José Andrés Sepúlveda

University of La Frontera · Department of Psychology

Introducción/objetivo: el emprendimiento se ha consolidado como un motor clave para el crecimiento personal y el desarrollo económico en distintos ámbitos. Este estudio tiene como propósito evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Intenciones Emprendedoras en estudiantes universitarios jóvenes. Metodología: la investigación, de tipo p...

Introducción: Existe un creciente interés en la relación entre la orientación sexual de una persona y su bienestar subjetivo, por el vínculo de dicha orientación con diversas esferas de la vida, como apoyo social, salud y satisfacción vital. Sin embargo, la investigación sobre la relación entre estas variables en función de la orientación sexual es...

Introduction Research on work-family dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that family demands increased for workers, particularly those with children. This heightened family-to-work conflict negatively affects the subjective well-being of parents and their children. However, these outcomes have been mainly examined on individuals without con...

Introducción: la preocupación por las finanzas es una de las principales causas de estrés financiero, especialmente en grupos poblacionales con ingresos y trabajos inestables. El objetivo de este artículo fue determinar si las actitudes austera y hedonista hacia el endeudamiento se relacionan directamente con el estrés financiero e indirectamente a...

The main objective of this study was to examine the actor and partner effects between Perceived Workplace Support for Families (PWSFs) and family support (PFS), diet quality, and satisfaction with food-related life (SWFoL) in households with both parents working and adolescents, along with the role of the three family members’ diet quality as a med...

This paper reports two studies that tested sexual orientation, residence context (urban/rural, living with parents), and per- ceived social support as predictors of sexual orientation disclo- sure in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority (LGB+) university students in Chile. Samples comprised 268 partici- pants for Study 1, and 160 for S...

Organizational and family support may be invested to reduce workers’ family-to-work conflict and increase their and their family members’ family satisfaction. However, data on the extent to which workplace and family support, family-to-work conflict, and family satisfaction were linked during the COVID-19 pandemic for workers and their families is...

En Chile, el consumo se ha transformado en el núcleo de la construcción identitaria como consecuencia de la globalización y del modelo neoliberal. Los adolescentes son un segmento destacado de la población en la que impactó este cambio porque constituyen mercados: el presente, el futuro y el de influencia en la familia. Un aspecto clave del comport...

Consolidating strategies in the banking sector to reduce the impact of resistance barriers to technological innovation can bring brands closer to older people, thus reinforcing the brand value of banking institutions; therefore, the objective of this research was to identify the incidence of resistance barriers to technological innovation on the di...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the work-family interface dynamics in some families. For couples who kept earning a double income during the pandemic, their family demands may entail a loss of psychological resources that affect the work domain. This study explored the intra-individual and inter-individual (crossover) direct and indirect effects of f...

Introduction: Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people can hold heteronormative attitudes and beliefs, which comprise assumptions regarding gender essentialism and men and women’s expected behaviours in relationships. In this population, adherence to heteronormativity may increase a sense of discrepancy between the “current” and the “ought” self. Thi...

La literatura sociopolítica reconoce en la actualidad el desarrollo de procesos de deterioro democrático, el auge de líderes populistas y de personalización de la política. En estas circunstancias cobra cada vez más relevancia e interés el estudio de la personalidad de las figuras políticas. Este artículo explora la personalidad atribuida al presid...

Objetivo: Identificar en qué medida la salud mental y bienestar subjetivo son predichas por el endeudamiento por motivos de estudio en estudiantes universitarios de la ciudad de Temuco, Chile. Método: Una muestra no probabilística de 151 estudiantes universitarios de quinto año o superior de su respectiva carrera universitaria respondió a medidas...

[spa] Los desafíos de un mundo globalizado requieren que, por medio de la Educación Superior (ES), los estudiantes desarrollen Competencias Emprendedoras No Cognitivas (CENC) que les permitan afrontar el mundo laboral actual. Evaluar competencias es un desafío y debe existir claridad de los constructos que se están midiendo, por lo tanto, se consid...

