Role of Emotional and Social Information Processing Factors in Social Behavior: A Developmental Perspective

Este estudio examina las relaciones estructurales entre el comportamiento social, el procesamiento de la información social (SIP), la emocionalidad y regulación emocional en niños de Córdoba (Argentina). Participaron 623 niños de 3, 5 y 7 años, sus padres y maestras. Un modelo reducido ofreció el mejor ajuste de los datos, el cual excluía las variables emocionales de valencia positiva. En general, un mejor desempeño social fue predicho por niveles más bajos de emocionalidad negativa, una mejor habilidad para regular emociones negativas y una mejor habilidad para procesar información social. Los distintos pasos del SIP mostraron ser mediadores significativos. Además, se observó que la configuración estructural de las variables mostraba notables particularidades según el período evolutivo considerado.This study examines the structural relations between social behavior, social information processing (SIP), emotionality and emotional regulation among children from Cordoba (Argentina). Six hundred and twenty-three children aged 3, 5 and 7 years, as well as their parents and teachers, participated in the study. A reduced model offered the best fit to the data, which excluded the emotional variables of positive valence. Overall, a better social performance was predicted by lower levels of negative emotionality, a better ability to regulate negative emotions, and a better ability to process social information. The different steps of SIP proved to be significant mediators. Additionally, it was observed that the structural configuration of the variables showed noticeable peculiarities according to the period of development considered.Este estudo examina as relações estruturais entre o comportamento social, o processamento da informação social (SIP), a emocionalidade e regulação emocional em crianças de Córdoba (Argentina). Participaram no estudo 623 crianças de 3, 5 e 7 anos, seus pais e professoras. Um modelo reduzido ofereceu o melhor ajuste dos dados, o que excluiu as variáveis emocionais de valência positiva. Em geral, um melhor desempenho social foi predito por níveis mais baixos de emocionalidade negativa, uma melhor habilidade de regular emoções negativas e uma habilidade melhor para processar a informação social. Os diferentes passos do SIP mostraram ser mediadores significativos. Além disso, observou-se que a configuração estrutural das variáveis apresentou peculiaridades notáveis de acordo com o período evolutivo considerado.Fil: Reyna, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentin

Political Participation: Discriminant contribution of ideological attitudes, values and socio-psychological variables

El presente trabajo identifica variables que discriminan entre quienes participan y quienes no participan considerando dimensiones electorales y no electorales de la Participación Política en Córdoba (Argentina). Se realizó un estudio por encuesta en una muestra representativa de la población (N=450). El análisis discriminante permitió reconocer el aporte del Autoritarismo de Derecha (RWA), Colectivismo, Colectivismo Político, Interés Político y Eficacia Política Participativa, a dicha diferenciación en dos dimensiones de la participación: electoral-de campaña y de contacto con organizaciones y referentes políticos. Estos resultados evidencian la relación del RWA con otros comportamientos políticos diferenciados de las preferencias partidarias y comprueban la relación de diferentes valores y de una medida participativa de la Eficacia Política con amplios repertorios participativos.This paper identifies variables that discriminate between participants and non-participants considering electoral and non-electoral dimensions of political participation in Córdoba, Argentina. A study was conducted by survey on a representative sample of the population (N = 450). The discriminant analysis allowed recognizing the contribution of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), collectivism, political collectivism, political interest and of participatory measure of "political efficacy", to such differentiation in two dimensions of participation: Electoral-campaign and contact with organizations and political figures. These results show the relationship of RWA with different political behavior of party preferences; and verify the relationship of different values a nd a participatory measure of "political efficacy" with broad participation repertoires.Fil: Sorribas, Patricia Mariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudio sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Psicología - Grupo Vinculado CIPSI; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudio sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Psicología - Grupo Vinculado CIPSI; Argentin

Estudo Exploratório das Características Psicométricas do Portrait Values Questionnaire no Contexto de Córdoba – Argentina

