Walter L. Arias Gallegos
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View article: Análisis psicométrico del Test de Adicción a Internet (TAI) en estudiantes de una universidad de Arequipa, Perú
Análisis psicométrico del Test de Adicción a Internet (TAI) en estudiantes de una universidad de Arequipa, Perú Open
This study analyzes the psychometric properties of Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in a sample of university students from the city of Arequipa. A total of 317 students from a private university were evaluated (43.5% women and 56.5% …
View article: Positive and negative emotions in patients with Sudeck’s syndrome according to religiosity before and after the disease
Positive and negative emotions in patients with Sudeck’s syndrome according to religiosity before and after the disease Open
Background Sudeck’s syndrome is a chronic and painful disease that affects a significant number of people. Despite this, it is a disease little researched in general and even less in the field of the psychology of religion. The aim of this…
View article: Ten years of the Inventory of Family Integration (IFI)
Ten years of the Inventory of Family Integration (IFI) Open
Background: In Peru, various instruments have been validated to evaluate variables associated with the family, but until recently there was no psychological test aimed at evaluating the family that had been created in the country. This stu…
View article: PSYCHOMETRIC EVIDENCE OF A MEASURE OF GENERAL SELF-EFFICACY IN PERUVIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN: INTERNAL STRUCTURE, RELIABILITY AND FACTORIAL INVARIANCE AND PROPOSAL OF A BRIEF VERSION
PSYCHOMETRIC EVIDENCE OF A MEASURE OF GENERAL SELF-EFFICACY IN PERUVIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN: INTERNAL STRUCTURE, RELIABILITY AND FACTORIAL INVARIANCE AND PROPOSAL OF A BRIEF VERSION Open
The present research aims to propose a brief version of a measure of general self-efficacy, based on the Self-Efficacy Scale, and to evaluate its evidence of validity based on internal structure, reliability and factorial invariance accord…
View article: Entrepreneurial Habits and Professional Preferences in Students of Business Administration
Entrepreneurial Habits and Professional Preferences in Students of Business Administration Open
This article presents the description and comparison of entrepreneurial habits and professional preferences in 213 students in the last year of the Business Administration career at three universities in the city of Arequipa. Entrepreneuri…
View article: Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America
Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America Open
Objectives The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of a general measure of the perception of governmental responses to COVID-|19 (COVID-SCORE-10) in the general population of 13 Latin American countries. Methods A to…
View article: TEST OF INVARIANCE OF THE ANOMIE BRIEF SCALE WITH THE ALIGNMENT METHOD IN 12 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
TEST OF INVARIANCE OF THE ANOMIE BRIEF SCALE WITH THE ALIGNMENT METHOD IN 12 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES Open
The Social Anomie Brief Scale (SAS10) is a self-report measure of social anomie against new social standards implemented during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the invariance of the cross-cul…
View article: Work, telework, and mental health during COVID-19
Work, telework, and mental health during COVID-19 Open
This review addresses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ mental health, in particular, teleworking conditions. Our analysis is based on documents from several international organizations and specialized scientific publications…
View article: Validation Psychometrical analysis of Sexual Machism Scale (EMS-Sexism-12) among university students from Arequipa, Peru
Validation Psychometrical analysis of Sexual Machism Scale (EMS-Sexism-12) among university students from Arequipa, Peru Open
Background: Sexual masochism is a form of gender discrimination based on beliefs, stereotypes and attitudes that limit autonomy and devalue individuals based on their gender. Objective: To determine the internal structure validity and reli…
View article: Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19, Conspiracy Beliefs About Vaccines and Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19: A Cross-National Indirect Effect Model in 13 Latin American Countries
Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19, Conspiracy Beliefs About Vaccines and Intention to Vaccinate Against COVID-19: A Cross-National Indirect Effect Model in 13 Latin American Countries Open
The present study explored the predictive capacity of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the influence in this relationship of conspiracy beliefs as a possible mediating psychological variable, in 13 La…
View article: Impact of COVID-19 on quality of life in Peruvian older adults: construct validity, reliability and invariance of the COV19—Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) measurement
Impact of COVID-19 on quality of life in Peruvian older adults: construct validity, reliability and invariance of the COV19—Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) measurement Open
The aim of the present study was to translate into Spanish and evaluate the psychometric evidence of the Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) applied to a sample of Peruvian older adults ( N = 298; 58.1% women, 41.9% men, mean age 65.34 y…
View article: What is post-COVID-19 syndrome? Definition and update
What is post-COVID-19 syndrome? Definition and update Open
This work addresses the origin and development of post-COVID-19 syndrome, which consists of the persistence of different symptoms over time as a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Based on a narrative review of the scientific literature,…
View article: Resilience among Women of Childbearing Age from Arequipa, Peru: Psychometric and Associative Analysis
Resilience among Women of Childbearing Age from Arequipa, Peru: Psychometric and Associative Analysis Open
Resilience is one of the most important variables in the development of healthy pregnancies although there have been limited investigations within local contexts. The present study had a double purpose: first, to analyze the psychometric p…
