Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1564732 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez |
| NOMBRES | Tomás |
| APELLIDO | Caycho-Rodríguez |
| FIRMA | CAYCHO-RODRÍGUEZ T |
| AFILIACIONES | Universidad Científica del Sur |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5349-7570 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 105 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 105 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Associations Between School Victimization, Perceived Family Functioning, and Suicidal Behavior in Peruvian Adolescents
Adolescence is considered a period of heightened risk for suicidal behavior (SB), and previous studies suggest that bullying experiences (BE) and family functioning (FF) are important associated factors. This study examined the associations of BE and FF with SB in adolescents. A total of 468 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years participated in the study (50.8% female; M = 14.4, SD = 1.6). The European Bullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (EBIPQ…
How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers
Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Voices in Dialogue
Correspondence between two people reveals their subjectivity and promotes knowledge acquisition beyond the academic realm. Abraham Maslow is a well‐known figure in the academic world, and much has been written about his life, but little is known about his epistolary relationship with Walter Blumenfeld, a German psychologist who settled in Peru in 1935 and is considered the founder of scientific psychology in that country. This article analyzes th…
Geopolitical rhetoric as a potential psychological stressor
Although the mental health consequences of armed conflict, displacement, and climate-related disasters are well documented, the psychological effects of geopolitical rhetoric itself (independent of material events) remain insufficiently examined. This narrative review provides a conceptual and interdisciplinary synthesis of emerging and heterogeneous evidence on how threat-oriented political narratives may influence population mental health throu…
Psychometric properties of the Questionnaire for the Use of Public Transportation and Well-Being
Introduction Public transport is a fundamental component of urban mobility and an everyday context that can influence the emotional well-being of adults. However, there is limited availability of validated psychometric instruments that specifically assess well-being associated with public transport use in adults. Within this framework, the Questionnaire for the Use of Public Transportation and Well-Being (QUPTW) constitutes a relevant tool whose …
Spirituality and Mental Health
Is ICD-11 Personality Disorder Dimensional Enough? A Necessary Positive Expansion for Improving Clinical Utility
BACKGROUND: One of the sections of the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11), which focuses on the diagnosis of personality disorder (PD), has received great support from the scientific community for dimensionally focusing on its functioning instead of categories of low validity and utility for daily clinical practice. AIMS: The goal of this paper is to provide a positive framework to complement the personality spectrum,…
ChatGPT-4 in Psychiatric Discharge Summaries
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric discharge summaries are vital for ensuring continuity of care, yet they are often written in technical language that can be difficult for patients to understand and may cause emotional distress or reinforce stigma. With increasing patient access to medical records, there is a pressing need to develop communication tools that are both comprehensible and emotionally safe. AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic fide…
A Network Analysis of Depression Symptoms Among Adults in Peru
BACKGROUND: Depression is a major public health concern, and understanding its symptom structure can improve assessment and treatment. Network analysis offers a novel approach to examine the relationships between depressive symptoms and identify core symptoms. AIM: this study aimed to evaluate the structure and dynamics of the depressive symptom network in the Peruvian population using network analysis methodologies and to assess its evolution ac…
Bulimia Nervosa in Adolescents
The aim of this study was to analyze whether exposure to esthetic content aligned with beauty standards on social media mediates the relationship between a history of childhood/adolescent sexual abuse and bulimic symptomatology in adolescents, and whether sex moderates these pathways. Participants were 283 secondary school students (52.6% female) from Chimbote, aged 13 to 17 years ( M = 15.2, SD = 1.14). The following instruments were administere…
Design and validation of the perceptions of teacher authoritarianism in research scale (PTARS)
Although certain factors limit students’ scientific production, one such factor, i.e., teacher authoritarianism during the preparation of research papers, has received little attention to date. Objective: To design and validate the Perceptions of Teacher Authoritarianism in Research Scale (PTARS). This research took the form of an instrumental study, in which 816 students and graduates from state and private universities located in the three regi…
Network analysis of workplace mobbing, work–family conflict, and mental health in adults from the general population
