
Cristian Ramos-VeraCesar Vallejo University | UCV · School of Psychology/ Area Research
Cristian Ramos-Vera
Master of Science
FOUNDER OF THE PERUVIAN SOCIETY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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Introduction
I am interested in the evaluation of psychological competencies, oriented to the various fields of evidence-based psychology, with modern theories and methodologies, and multinational projects. Specialist in the method of structural equation analysis (SEM), predictive and mediator models, and psychometric network models. Skilled in the search for information on modern and multidisciplinary psychological instruments related to health sciences, business, marketing,education and social sciences.
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January 2019 - present
SOCIEDAD PERUANA DE PSICOMETRIA
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Background
The COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent health restrictions had an unprecedented impact on mental health, contributing to the emergence and reinforcement of various psychopathological symptoms. This complex interaction needs to be examined especially in a vulnerable population such as older adults.
Objective
In the present study we ana...
Personality clusters such as the Dark and Light Triad are going through an exponential investigation. The Dark Triad traits characterize behaviors associated primarily with socially undesirable outcomes, while the Light Triad traits are composed of behaviors linked to prosocial responses. Most studies that sought to map and investigate both triads...
Background
Previous research has suggested that manipulation and callousness are central to Dark Triad traits, but it has not identified which specific manifestations are expressed across various countries.
Objective
This study aimed to identify the core and overlapping manifestations of Dark Triad traits across 10 countries.
Methods
We used the...
Background
The concept of entrapment has been highlighted as a transdiagnostic element that manifests itself in disorders such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Although research has been conducted in different contexts independently, a comprehensive multi-country study to assess gender differences in entrapment through network analysi...
Psychological distress in women represents a critical aspect; however, few studies have comprehensively addressed how health management strategies, consideration of future consequences (CFC), cognitive reappropriation, and self-efficacy may influence this phenomenon, especially in contexts that require a comprehensive approach to women's mental hea...
Several investigations have addressed the study of dark triad traits only as specific factors and without taking into account countries where these tendencies can be expressed in culturally diverse ways. The present study aimed to analyze and compare quantitative models of the general tendency of dark personality traits using the bifactor model and...
Background
Moral outrage (MO) is an emotional experience that arises in situations where a moral standard is violated. Despite its relevance, there are few psychometric studies in the Latin American context, characterized by inequality and social problems. This highlights the need for specific assessment instruments for this construct. The purpose...
Background:
There is limited information on how healthy behaviors and individual health perceptions mediate the relationship between eating behaviors and noncommunicable diseases in adults. This study aimed to evaluate the mediating role of these factors in the relationship between eating behaviors and comorbidity in U.S. adults.
Methods:
A cros...
The research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the direct and indirect effects of academic stress symptoms related to academic stressors, emotional exhaustion, and coping strategies in an academic context. The study had a cross-sectional predictive design, composed of 387 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years (M = 15.6, SD = 1.53, 56.8 % female) f...
Background
Personality disorder (PD) in ICD-11 is defined primarily by self and interpersonal dysfunction and optionally by other qualifiers. This definition is inseparable from relativism of cultural determinants.
Aims
This review aimed to synthesize the relevant aspects of the influence of culture on clinical practice and health management for t...
Few studies have examined common patterns between perfectionist traits, depressive symptomatology and anxiety in adolescents. We analyzed these simultaneous associations and identified the most influential measures through network analysis. A total of 533 high school Peruvian students (48.97% female) participated from two educational institutions....
A number of measures and scales have been developed for the ICD-11 personality disorder (PD) diagnosis, including severity and trait dimensions. The present systematic review and meta-analysis sought to evaluate the internal consistency of these measures across different populations and cultures. A systematic search was conducted across four databa...
A number of measures and scales have been developed for the ICD-11 personality disorder (PD) diagnosis, including severity and trait dimensions. The present systematic review and meta-analysis sought to evaluate the internal consistency of these measures across different populations and cultures. A systematic search was conducted across four databa...
Irrational beliefs (IB) are irrational thinking patterns that limit the interpretation of situations and generate difficulties in daily life. Although there are several instruments to evaluate irrational beliefs, attention to their evaluation in adolescents has been insufficient, and possible gender and cultural differences have been overlooked. Th...
Changes in dietary patterns and body weight have become a focus of research in undergraduate students. This study compared breakfast consumption, intake of foods high in saturated fat, and BMI between medical and non-medical students. A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in 4,561 Peruvian university students, of whom 1,464 (32.1%) were...
