Comportamiento del Consumidor en la Disposición de Productos en un Entorno Colectivista

La disposición de productos es un proceso que comienza con la decisión de un consumidor de dejar de utilizar un producto aún utilizable. La presente tesis está compuesta por cuatro estudios y sus respectivos artículos centrados en este comportamiento del consumidor. El trabajo empírico para la fundamentación de los cuatro artículos consistió en 35 entrevistas a profundidad y dos encuestas realizadas en Quito, capital del Ecuador. Ecuador es un país sudamericano en vías de desarrollo y culturalmente colectivista. El primer artículo titulado “Comportamiento del consumidor en la disposición de regalos no gustados” profundiza en las variables predictoras de los métodos de disposición seleccionados por los consumidores. El segundo artículo denominado “Clothing disposal in a collectivist environment: A mixed methods approach” tiene como objetivo establecer los factores predictores de la cantidad de vestimenta que los consumidores disponen fuera del hogar. El tercero y cuarto artículos denominados “Clothing disposition by gifting: Benefits for consumers and new consumption” y “Clothing disposal system by gifting: Characteristics, processes and interactions” abordan la disposición de vestimenta por regalo a familiares, amigos y conocidos; principal método de disposición de vestimenta en Ecuador. El primero de estos dos artículos busca identificar los beneficios obtenidos por los consumidores en esta forma de disposición y la relación de estos beneficios con nuevas compras. El segundo de estos artículos se centra en el estudio de la disposición de vestimenta por regalo considerada como un sistema. La presente tesis además de exponer estos cuatro artículos, incorpora una introducción y un capítulo de conclusiones. Palabras clave: Comportamiento del consumidor, disposición de productos, vestimenta, Ecuador, colectivismo

Interactive Model of Executive Functions to Understand Error Correction

This article reports an investigation aimed at analyzing an interactive model of executive functions, which seeks to explain the process followed by human beings to correct their mistakes. The method followed was an analysis based on structural equations, considering the maximum likelihood process around a model that considered six executive functions. We worked with a randomized sample of 771 subjects (mean age = 39.86, SD = 15.47; 50.5%, women, 50.50%). The findings suggest that error correction is a complex executive function as it is the product of the internal language capacity that regulates behavior and cognition, adequate regulation of the limbic system, adequate decision-making, and control of automatic impulses, determining how to act and verify the thoughts and behavior of the subject. The contribution of the proposed theoretical model lies in understanding the process by which human beings manage to correct errors. In addition, how this explanatory model could help neuropsychological intervention processes to work on this cognitive ability in individuals with difficulties in correcting errors. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2022-06-02-011 Full Text: PD

Consumer behavior in the disposition of disliked gifts

La entrega y recepción de regalos ha sido investigada en diversos campos, incluido el comportamiento del consumidor. El presente estudio analiza el comportamiento de disposición de regalos no gustados de una muestra de 958 individuos adultos en Ecuador (un país latinoamericano). A nivel descriptivo, el método de disposición más frecuente de este tipo de regalos es el almacenamiento. A nivel multivariante, la edad, el género, el ingreso y el colectivismo del receptor; el impacto del regalo en la relación dador-receptor; el tiempo transcurrido desde la recepción del regalo; el precio estimado del regalo y si el regalo fue o no usado; predicen el método de disposición de los regalos no gustados. Adicionalmente se discuten estos resultados y sus implicaciones.Giving and receiving gifts have been investigated in many fields of study, including consumer behavior. This study analyzes the behavior of a sample of 958 adults from Ecuador (a Latin American country), focusing on the disposition of gifts that recipients do not like. At the descriptive level, the most common disposition method of these gifts is storage. At the multivariate level, age, gender, income, and collectivism of receiver; the gift impact on the giver-receiver relationship; the time elapsed since the receiving of the gift; the estimated price of the gift and whether the gift was used or not predict the disposition method of the disliked gift. These results and their implications are discussed

University Students’ Rejection to Learning Statistics: Research from a Latin American Standpoint

