Benito Arias

• Professor
• Professor (Full) at University of Valladolid

To date, there have been scarcely any published studies dedicated to developing instruments with sufficient guarantees of accuracy, validity, and reliability for the assessment of heritage learning in digital contexts. Furthermore, very few such studies on this subject have employed the network analysis methodology. The present study seeks to addre...

Background The main challenge in heritage education is to identify the verbs—and their hierarchical relations—that explain heritage learning as based on empirical evidence. The Heritage Learning Sequence (HLS) selects seven verbs (Knowing-Understanding-Respecting-Valuing-Caring-Enjoying-Transmitting) on the basis of (a) theoretical studies, (b) ana...

The assessment of heritage learning in digital environments lacks instruments that measure it with sufficient guarantees of accuracy, validity, and reliability. This study attempts to fill this gap by developing an instrument that has shown solid metric qualities. The process of design and calibration of a scale applied to 1,454 participants betwee...

It is common for some participants in self-report surveys to be careless, inattentive, or lacking in effort. Data quality can be severely compromised by responses that are not based on item content (non-content-based [nCB] responses), leading to strong biases in the results of data analysis and misinterpretation of individual scores. In this study,...

One of the strongest predictors of future academic achievement is the early and informal math skills children begin their school studies. Because of this, it is essential to have proper tools for measuring the development of mathematical thinking at an early age to be able to intervene in a timelier, more effective way. The purpose of this research...

The research aim is to know how the students of the Primary Teacher Degree at the University of Valladolid conceptualize heritage and determine the way in which links are built and intervened on the generation of identities. N = 472 texts published in the digital environment www.pesonasypatrimonios.com between 2018 and 2021 were used. Text mining t...

Información sobre el instrumento: http://web.teaediciones.com/DABS-Escala-de-Diagnostico-de-Conducta-Adaptativa.aspx La DABS es una prueba diagnóstica fácil de aplicar destinada a la detección de déficits significativos en la conducta adaptativa, que es uno de los criterios requeridos para el diagnóstico de discapacidad intelectual y otros trastor...

This book describes the outcomes obtained regarding two closely related research projects, namely: "Development and validation of a support needs assessment scale for children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities" (funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [Ref PSI2012-36278]) and "Assessment and diff...

The List of Indicators is training material used for the Supports Intensity Scale—Children’s version (SIS-C). It is aimed at helping interviewers distinguishing between extraordinary and age-related typical support needs in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) when implementing the SIS-C, and thus improve supports plannin...

The Supports Intensity Scale–Children’s Version (SIS-C) is the only available tool to assess extraordinary support needs for children and adolescents with intellectual disability. In past years, several works have proclaimed the need for its ongoing improvement as a measurement instrument. To contribute to this line of research, the goal of this wo...

In self-report surveys, it is common that some individuals do not pay enough attention and effort to give valid responses. Our aim was to investigate the extent to which careless and insufficient effort responding contributes to the biasing of data. We performed analyses of dimensionality, internal structure, and data reliability of four personalit...

Background: The purposes of this study were to empirically determine whether the support needs construct is generalizable across children with and without intellectual disability and to conduct cross-group comparisons to explore how extraordinary and non-extraordinary support needs differ in children. Method: One thousand thirty-six children (81...

El DSM-5 requiere para el diagnóstico del trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad (TDAH) la presencia de, al menos, seis síntomas en cualquiera de los dos grupos (déficit de atención e hiperactividad/impulsividad), dando lugar a tres subtipos o presentaciones posibles del trastorno. Sin embargo, este procedimiento de clasificación no h...

Los niños con autismo se ubican habitualmente en las zonas periféricas de sus redes de sociales, con menos amistades recíprocas y peores resultados en su percepción de diferentes dimensiones de la amistad. El estudio de la precisión de los informantes es relevante porque el comportamiento social puede estar más asociado con la percepción de las rel...

Improving the assessment of the quality of educational programs is one of the main objectives of research in heritage education. However, we do not have an instrument that is brief, objective and allows the use of a common standard for unbiased quality comparison between different programs. The objective of this study has been to design and develop...

Nowadays it is common to speak of inclusive classrooms without providing evidence of the true meaning of the term. In this paper we propose to pres- ent the process of development and validation of the ACOGE scale whose objective is to evaluate the quality of school classrooms to address diversity from an inclusive approach. In the development proc...

This mixed-methods study examined differences in social interaction patterns between a school-age boy with autism and his friends, non-reciprocal friends, and non-friends during recess time at a mainstream school (third grade of elementary school). Through a combination of observational methodology and social network analysis with an idiographic, f...