Background
The link between physical and mental health and screen time in adolescents has been the subject of scientific scrutiny in recent years. However, there are few studies that have evaluated the association between social network addiction (SNA) and metabolic risk in this population.
Objective
This study determined the association between S...
The health crisis caused by COVID-19 in the United Kingdom and the confinement measures that were subsequently implemented had unprecedented effects on the mental health of older adults, leading to the emergence and exacerbation of different comorbid symptoms including depression and anxiety. This study examined and compared depression and anxiety...
Intimate partner violence is a social problem that requires appropriate instruments for its correct and accurate assessment. The aim of this study was to construct and report evidence of the psychometric properties of the Perceived Partner Violence Scale. Four samples were selected using nonprobability sampling. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA)...
El suicidio es un problema de salud pública que afecta a adultos y jóvenes. La comunicación de los pensamientos suicidas contribuye a la prevención del suicidio. El objetivo de la investigación fue construir la Escala de comunicación suicida. Se utilizó una muestra de 308 adolescentes (Medad = 14.6, 53.9% mujeres). El análisis factorial confirmator...
Background: The prevalence of obesity continues to increase among university students and the general population. Consumption of a diet high in saturated fats could be one of the risk factors.
Objective: The consumption of foods high in saturated fats, the vegetarian diet pattern, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with excess body we...
Pocos estudios en Sudamérica han examinado rasgos de personalidad que tuvieron impacto a nivel individual y social durante la pandemia. El objetivo del estudio fue identificar las variables centrales y asociaciones parciales en una red entre la tríada oscura, inteligencia emocional rasgo y distancia social durante la pandemia, y variables demográfi...
Background
Excess body weight and an unhealthy lifestyle are a risk factor for noncommunicable diseases. University students are susceptible to unhealthy habits and obesity. This study compared body mass index (BMI) and healthy lifestyle practices among university students from four academic disciplines: Health Sciences, Business Sciences, Human Sc...
Background
Short sleep duration in healthcare professionals is a recurring concern among researchers. On the other hand, the prevalence of burnout in this population group is experiencing exponential growth. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the association between sleep duration and burnout in healthcare professionals.
Methods
This is a cros...
En el primer artículo metanaalítico se determinaron FB10 (alterna) = 0,445 y
FB01 (nula) = 2,247 e IC 95 % [0,005 a 0,159], lo cual no confirmó la hipótesis de
heterogeneidad. Los valores próximos a una evidencia nula refieren una
incertidumbre en la estimación de lo reportado por los datos. Las
manifestaciones bayesianas del efecto total fueron FB...
Background
University students often experience significant changes in their eating habits, which can increase the risk of developing eating disorders (ED). This situation calls for the creation of brief assessment tools to identify college students who may be most at risk. The aim of the study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Ea...
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró la enfermedad por coronavirus como una pandemia el 11 de marzo de 2020. La rápida y amplia propagación de esta pandemia por COVID-19 se ha convertido en un importante motivo de preocupación para la profesión sanitaria. El aislamiento, las restricciones de contacto y el cierre económico, imponen un c...
Network analysis offers a valuable methodological and practical contribution to nursing research. This analysis enables healthcare professionals to interpret and translate the information derived from their research into better integrated care in the clinical population of interest, allowing them to focus on a specific intervention based on network...
Background
The study of Dark Triad traits and emotional variables has been conducted in numerous regions; however, there is a lack of research focusing on Latin American samples and considering variables such as sex and age. Incorporating these variables could enhance our understanding of underlying aversive patterns.
Purpose
This study aimed to a...
Background:
The stigma associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can lead to prejudice and discrimination against people who have been infected by this virus, consequently, it is important to have a validated tool to measure this phenomenon. However, there is only 1 national precedent that has validated the scores of this instrument in its...
Background
The stigma associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can lead to prejudice and discrimination against people who have been infected by this virus, consequently, it is important to have a validated tool to measure this phenomenon. However, there is only 1 national precedent that has validated the scores of this instrument in its...
Background
Although the importance of the therapeutic alliance in the treatment process and health outcomes is recognized, so far, there has been no evaluation in the Peruvian context that considers possible individual differences that could influence this assessment.
Purpose
This study assessed the psychometric properties of the WAI-S-P in a samp...
Introduction
One of the key psychosocial factors that impact mental and emotional health is social support. While much research has been conducted on the role of social support in the lives of cancer patients, there is a lack of studies that consider populations who need specific tools to assess this concept.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to e...
