{"title":"Preliminary evidence for the Matrix Matching Test as a valid and reliable measure of general cognitive ability in adolescents","authors":"Graham Pluck","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.17","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In research, a simple measure of general cognitive ability is often required. One method is the Matrix Matching Test, a brief, free-to-use, language-free assessment of general cognitive ability or intelligence in adults, which taps both fluid and crystalized processes. We investigated its reliability and validity with adolescent participants. Method:The Matrix Matching Test was administered to 111 participants, aged 12 to 17 (46% female).Subsamples also completed two standard measures of cognitive ability: Vocabulary (crystalized) and Matrix Reasoning (fluid) tests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV (WISC-IV). Results: The Matrix Matching Test was found to have acceptable internal consistency and good retest reliability. Criterion validity was indicated by its ability to distinguish between psychosocially deprived participants living in foster care (n = 40) and controls, and by its positive correlation with grade point average. There were large positive correlations between the Matrix Matching Test and the standard measures of Vocabulary, and Matrix Reasoning, suggesting convergent validity. Conclusions: Our preliminary evidence suggests that The Matrix Matching Test is a reliable and valid measure of general cognitive ability for ages 12 to 17.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67070783","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}
Francisco Prieto-Díez, Álvaro Postigo, Marcelino Cuesta, J. Muñiz
{"title":"Compromiso laboral: nueva escala para su medición","authors":"Francisco Prieto-Díez, Álvaro Postigo, Marcelino Cuesta, J. Muñiz","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.15","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción. Uno de los factores más determinantes del rendimiento laboral es el grado de compromiso de las personas con las actividades que realizan. El objetivo de esta investigación es el desarrollo y análisis psicométrico de una nueva escala para la evaluación del compromiso laboral. Método. Se empleó una muestra de 599 trabajadores en activo, el 51% clasificados como emprendedores. El 53% fueron hombres y la media de edad fue de 44.41 años (DT = 8.78). Resultados. La nueva escala desarrollada consta de 10 ítems y muestra una estructura esencialmente unidimensional. La fiabilidad fue excelente (a = .92; = .92), y se obtuvieron evidencias de validez en relación con el Clima Organizacional (r = .540), Personalidad Emprendedora (r = .701), Felicidad (r = .674), Reparación Emocional (r = .470), y Estabilidad Emocional (r = .440). Conclusión. La escala desarrollada para la evaluación del compromiso laboral muestra unas buenas propiedades psicométricas, constituyendo una herramienta muy adecuada para su utilización tanto en investigación como en contextos profesionales aplicados.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44491463","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}
{"title":"Resiliencia académica: la influencia del esfuerzo, las expectativas y el autoconcepto académico","authors":"Álvaro Menéndez-Aller, Álvaro Postigo, Covadonga González-Nuevo, Marcelino Cuesta, Rubén Fernández-Alonso, Marcos Álvarez-Díaz, Eduardo García-Cueto, J. Muñiz","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.13","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción: La resiliencia académica consiste en obtener altas calificaciones a pesar de hallarse en una desventaja socioeconómica. En el presente estudio se observó si el esfuerzo, las expectativas y el autoconcepto académicos forman parte de la resiliencia académica o estarían explicando un buen rendimiento académico en general. Método: Los participantes, una población de 7479 adolescentes españoles (M = 13.87; DT = 0.82), fueron divididos en cuatro grupos según el rendimiento académico (Bueno-Malo) y el nivel socioeconómico (Clase alta-Clase baja). Se realizaron análisis de diferencias y regresiones logísticas binarias para detectar cuál de las variables empleadas explicaba el rendimiento académico en los grupos de igual nivel socioeconómico. También se estudió si el sexo influía en la pertenencia a los grupos de buen rendimiento. Resultados: Se observaron diferencias en el esfuerzo, las expectativas y el autoconcepto académicos en función de los cuatro grupos creados; los grupos de buen rendimiento académico obtuvieron puntuaciones más altas independientemente del nivel socioeconómico. Se observó que las expectativas y el autoconcepto académicos explicaban gran parte del rendimiento académico. Se detectó una tasa de mujeres significativamente más alta con relación a la de hombres en los grupos de mayor rendimiento. Conclusiones: Muchas variables, que se han considerado propias de los alumnos académicamente resilientes, explican un buen rendimiento académico, en general, independientemente del nivel socioeconómico.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42806163","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}
