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Water quality varies along the stream network; thus, considering the directional, dendritic nature of stream networks with surrounding landscape variables is essential in explaining spatial variations of water quality. Using a spatially extensive stream temperature monitoring effort in the Clackamas River Basin in the United States, we first compare spatial scales of analysis of atmospheric, landscape, and in-stream explanatory variables through their correlation with summer stream temperatures. We then derive a predictive stream temperature model with factors representing the spatial variation of local climate, recent wildfire effects, and discharge. Finally, we compare nonspatial multiple linear regression to a spatial stream network (SSN) model to assess the combined importance of the spatial scale of analysis and flow-connected stream distance in explaining total variation in stream temperatures. Most explanatory variables show the most highly significant relationships to stream temperature when derived as a percentage of the total upstream area above observation sites. Elevation and vegetation cover, however, were most significantly correlated to stream temperature at the riparian buffer area scale and the local reach contributing area scale, respectively. Multiple regression analysis using total upstream burned area, total upstream area with underlying High Cascades geology, and the elevation within the 100-m-wide riparian area explained 81 percent of variation in stream temperature. SSN outperformed this nonspatial statistical model, however, in explaining the total variation in stream temperature. These comparisons of scaled data sets demonstrate both the local and cumulative upstream effects on stream temperature, providing a spatial network-informed framework to those prioritizing watershed restoration and wildfire recovery activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La medición del constructo de la alfabetización financiera es un tema de gran interés tanto para académicos como para diseñadores de políticas públicas. A pesar de ello, pocos investigadores latinoamericanos han emprendido trabajos que propongan escalas con las cualidades metodológicas necesarias. En este contexto, este estudio tiene como objetivo evaluar la escala de Alfabetización Financiera sobre Decisiones Financieras Clave (FLKD, por sus siglas en inglés) en tres muestras de tres países latinoamericanos, con la finalidad de identificar si el instrumento es apto para ser utilizado como herramienta que calibra de manera válida y confiable entre jóvenes adultos. Para esto se lleva a cabo el análisis de confiabilidad, de correlaciones y factorial confirmatorio, utilizando además el Modelado de Sistema de Ecuaciones Estructurales (SEM). Se destaca que este proceso es confirmatorio, es decir, no semi confirmatorio. Los resultados indican que el ajuste del modelo en cada muestra se aproxima a lo esperado, obteniendo mejores resultados en la muestra global, aunque por debajo de los parámetros de corte más estrictos. A pesar de este hecho, los resultados respaldan la afirmación de que la escala FLKD constituye un adecuado punto de partida para ser afinado y aplicado en jóvenes universitarios de países latinoamericanos. Además, los hallazgos sugieren que existe la posibilidad de explorar nuevas relaciones y análisis que amplíen la comprensión de cómo la variable de comportamiento financiero se relaciona. Este enfoque holístico puede enriquecer la comprensión de la alfabetización financiera y su impacto en el bienestar financiero de los individuos en la región.

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The growing interest in applying gamified designs in higher education is challenged by mixed results in terms of student acceptance. Different players are attracted to games for different reasons and game design elements, and a better understanding of how each learner will connect to different game mechanics provides valuable input for game design and evaluation. In this paper, we present and validate a scale to measure the affinity of each player with different game elements. First, a theoretical review was carried out on three profile classifications and six motivational theoretical models, proposing a taxonomy for twelve player profiles based on three axes: relational, competence and motivational. Then, a pilot test was carried out with 54 subjects, analysing content and comprehension validity through the judgment of six experts and construct validity through an exploratory factorial analysis. Subsequently, with a sample of 1010 subjects, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed. The scale was made up of 30 items, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.822; three main components were obtained: dominators, interactors and trackers. The results show the validity of the scale, with high levels of confidence. It provides an understanding of the player's profile in a playful context, their motivational orientation and their affinity with the specific game design. This can be used to improve the design of gamified experiences in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Elegir una profesión implica evaluar varios factores, y decidir erróneamente puede tener consecuencias que afecten principalmente el bienestar emocional de una persona. La EPEV, Escala para medir factores influyentes en la elección de la carrera profesional en adolescentes, cuya relevancia radica en su gran margen de aplicabilidad, permitirá analizar los factores influyentes en la elección de la carrera. El objetivo de este estudio es construir y validar una escala de elección de la carrera profesional en adolescentes de educación secundaria. Se realizaron dos muestras de encuestas a través del formulario Google Form: una con 448 participantes de educación secundaria, 270 mujeres y 178 hombres; y otra con 734 participantes, 503 mujeres y 261 hombres. Se aportó evidencia de contenido mediante el juicio de expertos, y evidencia de la estructura interna a partir del análisis factorial exploratorio. Los ítems elaborados fueron analizados por seis jueces en función de su correspondencia y claridad semántica. A la estructura interna de 40 ítems se le realizó un análisis factorial exploratorio mediante el método de los componentes principales con rotación Varimax, que reveló un buen análisis estadístico y mostró una solución de 6 factores: 1) fuentes de información; 2) personalidad; 3) autoeficacia e intereses; 4) familia; 5) profesionales y globalización; 6) toma de decisiones. El análisis de fiabilidad mostró altos valores de consistencia interna para la escala global y para cada uno de los factores. En consecuencia, este instrumento tiene adecuadas propiedades psicométricas y puede ser utilizado como material de diagnóstico o análisis en los procesos de elección profesional.

RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi construir a Escala Multidimensional de Empatia para Adultos (EMEA) e avaliar indicadores de validade e confiabilidade desse instrumento. Baseando-se na teoria de Martin Hoffman e em estudos empíricos anteriores, foram elaborados 67 itens para avaliar cinco dimensões da empatia. Após testagem da validade semântica e de conteúdo, uma versão com 31 itens foi administrada a 541 adultos, juntamente com o Interpersonal Reactivity Index, de Davis (1983). Uma análise fatorial exploratória indicou uma solução com três fatores, que agruparam 30 itens da EMEA e que juntos explicavam cerca de 52% da variância. Foram identificados indicadores de confiabilidade e de validade da EMEA, além de diferenças relacionadas ao sexo nos escores de empatia. Os resultados indicam que a EMEA é adequada para mensurar a empatia em adultos, avançando em relação a outros instrumentos disponíveis no Brasil, por abarcar diferentes tipos de sentimentos, além daqueles tradicionalmente avaliados nas pesquisas.

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Following calls to spatialize conjunctures, this article proposes and practices conjunctural mapping through a case study of the ongoing struggle at People's Park in Berkeley, California. Although the method of conjunctural analysis enables and requires an investigation into the multiple forces at work in the production of hegemony, such analyses tend to focus on cultural, economic, political, and social (or horizontal) dimensions of winning or contesting consent, without necessarily locating the formations of these expressions at different (vertical) scales. What is the role of the geographical in producing and countering hegemony, and how do we consider questions of scale in a conjunctural analysis? We offer an example through a conjunctural mapping of People's Park, where the University of California, Berkeley, and park defenders address pressures and seize opportunities at the scales of the subject, city, and state to respectively redevelop or protect the park. Mapping their multiple geographies reveals how the neoliberal crisis (in higher education, affordable housing, and public space) takes place and requires work at each scale in the struggle for hegemonic settlement. Spiraling outward and upward, cases like People's Park show that conjunctures are best analyzed through consideration of local complexities and scale articulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El actual régimen agroalimentario corporativo y neoliberal está reconfigurando activamente la geografía mundial de la vitivinicultura que conocíamos hasta el momento. La creciente competencia internacional exacerba las estrategias regionales de distinción de los productos y sus mecanismos de patrimonialización. Así lo demuestra la proliferación de dispositivos de normalización y delimitación de zonas productivas. Más allá de las querellas intercontinentales que han suscitado en el pasado, en la actualidad se revelan conflictos y tensiones entre escalas, entrelazando acelerada y frágilmente actores y territorios en la conformación de lugares vitivinícolas que necesitan ser delimitados y reconocidos institucionalmente. En este trabajo analizamos las disputas por la definición de la indicación geográfica del Paraje Altamira en el oasis del Valle de Uco en Mendoza, Argentina, con el fin de desentrañar las estrategias de legitimación desplegadas por actores empresariales, científicos y estatales, y las relaciones de poder que se establecen entre ellos en el marco de la territorialización vitivinícola corporativa. El diagnóstico de este caso de estudio nos permitirá valorar críticamente la emergencia de otras nuevas iniciativas similares que dieron lugar a una compleja y jerárquica producción de escalas.

Este artículo ofrece una perspectiva original acerca del impacto de los flujos migratorios que recibió la Argentina entre fines del siglo XIX y a lo largo de la primera mitad del XX. Su intención es superar la tradicional atención exclusiva sobre el espacio nacional, a través de la realización de un estudio cuantitativo y de largo plazo, que adopta una estrategia de variación de la escala analítica a los fines de observar las similitudes, diferencias y especificidades de los ámbitos nacional, provincial y municipal. La información primaria utilizada son los datos contenidos en fuentes estadísticas, principalmente los censos nacionales de 1895, 1914, 1947 y 1960. Nuestras conclusiones apuntan a señalar que la provincia de Buenos Aires y el conglomerado urbano Avellaneda-Lanús (espacio municipal elegido) presentan particularidades relevantes, en aspectos tales como el crecimiento poblacional, el porcentaje de extranjeros en la población total o los grupos inmigratorios predominantes, que autorizan la profundización de su estudio.