El estudio analizó algunas propiedades psicomé- tricas del Portrait Values Questionnaire, instrumento de medición de valores humanos en su versión de 21 ítems (Schwartz & Rubel-Lifschitz, 2009), en una muestra no aleatoria de 419 ciudadanos cordobeses (Argentina), con una media de edad de 34.81 y una desviación típica de 10.16. Para evaluar la evidencia de estructura y de consistencia interna se realizó un análisis factorial exploratorio y se estimó el coeficiente alfa de Cronbach, respectivamente. Los resultados indican que el instrumento presenta buenos niveles de confiabilidad en las tres dimensiones: conservación, apertura al cambio y autopromoción (α=.68 a α=.71). Sin embargo, la estructura teórica propuesta por el autor se ratifica parcialmente.The survey analyzed some psychometric characteristics of the 21-item version of the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ), an instrument to measure human values (Schwartz & Rubel-Lifschitz, 2009) in a non-random sample of 419 citizens of Córdoba (Argentina), with a mean age of 34.81 and a standard deviation of 10.16. In order to evaluate the evidence of structure and internal consistency, an exploratory factorial analysis (principal components method and varimax rotation) was carried out and Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was estimated. Results indicate that the instrument has good levels of reliability in the three dimensions: Conservation, Openness to Change, and Selfpromotion (α=.68 to α=.71). Nevertheless, the theoretical structure proposed by the author is partially ratified.O estudo analisou algumas propriedades psicométricas do Portrait Values Questionnaire, instrumento de medição de valores humanos em sua versão de 21 itens (Schwartz & Rubel-Lifschitz, 2009), em uma amostra não aleatória de 419 cidadãos de Córdoba (Argentina), com uma média de idade de 34.81 e um desvio típico de 10.16. Para avaliar a evidência de estrutura e de consistência interna, realizou-se uma análise fatorial exploratória e estimulou-se o coeficiente alfa de Cronbach, respectivamente. Os resultados indicam que o instrumento apresenta bons níveis de confiabilidade nas três dimensões: Conservação, Abertura à Mudança e Autopromoção (α=.68 a α=.71). Contudo, a estrutura teórica proposta pelo autor se ratifica parcialmente.Fil: Imhoff, Débora Soledad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

La participación política contenciosa : desarrollo de un modelo explicativo desde la cognición social

En el presente trabajo nos proponemos desarrollar un modelo explicativo de un repertorio de participación política que implica modalidades contenciosas y reivindicativas. Los princi-pales objetivos de las acciones explicitados por los propios encuestados se correspondieron con reivindicaciones laborales u organizacionales. Este hallazgo nos posibilita a su vez, una mayor articulación con estudios previos sobre protesta laboral a nivel local. Los datos se re-lavaron a partir de una muestra representativa de la ciudad de Córdoba - Argentina (N=450). Mediante un path análisis pudimos determinar que el principal aporte explicativo correspondió a las variables psicosociales Interés Político, Autoritarismo de Derecha y Co-lectivismo Político. El carácter colectivo de las acciones retenidas en este repertorio permi-te entender su dependencia respecto de otras dos variables psicosociales: sentido de efica-cia política participativa y eficacia política global.In this paper we propose to develop an explanatory model of a repertoire of political par-ticipation that involves contentious and vindictive ways. The main objectives of the actions made explicit by respondents themselves were consistent with organizational or labor de-mands. This finding allows us to turn further integration with previous studies on labor protest locally. Data were obtained from a representative sample of the city of Cordoba - Argentina (N = 450). Using a path analysis we determined that the main contribution ex-planatory did psychosocial variables: political interest, right-wing authoritarianism and po-litical collectivism. The collective nature of the actions of this repertoire allows under-stand their dependence on two other psychosocial variables: participatory political efficacy and political efficacy global

Legitimacy and general perceptions of judicial authorities from Cordoba (argentina): an approach from procedural justice perceptions