This study aimed at describing the impact that the COVID 19 pandemic had on the fi nancial and consumption habits of Chilean, Argentinean and Colombian families. This was a cross-sectional on-line study. The fi nal sample consisted of 1,184 adults who managed independent fi nancial resources and from urban areas of Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. R...

Materialism has been recognized as an important variable in postmodern societies; however, most of the studies on this concept have focused on the adult population. The aim of the present study is to determine the possible association between materialism and life satisfaction, and the possible mediating role of attitudes towards money and peer infl...

Introduction: The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used measure of an individuals’ cognitive assessment of subjective well-being. The SWLS has been validated in several contexts and populations, but its cross-cultural measurement invariance in emerging adult samples remains barely explored. The purpose of this study was to evaluate t...

Introduction/objective: The paper sought to identify the predictor variables of changes in habits and behaviours of responsible consumption in students of Pedagogy of History and Geography in the city of Temuco, Chile. Method: The sample comprised of 110 students divided into an experimental (n = 68) and a control (n = 42) group. Pre-and post-inte...

En esta investigación se compara el efecto del modelo de consumo neoliberal en adolescentes, hombres y mujeres, de Quito (Ecuador) y Santiago (Chile). El objetivo es describir estilos de consumo, actitud hacia el dinero y materialismo en adolescentes de ambas ciudades y comparar de acuerdo a país de procedencia y género de los participantes. La mue...

The present study aimed at determining the association between life satisfaction and subjective happiness while controlling for social desirability, and to explore whether overall satisfaction with life can be predicted by satisfaction with life dimensions while controlling for social desirability. The study had a quantitative, non-experimental cro...

This study assesses the relationship between food satisfaction and family satisfaction and their relationships to university student life satisfaction, while also exploring the moderating role of the place of student residence, student self-health perception and the importance students assign to food in relation to well-being. A survey was applied...

The objectives of this study were to examine the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale in university students (MSLSS) (Huebner, 1998) in a sample of university students from northern, central and southern Chile, where indicators of reliability and construct validity were examined. Also, it seeks to describe the lev...

The Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale is an instrument to assess life satisfaction in children and adolescents in five life domains. However, research on multidimensional life satisfaction in older students, such as those attending university, is still scarce. This paper undertook to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Mult...

The aims of this study were to test the relationships between food neophobia, satisfaction with food-related life and food technology neophobia, distinguishing consumer segments according to these variables and characterizing them according to willingness to purchase food produced with novel technologies. A survey was conducted with 372 university...

Entrepreneurship is defined as the capacity to detect and act upon economic opportunities in the environment, to gain an individual or collective benefit. Interest in this subject has led to relate this construct with individual and social variables. However, few studies have focused on the characteristics of entrepreneurs and their level of knowle...

The aim of this study was to categorize university students based on their association between food neophobia and levels of subjective well-being, in general and in the food domain, and their perception of their family's eating habits. A survey was conducted among 372 university students from southern Chile. The questionnaire included the Food Neop...

This study examined longitudinal measurement invariance in the Satisfaction with Food-related Life (SWFL) scale using follow-up data from university students. We examined this measure of the SWFL in different groups of students, separated by various characteristics. Through non-probabilistic longitudinal sampling, 114 university students (65.8% fem...

This study aimed to characterize dieting and non-dieting university students by gender, based on their satisfaction with life and their food-related life, self-discrepancy, food behavior and health-related aspects. A non-probabilistic sample of 305 students from five Chilean state universities responded a questionnaire that included the Revised Res...

Entrepreneurship is defined as the capacity to detect and act upon economic opportunities in the environment, to gain an individual or collective benefit. Interest in this subject has led to relate this construct with individual and social variables. How ever, few studies have focused on the characteristics of entrepreneurs and their level of knowl...