The patterns of association that reflect how these factors coexist within the psychosocial environment of workers. Consequently, it is recommended that organizations implement network structure provides relevant information about the relationships between workplace mobbing, work-family conflict, and mental health. The findings highlight policies that address these associated dynamics, promote work-family balance, and offer psychological support t…
Impact of public transportation use on the mental health of adults
The findings indicate that daily mobility, far from being a neutral activity, represents a meaningful component of emotional wellbeing. Recognizing its impact supports the development of more comprehensive public policies and interventions aimed at improving the emotional quality of life of public transport users
Comparative accuracy of ICD-11 clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for the classification of mental and behavioral disorders
Variables protectoras de síntomas de depresión, ansiedad generalizada y miedo al Covid-19 entre adultos colombianos en cuarentena
Introduction: This study examined whether social support (measured with the MOS) and perceived meaning of life (PIL Test) could be related to a lower frequency of symptoms of depression (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety (GAD-7) and fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S), among Colombian adults in quarantine. Methodology: This study was conducted using a quantitative approach, implementing a descriptive, cross-sectional and comparative design. Participated 305 per…
Restricción de fronteras durante la pandemia del Covid-19 en América Latina y el Caribe
Introduction: This study analyzed the effect of travel restrictions, including closure of borders and the cancellation of international flights in Latin America and the Caribbean, as one of the early measures implemented to control the spread of COVID-19 virus. Methodology: Literature review examining governmental and scientific databases as well as news-press publications. The material obtained was organized according to the dates of the first c…
Culture and ICD-11 personality disorder
BACKGROUND: Personality disorder (PD) in ICD-11 is defined primarily by self and interpersonal dysfunction and optionally by other qualifiers. This definition is inseparable from relativism of cultural determinants. AIMS: This review aimed to synthesize the relevant aspects of the influence of culture on clinical practice and health management for this condition, aligning them to the ICD-11 PD model. METHOD: In Scopus, we systematically searched …
Psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorders
INTRODUCTION: Psychosocial interventions are essential in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including Bipolar Disorder. These interventions aim to enhance patients' psychopathology, alongside pharmacological treatments, while also improving personal functioning and quality of life. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive review of available international guidelines concerning the treatment of Bipolar Disorder, specifically examining their r…
Cross-national invariance of the Spanish version of the 8-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF) in people who experienced the death of loved ones from four South American countries
Post-pandemic, there is concern about the increase in mental health problems associated with grief due to COVID-19. Recent studies have identified positive outcomes that may have emerged in the face of adversity, which can lead to positive psychological changes, such as posttraumatic growth. The aim of the study was to evaluate the transnational measurement invariance of the 8-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF) in individual…
Spanish Translation and Psychometric Evidence of the Nightmare Disorder Index (NDI) in Adults from the General Population
Background: Nightmares are a type of sleep disorder characterised by vivid and distressing dreams that cause abrupt awakenings, leading to significant discomfort. In adults, recurrent nightmares can negatively impact quality of life, daytime functioning, and overall mental health. In this context, it is essential to have valid, reliable, and culturally appropriate psychological instruments that allow for an accurate assessment of this phenomenon.…
Short Version of the Social Networks Addiction Risk Questionnaire (Cars-R)
Recent scientific literature shows evidence that social media addiction negatively impacts people's mental health. In this sense, network models offer a methodological framework that naturally allows the study of mental health disorders' complexity. Therefore, the study aims to study the psychometric properties of CARS-R from the perspective of psychometric networks. A sample of 1,719 adults of both sexes (38.3% men and 61.7% women) between the a…
Grief and Posttraumatic Growth in Individuals Who Have Experienced the Death of a Loved One From Six Latin American Countries
This study assessed the relationship between grief and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in 2415 individuals from six Latin American countries, and how the relationship between these variables is moderated by gender and age. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form and Pandemic Grief Scale were used. Moderation analysis utilized Model 2, proposed by Hayes. The findings from the analysis indicate that the proposed regression model is statistically s…
Reynaldo Alarcón Napurí
