Differences in relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and attachment styles between victims and non-victims of Child Sexual Abuse.

Treball Final de Grau en Psicologia. Codi: PS1048. Curs: 2018/2019.Introduction: Prevalence of child sexual abuse is close to 15%, being more frequent in women and when it is perpetrated by known people. Some research indicates that victims of CSA may be at risk factor of developing of psychological problems in the short and long term. Objective: Analizing the relationship between CSA, levels of dyadic and sexual satisfaction and attachment styles. Method: The Sexual Victimization Sub-scale of the Spanish adaptation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (Hamby et al., 2005), the Spanish adaptation of the Relationship Assessment Scale (Melero, 2008), the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (Štulhoffer, 2010) and the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (Melero & Cantero, 2008), were administered to 164 participants aged between 18 and 59 (M=32.98, SD=10.17). Results: 71.89% of the participants were victims of CSA, of which 88.89% were women. In 83.13% of the cases, the abuse was produced by a known person. Statistically significant differences were found between victims and non-victims in sexual satisfaction, especially at the individual level, in victims abused by unknown persons by touching (p=0,004), by their peers (p=0,038) and victims of complete abuse (p=0,026). Statistically significant differences were also found in affective insecurity regarding low self-esteem, need for approval, fear of rejection (Factor 1), emotional self-sufficiency and discomfort with intimacy (Factor 4). The largest effect size with respect to the establishment of the link was found in the group of peer abuse in Factor 1 (d=0,99) and by unknown persons in Factor 4 (d=0,99). Discussion: These findings provide relevant data on the characterization of CSA, essential information for the design of treatments focused on victims of abuse and which highlights need to act from different levels of intervention.Introducción: La prevalencia de abuso sexual infantil se aproxima al 15%, siendo más frecuente en mujeres y perpetrado por personas conocidas. Algunas investigaciones indican que haber sido víctima de ASI puede ser un factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de problemas psicológicos a corto y largo plazo. Objetivo: Analizar la relación entre el ASI, los niveles de satisfacción diádica y sexual y los estilos de apego. Método: Se administró la Subescala de Victimización Sexual de la adaptación española del Cuestionario de Victimización Juvenil (Hamby et al., 2005), la adaptación española de la Escala de la Evaluación de la Relación (Melero, 2008), la Nueva Escala de Satisfacción Sexual (Štulhoffer, 2010) y el Cuestionario de Apego Adulto (Melero y Cantero, 2008) a 164 participantes de entre 18 y 59 años (M=32,98; DT=10,17). Resultados: El 71,89% de los participantes fueron víctima de ASI, de entre ellos el 88,89% eran mujeres. En el 83,13% de los casos, el abuso fue producido por una persona conocida. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre víctimas y no víctimas en satisfacción sexual, sobre todo a nivel individual, en personas abusadas por desconocidos mediante tocamientos (p=0,004), por sus iguales (p=0,038) y víctimas de abuso completo (p=0,026). También se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en inseguridad afectiva respecto a la baja autoestima, necesidad de aprobación, miedo al rechazo (Factor 1), autosuficiencia emocional y malestar con la intimidad (Factor 4). El mayor tamaño del efecto respecto al establecimiento del vínculo se halló en el grupo de abuso por iguales en el Factor 1 (d=0,99) y por desconocidos en el Factor 4 (d=0,99). Discusión: Estos hallazgos aportan datos relevantes sobre la caracterización del ASI, información fundamental para el diseño de tratamientos centrados en las víctimas de abuso y que pone de manifiesto la necesidad de actuar desde los distintos niveles de intervención

A note on selecting maximals in finite spaces

Given a choice problem, the maximization rule may select many alternatives. In such cases, it is common practice to interpret that the final choice will end up being made by some random procedure, assigning to any maximal alternative the same probability of being chosen. However, there may be reasons based on the same original preferences for which it is suitable to select certain maximal alternatives over others. This paper introduces two choice criteria induced by the original preferences such that maximizing with respect to each of them may give a finer selection of alternatives than maximizing with respect to the original preferences. Those criteria are built by means of several preference relations induced by the original preferences, namely, two (weak) dominance relations, two indirect preference relations and the dominance relations defined with the help of those indirect preferences. It is remarkable that as the original preferences approach being complete and transitive, those criteria become both simpler and closer to such preferences. In particular, they coincide with the original preferences when these are complete and transitive, in which case they provide the same solution as those preference

Qualidade de vida profissional e a disposição à mudança organizacional em funcionários de empresas da cidade de Bogotá - Colômbia

