Examinando por Autor "Chacón‑Andrade, Edgardo René"

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“Cross‑cultural measurement invariance of the purpose in life test ‑ Short form (PIL‑SF) in seven Latin American countries“
(Springer, 2022-07) Caycho‑Rodríguez, Tomás; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Cervigni, Mauricio; Gallegos, Miguel; Martino, Pablo; Calandra, Manuel; Rey Anacona, Cesar Armando; López‑Calle, Claudio; Moreta‑Herrera, Rodrigo; Chacón‑Andrade, Edgardo René; Lobos‑Rivera, Marlon Elías; Del Carpio, Perla; Quintero, Yazmín; Robles, Erika; Panza Lombardo, Macerlo; Gamarra Recalde, Olivia; Buschiazzo Figares, Andrés; White, Michael; Burgos Videla, Carmen; Carbajal‑León, Carlos
“The aim was to test the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the PIL-SF in a sample of people from seven Latin American countries. Additionally, the characteristics of the PIL-SF items were evaluated and to assess the relationship between purpose in life, as measured by the PIL-SF, and fear of COVID-19. A total of 4306 people from seven Latin American countries participated in the study. The results indicated that the PIL-SF is invariant in the seven participating countries and, therefore, there is evidence that the items refect the purpose of life in the same way in all countries. This allows comparisons of purpose in life between countries that are free of bias, refecting the true diferences in how countries respond to items. From IRT, the discrimination parameters are adequate and indicate that the items cover a wide range of the purpose in life construct. The difculty parameters are adequate and increase monotonically. This indicates that people would need a higher level of purpose in life to respond to the higher response categories. Thus, the PIL-SF items would be useful in determining people with a relatively high degree of purpose in life. Identifying people with diferent levels of purpose in life would allow them to be part of intervention programs, either to support those with low levels or to maintain and reinforce their purpose in life. The evidence of cross-country measurement invariance of the PIL-SF provides a measure to be used in cross-cultural studies about the meaning of life.“
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Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID‑19 death among Salvadoran adults
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023-03-29) Lobos‑Rivera, Marlon Elías; Flores‑Monterrosa, Angélica Nohemy; Tejada‑Rodríguez, Jennifer Carolina; Chacón‑Andrade, Edgardo René; Caycho‑Rodríguez, Tomás; Lee, Sherman A.; Valencia, Pablo D.; Carbajal‑León, Carlos; Vilca, Lindsey W.; Reyes‑Bossio, Mario; Gallegos, Miguel
Thousands of people have died of COVID-19 in El Salvador. However, little is known about the mental health of those who are mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the dysfunctional grief associated with COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults. A sample of 435 Salvadorans (M = 29 years; SD = 8.75) who lost a family member or loved one to COVID-19 completed a digital survey using the Google Forms platform, during April 2 and 28, 2022. The results revealed that 35.1% reported clinically elevated symptoms of dysfunctional grief and among those mourners, and 25.1% also exhibited clinical levels of coronavirus anxiety. A binary logistic regression revealed that predictor variables such as COVID-19 anxiety (p = .003), depression (p = .021), and COVID-19 obsession (p = .032) were significant (χ2 = 84.31; Nagelkerke R2 = .242) and predict a 24.2% chance of dysfunctional bereavement.