The objective of the article is to study the internal consistency, construct validity, and distribution the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) among Mexican married persons. A sample of 727 participants (52.8% women and 47.2% men) was collected by random routes in Monterrey and its metropolitan area, Mexico. The PANAS, the Relationship Assessment Scale, and the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding were applied. The overall internal consistency was excellent. The PANAS presented a two-factor structure. By dropping item 12, a from-good-to-adequate fit and a good fit-parsimony relationship were achieved. The internal consistency of Positive Affect (PA) factor was excellent, and the one of Negative Affect (NA) factor was good. The distribution of the total score (Affective Intensity = AI) followed a normal curve. The central tendency in AI, PA and NA was equivalent between m...

Antecedentes: La internalización de la homofobia cultural como un rechazo hacia aspectos internos e interpersonales relacionados con homosexualidad puede conducir a conflictos intrapsíquicos y discriminación. Este fenómeno, al manifestarse en profesionales de la salud, puede conducir a la violación de los derechos de pacientes y colegas. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo identificar los correlatos y predictores de la homonegatividad en estudiantes de medicina. Se usó un muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia. Método: Se aplicó un cuestionario de autorreporte compuesto por preguntas sobre información socio-demográfica, orientación sexual y 18 escalas de medida, entre las que se encontraba la escala de Homonegatividad de 16 ítems (HN-16). Resultados: La muestra quedó integrada por 202 participantes voluntarios que estudiaban en una facultad...

Currently, the educational system demands active and participatory methodologies that favor motivation, divergent thinking and student inclusion, and the principles of accessibility and equality in education must be guaranteed in order to promote quality education. In this sense, students with special educational needs emerge, who present great socio-educational vulnerability, given their personal characteristics. The objective of this research is to identify, through a systematic review, the different methodologies to promote motivation and inclusion of students with special educational needs. Therefore, a search for articles was carried out in different international databases, such as Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, MEDLINE ProQuest, as well as in the national electronic resource Dialnet. Thus, a total of 286 documents were obtained and, after applying the established criteria, 7 st...