement that provide researchers with greater assessment fidelity: Visual analog scales and the retrospective pretest design. Moreover, when used in combination, these innovations measurement techniques provide dramatic increases in the power to detect and quantify change.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Attitudes
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subject: polytomous items
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subject: MRG
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subject: college students
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creator: Brittany K. Gorrall
creator: Jacob Curtis
creator: Todd Daniel Little
creator: Pavel Panko
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
starting page: 1
ending page: 6
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.22932

Editorial
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subject: Editorial
  topic: section
creator: Rolando Pérez Sánchez
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-06-27
publication date: 2016-06-27
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i120.25481

Evaluadores
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subject: Reviewers
  topic: section
creator: Evaluadores Evaluadores
rights: Copyright (c) 2017 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-10
publication date: 2016-12-10
starting page: 131
ending page: 131
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.29610

Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) as a Theoretical Framework to Understand Behavior Change
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description: A theoretical framework to explain, predict, and modify health behaviors is presented which consists of various psychological constructs and a mediator mechanism. Risk perception, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, intention, planning, and action control constitute the building blocks for a mediator model that is based on two processes: goal setting and goal pursuit. When it comes to the development of interventions to modify behaviors, one can target either the initial motivation phase or the subsequent volition phase. This is an open architecture framework allowing for various research designs and subsets of constructs. Hundreds of studies have been conducted based on this model. Three correlational and two intervention studies were chosen to illustrate the diversity of approaches targeting physical activity in Germany and Costa Rica, dental cleaning in India and Poland, and dust mask wearing in China. They differ in terms of the predictors that emerged as most relevant for behavior change.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Outcome expectancies
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subject: self-efficacy
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subject: planning
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subject: action control
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subject: self-monitoring
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creator: Ralf Schwarzer
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 119
ending page: 130
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.23458

Evaluation of a Multicomponent Tele-care Model for Supporting People with Prediabetes and Obesity in Chile
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description: Background: Prediabetes is a reversible condition and its treatment a chance to change unhealthy practices. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component tele-care model to support people with pre-diabetes and obesity in Chile. Method: a randomized clinical trial in primary care setting, Santiago, Chile. Participants: 70 adults with pre-diabetes: BMI between 25 and 34 and access to mobile phone. GI (n = 33) received telephone counseling, SMS, educational materials and self-monitoring equipment and GC (n = 32) usual care and self-monitoring equipment. Measures of knowledge of prediabetes, unhealthy diet, physical activity, weight, waist circumference, glucose, triglycerides and total cholesterol were made pre and post intervention. Results: in GI the intervention to maintain stable knowledge level about pre-diabetes, and decrease triglycerides level was effective. The model did not exceed usual care for decrease in weight, waist circumference, glucose and cholesterol.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Pre-diabetic state
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subject: primary health care
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subject: health behavior
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creator: J. Carola Pérez Ewert
creator: Claudia Bustamante
creator: Claudia Alcayaga
creator: Margarita Medina
creator: Hugo Sánchez
creator: Solange Campos
creator: Angela Beltrán
creator: Mila Urrutia
creator: Ilta Lange
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 103
ending page: 117
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24370

Open Access Scientific Evidence of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Fibromyalgia
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description: Objective: To provide a summary of scientific open access resources Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions in patients with fibromyalgia. Method: Bibliographical search performed in Pubmed and PsycInfo, Latindex, Scielo and Redalyc online databases. No year of publication criterion was applied. Results: 377 citations were reduced to a list of 59 relevant publications, from 1993 to 2016. Most studies were performed in adult samples, in Spain or the United States, with pre-post quantitative design. Only 15 publications were open access. Conclusions: Empirical evidence is ample, yet mostly restricted. Open access material might promote interest in and encourage the design, implementation and evaluation of CBT interventions in the benefit of fibromyalgia patients, the health system and science.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Fibromyalgia
  topic: keywords
subject: Psychotherapy
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subject: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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subject: CBT
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subject: Open Access
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creator: Lizzette Gómez-de-Regil
creator: José Álvarez-Nemegyei
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 91
ending page: 102
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24579