This study sought to determine the relative importance of the country of origin in the selection of four foodstuffs (rice, sugar, chicken meat and oil); to identify consumer segments; and to evaluate which sociodemographic variables affect ethnocentrism in food consumption, through a survey responded by 800 habitual supermarket shoppers in southern...

Confirming that an assessment instrument evaluates the same construct in the same way across cultures is critical before comparing distinct samples. The factorial invariance of the Satisfaction with Food-related Life (SWFL) scale across university students from Chile and Spain was evaluated. Then, mean levels of the SWFL scores among these groups w...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of attitudes towards functional foods (AFF) on university students’ satisfaction with food-related life (SWFL) and to distinguish student typologies, considering that the AFF are not homogeneous among consumers. Design/methodology/approach A survey was applied to 372 university students (me...

Esta investigación abordó la identidad cultural alimentaria mapuche,enfocándose en la socialización y transmisión intergeneracional de las pautas de consumo de alimentos en mujeres mapuche residentes en zonas urbanas, considerando factores de influencia en la compra,preparación y selección de alimentos. La muestra fue de 36 mujeres adultas, auto-id...

The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Food Technology Neophobia Scale (FTNS) in a developing South American country. A convenience sample of 400 adults from Temuco, Chile, was obtained. Two hundred subjects were surveyed at a supermarket and 200 were university students. After a data cleansing process, a sample o...

Objetivo: caracterizar tipologías de estudiantes universitarios según la percepción de los hábitos alimentarios de sus familias. Material y método: se aplicó un cuestionario a una muestra no probabilística de 372 estudiantes de ambos géneros de la Universidad de La Frontera, Chile. El instrumento incluyó: Cuestionario de Hábitos Alimentarios Famili...

Aim: To characterize typologies of university students according to the perception of their families' eating habits. Material and method: A questionnaire was applied to a non-probabilistic sample of 372 students of both genders at the Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. The instrument included: the Family Eating Habits Questionnaire (FEHQ),...

Self-discrepancy describes the distance between an ideal and the actual self. Research suggests that self-discrepancy and dietary restraint are related, causing a significant impact on the person's well-being. However, this relationship has been mostly reported in female and mixed populations. In order to further explore dietary behaviors and their...

In order to compare the acceptance of beef obtained from a conventionally bred, cloned or genetically modified (GM) animal by working adults and university students, and to identify consumer segments in both subsamples, a survey of 400 people in southern Chile was applied, distributed by means of proportional allocation. Using a conjoint analysis i...

With the aim of comparing the acceptance of milk obtained from cloned, genetically modified (GM) and conventionally bred cows among working adults and university students, and identifying and characterizing typologies among both subsamples in terms of their preferences, a survey was applied to 400 people in southern Chile, distributed using a simpl...

This study aimed to assess the effect of satisfaction with food-related life on life satisfaction among inhabitants of the main municipalities of central Chile. A survey was applied to a sample of 1,277 people, distributed proportionally by municipality. The questionnaire included the following scales: SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale), SWFL (Sat...

to characterize types of university students based on satisfaction with life domains that affect eating habits, satisfaction with food-related life and subjective happiness. a questionnaire was applied to a nonrandom sample of 305 students of both genders in five universities in Chile. The questionnaire included the abbreviated Multidimensional Stu...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore differences in consumers’ willingness to purchase functional foods (FFs) in southern Chile in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, consumer knowledge, and subjective well-being. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was carried out among 400 people in southern Chile. The questionnaire measu...

A study was carried out to evaluate preferences for two cuts, four countries of origin, two forms of presentation, brand and different prices of beef cattle among supermarket buyers in southern Chile, and to distinguish the existence of different market segments, through a survey of 800 people. Using a fractional factorial design for conjoint analy...

The purpose of this study was to distinguish and characterize university student typologies according to their life satisfaction and satisfaction with their food-related life. An online survey was applied between June and August 2013 in five state universities in Chile, to 369 university students (mean age=20.9 years, SD=2.27). The survey included...