Background: Although attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered a valid diagnosis for children with intellectual disability, no studies have evaluated the invariance of ADHD symptom ratings across children with and without intellectual disability. Method: Parents completed ratings on the ADHD symptoms for 189 children with intell...

Mejorar la evaluación de la calidad de los programas educativos es uno de los principales objetivos de investigación en educación patrimonial. Sin embargo, no se dispone de un instrumento que sea breve, objetivo y que permita el uso de un estándar común para la comparación insesgada de la calidad entre distintos programas. El objetivo de este estud...

Assessing quality of life of people with brain injury has a relevant role for developing strategies focused on personal outcomes that allow us to guide good practices and rehabilitation. So far, assessment of quality of life for this population has been restricted to an evaluation of personal outcomes from a health-related quality of life perspecti...

Background: Children with autism spectrum disorder have been shown to be on the periphery of their social networks more often; to receive lower scores on companionship, closeness, intimacy and help; and to have fewer reciprocal friendships compared to their typical peers. Non-reciprocal friendships are a relatively unexplored phenomenon; however, a...

Spanish Autism Research Coauthorship Network I Encuentro AETAPI de Investigación Universidad de Sevilla Facultad de Psicología 02-02-2018 Power Point Presentation

Archivo Google Earth que permite la geo-localización de los documentos analizados. Puede abrirse con las herramentas Google Earth o Google Maps. En el siguiente enlace se puede acceder a una previsualización del mismo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z4xQ4OfYYdNRsCokN-5CT5qM0iqukyp-/view

Resumen: Con el desarrollo de nuevos instrumentos de evaluación, la salud mental de las personas con discapacidad intelectual ha suscitado un interés creciente en los últimos años. Algunos trabajos parecen indicar que estas personas pueden padecer psicopatologías comórbidas con una frecuencia similar o superior a la población general, sin embargo,...

Resumen: Aunque los problemas de conducta y la presencia de trastornos mentales afectan a las personas con discapacidad intelectual, no está claro el tipo de relación entre ambos y los factores que pueden contribuir a su aparición. El objetivo de este trabajo fue estimar la prevalencia de alteraciones graves de conducta entre las personas con dis-...

Resumen: Sigue abierto el debate de si el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad (TDAH) es un síndrome válido para su diagnóstico en niños con discapacidad intelectual. Si bien los grupos sintomáticos habituales (inatención, impulsividad e hiperactividad) son exhibidos por personas con DI, existen dificultades para juzgar hasta qué pu...

En los últimos años ha aumentado considerablemente la investigación en torno al diagnóstico de trastornos mentales en personas con discapacidad intelectual. Sin embargo, la gran mayoría de estos estudios han dado resultados inconsistentes y aun contradictorios, o han utilizado muestras de tamaño muy limitado. En el presente estudio nos propusimos e...

La escala ACOGE permite evaluar la calidad de las aulas escolares para atender la diversidad desde un enfoque inclusivo. Se describen las características esenciales del proceso de construcción de la escala. Los ítems fueron sometidos a un proceso de selección y clasificación en las dimensiones de inclusión educativa definidas por Ainscow, Booth y D...

The study aims to examine the structure of third sector professionals’ attitudes towards people with disabilities. A novel approach is proposed from network psychometrics called exploratory graph analysis, in which the nodes represent the attitudes and the relational links represent the estimated statistical relationships. The Attitudes Scale towar...

La Escala CAVIDACE tiene como objetivo evaluar resultados personales de calidad de vida en adultos con daño cerebral adquirido. Está compuesta de 64 ítems que recogen aspectos observables de calidad de vida y que han de ser respondidos por un observador externo que conozca bien a la persona evaluada (i.e., profesional, familiar, etc.). La escala p...

Con la finalidad de actualizar el trabajo de Belinchón et al. (2010) se analizó la estructura de las redes de colaboración, temáticas y fuentes de financiación en investigación en autismo, a nivel nacional, entre 2008 y 2017. En particular se examinaron los artículos publicados en revistas de impacto (Social Sciences Citation Index) durante este pe...

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This study tests the verification of a comprehensive explanatory structural regression model of physical activity based on the key personal and contextual motivational factors of the achievement-related choices model (Eccles, 2011). Participants were 429 adolescents, 233 (54.30%) boys and 196 (45.70%) girls, all aged between 11 and 19 (M = 14.93; S...

A common practice in the field of social anxiety assessment in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries is the use of instruments, developed in English-speaking countries, without prior adaptation to the country of application. Recently, it has been empirically developed the new Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ) with social situations...

This is the English PDF version of the Social Anxiety Questinnaire for Children (SAQ-C) (boys and girls version). You can use it freely, without asking for permission, with the only condition of citing the original source.

Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Children (SAQ-C) with boys and girls versions

Cuestionario de ansiedad social para niños (CASO-N) con versión para chicos y chicas

Given the lack of any Chinese instrument validated for Emotional Intelligence (EI) among adolescents, the purpose of this study was to explore new sources of validity evidence drawn from scores on the EQ-i: YV-S in a sample of Chinese adolescents. The sample was composed of 406 adolescents (236 girls). Results support the multidimensionality of the...

IT IS ONLY A DRAFT OF THE MANUAL IN ENGLISH. The Scale is being validated in English, and the Manual should be reviewed.

El propósito principal de este estudio ha sido la construcción y validación de una escala de actitudes hacia las personas con discapacidad, dirigida preferentemente a profesionales de las áreas de la salud y la educación. Han participado 976 profesionales de diferentes ámbitos (sanidad, educación, orientación laboral, medios de comunicación, admini...

Presentamos algunos de los conceptos que se enmarcan dentro de la psicología cultural que sirven para comprender cómo aprendemos las personas en interacción y que suponen la base para desarrollar el potencial de los entornos CSCL (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning). Exponemos algunas propuestas exitosas sobre entornos comunicativos que demu...

Among the instruments used to assess core-self evaluations, the core self-evaluations scale (CSES; Judge et al., 2003) is commonly used. A recent study (Gu, Wen & Fan, 2015) has revealed a method factor associated with the negatively worded items of the CSES. Ignoring this systematic variance produced biased validity and reliability estimates. Our...

This study describes a series of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses that were conducted with the 44-item Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Children- 4th version (SAQ-CIV) to identify a reduced set of items that might be used to construct a new abbreviated instrument for measuring social anxiety in children and adolescents. The fourth versi...

Study of peer-mediated intervention with an autistic child through lag sequential analysis.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic criteria assume that the 18 symptoms carry the same weight in an Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and bear the same discriminatory capacity. However, it is reasonable to think that symptoms may differ in terms of severity and even in the reliabi...

Characteristic response curves and the information curve for 9 items of the IA subscale. (TIFF)

Excel file with the raw data used in this research. (RAR)

Information function of items for ADHD symptoms at different levels of the latent trait. (DOCX)

Characteristic response curves and the information curve for 9 items of the HI subscale. (TIFF)

Este trabajo pretende dar a conocer el programa preventivo ADHISO diseñado para la mejora de las habilidades atencionales y cognitivas, así como las conductas hiperactivas e impulsivas de los alumnos de educación infantil que presentan sintomatología TDAH. Un buen funcionamiento ejecutivo es fundamental para un adecuado desarrollo cognitivo y compo...

Background: Interest in the support needs of people with intellectual disability has directed attention to developing assessments to measure of the pattern and intensity of supports which people need to participate in valued life activities. Assessments of the support needs of children must account for the influence of age. Method: Four hundred fif...

El «Cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos» (CASO) es una medida de autoinforme desarrollada para los países de habla española y portuguesa. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la validez de constructo y la fiabilidad del CASO en Colombia. Participaron 5477 personas de la población general contestando el CASO y la «Escala de ansiedad soc...

The assessment of support needs has gathered much attention over the last few years in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities, becoming a key aspect during the development and implementation of individualized support plans. In this sense, there is increasing research interest in the development and use of reliable and valid tools...

La Escala KidsLife evalúa resultados personales relacionados con la calidad de vida de niños/as y adolescentes con discapacidad intelectual entre 4 y 21 años. Recoge un conjunto de cuestiones sobre aspectos observables de calidad de vida que pueden ser respondidas por un observador externo que conozca bien a la persona (al menos desde hace 6 meses)...

Support needs assessment instruments and recent research related to this construct have been more focused on adults with intellectual disability than on children. However, the design and implementation of Individualized Support Plans (ISP) must start at an early age. Currently, a project for the translation, adaptation and validation of the support...

We tested first-order factor and bifactor models of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) to adequately summarize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, (DSM-IV-TR) symptoms observed in a Spanish sample of preschoo...

Abstract: Th is study presents the validity and reliability of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (saq), developed in an attempt to improve some of the shortcomings of self-report instruments, commonly used to assess social phobia/anxiety in Latin American countries. Th is measure has been globally validated for most of Latin American coun...

This study presents the validity and reliability of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (saq), developed in an attempt to improve some of the shortcomings of self-report instruments, commonly used to assess social phobia/anxiety in Latin American countries. This measure has been globally validated for most of Latin American countries, but h...

