Edwin Salas

• Doctor of Psychology
• Investigador at Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to design, construct, and validate The Social Network Addiction Questionnaire (SNA) by applying the Item Response Theory (ITR) for polyatomic graded response items. At first, items were designed according to the DSM-IV criteria for substance addiction and adapted to the construct under study that was evaluate...

Background Harmful work patterns have become a public health problem. These conditions are worrying since they can have an impact on mental health, social conflicts, and physical difficulties due to their normalization of pathological behaviors related to work addiction. Aims: (1) determine the psychometric properties and reliability of the DUWAS a...

Studies on the prevalence of burnout in professionals in service organizations who work in direct contact with the clients or users of the organization have concluded that burnout is a serious health disorder that has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant advantage of the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI) over other instruments is tha...

Los objetivos del estudio fueron representar la preferencia por la matemática y las inteligencias múltiples en escolares peruanos que están culminando el nivel educativo primario y secundario; determinar el impacto del sexo y del nivel socioeconómico sobre la preferencia por la matemática y las inteligencias múltiples; y, establecer las diferencias...

El estudio relaciona adicción a las redes sociales y soledad en universitarios de Lima Metropolitana. Participaron 146 estudiantes de universidades privadas de Lima, el 56.1% fueron mujeres, de 18 a 30 años (M= 23). Se aplicaron el Cuestionario de Adicción a Redes Sociales (ARS) y la Escala de Soledad de De Jong Gierveld. Los resultados indican que...

Sensation seeking is a construct associated with risky behaviors over a wide age range, but validation studies in Mexico are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of two versions of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (the BSSS-8 and BSSS-4) in young Mexican individuals. The sample consisted of 2884 students (age: M = 16.6, S...

The excessive use of social networks needs to be addressed, and this phenomenon needs to be measured for the purpose of evaluation, prevention, and intervention among adolescents and young people. The objective of the study was to adapt and psychometrically validate the Brief Scale of Addiction to Social Networks (SNA-6) among Mexican adolescents a...

Work stress is related to the perception of parental skills in working parents, it is a cross-sectional, associative study with correlational predictive design (Ato, López & Benavente, 2013), 177 parents participated (55.7% women), who worked at least 30 hours per week and who have children between 3 and 12 years old. The instruments used were the...

Introducción: Las publicaciones sobre conductas adictivas han ido en aumento incluyendo su heterogeneidad contextual en diferentes plataformas virtuales con el fin de generar visibilidad. Objetivo: Identificar las redes de colaboración, autoría y palabras clave sobre conductas adictivas. Método: Se utilizó el mapeo científico e indicadores biblio...

This research is cross-sectional study with correlational design (Hernández-Sampieri & Mendoza, 2018). The objective is to relate procrastination and self-efficacy in the academic context. 178 university students participated, who were administered the Academic Procrastination Scale (EPA, Dominguez, Villegas & Centeno, 2014) and the Perceived Self-...

Background: This study presents a bibliometric analysis of Psicothema as a commemoration for its 30 years of publishing (1989-2018). Methods: A year-, sex-, and publication language-based analysis of the journal's characteristics was carried out based on the sample of 2,396 publications. Based on that data, Lotka's law was assessed, Lawani and S...

RESUMEN. El objetivo fue analizar si existen diferencias en los niveles de estrés percibidos por los padres de niños con problemas crónicos de salud, de acuerdo con el tipo de locus de control (externo o interno). Los participantes fueron 113 padres que tienen hijos con problemas de salud crónicos, y, que aceptaron voluntariamente contestar los cue...

Las redes sociales impactan positivamente en la cotidianidad, sin embargo, el uso excesivo y descontrolado pueden generar patrones patológicos adictivos. Objetivo. Proponer una versión breve del cuestionario de Adicción a Redes Sociales (ARS-6). Método. Participan 839 adolescentes y jóvenes peruanos (M = 16.17; DE = 3.10). Se implementó un análisis...

The aim was to analyze whether there are differences in the levels of stress perceived by the parents of children with chronic health problems, according to the type of locus of control (external or internal). The participants were 113 parents who have children with chronic health problems, and who voluntarily agreed to answer the prepared question...

El objetivo del estudio fue estudiar la relación entre resiliencia y habilidades sociales, participaron 212 estudiantes de cuatro colegios de gestión estatal de nivel secundario pertenecientes al distrito San Luis de Shuaro, ubicado en la selva central peruana; ellos estudian en diferentes grados, del primero hasta quinto grado de secundaria, sus e...

This work is an argumentative essay, or, in the terms of Montero and León (2005), it is a theoretical study. Its objective is to critically propose an evaluation of the state in which psychological research is in Peru, and from this analysis, raise the potential reasons for the problematic situation and reflect on these aspects, in order to finally...

