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• Resilience in Surviving Pediatric Burn Patients

  L. Berumen, M. Gonzalez-Ramirez, G. Rivera

  Acta de Investigación Psicológica (2014). Vol. 4

  
  

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  Burn injuries are considered one of the most traumatic injuries a child or adolescent may experience and their consequences go beyond the physical problems, therefore the knowledge of positive adjustment after a burn is important. The aims of this study were to identify the levels of resilience in a group of pediatric burn survivors and to evaluate the differences by sex. This was a cross-sectional study in which 57 children and adolescents burn survivors, who attended to the Plastic Surgery Service of the UANL University Hospital, were evaluated. The results showed that children and adolescents of this study reported a high level of resilience, so it can be concluded that experiencing a traumatic or devastating event does not necessarily leads to negative consequences in psychological or behavioral functioning.

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  Burn injuries are considered one of the most traumatic injuries a child or adolescent may experience and their consequences go beyond the physical problems, therefore the [...]

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• Psychometric Properties of the Social Support From Parents and Friends Scale (AFA-R) in a Student Sample

  M. Gonzalez-Ramirez, R. Hernández

  Acta de Investigación Psicológica (2014). Vol. 4

  
  

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  The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the social support from parents and friends scale (AFA-R). Using a non random sample of students, internal consistency was analyzed and the factor structure of the AFA-R. Internal consistency was adequate (α=.918) and factor analysis corroborated the bi-factor structure, explaining 66.09% of its variance. The correlation between stress and social support was negative and significant (rs =-.337, p=.001) and it is evidence of validity. The results showed adequate psychometric properties of the AFA-R.

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  The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the social support from parents and friends scale (AFA-R). Using a non random sample of students, internal [...]

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• Psychometric Properties of a Scale to Assess Social Support through Social Networks

  M. Gonzalez-Ramirez, R. Hernández, C. Rodríguez

  Acta de Investigación Psicológica (2013). Vol. 3

  
  

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  Recently, the use and research of social networks have increased, however, to know if people perceived enough social support from their contacts in social networks, adequate questionnaires are required to measure perceived social support received from social networks. Thus, we designed and tested a scale to assess social support through social networks. It was answered by 245 men and 252 women with a mean age of 28.4 years. The scale was designed based on The MOS social support survey (Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991 ), starting with 24 items, after analysis of reliability and factor structure an instrument with 15 items was obtained. Its reliability measured by Cronbach’s alpha was of .94 and an acceptable goodness of fit in the confirmatory factor analysis.

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  Recently, the use and research of social networks have increased, however, to know if people perceived enough social support from their contacts in social networks, adequate [...]

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