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{"title":"Validity and reliability of Spanish version of the EQ-i: YV[S] in Colombian children and youth.","authors":"Claudia P Navarro-Roldán,&nbsp;Sandra Mateus-Gómez,&nbsp;Catalina Botero Ruge,&nbsp;Gabriel Velez","doi":"10.21500/20112084.5677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.5677","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i: YV[S]) with children and adolescents from different countries have shown variations in the structural model proposed by Bar-On.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the psychometric properties of EQ-i: YV[S] with a Colombian' sample.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We randomly selected a sample of 1355 children and adolescents between 8 and 14 years old (M_age = 10.80; SD = 1.41). We conducted exploratory (n₁ = 416) and confirmatory (n₂ = 939) factor analyses (EFA, CFA), reliability, internal consistency, and predictive validity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The EFA explained 27.6% of the variance. The AFC indicated a multidimensional structure with four factors and 21 items obtained the best fit (χ² = 334.358; df = 183; RMSEA=0.030; CFI=.951; TLI=944; NFI=.899) with acceptable internal consistency (ω = .57,.75). EQ-i: YV[S] factors explain 18.5% of the observed variance in problem-centered coping scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The psychometric fit of the inventory supports evidence of its usefulness for screening processes in clinical or educational assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"29-40"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ea/21/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-29.PMC10402643.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Body Image, Media Influences, and Situational Dysphoria in Individuals with Visible Physical Disabilities.","authors":"Marios Argyrides,&nbsp;Christiana Koundourou,&nbsp;Athina Angelidou,&nbsp;Elly Anastasiades","doi":"10.21500/20112084.6014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.6014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Body image in individuals with visible physical disabilities appears to be an important area of research and investigation, which has received little attention over the years. The purpose of the current descriptive, cross-sectional study was to investigate relationships between the body image construct, possible media influences on body image satisfaction, self-esteem, and the novel variable of situational body image dysphoria in individuals with visible physical disabilities. One hundred fifty-four men and women responded to the measures of interest. Results indicated that appearance satisfaction, weight-related anxiety, pressures from the media, and the internalization of the thin ideal were significant predictors of situational body image dysphoria. Additionally, when controlling for type of disability, females face more difficulties concerning only some of the variables of interest. These findings have important implications for practice with regards to screening measures, the education of healthcare professionals, as well as intervention and rehabilitation programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"78-88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/18/4f/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-78.PMC10402647.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric Properties of PERMA Profiler Scale in Argentinian Adolescents.","authors":"Nicole C Waigel,&nbsp;Viviana N Lemos","doi":"10.21500/20112084.5737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.5737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To adapt and validate the PERMA Profiler Scale (Butler & Kern, 2016) for Argentinian adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The items were reviewed by 6 expert judges and 21 adolescents. The sample consisted of 421 adolescents (<i>M</i> = 14<i>.</i>9; <i>SD</i> = 1<i>.</i>75). The content validity and the discrimination capacity of the items were assessed. Afterwards, the structure of the scale was analyzed, as well as the internal consistency and the concurrent validity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All the items obtained an Aiken's <i>V</i> between .8 and 1 and were discriminatory. The factor analysis confirmed the five-dimension structure (<i>CFI</i> = <i>.</i>94, <i>T LI</i> = <i>.</i>92; <i>RMSEA</i> = <i>.</i>08, <i>SRMR</i> = <i>.</i>04). An <i>Alpha</i> of .92 was obtained for the full scale and satisfactory levels were obtained for the subscales. The correlations for concurrent validity were significant and in line with what was theoretically expected.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This adaptation enables the assessment of flourishing in a practical way.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"103-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8e/48/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-103.PMC10402642.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical-Psychological Aspects Involved in Gynecological Surgery: Description of Peri-Operative Psychopathological Symptoms and Illness Behavior.","authors":"Simona Mortilla,&nbsp;Carlo Pruneti,&nbsp;Giuseppe Masellis,&nbsp;Sara Guidotti,&nbsp;Chiara Caramuscio","doi":"10.21500/20112084.5981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.5981","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Within the current literature concerning the gynecological surgery, there are only a few studies that focus on the psychological aspects that characterize the peri-operative period. In this research, the psychopathological symptoms and the illness behavior were assessed in order to confirm previous results about clinical variables such as the type and method of intervention, as well as psychological aspects regarding the positive anamnesis for mental disorders. Moreover, other factors including the desire for maternity and previous surgical interventions and pregnancies were also investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this observational research, 58 women (age = 41.5<i>±</i>8.8), that undergone gynecological surgery (conservative and