This study developed and tested the validity of a scale that measures skills for managing work from home, such as: informing change, searching for information, establishing priorities, setting and adapting goals, assessing work outputs, distributing tasks, and offering feedback. Participants were 2,038 managers from three Brazilian public organizations. Exploratory, confirmatory, and multigroup factor analyses revealed an 8-item unidimensional structure, excellent reliability indices, and goodness of fit, besides invariance for gender and age groups. The short scale permits testing research models with multiple variables, comparative (voluntary vs. compulsory telework), and cross-cultural studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of the community of Yajalón, Chiapas, is evaluated between two possible orientations, either towards an non-sustainable development model, or towards a sustainable one that balances human wellbeing and social benefit with the use of resources and productive practices committed to environmental protection that preserves resources for future generations. The evaluation considered the use of indicators and hierarchical levels, applying the General Sustainability Index to obtain the results, which indicate that the IGS of the community is oriented towards unsustainable development at a unstable level, concluding that the system does not have the opportunity to recover and even less to preserve it for the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brand authenticity is important to customers, as they prefer genuine and real products, and further research is needed to shed light on what underlies perceptions of authenticity and what may influence them in order to better theorise and operationalise authenticity in the field of marketing. Since authenticity was not found to be unidimensional, multidimensional scales were structured to explain brand authenticity, resulting in the 3-dimensional approach, which corresponds to the CBBA (Consumer-Based Brand Authenticity) scale in its improved form, which is the most appropriate for the beer product, since it has been used in studies related to the food and beverage industry, in addition to being used in Mexico. Nevertheless, the CBBA is not the only model that has been used, according to the literature review, three theoretical perspectives are used, in this case the subjective one is the most widely accepted among the models tested, as is the case of the CBBA. Therefore, the first purpose is to validate the authenticity factors that make up the CBBA (Consumer-Based Brand Authenticity) scale in three different brand beers: Tecate, Corona, and XX, and the second purpose is to explore consumers' perception of authenticity, through a longitudinal study applying a questionnaire in the northeast of Mexico (Victoria City, Tamaulipas) in two periods of time, being a non-experimental and descriptive investigation. The questionnaire was composed on 21 items, including nine questions for the quality commitment dimension, seven questions for the legacy dimension and five questions corresponding to the honesty dimension. It was applied with 5-point Likert scale. In order to answer both objectives, statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS software version 21 and R studio software version 1.3.1093 through several stages: First, an Exploratory Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was calculated, and at the same time the KMO (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin), Bartlett's sphericity test, Sperman's rho and Cronbach's alpha were calculated. Then an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was calculated. After the factor analyses, MIRT (Multidimensional Item Response Theory) was calculated and finally we used the Mann-Whitney U test, in two independent samples (174 people for each sample), which corresponds to a non-probabilistic convenience sample of 348 young consumers in total. The results indicate that the CBBA scale could be validated in two of its factors: quality commitment and inheritance, unlike previous research that considered three factors as quality commitment, sincerity and inheritance. Regarding the second objective, it was shown that for Mexican consumers, the authenticity of beer is perceived in terms of quality and the relationship between the brand and its history (heritage). The original contribution lies in the application of MIRT and the longitudinal scope of the study, while the results show that the exploratory factor analyses and the Mann-Whitney U test were consistent, but the application of MIRT was not favourable. The implications of the research include the construction of a scale to support the assessment, planning, understanding and testing of product authenticity and the analysis of its impact on the consumer. In addition to considering a prior diagnosis of the company in relation to the authenticity of the brand and its products. However, more attention should be paid to the variable of sincerity. As for future lines of research, more longitudinal studies should be conducted in Mexico and Latin America, since the responses per item of the scale tested were not consistent, in addition to considering different industries and cultures to continue testing the scale. analysed. Finally, the study is limited to one area and one product, the brands Tecate, Corona and XX, so it is necessary to continue the research in different industries and cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The teacher professional identity is a construct that has gained the interest of numerous researchers in the field of teacher training, due to the abundant empirical evidence of its impact on job satisfaction and motivation, engagement, professional self-efficacy and decision-making in the educational practices of teachers. It is defined as a complex construction process that integrates personal identity and regulates the actions of teachers, acting as a basis for interpreting what teaching and learning is, guiding teaching action and organizing it for educational improvement. Despite the relevance of the teacher professional identity, the construction of this identity in preservice teacher and beginning teachers has not been empirically addressed sufficiently and exhaustively, a situation that is accentuated in the Latin American context. In Latin America, empirical studies on teacher professional identity have less development and along with this, quantitative studies aimed at measuring this construct are less, and to date there is no instrument in Chile that allows for adequate measurement of teacher professional identity. An instrument especially indicated to measure the teacher professional identity in preservice teacher is the Student Teacher Professional Identity Scale, an instrument that measures the teacher professional identity in preservice teacher considering the confidence in the professional choice, the sense of self-realization and the visualization of the profession as a mission and challenge. The Student Teacher Professional Identity Scale was developed and validated by Fisherman and Abbot in a sample of Israeli preservice teacher. It is a unifactorial and self-report scale, whose theoretical assumptions about teacher professional identity consider this construct as the attitudes of students to be teachers, the degree of identification with the role of teacher, confidence in professional choice, the sense of self-realization as teachers and the extent to which they see their profession as a mission and a challenge. The scale is based on 12 items and a Likert response alternative from 1 to 5. The objective of this study is to adapt and validate the Student Teacher Professional Identity Scale, in Chilean pre service teacher. Under a quantitative methodology, an instrumental study and a non-experimental cross-sectional design, a non-probabilistic and purposive non-proportional quota sampling of 663 students from 9 pedagogy majors at three Chilean universities was used. The Student Teacher Professional Identity Scale was translated into Spanish and culturally adapted. This instrument was applied together with the Professional Identity Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey, for convergent and divergent validity, respectively. Scale reliability and construct validity were analyzed, based on convergent and divergent validity analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results show that the scale presents adequate reliability (ω = .863), a positive and strong correlation with the Professional Identity Scale scores (r = .638) and a negative and moderate correlation with the Maslach Burnout Inventory Student (r = -.33) and correlation between moderate and null in all its dimensions (Efficacy factor r = -.419; Exhaustion factor r = -.083; Cynicism factor r = -.388), obtaining adequate convergent and divergent validity. Regarding the confirmatory factor analysis, based on Maximum Likelihood and Bootstrap, the original unifactorial model of the scale composed of 12 was the one that presented the best fit indicators (df = 53; χ² = 270.64; p = .000; GFI = .931, RMR = .039, IFI = .933, TLI = .903, CFI = .922, RMSEA = .079, AGFI = .899). In conclusion, a scale for measuring professional teaching identity in pre service teacher was obtained, adapted and validated for the Chilean context, with adequate psychometric characteristics. In the discussion, the results are analyzed in the light of the existing literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The digital mindset can be defined as a set of individual behaviors related to the degree of adherence to digital transformations. After reviewing the literature on the subject, this research's objective was to answer the following question: "Is it possible to measure the digital mindset of employees through a scale designed for the context of Brazilian organizations?". Originality/value: The digitization of organizations has become the center of business transformation. However, one of the often-overlooked factors in the transition process is developed at the micro-organizational level. Collaborators vary in interest, knowledge, and ability to innovate. A measure to identify individual digital mindset profiles would be essential to guide the planning and development of a digital learning culture mindset. Still, such a tool was not yet found in the Brazilian literature. Design/methodology/approach: A multidimensional digital mindset construct was proposed based on the literature on cognitive structures and digital transformation mindset. Items were prepared to measure the degree of maturity of the construct, described through three digital profiles (open mind, transformer, and entrepreneur) and an analog profile. The scale was submitted to 574 professionals from Brazilian companies for exploratory factor analysis. Findings: The digital mindset scale showed signs of validity, confirming, in the present sample, the mindset dimensions related to the digital environment (Cronbach's alphas between 0.85 and 0.62). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is traditionally understood as a developmental stage that challenges family dynamics and coexistence. At present, such challenges may be heightened due to current social and technological challenges. Effective assessment of parental competences for addressing such challenges is desirable to support, were needed, the introduction of further intervention measures, such as parenting programs. The aim of the present study was to validate the Emotional and Social Parenting Competence Scale for Parents of Adolescents (ECOPES-A), given the importance of having up-to-date instruments available to address this issue. A random sample of 1,422 Spanish parents of teenagers participated in the present study. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were performed following a cross-validation process. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) was applied to test the model's factorial invariance as a function of the sex of parents. Twelve items explaining 46.26% of the variance were selected. Items were distributed according to four factors, namely, F1-Self-Regulation, F2- Assertiveness and self-esteem in the parenting role, F3--Power assertion for conflict resolution, and F4--Promotion of child's selfesteem through assertive communication. Adequate reliability was determined for all factors and for the overall scale. The model presented good fit, regardless of the sex of the parent respondent, and MGCFA revealed strict factorial invariance suggesting that the tool is appropriate for both fathers and mothers. The scale may be useful for identifying parental support needs and for evaluating evidence-based parenting programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The objective of the study is to propose an instrument to evaluate the Competencies for Sustainability in Organizations. Originality/Value: The importance of sustainability is clearly evidenced in the proposition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The skills for sustainability portray the commitment to sustainability. Understanding and effectively evaluating this set of skills is important to face the problems of society and the planet in terms of the environment, economy, and culture, among others, through conscious and sustainable decision making. For there to be a more sustainable world, it is necessary to understand that all obligors are agents of change endowed with skills that drive them to act and to change. What are the competencies needed for sustainability? By making available an instrument that aims to identify competencies that promote sustainability, it is intended to expand the scientific discussion on relevant issues that can influence society and help in the construction of a more sustainable future. Design/methodology/approach: The items were compiled on the instrument based on the literature. After analyzing the content of the items, analyzing the specialists, semantic analysis, and pretesting the preliminary version of the instrument was applied to a sample of 509 respondents. Results: A factor analysis was carried out that revealed two factors: strategic planning for sustainability and valuing sustainability. Together, the two factors explained 61.15% of the total variance of the construct. The 10 items have constitutive and operational consistency, and the results demonstrated the construct's validity with good reliability indexes, good factorial load, and good model adjustment indexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: eating habits are one of the main predictors of health within a person lifestyle. The assessment of these habits will be essential to confirm health-related habits and orientate behaviors of risk for health. Objectives: to assess the eating habits within the health-related lifestyle among Spanish adults from 22 to 72 years of age. Methods: the Health-Related Lifestyle Assessment Scale (E-VEVSA) was applied to a sample of 788 subjects between the ages of 22 and 72. This scale is made up of 52 items and structured in seven dimensions, among which the healthy eating habit was evaluated, which explained a variance of 8.67 % of the total scale (66.87 %) and a Cronbach's alpha of 0.794 for a total alpha of 0.894. Results: sixteen percent of the adults surveyed have healthy eating habits, 68.3 % tend towards health and 15.7 % are unhealthy. Pearson's χ2 tests show a positive and significant association of women with healthy eating habits and a significant improvement with age. The inferential data (Student's t-tests and one-factor ANOVA) confirm these differences according to gender and age. Conclusions: it is necessary to promote preventive programs to improve eating habits in the adult population, especially in the 15.7 % that have an unhealthy level of nutrition in their lifestyle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Work inclusion of people with disabilities is an emerging issue in organizations from the perspective of rights and corporate social responsibility, it is important to have measuring instruments to evaluate the development of this process. It is intended to determine the psychometric properties of the Scale of Labor Inclusion of People with Disabilities. Under an instrumental design, with a sample of 512 workers, the majority were women (62.9%), the sectors with the highest participation were commercial (28.5%) and services (27.9%). The psychometric qualities of the scale are assessed from exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results reflect properties adjusted to the instrument with adequate internal consistency. The reliability index of the factors Support and connection was 0.94, Permanence 0.90 and Progress 0.84. A three-factor solution model is obtained, whose goodness of fit was sχ²/df = 2.58, CFI = 0.98, TLI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.079 (90% CI: 0.062 - 0.096), indicating that it is guaranteed construct validity. According to the exploratory factor analysis, an adequate sample adequacy index is observed. Likewise, the confirmatory factor analysis shows that the relationship model has an adequate level of adjustment. The scale can be applied to populations in similar contexts to identify levels of implementation of labor inclusion practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The phenomenon of disability is multidetermined, and it can be explained in different ways, implying understanding it for different causes. The objective of this research was to identify and analyze how university students position before utterances which treats about different disability conceptions. A total of 1,472 students from courses in the Biological, Exact and Human areas of a public university in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The Scale for Conception of Disability (SCD) was virtually applied. The findings indicate that most respondents are in favor of questions that show social and historical-cultural conceptions to understand the disability. This is considered a positive fact, as the way in which the subject conceives certain knowledge indicates the way of dealing with the object, in this case, in relation to a population segment that is still, frequently, in a situation of social exclusion. Valuing human differences in Higher Education, proposing actions to value differences with future professionals, becomes the outcome of this research, in the promotion of a more egalitarian society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intimate partner cyberstalking is associated with significant psychosocial, economic, and legal costs for both victims and perpetrators. However, despite these significant negative outcomes, there is a paucity in instruments designed to measure this behavior. Further, many of the measures lack validation and psychometric exploration. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Intimate Partner Cyberstalking Scale (IPCS; Smoker & March, 2017). For this purpose, 595 adults of both genders (32% male; Mage = 30.08) were recruited in Argentina. Participants completed the IPCS-scale, a measure of internet trolling behavior, Dark Triad Personality scale, questions regarding use of new technologies, and demographic items. Both exploratory factor and confirmatory analyses yielded an adequate two-factor structure of the IPCS - scale (a dimension of indirect-direct cyberstalking and a dimension of indirect behaviors) with adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas were .85 and 89, respectively). McDonald's consistency and composite reliability were satisfactory as well. Concurrent validity was established with measures of trolling and the use of new technologies. Also, it was detected that these variables, along with gender and dark personality, were predictors of cyberstalking. Overall, results of the current project indicate the IPCS-scale is a valid and reliable measure of assessing both direct and indirect intimate partner cyberstalking behavior in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: The fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) introduced the dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder (D-PTSD). To assess this subtype, the Dissociative Subtype of PTSD Scale (DSPS), a 15-item self-report measure to identify lifetime and current dissociative symptoms of D-PTSD, was developed. However, so far, the scale has only been validated in war veterans. Moreover, criterion validity and diagnostic utility have not been examined yet. Objective: We aimed to validate the DSPS in two samples of civilian trauma-exposed German-speaking participants. Methods: In Study 1, a pre-registered online study, participants with and without PTSD symptoms (N = 558) answered questionnaires about traumatic experiences, dissociation, PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder, alcohol use disorder, absorption, and dissociative responding to trauma-related questionnaires. In Study 2, which used secondary data of a pre-registered clinical study, participants with a PTSD diagnosis (N = 71) answered questionnaires about traumatic experiences, dissociation, PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and dissociative responding to standardized trauma exposure. Moreover, PTSD, D-PTSD, and other diagnoses were assessed with structured clinical interviews. Results: Analyses confirmed a three-factor structure as well as high internal consistency, and high convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity of the DSPS. Moreover, the scale was able to identify a latent D-PTSD group and individuals with D-PTSD diagnosis. Conclusions: The DSPS constitutes a reliable and valid tool to assess D-PTSD symptoms in clinical practice and research and thereby may contribute to a better understanding of these debilitating symptoms. Many individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffer from dissociative symptoms which can be assessed with the Dissociative Subtype of PTSD Scale (DSPS; Wolf et al., 2017). The DSPS demonstrated good psychometric properties in two German-speaking trauma-exposed samples and hence might be used to assess D-PTSD symptoms in research and clinical practice. Complementing the original English version, a German version of the DSPS is provided in the Supplements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The issue of whether place significantly affects spatial behavior has long created both a philosophical and an operational schism within geography. Here we show how these schisms can be bridged by identifying how place and behavior can be linked through recognizing and incorporating what we term intrinsic and behavioral contextual effects into models of spatial behavior. We argue that spatial modeling frameworks that attempt to relate spatial behavior to aspects of people and places might be seriously misspecified if they do not incorporate both types of contextual effects. We compare three popular statistical modeling frameworks that encompass placed-based contextual effects: spatial error models, multilevel models, and multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR). Based on Monte Carlo simulation and empirical analysis, we demonstrate the reassuring similarity of the results from the three frameworks but also the superiority of MGWR. The inclusion of essentially unmeasurable effects within a nomothetic framework provides an important bridge between two previously distinct philosophies within geography and acts as a binding force within the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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RESUMO Nas competições de fisiculturismo são analisados a proporção, a definição, a simetria e o volume muscular, o que faz da incansável busca pelo corpo perfeito pelos atletas, uma insatisfação com a imagem corporal. Por isso, este trabalho objetivou-se em elaborar e validar uma escala de silhuetas específica para atletas de fisiculturismo feminino e masculino (Escala Shape), que aconteceu em três fases. 1) Elaboração de onze desenhos de imagem corporal que representassem as categorias de competição; 2) Concordância (teste de Kappa) entre especialistas/profissionais de fisiculturismo nacionais e internacionais na ordenação dos desenhos em ordem crescente e progressiva de muscularidade; 3) Aplicação e validação da Escala Shape em atletas amadores e profissionais ativos e filiados à Federações Nacionais e Internacionais de Fisiculturismo em ambos os sexos. Participaram da pesquisa 180 atletas (50 mulheres e130 homens). A escala apresentou adequada confiabilidade de estabilidade temporal (Kappa teste-reteste≥0,95). O instrumento apresentou validade de critério ao mostrar que atletas de categorias de competição distintas escolheram silhuetas compatíveis com suas categorias (p