This brief communication commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Reynaldo Alarcón Napurí and briefly reviews his contributions to the history of psychology in Peru and Latin America. Alarcón academic career spanned over seven decades and encompassed multiple research interests, one of which was the history of psychology. It is concluded that his historiographical work, as a whole, marked a significant milestone that has served as a ref…
Biopsychosocial functional impairment symptoms related to bereavement in six Latin American countries
The present study aimed to analyze the symptoms of grief-related functional impairment using network analysis in 1,909 individuals who had experienced the death of a loved one across six Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. The Grief Impairment Scale (GIS) was used to assess symptoms of grief-related functional impairment. The bootnet package was employed to estimate a general network, the Strength index was used to estimate centrality. The…
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Global Prevalence of ICD-11 Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Community
Background: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) has been included in the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) to capture symptomatology caused by extreme, prolonged, or multiple forms of trauma. Aims: The present systematic review and meta-analysis sought to assess the one-month prevalence of this disorder in the community setting. Method: A systematic search was conducted in four databases (Google Scholar, …
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale
The aim of the study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The participants were 790 Peruvians, selected through a convenience sampling, where the majority were women. The CFA models indicated that the one-dimensional structure better represents the data, is reliable and invariant between men and women. Like…
Obsession with Covid-19 in Peruvian police and armed forces
The study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) in 214 police and members of the armed forces ( M age = 29.33 years, SD = 11.28). The one-dimensionality and satisfactory reliability of OCS were confirmed with confirmatory factor analysis, Item Response Theory analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and McDonald's omega. The scale is useful for identifying individuals with low levels of persist…
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of Covid-19 scale in seven Latin American countries
The objective was to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in 7 Latin American countries (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay). The participants were 2944 people, selected through non-probability sampling for convenience, where the majority were women. Data collection occurred between 12 June and 14 September 2020. The results indicated that the model with t…
Validation of the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale in Peruvian old adults
Loneliness is a public health problem. Its assessment is important to identify older adults who experience greater loneliness and appropriate interventions can be carried out. The De Jong Gierveld Solitude Scale (DJGLS) is one of the most widely used, at least in the European context, to measure loneliness. Although the Spanish version of the DJGLS has shown reliability and validity in Spanish samples of older adults, there is no evidence of adeq…
Fear of Covid-19 scale
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Scale of Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) in a sample of 1,291 Argentines. The two-related factor structure of the FCV-19S had satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices using structural equation modeling and item response theory. Further results showed that the reliability was adequate, the factor structure was strictly invariable across age groups, and the model that evaluated the relationships betwee…
Cross-cultural validation of the Jenkins Sleep Scale in Spanish-speaking countries
The study aimed to validate the Jenkins Sleep Scale (JSS-4) in six Spanish-Speaking countries. A total of 1726 people participated and were distributed between men (32.4%) and women (67.6%). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the unidimensional structure and high reliability of the JSS-4 overall (α = 0.85, ω = 0.81) and within each country. The invariance analysis revealed that JSS-4 exhibited complete invariance across countries, thus establ…
Tareas de escritura y memoria auditiva inmediata en escolares Peruanos
El objetivo del estudio es determinar la relación entre un conjunto de tareas de escritura y la memoria auditiva inmediata, así como establecer diferencias en función al sexo y el grado de estudios. Participaron 203 escolares de quinto y sexto grado de educación de primaria de Lima (Perú), seleccionados mediante un muestreo no probabilístico. Se utilizaron el Test de Memoria Auditiva Inmediata y la Batería de Evaluación de los Procesos de Escritu…
"Comentarios al libro "El peruano y su entorno. Aclimatándose a las alturas andinas
Resena bibliografica de El peruano y su entorno. Aclimatandose a las alturas andinas, libro del autor Jorge Lossio, parte de la Coleccion Minima del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
Análisis factorial confirmatorio de la escala de percepción del funcionamiento familiar de Smilkstein en adolescentes peruanos