La justicia es uno de los principios básicos que se aplica a individuos e instituciones, siendo un facilitador social que posibilita la interacción entre personas y grupos (Tyler, 2000). Por esta razón, se ha convertido en un tema de gran interés para la investigación en Psicología Social. Distintos autores han examinado el impacto de las experiencias en las percepciones de legitimidad de las autoridades (Baird, 2001; De Cremer & Tyler, 2007; Hinds, 2007), así como la influencia de estas valoraciones de legitimidad, en el comportamiento de obediencia de normas (Murphy, 2005; Tyler, 1990). En el estudio que se informa se examinaron las percepciones de legitimidad de autoridades legales de Córdoba (Argentina), por parte de los ciudadanos. Asimismo, se estudió el impacto de las valoraciones de justicia procedimental sobre las valoraciones de legitimidad y justicia de las autoridades. Finalmente, se controló la influencia de variables socio-demográficas y situacionales. Para ello, se tomó una muestra no probabilística, cuotificada por edad, género y nivel socio-económico, de 300 personas de la ciudad de Córdoba que hubieran tenido contacto reciente con alguna de las autoridades en estudio (Policía, Policía Caminera, juzgados e inspectores municipales). Los resultados mostraron que las valoraciones de las autoridades locales son, en general, negativas. Además, las valoraciones de justicia procedimental realizaron un aporte significativo a la explicación de las valoraciones de legitimidad y justicia de las autoridades en general. Las variables de control no mostraron una influencia significativa.Justice is a desirable principle in social inter - actions.At the same time, in the case of institutions, justice is a virtue that is manifested in its role of distributing goods and costs or rights and duties (distributive justice) and its corrective function to punish actions that violate social norms (jus - tice sanctioning) (Garzón, 2004). The role of justice as the main regulator of social relations has become a topic of great interest to Social Psychology. The majority of recent studies in this perspective of justice have investigated perceptions of procedural justice, this is, justice based on the process used by an au thor ity to make a decision. Most researchers found that procedural justice evaluations are an important predictor of the legitimacy of the author - ities. However, these studies have been conducted mainly in the United States, and in our local area there is no previous research centered in this perspective of justice. Although there are some previous studies that recognize the problem of legi - timacy in Latin America (Latinobarometro Corporation, 2010; Salles, 2010; Turner & Carballo, 2010), we have no knowledge of local research, conducted in the field of Social Psychology, that examines the origins of this lack of confidence in legal authorities. For this reason, the present study evaluates not only perceptions of legitimacy of legal authorities, but also their relationship with proce - dural justice values.According to that, we study the impact of citizens’ procedural justice perceptions of a particular experience with a legal authority on perceptions of legitimacy and fairness of the au - thorities in general. In addition, we control for the influence of various socio-demographic variables (gender, age, educational level and socioeconomic status) and status (presence of a conflict, the volun - tariness of the experience, the favorability of outcomes and the relevance of results and treat ment) on this relationship. We used a retrospective ex post facto design in a nonrandom sample of 300 citizens (54.7% male) from the city of Córdoba (Argen - tina). We interviewed only those who had a personal experience with at least one of the au thorities under study (police, traffic police, courts, and municipal inspectors) during the last year. Most of the situations involved contact with the police (52.9%) or traffic police (30.4%), whereas only 10% were with municipal inspectors, and the remaining 6.7% were situations related to court issues. Moreover, the vast majority of situations with the authorities involved a non-voluntary contact (71.7%) and only 9% included a dispute with another person. The descriptive results of the perceived legitimacy of the authorities were consis tent with previous research: Most people did not have a positive valuation of legal authorities, and courts were the institutions worst valued, while the traffic police were among the best valued. It was also found that procedural justice is a significant predictor of perceptions of legitimacy (r = 52) and General Valuation of Justice (r = 61) of the legal authorities. Regarding the control variables, we found that the sociodemographic and situational variables have no significant effect on these two dependent variables, when procedural justice is taken into account. These results are important because they expose the relevance of authorities’ performance during their contacts with citizens: those who believed that authorities had not acted in a fair way during their personal encounter, were more likely to assign less legitimacy to authorities in general. This results are relevant in Social Psy chology field, taking into account that previous research has emphasized the relevance of legiti macy and justice perceptions for the support of the authorities and their effectiveness, that is, the maintenance of the social order.Fil: Alonso, Daniela Rocío. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Psicología Cognitiva; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Psicología Cognitiva; Argentin