Inexistem instrumentos para medir especificamente ansiedade em gestantes no Brasil. Para medir ansiedade em gestantes, hoje são usados instrumentos adaptados, podendo gerar resultados de falsos positivos. O objetivo deste estudo consistiu em apresentar o desenvolvimento e a validação da Escala de Ansiedade Gestacional (EAG). Para sua elaboração, foram criados 20 itens que, posteriormente, foram submetidos à avaliação de juízes. No processo de validação, foram empregados os testes de Alfa de Cronbach e análise fatorial exploratória. Os resultados indicaram que duas questões da EAG deveriam ser removidas, resultando em um instrumento composto por 18 itens. Esses itens foram validados em dois fatores: o primeiro, denominado "tensão emocional", contendo 11 itens e um Alfa de Cronbach de 0,897; o segundo fator, "angústia", com 7 itens e um Alfa de Cronbach de 0,843. O estudo demonstrou que é possível utilizar a EAG como instrumento para rastreio de ansiedade gestacional.

La evaluación de artículos científicos en ciencias sociales y humanas es esencial para mantener el rigor de la investigación en estas áreas, promover el avance del conocimiento, motivar la colaboración académica y difundir el conocimiento entre la comunidad científica. El objetivo del estudio fue confirmar la estructura factorial de la Escala para evaluar Artículos Científicos en Ciencias Sociales y Humanas y establecer su validez convergente, predictiva e invarianza entre género. Para tal fin, se empleó un diseño instrumental cuantitativo de tipo transversal, no experimental, con una muestra no probabilística de 405 docentes peruanos de posgrado. Los resultados evidenciaron que la versión propuesta de la escala tiene correspondencia con la teoría y la estructura unifactorial del modelo original. Los valores de los índices de ajuste comparativo fueron aceptables (CFI=0.948; TLI=0.941); así mismo, la bondad de ajuste fue adecuada (RMSEA=0.060). Se encontró evidencia de validez convergente (VME=0.49) y validez predictiva a partir del análisis de regresión múltiple, puesto que la escala se asoció de manera positiva y significativa a la publicación de artículos, libros, capítulos de libros y ponencias. Se concluye que el instrumento presenta características psicométricas adecuadas para su aplicación en el contexto peruano.