Introduction: Negative beliefs, fear, avoidance behaviors, and superficial attitudes surrounding the learning of statistics create significant problems for university students in Latin America. Objective: To analyze the impact of fearful behavior, superficial work, and avoidance displayed by university students when it comes to statistics. Method: In this article, we give details about a quantitative research project carried out by two independent studies. The first (N = 310) focused on the development of a scale to assess negative beliefs, fears, and avoidance behaviors towards statistics, in which goodness of fit was determined in a 3-factor model. In the second study (N = 250), it was hypothesized that undergraduates perform superficially due to negative beliefs and avoidance behaviors when learning statistics. Findings: The proposed model explained 42% of the variance. In addition, in the analysis of the proposed mediation model, an adequate adjustment was found. In the discussion of this research project, the need to intervene in the negative beliefs, fears, and avoidance behaviors displayed by university students towards statistics is highlighted. Novelty:This research project explains why college students dislike or avoid learning statistics in depth. The findings will allow for a modification in the way statistics is taught so that Latin American professionals achieve better performance in this field. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-SIED2-07 Full Text: PD

Manual para capacitadores en acceso a la información forestal en Ecuador

El presente manual para capacitadores fue concebido bajo la premisa de contar con personas que colaboren en la promoción del derecho de acceso a la información pública en la multiplicación de espacios de fortalecimiento de capacidades con diferentes públicos, sobre todo de la ciudadanía, para acceder a la información mediante los mecanismos previstos en la normativa legal ecuatoriana, y que difundan las bases legales y procedimientos existentes que se pueden ejercer para lograr conocer lo que ocurre en un sector fundamental para el ambiente como es el forestal. Si bien la Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública (LOTAIP) es conocida por los funcionarios públicos y una pequeña porción de la ciudadanía, se hace necesario contar con más espacios de capacitación y procesos participativos que permitan comprender la necesidad de que la información en el sector forestal siendo un bien público esté a disposición y sea difundida para la ciudadanía

Clasificación de señales cerebrales relacionadas con la imaginación de movimientos para aplicaciones de BCI

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Music Stimulation as a Method of Optimizing Autobiographical Memory in Patients Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive deterioration of cognitive functions, with memory being the most affected. Several studies have shown the benefits of music as a complementary treatment for dementia, improving patients’ quality of life. A scientific contribution is needed to show how autobiographic memory could be improved by using musical activities. Objective: The aim of this investigation is to analyze the impact of a musical stimulation protocol on the performance of autobiographical memory in elderly people suffering from Alzheimer’s. Participants and Method: This research was conducted with three patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease: two females (66.7%), and one male (33.3%). One (33.3%) was in the early stages, and two were in the middle stages. This investigation used a quantitative, pre-experimental, longitudinal study with the application of two tests before and after the intervention. Findings: Changes in the performance of autobiographical memory (t=-5.79, p=0.002), and in the semantic component (t=-10.14, p=0.01) were found to be statistically significant, but no changes were evident for episodic memory (t=-0.19, p=0.86). Conclusion: This study provides preliminary evidence of the potential effectiveness of using a music protocol to improve the performance of autobiographical memory in patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01304 Full Text: PD

Validation of the GAEU-1 Acale to Assess the Learning Management of University Students

Introduction: The self-management of university learning encompasses a series of aspects that allow students to be conscious and autonomous in their professional training. Objective: In this article, we present the process of creation and validation of a scale to assess essential factors of this phenomenon: self-management of learning, conscious motivation strategies for learning, perception of academic performance, and techniques for deep learning. Method: The design is a cross-sectional quantitative process with the purpose of carrying out validity and reliability analysis of a psychological measurement instrument. The research was conducted with 1373 university students from Chile and Ecuador. Results: The scale consists of 19 items that conform the four factors mentioned and whose results indicate adequate psychometric properties, allowing it to be applied in the Latin American context. Novelty:This research proposes a new instrument to assess the self-management of the university learning process, which contributes to carrying out new research in the university educational context. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-SIED2-019 Full Text: PD

Clothing Disposal System by Gifting: Characteristics, Processes, and Interactions

The study of clothing disposal systems, involving the flow of clothing from one household to another, is of great interest because of the positive social and environmental consequences. Based on 35 in-depth interviews with adult men and women in Ecuador, a Latin American country, the authors sought to expand knowledge regarding one of these systems: clothing disposal by gifting to family, friends, and acquaintances. The respondents’ narratives indicated that the clothing disposal system by gifting is noncentric; based on social exchange, it strengthens the links between givers and recipients while allowing for clothes to circulate for a longer time. The data also indicated an intersection between age and gender, offering insight into how the process of clothing disposal by gifting develops within households. In some disposal events reported by participants, the clothing disposal system by gifting demonstrated autonomy, but in other events, it interacted with the clothing marketing system.Universidad Tecnológica Indoaméric