Análisis psicométrico de la dimensión Autoritarismo General de la escala Right Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) en Córdoba/Argentina

El estudio analiza algunas características psicométricas de la dimensión autoritarismo general de la versión española de la escala de autoritarismo de derechas (escala RWA) en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina (Seoane & Garzón, 1992). Esta dimensión reúne ítems del núcleo central del autoritarismo según Altemeyer (2006): sumisión y agresión autoritarias. Se trabajó con N=300 adultos cordobeses, seleccionados por muestreo no aleatorio. Para evaluar la evidencia de estructura y consistencia interna se realizó un análisis factorial exploratorio y se estimó el coeficiente alfa de Cronbach, respectivamente. El modelo de referencia obtenido posee 10 ítems que explican el 57,16% de la varianza conjunta, dando como resultado un factorial unidimensional. La escala presentó niveles de fiabilidad excelentes (α .916). Finalmente, se analizó el nivel de autoritarismo presente en la muestra y las vinculaciones entre el constructo y variables socio-demográficas.The study analyzes some psychometric characteristics of general authoritarianism dimension from the Spanish version of the right-wing authoritarianism scale (RWA scale) in Argentina (Seoane & Garzón, 1992). This dimension includes items from the central core of authoritarianism according to Altemeyer (2006): authoritarian submission and authoritarian aggression. The sample was conformed by 300 adults from Argentina, selected by a not random sample. In order to explore the evidence of structure and internal consistency we carried out an exploratory factorial analysis and we estimated the Cronbach's Alpha coefficients. The reference model was unidimensional and it had 10 items which explain the 57,16% of the combined variance. The scale presented excellent levels of reliability (α = .916). Finally, the level of authoritarianism that was found in the sample and its relationships with socio-demographic variables were analyzed.Fil: Imhoff, Débora Soledad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Contentious political participation: developing an explanatory model from social cognition

En el presente trabajo nos proponemos desarrollar un modelo explicativo de un repertorio de participación política que implica modalidades contenciosas y reivindicativas. Los principales objetivos de las acciones explicitados por los propios encuestados se correspondieron con reivindicaciones laborales u organizacionales. Este hallazgo nos posibilita a su vez, una mayor articulación con estudios previos sobre protesta laboral a nivel local. Los datos se relavaron a partir de una muestra representativa de la ciudad de Córdoba – Argentina (N=450). Mediante un path análisis pudimos determinar que el principal aporte explicativo correspondió a las variables psicosociales Interés Político, Autoritarismo de Derecha y Colectivismo Político. El carácter colectivo de las acciones retenidas en este repertorio permite entender su dependencia respecto de otras dos variables psicosociales: sentido de eficacia política participativa y eficacia política globalIn this paper we propose to develop an explanatory model of a repertoire of political participation that involves contentious and vindictive ways. The main objectives of the actions made explicit by respondents themselves were consistent with organizational or labor demands. This finding allows us to turn further integration with previous studies on labor protest locally. Data were obtained from a representative sample of the city of Cordoba - Argentina (N = 450). Using a path analysis we determined that the main contribution explanatory did psychosocial variables: political interest, right-wing authoritarianism and political collectivism. The collective nature of the actions of this repertoire allows understand their dependence on two other psychosocial variables: participatory political efficacy and political efficacy global.Fil: Sorribas, Patricia Mariel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Psicología Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Psicología Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Católica de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba; Argentin