Resumen Social networks have a positive impact on everyday life, however, excessive and uncontrolled use can generate addictive pathological patterns. Objective. Propose a short version of the Social Network Addiction questionnaire (ARS-6). Method: 839 Peruvian adolescents and young people participate (M = 16.17; SD = 3.10), 58.8% women. A conceptu...

Se investigó la relación entre adicción a redes sociales e impulsividad en una muestra de 566 estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad del Cusco, a quienes se aplicó el Cuestionario de Adicción a Redes Sociales (ARS) y la Escala de Conducta Impulsiva UPPS-P. Utilizando el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman, se encontró evidencias de que la adicc...

Este trabajo es un ensayo argumentativo, en los términos de Montero y León (2005) es un estudio teórico, su objetivo es plantear críticamente una evaluación del estado en el cual se encuentra la investigación psicológica en el Perú, y, a partir de ese análisis plantear los potenciales motivos de la situación problemática y reflexionar sobre dichos...

La propuesta del presente estudio es hacer una revisión conceptual sobre la adicción al trabajo, también conocida como workaholism, tema abordado y tratado en Europa, Estados Unidos y Japón, pero que cuenta con un número reducido de investigaciones y publicaciones en Latinoamérica. Se precisan conceptos sobre la adicción al trabajo y algunos signos...

p>El presente estudio instrumental (Ato, López y Benavente, 2013) o de tipo psicométrico (Alarcón, 2008) planteó como objetivo estimar la validez y fiabilidad del Inventario de Autoeficacia para las Inteligencias Múltiples-Revisado (IAMI-R, Pérez y Cupani, 2008) en estudiantes peruanos de quinto de secundaria. Se trabajó con una muestra de 1304 ado...

El objetivo del presente trabajo es validar en población peruana, el Test de Dependencia de Videojuegos (TDV) (Chóliz & Marco, 2011). Los resultados obtenidos demuestran que se trata de una herramienta confiable y válida. Se encontró una sola estructura factorial, en lugar de cuatro dimensiones, como plantearon los autores del TDV. Este factor podr...

This research intended to validate two brief scales of sensations seeking with Peruvian adolescents: the eight item scale (BSSS8; Hoyle, Stephenson, Palmgreen, Lorch, y Donohew, 2002) and the four item scale (BSSS4; Stephenson, Hoyle, Slater, y Palmgreen, 2003). Questionnaires were administered to 618 voluntary participants, with an average age of...

RESUMEN El presente estudio preliminar y exploratorio reporta la construcción de un instrumento para facilitar la identificación y descripción de las motivaciones y dificultades percibidas para hacer investigación entre docentes universitarios. Los participantes fueron 86 profesores de tres universidades (dos privadas y una pública), ubicados en Li...

This preliminary and exploratory study reports the construction of an instrument to facilitate the identification and description of the motivations and perceived difficulties for doing research among university teachers. Participants were 86 teachers from three universities (two private and one public), located in Metropolitan Lima (Peru). Analyse...

RESUMEN El presente es un trabajo de revisión, en él se discute acerca de las relaciones entre ética, crianza, corrupción y violencia. Es un trabajo reflexivo a partir del análisis de las características de la sociedad postmoderna y de cómo este hecho ha afectado fundamentalmente a la familia, que ha cambiado radicalmente –sobre todo en lo referent...

RESUMEN El propósito del presente estudio fue diseñar, construir y validar el cuestionario de Adicción a Redes Sociales (ARS) mediante la aplicación del modelo de la Teoría de Respuesta al Ítem (TRI) para ítems politómicos de respuesta graduada. Inicialmente los ítems se diseñaron de acuerdo a los indicadores del DSM-IV para adicción a sustancias,...

Psychological addiction is rapidly becoming a serious health problem in the world and in Peru. Although, there are earlier studies, Goldberg (1995) is recognized as the pioneer in introducing the internet addiction topic as a new disorder; from that time much empirical research has been developed. But, these new addictions have not yet been recogni...

The objective of this research focused on the study of the behavior of college students regarding social network¬ing. We identified several habits in the use of social networking, and we compare across psychosocial variables. We applied the Addiction Social Networks (ARS) —in its original version— validated and constructed by Escurra & Salas (2013)...

In this paper we analyze the names and meanings assigned to preexperimental design concept, reviewing some of the literature on this topic especially in Spanish language. Among the textbooks on methodology, there are a great number of denominations, which we have tried to classify in order to facilitate analysis and to understand the reasons why th...

Some psychological characteristics of students undergoing academic problems Three hundred fifty-seven university records of students reported as undergoing academic problems were studied between Abril 1990 and August 1996. Research was aimed at determining the contributing factors to the problem and also at designing academic support programs and p...

Three hundred fifty-seven university records of students reported as undergoing academic problems were studied between Abril 1990 and August 1996. Research was aimed at determining the contributing factors to the problem and also at designing academic support programs and psychopedagogical support actions, and others on a preventive basis. Three st...