Factors associated with treatment adherence of Brazilian patients undergoing hemodialysis
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description: Objective: To evaluate patients’ adherence to hemodialysis (HD) and its relationship to psychosocial variables. Methods: Participated in the study 64 adult patients undergoing HD, assessed in regard to depression, anxiety, social support, disease and treatment knowledge, and adherence. Results: It was found association between sex and adherence to HD, to diet and to medication, as well as between schooling and overall adherence. There is association between disease knowledge and depression, with adherence to fluid restrictions. No association was found between adherence and anxiety. Conclusion: Identifying the determinants of treatment adherence is essential to devise efficacious strategies to improve patients’ quality of life.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: hemodialysis
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subject: depression
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subject: anxiety
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subject: social support
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subject: treatment adherence
  topic: keywords
creator: Renata Tamie Nakao
creator: Ricardo Gorayeb
creator: José Abrão Cardeal da Costa
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 77
ending page: 90
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.23289

Relationships between Social Support, Self-Regulation and Drug Consumptions among Portuguese Adults
type: item
description: In this study the relationships between perceived social support, self-regulation and consuming behaviors of tobacco and other psychoactive substances we investigated. The sample consisted of 340 adult participants. Social support correlated positively with self-regulation, but was solely in the aspect of satisfaction with social support that this trend was noted clearly. The number of support providers differed considerably with the use of tobacco, which suggests the affiliative scope of some psychoactive substances. Accordingly, the use of tobacco may be associated with a larger social network, but not with the quality of social support.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Social support
  topic: keywords
subject: Self-regulation
  topic: keywords
subject: Use behaviors
  topic: keywords
subject: Tobacco
  topic: keywords
subject: Other substancesEliminar Other substances
  topic: keywords
creator: José Manuel Borges
creator: Jose A. García del Castillo
creator: Juan Carlos Marzo
creator: Álvaro García del Castillo-López
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 67
ending page: 75
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24657

Quality of Life in Costa Rican Patients with Brain Tumors: Neuropsychological Contributions
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description: The systematization of a clinical and educational experience in a hospital setting shows evidence of the neuropsychological contributions to the multidisciplinary care for patients with brain tumors. Four cases of people diagnosed with brain tumors are exemplified. The patients were treated at the Neurosurgical Unit at the Hospital Mexico, Costa Rica. Each patient underwent neuropsychological evaluations as part of the established protocol for neurosurgical interventions.Results showed a slight yet consistent trend of cognitive performance improvement after each surgery, and identified residual neurocognitive consequences that would have a direct impact on the patients quality of life. This paper discusses the challenges associated with health expectancy of prolonging life while preserving its quality and functionality.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Neuropsychology
  topic: keywords
subject: brain tumor
  topic: keywords
subject: neurosurgery
  topic: keywords
subject: quality of life
  topic: keywords
subject: assessment
  topic: keywords
subject: neuropsychological deficits
  topic: keywords
subject: cognitive rehabilitation
  topic: keywords
creator: Mónica Salazar Villanea
creator: Luis Enrique Ortega Araya
creator: Jorge Ortiz Álvarez
creator: Miguel Angel Esquivel Miranda
creator: Rocío Vindas Montoya
creator: Patricia Montero Vega
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 49
ending page: 66
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24417

Mindfulness and Symptoms of Depression in Mexican Adolescents High School Students
type: item
description: The objective of this research was to identify the relation between depressive symptoms and mindfulness levels in mexican adolescents high school students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 930 baccalaureate students between 15 and 19 years old was performed. The instruments, CESD (depressive symptoms) and MAAS (mindfulness) were applied, finding a 17.3% prevalence of depressive symptoms, furthermore, 55.2% of participants had low levels of mindfulness, and also adolescents with depressive symptoms have higher levels of mindfulness. The relation between depression symptoms and mindfulness was negative (r= -0.53; <.001). Conclusion: Study the feature of full awareness or mindfulness as a positive psychological factor because it’s reducing effect is demonstrated in psychological symptoms such as depression.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Mindfulness
  topic: keywords
subject: depression
  topic: keywords
subject: adolescents
  topic: keywords
subject: students
  topic: keywords
subject: high school
  topic: keywords
creator: Marcela Veytia-López
creator: Rosalinda Guadarrama Guadarrama
creator: Octavio Márquez-Mendoza
creator: Rocio J. Fajardo Gómez
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 39
ending page: 48
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24047

Happiness Differences by Sex and Age in Peruvian University
type: item
description: The study, comparative descriptive, describes the differences of happiness in Peruvian youth and adults based on sex and age using the Lima Happiness Scale (Alarcon, 2006). 402 people, male (50 %) and women (50 %), between 16 and 35 years old (average = 19.59, SD = 3.75) of the city of Lima participated in the study. The results show that women are more likely to experience some degree of happiness; while people of the older age group have higher happiness scores than the younger age group. The results contribute to a better understanding of happiness and its relation to sociodemographic variables related to health and well-being. This provides important empirical information for the implementation of actions to promote the development of positive variables
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Age
  topic: keywords
subject: happiness
  topic: keywords
subject: positive psychology
  topic: keywords
subject: sex
  topic: keywords
creator: Humberto Castilla
creator: Tomás Caycho
creator: José Luís Ventura-León
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 25
ending page: 37
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24366