RESUMO O artigo tem por objetivo desenvolver e validar uma escala de mensuração da participação política. A partir de uma revisão sistemática, desenvolveu-se um instrumento de mensuração baseado na constatação de que as medidas usadas não abrangem as diversas dimensões do construto. O instrumento foi inicialmente avaliado por especialistas e, posteriormente, testado e validado usando-se dados de duas amostras diferentes, coletadas em Moçambique. Os dados da primeira amostra foram usados para realizar uma Análise Fatorial Exploratória - AFE e os dados da segunda amostra serviram para executar uma Análise Fatorial Confirmatória - AFC e validar a escala. A AFC comprovou a plausibilidade de cinco fatores, nomeadamente, atividade de campanha; votação; contato; engajamento cívico; e protesto, ao mesmo tempo que apresentou ótimos índices de ajustamento. A escala alcançou validade convergente; validade discriminante; e apresentou boa consistência interna nos cinco fatores. O modelo de mensuração desenvolvido e validado é constituído por 27 indicadores da participação política que podem ser utilizados em qualquer contexto geográfico. Foram feitas recomendações de uso da escala em estudos futuros sobre engajamento político de cidadãos.

Este artículo trata sobre el diseño y validación de una escala de punitivismo basada en datos de la 9ª Ola del Panel Ciudadano de Investigación Social de Andalucía (PACIS), una encuesta realizada por el Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC) en 2019. La escala se ha diseñado teniendo en cuenta la complejidad teórica y la diversidad metodológica con la que en la literatura se ha estudiado y medido el punitivismo. Su aplicación ha permitido identificar tres expresiones o formas de punitivismo: aceptación general (demanda de más castigo a la delincuencia o a los delincuentes en general), aceptación específica (demanda de más castigo ante delitos concretos) y preferencia específica (elección de la pena más severa ante delitos y circunstancias concretas). Este hallazgo contribuye a considerar a los componentes cognitivos (nivel de concreción y disponibilidad o no de alternativas) más vinculados a la conceptualización del punitivismo que, como hasta ahora ha hecho la literatura, a su operacionalización y medida.

Celebro la propuesta que Gustavo Lins Ribeiro nos ofrece sobre la relevancia de tres ejes analíticos que inciden en la manera como abordamos problemas complejos contemporáneos: las escalas, los niveles de agencia y la condensación. El gran desafío del ensayo de Ribeiro es no sólo argumentar las aportaciones de cada uno de estos ejes, que de suyo se vuelve complicado porque responden a aparatos teóricos diversos, sino presentar un complejo entramado de diálogo y contestación de sus alcances para comprender procesos y agentes sociales que participan en megaproyectos que se mueven por propósitos, intereses y recursos heterogéneos y contrastantes.

Shared time is understood as the availability of time towards the other member of the couple and the use that is given to it. The objective of the work was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Couple Time Sharing Scale (TCP) in a sample from Entre Ríos, Argentina. Internal consistency was evaluated through Cronbach's Alpha analysis. To confirm internal validity, an Exploratory Factor Analysis was carried out. Convergent validity with satisfaction in the couple was evaluated through Pearson's r Correlation Analysis. The results allow us to affirm that the version obtained presents appropriate reliability and validity properties, and may be a relevant instrument to be administered in the Argentine population.