Abortion Legalization and Social Representations of Feminism in Argentina

Over the last few years, the Argentinian feminist movement has experienced remarkable growth in its volume, scope, and public recognition. Positioned within the massive mobilization for the legalization of voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP), we are interested in addressing feminism as a social movement. Thus, we propose an analysis of social representations (SRs) of feminism as a means of studying collective identity. We also describe the role of attitudes towards VTP legalization as a cleavage that configures two opposing representations of feminism. We took a sample of 772 people from 16 to 81 years of age (M = 37.8, SD = 17.1). Applying a word association technique, we gathered information about participants’ SRs of feminism, together with information about their attitudes towards VTP legalization, political ideology, political interest, the personal relevance of religion, and participation in social and political actions and/or organizations regarding gender and/or sexual diversity matters. Our results evidenced a generally positive representation of feminism, but one that is conditioned by attitudes towards abortion legalization: that is, people who were in favour of VTP legalization expressed positive associations, mainly referring to feminism as a social movement, emphasizing the political dimension. In contrast, people who were against VTP legalization were more likely to hold a mainly negative representation of feminism, exemplified by representations of specific women who act motivated by hatred, resentment, and contempt towards men, and who express an authoritarian seek for a dominant position in society. We discuss the implications of these results in terms of collective identity.Fil: Alonso, Daniela Rocío. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentin

Psychological perspectives in the study of authoritarianism

Different theoretical perspectives have been developed within the psychology framework for the analysis of the authoritarian phenomenon. They constituted some of the background lines of what would after wards be considered as the field of Political Psychology. The first approach takes place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century`s, along with group psychology, where authoritarianism is studied as an emergent behavior of crowds. Subsequently, developments inauthoritarian personality suggest a change in the analysis axes by studying the phenomenon in an intra-individual way. A third perspective arises with the cognitive approach, represented by the concept of dogmatism, which emphasized the study of beliefs and the way in which individuals defend them. Parallel to this approach, advances in the field of Experimental Psychology on obedience, account for the situation in the authoritarian phenomenon. Later on, the study of authoritarian personality is taken up once more with the concept of right-wing authoritarianism, which is defined as the individual differences in the covariation of three attitudinal clusters (authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression and conventionalism). Finally, the most recent perspective for the study of the phenomenon suggests rethinking rightwing authoritarianism as an intergroup phenomenon, since its three attitudinal clusters account for a group phenomenon, plus a personality trait. The main objective of this paper is to critically review each of the six perspectives which have approached the study of authoritarianism as psycho-political phenomena, showing its peculiarities as well as its differences so as to finally consider which of those are still acceptable alternatives for the interpretation of this phenomenon.Fil: Etchezahar, Edgardo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentin

Psychometric Properties of the Alcohol Expectancy Scale in Argentinean Adolescents Applying the Rating Scale Analysis

The goal of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Alcohol Expectancy Scale (AES-AA) applying item response theory. Data were obtained from 592 adolescents enrolled in private and public schools of the city of Córdoba (Argentina). This psychometric study was carried out with the Rating Scale Model (RSM), a polytomous Rasch model. Out of the 45 items that make up the scale, 42 items had adequate fit indexes, explaining 91.3% of the adolescents’ response patterns. The estimation error of the parameters was low, indicating adequate precision of the items. In general, the participants’ scores fell within the range of the continuum where the test is most precise. Adolescents’ least frequent expectancies about alcohol consumption were related to sexual behavior (positive expectancies), whereas their most frequent expectancies corresponded both with the Sociability Scale (positive expectancies) and to the Cognitive and Behavioral Impairment Scale (negative expectancies). Implications for preventive programs are discussed.Fil: Pilatti, Angelina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudio sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Psicología - Grupo Vinculado CIPSI; ArgentinaFil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Laboratorio de Psicologia; ArgentinaFil: Lozano, Oscar. Universidad de Huelva; EspañaFil: Brussino, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudio sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Psicología - Grupo Vinculado CIPSI; Argentin