El «Cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos» (CASO) es una medida de autoinforme desarrollada para los países de habla española y portuguesa. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la validez de constructo y la fiabilidad del CASO en Colombia. Participaron 5477 personas de la población general contestando el CASO y la «Escala de ansiedad soc...

Las necesidades de apoyo aluden al perfil e intensidad de apoyo que una persona requiere para participar en actividades relacionadas con el funcionamiento humano normativo. Todos los niños y adolescentes presentan necesidades de apoyo. Necesidades que se incrementan ante la presencia de discapacidad intelectual, lo que hace necesario conocer cuándo...

Introducción: El interés por la evaluación de la calidad de vida de las personas con daño cerebral se ha incrementado durante los últimos años. Sin embargo, llevar a cabo este propósito se convierte en un reto si no disponemos de herramientas de evaluación adecuadas para este tipo de población y sus características. En la actualidad, y ante la ause...

De acuerdo con los actuales modelos socioecológico de funcionamiento humano (OMS, 2011) y apoyos (Schalock et al., 2010), la intervención desde los servicios sociales y de salud en la población con discapacidad debe ir enfocada a ofrecer las ayudas necesarias para mejorar la participación y la calidad de vida de los niños y ss familias. Con el fin...

Elaboración de un banco de ítems que formará parte de la versión piloto de la escala de evaluación de calidad de vida de personas adultas con daño cerebral.

Introducción. Las necesidades de apoyo aluden al perfil e intensidad de apoyo que una persona requiere para participar en actividades relacionadas al funcionamiento humano normativo. Todos los niños y adolescentes presentan necesidades de apoyo, necesidades, que se incrementan ante la presencia de discapacidad intelectual, lo que hace necesario con...

Background: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is inarguably one of the best-known instruments in the field of resilience assessment. However, the criteria for the psychometric quality of the instrument were based only on classical test theory. Method: The aim of this paper has focused on the calibration of the CD-RISC with a nonclin...

This article presents the psychometric properties of a new measure of social anxiety, the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for adults (SAQ), composed of 30 items that were developed based on participants from 16 Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Two groups of participants were included in the study: a nonclinical group involving 18,133 per...

Background The operationalisation of quality of life for people with more severe disabilities has been acknowledged in the published research for more than two decades. This study aims to contribute to our knowledge and understanding of the quality of life of adults with severe disabilities by developing a set of quality of life indicators appropri...

Elaborar un instrumento de evaluación de la calidad de vida de personas con daño cerebral que permita planificar y desarrollar buenas prácticas en rehabilitación, centradas en la persona y basadas en la evidencia, para la mejora de resultados personales relacionados con la calidad de vida

This article presents the psychometric properties of a new measure of social anxiety, the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for adults (SAQ), composed of 30 items that were developed based on participants from 16 Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Two groups of participants were included in the study: a nonclinical group involving 18,133 per...

This paper focuses on the development of a scale for assessing support needs of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities. This tool adheres to the most recent conception of intellectual disabilities and has been translated into Spanish following the international proposal initiated by the American Association of Intellectual and Deve...

Resumen Los sistemas de clasificación y diagnóstico tales como el recién publicado DSM-5 o la futura CIE-11 proponen cambios importantes en lo que al rol de la conducta adaptativa se refiere, sobretodo en la función de diagnóstico. Las limitaciones significativas en conducta adaptativa pasan así a convertirse en indicadores de severidad de la disca...

The general goal of this study consists of analyzing the influence of different types of human services in the quality of life of their nested users. Several multilevel models were proposed to test for significant differences not only in the overall quality of life score, but also in each of the eight core domains. Participants included 11,624 user...

This study aims at calibrating the Social Performance Schedule Scale Revised (SPSS-R) in a sample of 181 adults with intellectual disability using the Rasch-Andrich Rating Scale Model with the purpose of elucidating its structure, dimensionality, and psychometric properties. In order to obtain a version with a clear factorial structure and coherent...

This paper documents the validation of a comprehensive scale designed to assess quality-of-life related personal outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who receive support in social organizations. The INICO-FEAPS Scale was administered to 1627 people whose ages ranged between 16 and 72 years old. The instrument compris...

Sex differences between men and women in social anxiety are largely unexplored. This study sought to shed some light on this topic. We administered self-report measures of social anxiety to community samples of 17,672 women and 13,440 men from 16 Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal, as well as to a clinical sample of 601 patients diagnosed...

Objective: The primary objective of this research is to examine the psychological reaction of 44 women with SCI during their process of adaptation to spinal cord injury, specifically with regard to coping strategies, motivation, performance anxiety, neuroticism, extraversion, depression and the possible relationship between these variables and othe...

First Scale for persons with significant disabilities (multiple and profound, and others) with excellent psychometric properties