O propósito desta pesquisa foi determinar a relação entre a qualidade de vida profissional e a disposição à mudança organizacional numa amostra de 100 funcionários de empresas da cidade de Bogotá. Realizou-se sob um desenho transversal correlacional por meio da aplicação de dois instrumentos: o instrumento de medição de mudança organizacional (García e Forero, 2010) e o de qualidade de vida percebida em organizações (Gómez-Rada, 2011). A participação da população foi voluntária. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio do rho de Spearman. Os resultados obtidos mostram uma correlação significativa a 0.001 com todas as variáveis de mudança organizacional e de qualidade de vida, exceto as de resistência à mudança. Esses achados sugerem que alguns dos aspectos a ressaltar são a importância da qualidade de vida e do compromisso com as tarefas a realizar visto que estes definem as metas e os objetivos propostos pela entidade e determinam o trabalho e a produtividade dos empregados, assim como sua disposição à mudança.The purpose of the research was to determine the relationship between quality of work life and readiness to organizational change in a sample of 100 company workers in the city of Bogota. It was conducted following a correlational cross-sectional design through the application of two instruments: one that measures organizational change (BMI) (García & Forero, 2010) and another one that assesses perceived quality of life in organizations (Gómez - Rada, 2011). The sample participation was voluntary and data were analyzed using Spearman’s Rho. Results show a significant correlation at 0.001 in all the variables of organizational change and quality of life with the exception of resistance to change. This suggests that some of the aspects to be highlighted are the importance of quality of life and commitment to the tasks to be performed as these define the goals and objectives set by the entity and frame the work and productivity of employees as well as their readiness to change. Key words: organizational change, quality of work life.El propósito de la investigación fue determinar la relación entre la calidad de vida laboral y la disposición al cambio organizacional en una muestra de 100 funcionarios de empresas de la ciudad de Bogotá. Se realizó bajo un diseño transversal correlacional, a través de la aplicación de dos instrumentos: el instrumento de medición de cambio organizacional (IMC) (García & Forero, 2010) y el de calidad de vida percibida en organizaciones (Gómez – Rada, 2011). La participación de la población fue voluntaria. El análisis de los datos se realizó por medio del Rho de Spearman. Los resultados obtenidos muestran una correlación significativa al 0.001 con todas las variables de cambio organizacional y de calidad de vida, excepto las de resistencia al cambio. Estos hallazgos sugieren que algunos de los aspectos a resaltar son la importancia de la calidad de vida y el compromiso con las tareas a realizar, ya que estos definen las metas y objetivos planteados por la entidad y enmarcan el trabajo y la productividad de los empleados, al igual que su disposición al cambio

The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Chile: A Medium-Sized Macroeconometric Model

This paper proposes and estimates a macroeconomic model of the Chilean economy. The model is designed as a short- and medium-term inflation-forecasting tool, which precisely identifies the transmission mechanism followed by monetary policy in Chile. The model specifies short-run dynamics as well as long-run equilibrium conditions. Cointegration and error correction techniques are used to estimate the relevant parameters, while some relations are calibrated. The model includes the main components of aggregate demand and external accounts, a supply-side block that relies on a standard production function, a specification for asset prices, and a wage/markup/price and labor market block. The short- and long run interdependence among each of these factors is taken into account to yield a forward-looking macroeconomic dynamic equilibrium. The key steadystate relative prices, such as the long-run real interest rate, the real exchange rate, and the sovereign risk premium, are endogenously determined. The model is used to explore and quantify the effects of monetary policy on inflation and how monetary policy is transmitted to inflation. The results obtained here are compared to the results of other simpler but less informative models, such as VAR and a smaller scale macroeconomic model, based on Phillips curves. The paper analyzes the response of some key macroeconomic variables to a number of permanent shocks.

A non-proposition-wise variant of majority voting for aggregating judgments

Majority voting is commonly used in aggregating judgments. The literature to date on judgment aggregation (JA) has focused primarily on proposition-wise majority voting (PMV). Given a set of issues on which a group is trying to make collective judgments, PMV aggregates individual judgments issue by issue, and satisfies a salient property of JA rules—independence. This paper introduces a variant of majority voting called holistic majority voting (HMV). This new variant also meets the condition of independence. However, instead of aggregating judgments issue by issue, it aggregates individual judgments en bloc. A salient and straightforward feature of HMV is that it guarantees the logical consistency of the propositions expressing collective judgments, provided that the individual points of view are consistent. This feature contrasts with the known inability of PMV to guarantee the consistency of the collective outcome. Analogously, while PMV may present a set of judgments that have been rejected by everyone in the group as collectively accepted, the collective judgments returned by HMV have been accepted by a majority of individuals in the group and, therefore, rejected by a minority of them at most. In addition, HMV satisfies a large set of appealing properties, as PMV also does. However, HMV may not return any complete proposition expressing the judgments of the group on all the issues at stake, even in cases where PMV does. Moreover, demanding completeness from HMV leads to impossibility results similar to the known impossibilities on PMV and on proposition-wise JA rules in genera

Dirac equation in exotic spacetimes

We find solutions of the Dirac equation in curved spacetime. In particular, we consider 1+1 dimensional sections of several exotic metrics: the Alcubierre metric, which describes a scenario that allows faster-than-light (FTL) velocity; the G\"odel metric, that describes a universe containing closed timelike curves (CTC); and the Kerr metric, which corresponds to the spacetime of a rotating black hole. Moreover, we also show that the techniques that we use in these cases can be extended to nonstatic metrics.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure

Automated Functional Testing based on the Navigation of Web Applications

Web applications are becoming more and more complex. Testing such applications is an intricate hard and time-consuming activity. Therefore, testing is often poorly performed or skipped by practitioners. Test automation can help to avoid this situation. Hence, this paper presents a novel approach to perform automated software testing for web applications based on its navigation. On the one hand, web navigation is the process of traversing a web application using a browser. On the other hand, functional requirements are actions that an application must do. Therefore, the evaluation of the correct navigation of web applications results in the assessment of the specified functional requirements. The proposed method to perform the automation is done in four levels: test case generation, test data derivation, test case execution, and test case reporting. This method is driven by three kinds of inputs: i) UML models; ii) Selenium scripts; iii) XML files. We have implemented our approach in an open-source testing framework named Automatic Testing Platform. The validation of this work has been carried out by means of a case study, in which the target is a real invoice management system developed using a model-driven approach.Comment: In Proceedings WWV 2011, arXiv:1108.208