Background
The concept of Grit refers to a person’s ability to maintain perseverance and passion in the pursuit of long-term objectives. However, research on the applicability of the Grit-Original scale (Grit-O) in the Latin American context is limited.
Objective
This instrumental design study aimed to analyze the structure of this scale and its f...
Los problemas de ideación suicida durante la adolescencia se han relacionado con un mayor riesgo de síntomas de insomnio, pero escasas investigaciones han examinado los factores que pueden explicar esta asociación. El estudio actual tiene como objetivo determinar el rol mediador que presenta la ansiedad en la relación entre la ideación suicida y el...
Los problemas de ideación suicida durante la adolescencia se han relacionado con un mayor riesgo de síntomas de insomnio, pero escasas investigaciones han examinado los factores que pueden explicar esta asociación. El estudio actual tiene como objetivo determinar el rol mediador que presenta la ansiedad en la relación entre la ideación suicida y el...
Background
Although the relationship between health status and dietary intake has been extensively studied in the general population, there is a lack of research that has specifically examined the association between frequency of breakfast consumption and cardiometabolic risk in university teachers.
Objective
To determine the association between t...
Introduction: Health information technology (HIT) is essential in the prevention, management, and treatment of obesity due to the medical data and information available to health care providers and patients. However, exploration of HIT access and use among obese individuals remains limited. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare access...
Background:
network assessment of eating disorder (ED)-related symptomatology from a gender perspective is an important topic of study; however, there is limited research in the Latin American context.
Objective:
this study aimed to explore the patterns of association of the components of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q7) ac...
El estudio tiene como objetivo evaluar los efectos directos e indirectos de la motivación académica y la inteligencia emocional en el compromiso académico. Es una investigación cuantitativa y predictiva, mediante el análisis de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM), compuesta por 416 estudiantes peruanos que respondieron a tres instrumentos para evaluar l...
Depression in young people is considered a public health problem, given that it affects their personal, social, and academic lives; therefore, early detection of depressive symptoms is of importance for a favorable prognosis. This study aimed to estimate the psychometric properties of the second edition of the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (...
Background:
People with depression are at increased risk for comorbidities; however, the clustering of comorbidity patterns in these patients is still unclear.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to identify latent comorbidity patterns and explore the comorbidity network structure that included 12 chronic conditions in adults diagnosed with depr...
Post-traumatic growth is the psychological capacity to perceive positive changes facing high-stress or potentially traumatic events and may be especially useful in lessening their effects in adolescents’ lives. Present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) in 662 Peruvian adolescents who s...
Introducción. La enseñanza es una profesión emocionalmente desafiante, que a veces resulta en altos niveles de estrés, agotamiento y desgaste de los maestros. A menudo se ha afirmado que ciertas competencias emocionales como la inteligencia emocional pueden reducir los sentimientos de agotamiento de los profesores. Método. Se analiza, de forma desc...
Introduction
University students constantly face a number of health challenges related to an unhealthy diet, characterized by a high intake of saturated fats.
Objective
This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Block Fat Screener (BFS-E) food frequency questionnaire in a university population.
Methods
A...
Personality clusters such as the Dark and Light Triad are going through an exponential investigation. On the one hand, the Dark Triad traits characterize behaviors associated primarily with aversive outcomes, while on the other hand, the Light Triad traits are composed of behaviors linked to prosocial responses. Thus, we analyzed the structure of t...
Background
Body self-perception and dietary self-efficacy may represent an important factor in the prevention of excess body weight.
Purpose
This study evaluated body self-perception, dietary self-efficacy, and body mass index (BMI) in the Peruvian population.
Methods
A cross-sectional online survey was administered to 190 men and 210 women. Each...
Network analysis of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-X) in Peruvian adults with COVID-19 death family members as a function of gender.
Posttraumatic growth network structures were evaluated in males and females who lost a family member to COVID-19 to determine network variations according to sex. Six hundred sixty-nine Peruvian adults (M =...
Background
Emotional eating (EmE) is one of the most common eating behaviors maladaptive among young adults, however, in the Peruvian context, it remains unexplored.
Objective
The aim of the study was to determine the association between negative EmE, sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity, sleep duration, and mental and physical heal...
Los problemas para conciliar el sueño y las ideas suicidas, son frecuentes en adultos de población general. Al respecto, la evidencia empírica ha identificado que el insomnio se relaciona con la ideación suicida (IS), además que es un importante factor de riesgo. Sin embargo, se desconoce los mecanismos que subyacen a la relación entre ambos constr...