Objective: To construct and validate a questionnaire about the attitude of university students toward health promotion. Method: A cross-sectional study. A questionnaire of 14 questions was designed and administered to 1486 first-year undergraduates. The principal axes factoring method with oblique rotation was applied and a confirmatory factor analysis was carried out. Reliability was calculated through internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha and item-total correlation for the global scale and its subscales. Results: A 14-item scale was constructed, with two dimensions. Its Cronbach's alpha was 0.872, and 0.852, and 0.718 for its subscales. The adjustment values of the confirmatory factor analysis were adequate. Conclusions: The attitude towards health promotion scale has shown to have adequate psychometric properties. It is an instrument that will help to detect referents and health assets for future interventions. Resumen: Objetivo: Construir y validar un cuestionario sobre la actitud de los estudiantes universitarios hacia la promoción de la salud. Método: Estudio transversal. Se diseñó un cuestionario de 14 preguntas y se administró a 1486 estudiantes universitarios/as de primer curso. Se aplicó el método de factorización de ejes principales con rotación oblicua y se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio. La fiabilidad se calculó mediante la consistencia interna con el alfa de Cronbach y la correlación ítem-total para la escala global y sus subescalas. Resultados: Se construyó una escala de 14 ítems con dos dimensiones. Su alfa de Cronbach fue 0,872, y para sus subescalas 0,852 y 0,718. Los valores de ajuste del análisis factorial confirmatorio fueron adecuados. Conclusiones: La escala de actitud hacia la promoción de la salud ha demostrado tener propiedades psicométricas adecuadas. Es un instrumento que ayudará a detectar referentes y activos de salud para futuras intervenciones.

Resumo Objetivo: O mindset digital pode ser definido como um conjunto de comportamentos individuais relacionados ao grau de aderência às transformações digitais. Nesse contexto, o objetivo da presente pesquisa foi, após revisão de literatura sobre o tema, responder à seguinte questão: “É possível mensurar o mindset digital de profissionais por meio de uma escala elaborada para o contexto das organizações brasileiras?”. Originalidade/valor: A digitalização das organizações passou a ser o centro da transformação dos negócios. No entanto, um dos fatores muitas vezes negligenciado no processo de transição é o desenvolvimento no nível micro-organizacional. Os profissionais variam no nível de interesse, no conhecimento e na capacidade de inovar. Para guiar o planejamento e desenvolvimento de uma cultura de aprendizagem digital, uma medida para identificar os perfis individuais de mindset digital seria essencial, mas tal ferramenta ainda não era encontrada na literatura brasileira. Design/metodologia/abordagem: A partir da literatura sobre estruturas cognitivas e a transformação digital, foi proposto um construto multidimensional de mindset digital. Elaboraram-se itens para a mensuração do grau de maturidade do construto, descrito por meio de três perfis digitais (open mind, transformador e empreendedor) e um analógico. A escala foi submetida a 574 profissionais de empresas brasileiras para análise fatorial exploratória. Resultados: A escala de mindset digital apresentou bons indícios de validade, sendo confirmadas, na presente amostra, as dimensões de mindset relacionadas ao meio digital (alfas de Cronbach entre 0,85 e 0,62). / Abstract Purpose: The digital mindset can be defined as a set of individual behaviors related to the degree of adherence to digital transformations. After reviewing the literature on the subject, this research’s objective was to answer the following question: “Is it possible to measure the digital mindset of employees through a scale designed for the context of Brazilian organizations?”. Originality/value: The digitization of organizations has become the center of business transformation. However, one of the often-overlooked factors in the transition process is developed at the micro-organizational level. Collaborators vary in interest, knowledge, and ability to innovate. A measure to identify individual digital mindset profiles would be essential to guide the planning and development of a digital learning culture mindset. Still, such a tool was not yet found in the Brazilian literature. Design/methodology/approach: A multidimensional digital mindset construct was proposed based on the literature on cognitive structures and digital transformation mindset. Items were prepared to measure the degree of maturity of the construct, described through three digital profiles (open mind, transformer, and entrepreneur) and an analog profile. The scale was submitted to 574 professionals from Brazilian companies for exploratory factor analysis. Findings: The digital mindset scale showed signs of validity, confirming, in the present sample, the mindset dimensions related to the digital environment (Cronbach’s alphas between 0.85 and 0.62).

Introducción: El afrontamiento es un constructo psicológico relevante en situaciones en las que existe un peligro continuado, tal como ocurre en el contexto de la pandemia por SARS-CoV2 en México y el mundo. Objetivo: Adaptar y validar una escala para medir el afrontamiento frente al riesgo de infección en una muestra de adultos mexicanos durante el confinamiento por la pandemia por la SARS-CoV2. Metodología: estudio de tipo instrumental, en una muestra no probabilística de 1132 participantes mexicanos, mayores de 18 años que aceptaran participar por medio de una encuesta en línea previo consentimiento informado. Se recolectaron datos sociodemográficos y aplicación de Escala de afrontamiento frente a COVID-19, la cual fue sometida a jueceo de expertos para adaptación al contexto y situación de pandemia por SARS CoV2. Todos los procedimientos fueron aprobados por un comité de ética. Los análisis psicométricos fueron mediante técnicas de análisis factorial exploratorio, confirmatorio, pruebas de invarianza y confiabilidad. Resultados: El análisis factorial exploratorio permitió encontrar una estructura con tres factores que corresponden con estrategias de afrontamiento activo, afrontamiento pasivo centrado en la emoción, y afrontamiento pasivo centrado en la cognición. El análisis factorial confirmatorio permitió comprobar el adecuado ajuste de los datos a la estructura propuesta, así como su invarianza. Los valores de confiabilidad encontrados resultaron adecuados con ω= 0,80, 0,70 y 0,70 respectivamente. Conclusión: La escala de estrategias de afrontamiento ante SARS-CoV2 presenta una estructura de tres factores y una adecuada confiabilidad que permiten caracterizar los estilos de afrontamiento ante pandemias como la de SARS-CoV2.