{"title":"Propiedades psicométricas de la versión en español del Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills en población general mexicana","authors":"Arturo Orozco, Georgina García, Arturo Venebra, Ulises Aguilera","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.12","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción: Uno de los instrumentos más usados internacionalmente para medir la conciencia plena es el Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Debido a que esta escala no ha sido traducida ni adaptada a la lengua española, la investigación examinó la validez del constructo, su consistencia interna y validez de criterio, en una muestra mexicana. Método: La muestra estuvo conformada por 485 participantes (145 hombres y 340 mujeres). Resultados: Los resultados revelan una buena fiabilidad de la escala general Asimismo, confirman que las cuatro dimensiones del inventario son factores sustantivos de la conciencia plena. Un análisis factorial confirmatorio muestra que los datos se ajustan de manera adecuada al modelo de cuatro factores. Conclusiones: Se concluye que este inventario es un instrumento válido y fiable para evaluar la conciencia plena en población general mexicana.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47267915","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}
Diana Rico Revelo, Idaly Barreto, Manuel Mendoza Becerra
{"title":"Creencias maleables y esperanza en apoyo a concesiones del acuerdo con las FARC-EP en un contexto polarizado en Colombia","authors":"Diana Rico Revelo, Idaly Barreto, Manuel Mendoza Becerra","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.11","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción: Este estudio analizó el papel de creencias maleables y esperanza en la disposición para apoyar concesiones del acuerdo con las FARC-EP en un contexto de polarización política. Método: Se desarrolló un estudio no experimental con 562 ciudadanos. Resultados: Los resultados confirman que la esperanza de paz surge de una percepción general del mundo como cambiante; y por lo tanto, las personas que creen que el conflicto colombiano con las FARC-EP puede cambiar, desarrollan una actitud esperanzadora, presentando más apoyo a concesiones sobre la justicia especial para la paz (JEP) y la participación en política de exguerrilleros. Asimismo, se encontró que las personas con orientación política de izquierda y de centro apoyan más las concesiones del acuerdo en comparación con personas con orientación política de derecha. Conclusiones: El estudio refleja que la polarización política constituye un obstáculo para el desarrollo de creencias maleables y actitudes esperanzadoras que favorecen la desescalada del conflicto. Se presentan las implicaciones prácticas sobre la formación de actitudes que favorecen salidas constructivas del conflicto, y sobre la responsabilidad de actores políticos en la formación de creencias rígidas que constituyen barreras para la paz.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49183829","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}
Andrés Palomera-Chávez, Marta Herrero, Nayib Ester Carrasco Tapias, Pedro Juárez-Rodríguez, C. Díaz, María Isabel Hernández-Rivas, María del Carmen Llantá Abreu, Lucia Lorenzana Montenegro, R. M. Meda-Lara, Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez, Guatemala Guatemala Asociación Guatemalteca de Psicología
{"title":"Impacto psicológico de la pandemia COVID-19 en cinco países de Latinoamérica","authors":"Andrés Palomera-Chávez, Marta Herrero, Nayib Ester Carrasco Tapias, Pedro Juárez-Rodríguez, C. Díaz, María Isabel Hernández-Rivas, María del Carmen Llantá Abreu, Lucia Lorenzana Montenegro, R. M. Meda-Lara, Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez, Guatemala Guatemala Asociación Guatemalteca de Psicología","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.10","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción: El distanciamiento social y la cuarentena han probado tener efectos negativos en la salud mental de las poblaciones, a saber: miedo, ansiedad, depresión y sintomatología de estrés postraumático. La resiliencia emerge como variable amortiguadora del impacto. El objetivo del estudio fue comparar el impacto psicológico del COVID-19 en varios países latinoamericanos. Método: se obtuvo una muestra de 1184 participantes de México, Cuba, Chile, Colombia y Guatemala; cuya edad osciló entre 18 y 83 años (M = 38.78, DT = 13.81). Se aplicó una encuesta sobre síntomas médicos asociados al COVID-19 con tres instrumentos para evaluar: (1) síntomas de depresión, ansiedad y estrés, (2) impacto del evento y (3) resiliencia. Resultados: Las personas más jóvenes, con mayor cantidad de síntomas médicos y con mayores puntajes de impacto del evento tienden a presentar mayor sintomatología depresiva,ansiosa y estrés, siendo el impacto del evento el predictor más determinante. La resiliencia fue el predictor protector contra la depresión, ansiedad y estrés. Conclusiones: Los resultados muestran las diferencias en la respuesta psicológica ante la pandemia del COVID-19 en cada país, y sugieren la necesidad del desarrollo de políticas públicas enfocadas en la prevención y la promoción de la salud integral ante emergencias sanitarias.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46526707","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}
Ítalo Alí, José Sepúlveda, Jocelyne Sepúlveda, M. Denegri
{"title":"The impact of attitudes on behavioural change: a multilevel analysis of predictors of changes in consumer behaviour","authors":"Ítalo Alí, José Sepúlveda, Jocelyne Sepúlveda, M. Denegri","doi":"10.14349/RLP.2021.V53.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/RLP.2021.V53.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76014406","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}
