The present survey analyses the psychological characters of 26 conciliators of an Arequipa city´s group. For this, the personality has been evaluated by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the coping types with the Coping Types Questionnaire by Lazarus and Folkman, the emotional intelligence with the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire and to value some clinics manifestations of personality we used the MINI-MULT. The results refers that the Arequipa conciliators have sanguine personality in predominant wise, emotional intelligence is higher, and they use the coping, the acceptation of responsibility and the distancing as preferential brave types. We didn’t found significant clinics manifestations. We also found differents relationships between the variables, like between the Neuroticism and some brave types, between Extroversion and Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence a...

El presente estudio, tiene por objetivo, realizar un análisis psicométrico de la Escala de Satisfacción en el Trabajo de Warr Cook y Wall (1979) en una muestra de trabajadores que radican en la ciudad de Arequipa (Perú). Se evaluó a 454 sujetos con diferentes ocupaciones utilizando la versión adaptada al español de Pérez-Bilbao y Fidalgo (1995). Se encontró que la prueba tiene una estructura unidimensional que se ajusta mejor a los criterios estadísticos empleados mediante el análisis factorial confirmatorio. Asimismo, cuenta con un índice de confiabilidad alto (α= .945) y con correlaciones ítem-test superiores a .589.

El objetivo del presente estudio fue valorar la prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en cuidadores de pacientes con discapacidad infantil de la ciudad de Arequipa. La muestra estuvo conformada por 45 cuidadores (91.42% mujeres y el 8.8% varones) con una edad media fue de 30.26 años (D.E.= 11.42). Se aplicó el Inventario de Burnout de Maslach, de 22 ítems que cuenta con una adecuada evidencia de confiabilidad para personal de salud (α= 0.721). Los resultados reportan que los cuidadores de personas con discapacidad tienen un perfil caracterizado por ser mujeres que son familiares de las personas que tienen a su cuidado, y que presentan altos niveles de agotamiento emocional y baja realización personal. Un 97.6% de personas presentan síndrome de burnout moderado. Asimismo, las mujeres presentan mayor despersonalización que los varones, y mientras las cuidadoras familiares presentan m...

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The objective of this study is to determine validity and reliability of the Mobile Phone Dependency Test (CPDT), in a 22 items Likert scale-based instrument. The Test was administered to two samples, a public university (N=1044) and a private university (N=356) in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. Validity was determined using an exploratory factor analysis. Three factors were identified: abstinence and tolerance (α=0,901), abuse and problems with impulse control (α=0,853), and problems with excessive mobile phone use (α=0,853). Additionally, percentile ranks were created for both public and private universities.

The objective of this study is to determine validity and reliability of the Mobile Phone Dependency Test (CPDT), in a 22 items Likert scale-based instrument. The Test was administered to two samples, a public university (N=1044) and a private university (N=356) in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. Validity was determined using an exploratory factor analysis. Three factors were identified: abstinence and tolerance (α=0,901), abuse and problems with impulse control (α=0,853), and problems with excessive mobile phone use (α=0,853). Additionally, percentile ranks were created for both public and private universities.

This research analyzes the impact of hope on attitudes toward politics among residents of the city of Arequipa, Peru. The Attitudes Toward Politics Questionnaire and the Herth Hope Index (HHI) were administered to a cluster sample consisting of 875 adults (47,54 % males and 52,46 % females) with an average age of 38 years who lived in eleven districts of the city of Arequipa. Data was processed using a descriptive, comparative and correlational design. The results show that hope and attitudes toward politics differ significantly according to the education level.  

This research analyzes the impact of hope on attitudes toward politics among residents of the city of Arequipa, Peru. The Attitudes Toward Politics Questionnaire and the Herth Hope Index (HHI) were administered to a cluster sample consisting of 875 adults (47,54 % males and 52,46 % females) with an average age of 38 years who lived in eleven districts of the city of Arequipa. Data was processed using a descriptive, comparative and correlational design. The results show that hope and attitudes toward politics differ significantly according to the education level.