Objective: To characterize university students typologies according to chronic food restriction, satisfaction with life and food consumption. Materials and method: A questionnaire was applied on a non-probability sample of 369 male and female students from five Chilean universities. The questionnaire included: Revised Restraint Scale (RRS), Sati...

In order to distinguish typologies of university students based on family support received in the form of tangible and intangible resources, their level of satisfaction with life and food-related life as well as subjective happiness, a survey was applied to a non-probabilistic sample of 347 students in southern Chile. The questionnaire included the...

INTRODUCCIÓN evaluación general que hace la persona respecto a su alimen-Variables que afectan la satisfacción con la alimentación según nivel socioeconómico: un estudio exploratorio en el sur de Chile Variables affecting food satisfaction according to socioeconomic status: an exploratory study in southern Chile con la disponibilidad de recursos ec...

Background: Eating is one of the most frequent human behaviors, but there are few studies that relate eating and subjective well-being. Typologies of people were distinguished and characterized according to their level of satisfaction with life and food in central Chile. Method: A survey was applied to a sample of 1,277 people in the main munici...

This research aims to describe the experience of subjective well-being and self-assessment of dietary practices in university students in southern Chile. The sample was made up of 40 students of both genders, enrolled in undergraduate programs at a Chilean state university. Data was collected through a semi-structured interview. The results show th...

El presente estudio tiene por objeto identificar variables que influyen en la satisfacción con la vida de personas pertenecientes a distintos niveles socioeconómicos (NSE) en el sur de Chile. Para lograr este objetivo, 316 residentes en las principales ciudades de esta parte del país, distribuidos proporcionalmente por comuna, respondieron un cuest...

This research aims to describe the experience of subjective well-being and self-assessment of dietary practices in university students in southern Chile. The sample was made up of 40 students of both genders, enrolled in undergraduate programs at a Chilean state university. Data was collected through a semi-structured interview. The results show th...

Aim: To distinguish typologies of university students in southern Chile on the basis of their level of satisfaction with life and food-related life, and to characterize them according to their eating habits inside and outside the place of residence, aspects associated with health and demographic characteristics. Materials and methods: A structur...

This study aimed to identify the variables influencing satisfaction with life in people from different socioeconomic groups in southern Chile. To do this, a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 316 residents in the main cities of the southern side of the country, distributed proportionally by municipality. The questionnaire included the Satisfa...

The prevailing cognitive models for the promotion of health and prevention of disease through good diet assume that information is an incentive for change. However, consumers tend to choose their food based on motives more complex than nutritional values. The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological meanings that Chilean university...

Objetivo: Distinguir tipologías de estudiantes universitarios en el sur de Chile, en base a su nivel de satisfacción con la vida y la alimentación, y caracterizarlas según sus hábitos alimentarios dentro y fuera del lugar de residencia, aspectos asociados a la salud y características demográficas. Material y método: Se aplicó un cuestionario estruc...

Con el objetivo de identificar variables que influyen en la satisfacción con la vida en personas Mapuche, se aplicó una encuesta a 400 participantes pertenecientes a esta etnia en la Región Metropolitana de Santiago. El cuestionario incluyó las escalas SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale), SWFL (Satisfaction with Food-related Life), estilos de vida,...

Aim: To distinguish consumer typologies on the basis of their food-related lifestyle in the principal municipalities of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, and to characterize these according to their food consumption habits inside and outside the home, sociodemographic characteristics and their level of satisfaction with food-related life...

The prevailing cognitive models for the promotion of health and prevention of disease through good diet assume that information is an incentive for change. However, consumers tend to choose their food based on motives more complex than nutritional values. The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological meanings that Chilean university...

This study investigates the relationship between food neophobia, satisfaction with life and food-related life, and acceptance of the use of nanotechnology in food production. Questionnaire data was collected from a sample of 400 supermarket shoppers in southern Chile. The questionnaire measured knowledge of nanotechnology and willingness to purchas...

