A5073068478- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Social Media and Politics
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Psychological Treatments and Disorders
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Voice and Speech Disorders
University of Atacama
2021-2025
University of Chile
2018-2023
With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated motives that underlie support for preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized associations empathic prosocial concern and fear disease towards would be moderated by trust government. Results suggest association between was strongest when government weak (both at individual-...
Abstract Background migration is a worldwide phenomenon that growing at an accelerated pace. When people who migrate come into contact with new culture, they are immersed in process called acculturation. In this process, oscillate between maintaining their own culture or acquiring the and customs of host country, resulting so-called acculturation strategies. According to Berry’s proposal, there four main strategies: assimilation, integration, marginalization separation. The few existing...
In the context of international migration, intergroup contact has been widely recognised as a strategy for enhancing host populations' positive attitudes towards immigrants. However, moderating factors that influence this association have relatively understudied. research, we propose generalised trust plays significant role moderator in relationship between quality and quantity Chileans Peruvian Venezuelan We hypothesize both types will be associated with more immigrants hosts (vs. no...
Migration processes can often trigger negative interactions with the context, generating problems in both physical and mental health of migrants, which have an impact on their well-being quality life. In this framework, research aimed to assess mediating effect ethnic identity collective self-esteem inverse relationship between Data were collected from 908 first-generation Colombian migrants living Chile, whom 50.2% women average age 35 years. They assessed The World Health Organization...
Identity fusion with a group, feeling of connection it, is good predictor extreme pro-group behavior, an action to favor or protect the including self-sacrifice. Relational ties and personal distress (self-oriented emotional reaction; e.g., anxiety, distress) toward ingroup members in need have been evaluated separately as mediators relationship between identity Another mediator could be empathic concern (other-oriented compassion, sympathy), but it has not considered literature. We related...
Abstract The current study investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviorsin a large, cross-cultural sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized associations empathic prosocial concern and fear disease, with towards behaviors would be moderated by individual-level country-level trust in government. Results suggest association between disease was strongest when government weak (both at individual country-level). Conversely, high, but this...
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a widely used measure that captures somatic symptoms of coronavirus-related anxiety.In large-scale collaboration spanning 60 countries with 21,513 respondents, we examined CAS's measurement invariance and the evidence convergent validity CAS scores in relation to fear satisfaction life (SWLS-3) scales.We utilized both conventional exact tests alignment procedures, revealing single-factor model fit data well almost all countries.Partial scalar was supported...
El pensamiento crítico constituye un marco de referencia para la acción humana, que favorece el conocimiento, transformación y aplicación las habilidades cognitivas en sociedad. Por su parte, estrategias disposición al estudio integran autorregulación del aprendizaje, lo cual permite incrementar rendimiento académico. objetivo este fue analizar relación entre 159 estudiantes psicología Universidad Atacama, Chile. La metodología utilizada cuantitativa tipo correlacional. Los resultados...
El objetivo del estudio fue analizar la relación inexplorada entre fusión de identidad con profesores universitarios y autopercepción pensamiento crítico. Se utilizó un enfoque cuantitativo, aplicando cuestionario a 161 estudiantes chilenos. Los análisis se realizaron mediante SPSS versión 29.0 R Studio. resultados revelan que predice una mayor crítico, sugiriendo fomentar podría potenciar esta habilidad en universitarios. Este hallazgo apunta importancia los vínculos el desarrollo crítico...
Deontología y utilitarismo, actuar por el deber según determinados principios, maximizar la felicidad para mayoría, respectivamente, se evalúan mediante dilemas (por ejemplo, ¿se debe sacrificar una persona salvar a cinco?). Se ha cuestionado si las respuestas estos reflejan dichas posturas morales. El presente estudio analizó aceptación del daño refleja postura utilitarista. Revisamos estudios que relacionaban respuesta los con indicadores utilitarismo cinco criterios establecimos....
Cases of homicidal children are scarce, but they have great social and legislative impact, leading to the study risk protector factors early criminal activity. Given only record in Chile a child, objective this was individual contextual associated with such behavior child under 10 years age toward pair. A unique case design used that involved multidisciplinary diagnosis, neuropsychological, individual, family, clinical, psychiatric evaluations. The main findings scarce cognitive flexibility...
Social categorization implies a difference between “we” and “they”, motivating people to create or maintain positive group distinctiveness, which leads intergroup bias. The common ingroup identity model proposes that recategorization from separated subgroups into an inclusive superordinate can reduce However, further research shows bias reduction is more likely when dual created, wherein the identities are simultaneously salient and, thus, distinctiveness safeguarded within this process....
Introducción: el contacto intergrupal es un buen predictor de las actitudes positivas hacia otros grupos, relación que podría ser explicada por una menor ansiedad intergrupal. Estas asociaciones han sido analizadas entre distintos como la nacionalidad o religión. Sin embargo, y clases sociales escasamente explorados. Por este motivo, analizamos efecto mediador sobre desde personas clase social subjetiva baja alta. Esperamos positiva (cantidad calidad) positivas, con mediación Método: en...
La preocupación empática y angustia personal son los componentes emocionales de la empatía según modelos más utilizados. Estos pueden conceptualizarse en forma disposicional o situacional. Los análisis previos tienden a considerar escalas disposicionales con escasa evidencia para las situacionales. El presente estudio analizó estructura factorial Escala Situacional Empatía Emocional, compuesta por personal. En una muestra conveniencia estudiantes universitarias/os chilenos/as (N = 539), se...
La fusión de identidad (FI) refiere al sentimiento conexión/unión con un grupo donde la personal y social están activas simultáneamente actúan como único factor, persona siente que comparte cualidades esenciales el