OBJETIVO: analizar la confiabilidad y estructura factorial de la escala APGAR-familiar. METODO: Participaron 228 escolares peruanos de Lima Metropolitana, varones y mujeres, de edades comprendidas entre 12 y 18 años (M = 14.34).Se calculan indicadores de bondad de ajuste mediante la técnica de análisis factorial confirmatorio. RESULTADOS: los datos se ajustan a una estructura unifactorial. En relación a la confiabilidad, el coeficiente Alfa de Cr…
Felicidad y optimismo en adolescentes y jóvenes peruanos y paraguayos
Objetivo: analizar la relación entre felicidad y optimismo; así como determinar qué factores de la felicidad predicen mejor el optimismo. Método: Con un diseño descriptivo correlacional predictivo, se aplicaron las escalas de Felicidad de Lima (Alarcón, 2006) y de Optimismo Atributivo (Alarcón, 2013), a una muestra de 147 personas (68.7 % mujeres y 31.3% hombres), con un promedio de edad de 21 años, de las cuales el 72.8% tiene nacionalidad perua…
Notas sobre ¿Error o fraude
El año 2016 se inicia con una lamentable noticia para la comunidad psicológica peruana e internacional: la muerte del Dr. Ernesto Pollitt Burga, considerado uno de los psicólogos peruanos más importantes en nuestro país y el de mayor renombre internacional (Arias, 2016; Caycho, 2016; Raez, 2016), especialista en diversos temas relacionados con el desarrollo infantil, como los efectos de la alimentación y malnutrición en el desarrollo y la conduct…
Aproximaciones conceptuales y metodológicas a la problemática de las drogas
En la actualidad, todo lector de temas relacionados con psicología y/o medicina se encuentra frecuentemente con el término drogas. La literatura científica, y aquella más ligada al público en general, nos brinda constante información acerca de cómo prevenir e incluso eliminar el consumo de drogas, sea a través de fármacos o empleando diversas técnicas psicoterapeuticas. El libro Drogas. Conceptos, miradas y experiencias, surge en un contexto en d…
Una visión actual del constructivismo
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Tareas de escritura y memoria auditiva inmediata en escolares Peruanos
El objetivo del estudio es determinar la relación entre un conjunto de tareas de escritura y la memoria auditiva inmediata, así como establecer diferencias en función al sexo y el grado de estudios. Participaron 203 escolares de quinto y sexto grado de educación de primaria de Lima (Perú), seleccionados mediante un muestreo no probabilístico. Se utilizaron el Test de Memoria Auditiva Inmediata y la Batería de Evaluación de los Procesos de Escritu…
Evidencias Psicométricas de una Medida Breve de Resiliencia en Adultos Mayores Peruanos no Institucionalizados
Resilience is understood as the domain of personal resources and contextual factors that allow for a successful coping and enhance positive adaptation to the different stressors during the lifespan, thereby being important for a healthy and successful aging. Nowadays, several brief instruments have been developed to measure resilience, such as the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS), an instrument that measures the ability of people to confront s…
Validación de una Medida Breve de Celos en Estudiantes Universitarios Peruanos
El estudio buscó analizar las evidencias de validez, invarianza factorial y fiabilidad de las puntuaciones de la Subescala de Celos del Inventario de Comunicación Emocional en las Relaciones Románticas (Sánchez, 2012). Para ello se contó con una muestra de 1176 estudiantes universitarios peruanos que completaron los 11 ítems de la versión original. El análisis factorial confirmatorio verificó un ajuste satisfactorio de un modelo final de nueve ít…
Satisfacción con la vida en escolares de la ciudad de Arequipa
El presente estudio, que se enmarca dentro de la Psicología Positiva Educativa, tiene dos objetivos, analizar psicométricamente la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida, y comparar los valores resultantes en función del sexo, la edad y la institución de procedencia, en un grupo de escolares de la ciudad de Arequipa. Se trabajó con una muestra de 872 estudiantes de 4to y 5to de media de cinco escuelas de gestión mixta y diferenciada, donde el 46.9% s…
Publicación científica de asesores de tesis de psicología de 30 universidades peruanas
El objetivo fue determinar la frecuencia de publicación científica de 231 asesores de tesis de psicología de 30 universidades peruanas, mediante un estudio descriptivo-transversal. Los resultados revelan que 58.4% nunca ha publicado un artículo científico; solo un 26.8% lo ha hecho en los últimos tres años y un 18.2% en los últimos cinco años. Un 23.8% ha logrado publicar en revistas indexadas en SciELO y 14.7% en Scopus. En 10 de las 30 universi…
Abordaje psicológico del Covid-19
Ante la rápida expansión del nuevo coronavirus (COVID-19) en todo el planeta, este artículo presenta un conjunto de propuestas elaboradas por psicólogas y psicólogos de América Latina que buscan abordar este fenómeno desde una perspectiva regional. En este sentido, se exponen tópicos como el problema de la sobreinformación y el impacto de los protocolos sanitarios sobre la salud mental en diversos ámbitos y sectores de la población. Se propone aq…
The Construct, Convergent and Divergent Validity, and Reliability of Three Optimism Scales among North American University Students
The primary objective of this study is to compare the construct, convergent and divergent validity and the reliability of three optimism scales. The study relied on a nonprobability sample of 100 social work students at Western Michigan University in the United States (Seventy-nine percent of the sample were female, and 21% were male). The sample's mean age was 26.35 years, SD = 7.70. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the respondents self-identified as…