Através de diferentes perspectivas, o presente trabalho pretende analisar o filme Museum Town (Jennifer Trainer, 2019) e o modo como este dá conta do processo de revitalização do espaço que originou MASS MoCA. Para tal, o artigo segue três linhas orientadoras: 1) a história de North-Adams que 2) se cruza com a história de MASS MoCA – e que vai sendo apresentada através de imagens de arquivo e de entrevistas –, e 3) a construção e instalação de “Until”, de Nick Cave. Estas permitir-nos-ão tentar entender qual a potencialidade e papel de um projecto como o MASS MoCA, enquanto nos ajudarão igualmente a compreender a relação deste mesmo projecto com a pequena cidade que o acolhe, North-Adams, MA.

Existen algunas escalas de resiliencia que tiene su origen en otras diseñadas en contextos diferentes a México, por lo que el recuperar la voz y definición del concepto resiliencia -capacidad para resistir, aprender y trascender una adversidad- desde nuestro contexto nacional de quienes usan regularmente la palabra, resulta conveniente y necesario. El objetivo de esta investigación fue validar psicométricamente la escala de Resiliencia ML (Montoya-Lerma) de 4 factores: resistir, significar, aprender y trascender; diseñada y confeccionada a través de redes semánticas naturales en la población mexicana. Participaron 274 voluntarios estudiantes y egresados de licenciaturas relacionadas con la salud y la educación que conocían el concepto de resiliencia y lo empleaban regularmente. El modelo de los tres verbos de la resiliencia (factores resistir, aprender y trascender) validado socialmente y, a través de la experiencia, tuvo su confrontación después del análisis estadístico (alfa 0.929), resultando un cuarto factor, el cual encuadra en el verbo significar, lo que enriquece el análisis del proceso resiliente y consolida a este instrumento como nuevo referente para medir este constructo.

El fenómeno de la discapacidad es multideterminado y puede explicarse de diferentes formas, lo que implica entenderlo por distintas causas. El objetivo de esta investigación fue identificar y analizar cómo el estudiantado universitario se posiciona ante los enunciados sobre diferentes concepciones de discapacidad. Un total de 1.472 alumnos y alumnas de carreras de las áreas Biológica, Exacta y Humana de una universidad pública de Brasil. Se aplicó virtualmente la Escala de Concepción de Discapacidad (SCD). Los hallazgos indican que la mayoría de las personas encuestadas está a favor de preguntas que muestren concepciones sociales e histórico-culturales para comprender la discapacidad. Esto se considera un hecho positivo, ya que la forma en que el sujeto concibe un determinado conocimiento indica la forma de tratar con el objeto, en este caso, en relación con un segmento de la población que aún se encuentra, con frecuencia, en situación de exclusión social. Valorar las diferencias humanas en la educación superior, proponiendo acciones para valorar las diferencias con los futuros profesionales, se convierte en el resultado de esta investigación, en la promoción de una sociedad más igualitaria.

RESUMO Este estudo analisa o ativismo profissional no âmbito do trabalho educativo, social e comunitário com pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade, em Portugal. Procura contribuir para a sua caraterização, particularmente no que respeita à pluralidade de abordagens, por meio da construção e validação da escala da tipologia de ativismo profissional. Mediante a análise estatística descritiva e inferencial dos dados recolhidos por intermédio de um inquérito com 338 participantes, apresenta uma tipologia constituída de diferentes tipos de ativismo profissional, altamente correlacionados: coletivo, individual, especializado e radical. Aponta ainda tendências de influência de fatores como o sexo/gênero, os anos de trabalho e a formação em ativismo profissional no envolvimento com essas abordagens. As implicações para a formação de profissionais nessa área são sublinhadas.

This article introduces Black scale—a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological gathering of Blackness, music, sound, and locationality—that foregrounds the interdependence of scale and racialization. This framework explores how racial capitalist de|restructuring of space and place and intersectional personhood reshapes a Black sense of place through a "Black sense of scale" and its musical and sonic modalities. Through a geomusicological and geosonicological reading of Beyoncé's "Haunted," we add sociosonic textures to notions of "sense" and deepen how we think with individual and communal scales of Black poetic and material sociocultural production. This approach stresses how Black people are shaped by, but also produce a multitude of scales through Black auditory placemaking. Next, we present the overpass—a Black scalar methodology—to think with relational geographic articulations of the corporeal and material that analyze how racialized infrastructure divides space, but fosters communal refutations and the reformatting of these imposed places. Empirically, overpasses cannot be comprehended solely from above; they require multifaceted views that recognize lifeworlds in the interstices. By examining the relationality across music, sound, and Blackness, we (re)activate and engage scale as a racialized, evolving, intimately embodied, and subjective interpretation of the world as well as structural, objective descriptions of it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Romantic grief is a painful experience for human beings, and it depends on the love that existed between people. There are many theories that explain the ways of loving, but Lee's Theory of Love Styles is one of the most important. For this reason, this research set out to adjust, validate, and examine the equivalence of the Inventory of Love Styles for Adults by Ojeda García (2006; 2007) in people who have decided to terminate their relationship (leavers) and in those who have had to accept that decision (abandoned). For this, we worked with two non-probabilistic samples of Mexican people in a situation of mourning. The results show a valid and reliable scale whose six-factor model and adjustment indices were satisfactory. In addition, the invariance depending on the role played during the break was partially verified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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