Introduction
Enneagram typologies may impact psychological well-being and stressful situations in college students. However, the literature is still limited in the study of dynamic personality models such as the Enneagram in Spanish-speaking university students, and a better understanding is needed.
Objective
To analyze network associations and ce...
Background
People with cognitive impairment may be exposed to an increased risk of comorbidities; however, the clustering of comorbidity patterns in these patients is unclear.
Objective
To explore the network structure of chronic comorbidity in a U.S. national sample spanning all 50 U.S. states with more than 170,000 participants reporting perceiv...
Background: Non-communicable diseases and psychiatric pathologies are the health problems that most affect the
population in the United States. Objective: This study aimed to examine the mediating role of patient-centered
communication (PCC) in the relationship between satisfaction with medical care, physical health, and emotional well�being in A...
Network analysis is a graphical statistical technique that allows visualizing and intuitively interpreting the spectrum of various health conditions, being of clinical relevance in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given its limited dissemination in South America, we aimed at a narrative analysis of this network model during the pandemi...
In this chapter, we present the main methodological principles of psychological networks as a way of conceptualizing mental disorders. In the network approach, mental disorders are conceptualized as the consequence of direct interactions between symptoms, which may involve biological, psychological, and social mechanisms. If these cause-and-effect...
La pandemia de COVID-19 es una emergencia sanitaria mundial que podría tener un impacto grave en la salud pública.(1) Un estudio de revisión de la presente revista refiere que la rápida propagación de la enfermedad por todo el mundo y las medidas para contenerla están provocando problemas de salud mental como estrés, ansiedad, síntomas depresivos,...
Context
Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes toward palliative care (PC) constitute barriers to its access. Few studies have focused on the intrinsic relationship between these variables, and none has examined the relationship between them and self-care self-efficacy.
Objective
To examine the direct and indirect effects of self-care self-efficacy, kn...
Background:
Non-communicable diseases and psychiatric pathologies are the health problems that most affect the population in the United States.
Objective:
This study aimed to examine the mediating role of patient-centered communication (PCC) in the relationship between satisfaction with medical care, physical health, and emotional well-being in Am...
We aimed to evaluate whether an ultra-short version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) has adequate psychometric properties, with a Colombian sample (N = 931) vulnerable to SaRS-CoV-2 infection. Results indicated that adequate indicators of goodness-of-fit, convergent validity, internal consistency, and factorial invariance. Therefore, th...
Background:
Depressive symptoms can affect people’s quality of life and social environment. In addition, in severe situations, they can lead to suicidal behaviors.
Objective:
This study aimed to analyze the differences in depressive symptoms in underweight and obese Peruvian adults.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out based on second...
La soledad es un fenómeno psicológico que puede afectar a la salud de los adolescentes. Genera una gran sensación de aislamiento social, amenaza personal y falta de control que puede llevar a una mayor vulnerabilidad a desarrollar algún trastorno mental. Sin embargo, hasta ahora no se cuenta con una medida de soledad adaptada en adolescentes hispan...
Background: Depressive symptoms can affect people's quality of life and social environment. In addition, in severe situations, they can lead to suicidal behaviors. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differences in depressive symptoms in underweight and obese Peruvian adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out based on secondar...
La Sociedad Peruana de Investigación Psicológica está buscando formar nuevos investigadores, que estén motivados, deseosos de superarse profesionalmente y que deseen formar una carrera direccionada al ámbito académico.
⭐ Oportunidades:
- Obtener estatus de investigador RENACYT, reconocido a nivel nacional, en poco tiempo.
- Certificación de volun...
Background: Globally, arterial hypertension (AH) has increased by 90% over the last four decades, and has increased by 1.6% in Peru over the previous four years. Scientific evidence indicates the prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with AH and its importance in the comprehensive evaluation of the adult for adherence to clinical treatment....
El análisis de redes es una técnica estadística gráfica que permite visualizar e interpretar intuitivamente asociaciones entre síntomas y múltiples variables vinculadas al funcionamiento y espectro de diversas condiciones de salud. Siendo de relevancia clínica en el contexto actual de la pandemia de COVID-19, y ante su poca difusión en Sudamérica,...
Posttraumatic growth network structures were evaluated in males and females who lost a family member to COVID-19 to determine network variations according to sex. Six hundred sixty-nine Peruvian adults (M = 25.41, SD = 1.82) were included using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-X (PTGI-X) self-report measure. Two Gaussian plot models of partial co...