Fear of Covid-19 scale
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Scale of Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) in a sample of 1,291 Argentines. The two-related factor structure of the FCV-19S had satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices using structural equation modeling and item response theory. Further results showed that the reliability was adequate, the factor structure was strictly invariable across age groups, and the model that evaluated the relationships betwee…
Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo (1907-1995)
En este artículo revisamos la vida y obra de Carlos Alberto Seguín (1907-1995), uno de los psiquiatras más representativos del Perú, que contribuyó a difundir los saberes psicológicos y promovió el desarrollo de la medicina psicosomática en América Latina y planteó ideas originales en campos como la psiquiatría social y la psicoterapia, desde perspectivas psicoanalíticas y existencialistas. Presentamos primero un recorrido de sus primeros años y …
Assessment of Fear of Covid-19 in Older Adults
Is It Possible to Measure the Role of the Bystander and the Victim of Bullying in Children? Construct Validity of Two Brief Pictorial Scales With IRT and CFA Models
The study's objective was to develop and validate the psychometric properties of two brief pictorial scales to evaluate the roles of bystanders and victims of bullying. A sample of 910 students was considered (49.6%, boys; 50.4%, girls) between the ages of 7 and 13 (M = 10, SD = 1.4). Both instruments present nine pictorial items representing two dimensions: physical bullying (items 1 to 4) and psychological bullying (items 5 to 9). An additional…
Covid-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries
The present study aimed to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) in ten Latin American countries. A total of 2,321 people who had lost a family member or other loved one due to COVID-19 participated, with a mean age of 34.22 years old (SD = 11.99). In addition to the PGS, a single item of suicidal ideation was applied. The unidimensional model of the PGS had adequate fit in most countries and good re…
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of Covid-19 scale in seven Latin American countries
The objective was to evaluate the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in 7 Latin American countries (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay). The participants were 2944 people, selected through non-probability sampling for convenience, where the majority were women. Data collection occurred between 12 June and 14 September 2020. The results indicated that the model with t…
Is it possible to find a bifactor structure in the Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S)? Psychometric evidence in an Ecuadorian sample
The aim of the study was to evaluate the construct validity based on the internal structure, the relationship with other variables, and the internal consistency among items of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in a sample of 743 Ecuadorians. The findings confirm the presence of a bifactor structure, which includes a general factor and two specific factors: one emotional and the other physiological. The general factor, and the specific factors …
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale
The aim of the study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The participants were 790 Peruvians, selected through a convenience sampling, where the majority were women. The CFA models indicated that the one-dimensional structure better represents the data, is reliable and invariant between men and women. Like…
Obsession with Covid-19 in Peruvian police and armed forces
The study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) in 214 police and members of the armed forces ( M age = 29.33 years, SD = 11.28). The one-dimensionality and satisfactory reliability of OCS were confirmed with confirmatory factor analysis, Item Response Theory analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and McDonald's omega. The scale is useful for identifying individuals with low levels of persist…
Measurement Invariance of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) in Peruvian and Spanish Older Adults
Although the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) has been validated in some European and American countries, there are no studies that evaluate its factorial invariance among different nations. In this sense, the objective of the study is to evaluate the factorial invariance of the BRCS in samples of older adults in Peru and Spain, using multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis. 236 older adults from Peru participated (Mean age = 72.8, SD = 6.90) …
Strength of Religious Faith in Peruvian Adolescents and Adults
Validation of the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale in Peruvian old adults
Loneliness is a public health problem. Its assessment is important to identify older adults who experience greater loneliness and appropriate interventions can be carried out. The De Jong Gierveld Solitude Scale (DJGLS) is one of the most widely used, at least in the European context, to measure loneliness. Although the Spanish version of the DJGLS has shown reliability and validity in Spanish samples of older adults, there is no evidence of adeq…
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