non-conservative) for benign pathologies, were consecutively recruited. Information on psychopathological symptoms was collected 15 days (T0) and one day before surgery (T1), and at the time of discharge (T2) through the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ). At T2, the Illness Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ) was also administered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The descriptive analyzes conducted on the total sample demonstrated that while anxious activation and irritable mood decrease from T0 to T1, somatizations and depression mood increase between T1 and T2. Moreover, the comparisons between groups, dividing the sample according to the clinical-medical and psychological variables, highlighted that the type and modality of the intervention, as well as a positive history for the presence of psychological disorders, the desire for maternity, and previous surgical interventions and pregnancies, can influence the course of psychopathological symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights the need to include a clinical-psychological evaluation and to pay attention to specific clinical variables regarding women that are undergoing a conservative or non-conservative gynecological surgery. Considering the psychological impact of these type of interventions, the clinical history of these women, as well as their fears and desires, could facilitate a better management of the patients in terms of well-being, adherence to treatment, and recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"56-66"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1f/cf/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-56.PMC10402648.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric Properties of the <i>Acoso Sexual en las Instituciones de Educación Superior</i> Scale (ASIES) in an Ecuadorian Sample.","authors":"Paz Guarderas,&nbsp;Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera,&nbsp;María de Lourdes Larrea,&nbsp;Carlos Reyes-Valenzuela,&nbsp;Diego Vaca Rodrigo,&nbsp;Daniela Acosta","doi":"10.21500/20112084.5970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.5970","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual harassment has become increasingly common in Ecuador's higher education centers. However, due to the lack of instruments that evaluate sexual harassment, the magnitude of this phenomenon in Ecuador is unknown. This research aims to analyze the construct validity and internal consistency reliability of a sexual harassment measurement scale in higher education institutions (ASIES). The instrument analyzes 21 behaviors related to sexual harassment. The sample consisted of 4628 people. A descriptive analysis of the items, item-total correlation analysis, and both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis are performed to test the internal structure of the scale. It was found that the 4-factor model and a second-order factor presented a better fit (CFI = .99, TLI = .99, SRMR = .075, and RMSEA = .018). The results confirm the four dimensions proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"16-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ec/df/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-16.PMC10402646.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feasibility and Acceptability of a Novel Online Program for Mental Health Carers.","authors":"E Fitzgeraldson,&nbsp;Z Triandafilidis,&nbsp;Y Franklin,&nbsp;K Palazzi,&nbsp;F Kay-Lambkin,&nbsp;S Fitzpatrick","doi":"10.21500/20112084.5733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.5733","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a new online program (<i>Minds Together</i> ) for carers of a person with depressive or anxiety symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a two-arm randomised controlled trial design, 108 carers of a person with depressive or anxiety symptomology aged 16 years or over (89% female; mean age 50 years) received immediate or delayed access to the <i>Minds Together</i> program. Feasibility was measured using program activation and survey completion rates. Acceptability was measured using a project-specific satisfaction scale, semi-structured interviews, and program completion metadata. The study used intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis for participant-reported outcomes (carer burden, coping self-efficacy) across groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Feasibility and acceptability thresholds were consistent with similar studies: 59% activated their program account, 47% met the program completion threshold, and almost all reported satisfaction with the program. The ITT indicated trends in increased coping self-efficacy and reduced carer burden for the Intervention group, compared to the Waitlist control.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The <i>Minds Together</i> program is a feasible and acceptable program for carers supporting a person with depressive or anxiety symptomology. Results support exploration of the program's efficacy in a full-scale RCT.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"41-55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8e/8e/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-41.PMC10402641.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9944813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Dual Pathology: Opportunities and Challenges.","authors":"Mauricio Cuartas-Arias","doi":"10.21500/20112084.6405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.6405","url":null,"abstract":"Exploring Dual Pathology: Opportunities and Challenges","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/68/04/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-1.PMC10402640.