Emotional Intelligence and Health in Aging: PECI-PM Program Benefits
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description: Training emotional intelligence in the elderly, it has demonstrated its effectiveness in improving the quality of life. The aim is to analyze the health benefits of a program of cognitive stimulation and emotional intelligence for older people (PECI-PM). The sample consisted of 28 students of the University Senior Almeria, who completed the first phase of PECI-PM. For the (pre-post) assessment of health, the Spanish version of the SF-36 was applied. The results showed significantly higher scores after the intervention, the dimensions of health: social function, bodily pain, vitality and social function. The first implementation of the PECI-PM reveals positive effects of emotional training on perceived health in the elderly.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Emotional intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: cognition
  topic: keywords
subject: health
  topic: keywords
subject: elderly
  topic: keywords
subject: PECI-PM
  topic: keywords
creator: María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes
creator: José J. Gázquez Linares
creator: María del Mar Molero Jurado
creator: África Martínez
creator: Ana Belén Barragán Martín
creator: María del Mar Simón Márquez
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 11
ending page: 23
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24048

(De)Gendering Older Patients: Exploring Views on Aging and Older Patients in Romanian General Practitioners
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description: Abstract. Purpose: Demographic changes make it necessary to improve communication with older patients and design gender sensitive health promotion. The present article aimed to explore how general practitioners see old age and what role gender may play in their representations of aging. It also looked whether the gender of the older patients played a role for how general practitioners treated them. Methods: Episodic interviews were conducted with 17 women and 17 men who worked as general practitioners in Romania. Thematic coding was used to analyze data. Results: Findings showed that general practitioners saw old age as negative no matter their gender. Older patients were perceived as difficult and mostly older women were given as negative examples to illustrate treatment non-adherence and psychological or social problems related to aging. Conclusion: Negative aging views combined with a (de)gendering of aging patients may lead to maintain negative aging stereotypes and gender inequality in old age. Implications for preventing this from happening are discussed
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: aging views
  topic: keywords
subject: active aging
  topic: keywords
subject: general practitioners
  topic: keywords
subject: gender
  topic: keywords
subject: older patients
  topic: keywords
creator: Catrinel Craciun
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: 1
ending page: 9
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.24069

Presentation
type: item
subject: Presentation
  topic: section
creator: Benjamín Reyes Fernández
creator: Tamara Baker
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: IX
ending page: X
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.27342

Editorial
type: item
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
creator: Rolando Pérez Sánchez
rights: Copyright (c) 2016 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2016-12-05
publication date: 2016-12-05
starting page: VII
ending page: VII
doi: 10.15517/ap.v30i121.27341

Evaluadores
type: item
subject: Reviewers
  topic: section
creator: Evaluadores Evaluadores
rights: Copyright (c) 2017 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2017-06-20
publication date: 2017-06-20
starting page: 149
ending page: 149
doi: 10.15517/ap.v31i122.29609

The Partial Credit Model applied to the Lie Scale of the Big Five Questionnaire
type: item
description: The Partial Credit Model (PCM) of the Item Response Theory was applied to the Spanish Lie Scale adaptation of the Big Five Questionnaire. The scale measures individuals’ tendency to provide a distorted profile. The sample comprised 1592 adults from the general population (55% females). All analyses were performed by means of Winsteps software. The PCM exhibited satisfactory goodness-of-fit for all items. However, a considerable proportion of respondents had incongruent response patterns which were not in agreement with the model’s expectations. Five items presented inversions in the order expected for the estimated values of threshold parameters. These findings show the scale weaknesses and yield useful information to guide possible changes in future research.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Partial Credit Model
  topic: keywords
subject: Lie Scale
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Desirability
  topic: keywords
subject: Big Five Questionnaire
  topic: keywords
subject: Item Response Theory
  topic: keywords
creator: Facundo Juan Pablo Abal
creator: Gabriela Susana Lozzia
creator: Sofía Esmeralda Auné
creator: Horacio Félix Attorresi
rights: Copyright (c) 2017 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2017-06-21
publication date: 2017-06-21
starting page: 133
ending page: 148
doi: 10.15517/ap.v31i122.23499