{"title":"Adaptation and validation into Spanish of the Workplace Dignity Scale","authors":"Mario Sainz, R. Lobato, Frida Porras-Caballero","doi":"10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/rlp.2021.v53.8","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction and objective: Workers contend with many threats while performing their daily routine that could undermine their dignity, such as denigrating comments from supervisors or co-workers. Denying workers’ dignity constitutes a direct threat towards their well-being. The aim of this paper is to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the Workplace Dignity Scale (WDS). Method: An instrumental design was executed in order to adapt the scale to Spanish with a Mexican population (N = 588). Following back-translation, three studies were conducted in which confirmatory factor analysis, correlations, regressions, and invariance analysis were applied. Results: The results showed that the Spanish adaptation conforms to the six-factor structure of the original scale and that organisational dehumanisation and workers’ self-objectification predicted dignity at work; with workers’ self-objectification being the variable that most strongly predicted workers’ dignity. Finally, we also evaluated measurement invariance comparing our data with the results of the original scale. In general, results indicated that even when the Spanish version of the WDS presented an adequate factor structure, its measurement presented different factor loadings and slopes compared with the measurement of the original scale. Conclusions: In general, we have an instrument adapted to the Mexican context that allows us to evaluate workers’ sense of dignity in the workplace.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42160679","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}
{"title":"What do you really want? Change in goals and life satisfaction during Emerging Adulthood in Brazil","authors":"S. Rodriguez, Luciana Dutra-Thomé, S. Koller","doi":"10.14349/RLP.2021.V53.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/RLP.2021.V53.4","url":null,"abstract":"Aim and Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate how different types of goals may affect the satisfaction in life of Brazilian emerging adults in different developmental stages and, what characteristics they associate with adulthood. Method: Participants were 970 Brazilian youth aged from 18 to 30 years old (M = 22.8; SD = 3.4). The instruments we used were a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Aspiration Index and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. We performed a descriptive statistical analysis to elicit the characteristics related with becoming an adult, as well as ANOVAs to test if there was a difference between the endorsement of intrinsic or extrinsic goals based on sociodemographic characteristics; and if there was a difference, did it affect their satisfaction with life. Results: Results showed that the most important characteristic to be considered an adult was to be financially independent and to be responsible for oneself, while the least important were to be married and to have children. There was a significant difference in the importance participants gave to intrinsic goals based on sex and age. Consistently with previous research, we found that giving greater importance to intrinsic goals had a positive and significant effect on life satisfaction. However, different sets of goals were deemed important according to the developmental stage youth were in, and these changes had in turn a significant effect on life satisfaction. Conclusions: Finally, we found that prioritizing intrinsic goals contributes to greater life satisfaction in general. This study acknowledges that there are individual and contextual factors that may propel youth to choose their goals in order to attend these demands, regardless of their impact on life satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48031033","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}
{"title":"Efecto conjunto de deterioro cognitivo y condición sociofamiliar sobre el estado funcional en adultos mayores hospitalizados","authors":"J. Ocampo-Chaparro, C. Reyes-Ortiz","doi":"10.14349/RLP.2021.V53.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14349/RLP.2021.V53.3","url":null,"abstract":"Introducción: El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el efecto conjunto de deterioro cognitivo y condición sociofamiliar sobre el estado funcional en adultos mayores hospitalizados. Método: Se usó una cohorte retrospectiva, que incluyó 399 adultos mayores entre 2014 hasta 2015. El desenlace primario fue el estado funcional evaluado con la Escala de Lawton y Brody en cuatro tiempos. El deterioro cognitivo se evaluó con el Examen Mínimo Mental y la condición sociofamiliar con la Escala Sociofamiliar de Gijón. Resultados: Se encontró que el 54% tenían deterioro social y el 86% presentaban deterioro cognitivo. En análisis multivariados, la edad avanzada, la estancia hospitalaria prolongada, la albúmina baja, el deterioro cognitivo, el delirium y el deterioro social se asociaron significativamente con peor estado funcional. Conclusiones: Este estudio sugiere que el efecto conjunto entre deterioro cognitivo y deterioro social comprometen más el estado funcional que cada factor por separado.","PeriodicalId":46559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81231289","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}