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Food-related Life (SWFL) scale and its relation to the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in southern Chile. Methods: A survey was applied to a sample of 316 persons in the principal cities of southern Chile distributed with proportional attachment per city. Results:...

Con el objetivo de identificar variables que influyen en la satisfacción con la vida en personas Mapuche, se aplicó una encuesta a 400 participantes pertenecientes a esta etnia en la Región Metropolitana de Santiago. El cuestionario incluyó las escalas SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale), SWFL (Satisfaction with Food-related Life), estilos de vida,...

Con el objetivo de distinguir y caracterizar tipologías de consumidores en base a su estilo de vida en relación a la alimentación en forma exploratoria, se aplicó una encuesta a una muestra de 316 personas de las principales ciudades del sur del Chile. El instrumento de recogida de información incluyó una adaptación del cuestionario de estilos de v...

The relative importance of brand (traditional national, new or emerging national and store brand), packaging (bottle and tetra-pack) and price on the choice of red wine were evaluated through consumers in Temuco, and consumer segments were also identified in terms of their preferences. 400 direct surveys were applied in September 2010. Of all those...

Given the increase in brand products in the Chilean food market, a survey was administered to a sample of 400 people in Temuco, Araucanía Region of Chile, with the aim of distinguishing consumer segments according to the importance assigned to the attributes brand, packaging and price in the purchase of milk and the attitude towards national (Nestl...

Considering the rejection by consumers of genetically modified foods, and that the country of origin is used as an indicator of quality, a study was done of the relative importance of the existence of genetic modification (GM), the origin and the price in the purchase of sunflower oil in Temuco through a survey of 400 people; at the same time diffe...

Considerando el rechazo de los consumidores hacia alimentos genéticamente modificados y que el país de origen es usado como indicador de calidad, se estudió la importancia relativa de la existencia de modificación genética (MG), origen y precio en la compra de aceite de girasol en Temuco, Chile, junto con la identificación y la caracterización de d...

In order to identify variables which have an influence on satisfaction with life among Mapuche persons of the Araucania Region, Chile, a survey was applied to 400 Mapuche subjects in Temuco. The questionnaire included the SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale) and SWFL (Satisfaction with Food-related Life) scales, life-styles, food, and sociodemograph...

Con el objetivo de identificar variables que influyen en la satisfacción con la alimentación en personas mapuche, se aplicó una encuesta a 400 sujetos de esta etnia en la Región de La Araucanía. El cuestionario incluyó la escala SWFL (Satisfaction with Food-related Life). Se obtuvo que el 39,5% está satisfecho y el 33,2% extremadamente satisfecho c...

Given the debate generated by Genetically Modified (GM) foods in developed and developing countries, the aim was to evaluate the importance of determining factors in the preference of consumers in Temuco and Talca in central-southern Chile for GM foods using conjoint analysis and to determine the existence of different market segments using a surve...

The relative importance of brand (traditional national, new or emerging national and store brand), packaging (bottle and tetra-pack) and price on the choice of red wine were evaluated through consumers in Temuco, and consumer segments were also identified in terms of their preferences. 400 direct surveys were applied in September 2010. Of all those...

Unlabelled: Blueberry plantations in Chile are oriented exclusively towards exports to northern hemisphere countries; however, this fruit has recently been introduced into the domestic market due to the increased supply and a fall in export market prices. Based on the previously mentioned, the objectives of the present study were to evaluate consu...

The recent importation of chicken meat into the Chilean market, an evaluation and a comparison were made of the relative importance of the country of origin, presentation and price in the choice of this product among consumers in Temuco and Los Angeles, central-southern zone of Chile, together with the identification and characterization of consume...

In order to explore the relationship between feeding, as a domain of life, and subjective welfare in university students, a survey was applied to a non probability sample of 112 university students. The questionnaire included the SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale) and SWFL (Satisfaction with Food-related Life) scale, and the frequency of consumpti...