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9954824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Work Engagement Scale: Construct Validity and Reliability in the Colombian Organizational Context.","authors":"Claudia Marcela Arana-Medina,&nbsp;Lucila Cárdenas-Niño,&nbsp;Juan Diego Betancur-Arias,&nbsp;Paula Andrea Montoya-Zuluaga","doi":"10.21500/20112084.6408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.6408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This manuscript shows the results of the evidence of content and internal structure obtained from an instrument to measure work engagement. This instrument is aimed at workers of Colombian labor organizations that belong to different economic sectors (commerce, services, education, and health). The instrument was designed based on the postulates of cognitive theory and is structured into three factors that operationalize the construct: (a) behavioral dimension (15 items), (b) affective dimension (16 items), and (c) cognitive dimension (14 items), for a total of 45 items. The results of the content evidence through expert judgment suggested the elimination of three items, due to ambiguity and lack of clarity, leaving the 42item test. After this evidence, the instrument was piloted in a sample of 460 participants. The item-test correlation analysis recommended the elimination of one item due to its low correlation with the factor. The evidence of internal structure through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) proposed a three-factor structure, with an explained variance of 63%; 9 items were eliminated due to high residual. The fit indicators showed a GFI = .99; and those of residual showed a RMSR =.03 and Kelley = .04; each factor obtained an ordinal Cronbach's Alpha of .95 (behavioral), .97 (affective), and .87 (cognitive). These results indicate precision in the measurement and consistency of the items to measure each of the factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"114-125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/e4/83/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-114.PMC10402639.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9956322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic Decisions, Attractiveness, and Intrasexual Competition during Menstrual Cycle in the Ultimatum Game.","authors":"Fraidy-Alonso Alzate-Pamplona,&nbsp;Óscar Galindo-Caballero,&nbsp;Juan Pablo Sánchez Escudero,&nbsp;Johny Villada Zapata","doi":"10.21500/20112084.5919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.5919","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>it seems that, in the phase of greatest fertility, women's intrasexual competition (toward attractive women who live nearby) increases due to access to resources, status, and biologically desirable partners.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>to compare the economic decisions (ED) during the ovulatory (OP) and luteal (LP) phases of the menstrual cycle (MC) with exposure to two stimuli: a photograph of a more attractive woman and a photograph of a less attractive woman, through the ultimatum game (UG).</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>the research followed a cross-sectional design between subjects to see group differences by contrasting hypotheses. The sampling was probabilistic, with a sample of 100 heterosexual women, students at a public university with an age range of 18 to 24 years, with regular MC, who did not use hormonal contraceptive methods and did not have any endocrine condition. The inverse counting method with confirmation was applied to identify CM phases; and the UG to evaluate the DE.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>the phases of the MC had no effect on the ED; the women behaved similarly in their decisions, regardless of the phase of the cycle they were in or the type of stimulus to which they were exposed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>OP and LP do not affect the ED of women when they are exposed to an attractive stimulus. The discussion is made considering the evolutionary theory of the ovulatory shift hypothesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"6-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/59/29/2011-2084-ijpr-16-01-6.PMC10402649.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the Impact of the “Two-child Policy” in China: The Effects of the Second Child on the Growth of Teenagers","authors":"Yiting Dong, Xiao Xiao","doi":"10.30564/jpr.v4i4.4956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30564/jpr.v4i4.4956","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: China’s new universal two-child policy has brought a baby boom of the second child in 2016. With the changing family structures, elder children in adolescence may have more and more emotional and even psychological problems such as “two-child syndrome”. This paper aims to explore the “influence factors and mechanism of the second child on the growth of teenagers” and has great practical significance to promote the physical and mental health of teenagers and the harmony of two-child families. Design/methodology/approach: By means of literature analysis, in-depth interview, questionnaire survey and statistical analysis, the elder children aged 12 to 18 in the two-child family were taken as the main body of the survey, and an empirical research based on NLP understanding hierarchy theory was carried out. Major Findings: (1) The most significant influence on the growth of teenagers is the attitude of parents, and then the gender of the first child. (2) Parents’ favouritism towards the second child would lead to decline in the first child’s academic performance. (3) The higher the family income, the less the influence on the first child’s life. (4) When the age difference is large, the first child and the second child are not easy to have conflicts. Practical implications: Parents should try to treat any children equally. Parents should pay attention to the sibling relationship of their two children with small age gap. Parents who have two children with a large age gap should properly guide the elder child to help take care of the younger brother or sister. Originality/value: This study contributes to the growing literature focusing on the influence factors and mechanism of the second child on the growth of teenagers in the context of China’s new universal two-child policy. It adds some early empirical insights on the physical and mental health of teenagers in twochild families.","PeriodicalId":46542,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychological Research","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91165955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}