View article: Síndrome de burnout y su relación con los componentes de la teoría DISC en una empresa comercial
Síndrome de burnout y su relación con los componentes de la teoría DISC en una empresa comercial Open
The present research has as aim to analyze the relationship between burnout syndrome and its dimensions with personality styles according to DISC theory: Dominant, Influential, Steadiness and Compliance. We assessed 91 workers from a priva…
View article: Network analysis of the relationships between conspiracy beliefs towards COVID-19 vaccine and symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of latin american countries
Network analysis of the relationships between conspiracy beliefs towards COVID-19 vaccine and symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of latin american countries Open
The present study examined how conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines specifically relate to symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of four South American countries. A total of 1785 people from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru pa…
View article: 45 Years of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE): A perspective from ibero-america
45 Years of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE): A perspective from ibero-america Open
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was created by Marshal Folstein et al. in 1975 as an instrument for brief (5–10 min) assessment of mental status in hospitalized patients. It is considered the most widely used test for standardized…
View article: Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries
Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (COVID-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries Open
Aims Over the past 2 years, the vaccine conspiracy beliefs construct has been used in a number of different studies. These publications have assessed the determinants and outcomes of vaccine conspiracy beliefs using, in some cases, pooled …
View article: What Is the Support for Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19 Vaccines in Latin America? A Prospective Exploratory Study in 13 Countries
What Is the Support for Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19 Vaccines in Latin America? A Prospective Exploratory Study in 13 Countries Open
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 began to emerge immediately after the first news about the disease and threaten to prolong the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by limiting people’s willingness of receiving a life-saving vaccine.…
View article: Associated factors to the sexual behavior in Peruvian women among 15 and 25 years old
Associated factors to the sexual behavior in Peruvian women among 15 and 25 years old Open
Background: The sexual behavior of women is associated with various protective or risk factors, which are important to assess. To determine the socioeconomic factors associated with the sexual behavior of Peruvian women within 15 and 25 ye…
View article: Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Version in Spanish of Four Items of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) in Twelve Latin American Countries
Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Version in Spanish of Four Items of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) in Twelve Latin American Countries Open
The invariance of the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS) was evaluated in 12 Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay). A t…
View article: COVID-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and Its Relation to Suicidal Ideation
COVID-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale and Its Relation to Suicidal Ideation Open
The present study aimed to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) in ten Latin American countries. A total of 2,321 people who had lost a family member or other loved one due to COVID-19 partic…
View article: Factors associated with violence against adolescents at home in Peru
Factors associated with violence against adolescents at home in Peru Open
Background: Adolescence responds to a period of maturity and adjustment to the adult world; therefore, it is influenced by the social and family context, as well as by the previous stages of development. The objective of the present invest…
View article: Propiedades psicométricas de los cuestionarios Reactive/Proactive Questionnaire (RPQ) y How I Think Questionaire (HIT) en estudiantes peruanos
Propiedades psicométricas de los cuestionarios Reactive/Proactive Questionnaire (RPQ) y How I Think Questionaire (HIT) en estudiantes peruanos Open
The present study aimed to value the relationships between reactive/proactive aggression and cognitive distortion among adolescents from Arequipa City in Peru, for which it was necessary to realize a psychometric analysis of the tests used…
View article: Estructura interna y consistencia interna del índice de esperanza de Herth en habitantes de la ciudad de Arequipa.
Estructura interna y consistencia interna del índice de esperanza de Herth en habitantes de la ciudad de Arequipa. Open
The article studies the evidence of validity based in the internal structure and internal consistency about the punctuations of the Herth Hope Index in a sample of 875 habitants from Arequipa City. The sample was conformed by 416 males and…
View article: Escala de probabilidad de perdón: Evidencias iniciales de validez y confiabilidad en el contexto peruano
Escala de probabilidad de perdón: Evidencias iniciales de validez y confiabilidad en el contexto peruano Open
The present study analyzed the reliability and validity based on the internal structure of the Forgiveness Likelihood Scale (FLS). The FLS was administered to 499 university students from the city of Trujillo (228 men and 271 women) with a…
View article: ¿Es el clima organizacional determinante de relaciones interpersonales o son las relaciones interpersonales las que determinan el clima organizacional?
¿Es el clima organizacional determinante de relaciones interpersonales o son las relaciones interpersonales las que determinan el clima organizacional? Open
In this study, the relationship between organizational climate and interpersonal relationships at work were analyzed in order to estimate the impact the first has on the second, and vice versa. To that end, 73 workers from a private busine…