Vanessa Smith-Castro
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 197814 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vanessa Smith-Castro |
| NOMBRES | Vanessa |
| APELLIDO | Smith-Castro |
| FIRMA | SMITH-CASTRO V |
| AFILIACIONES | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6348-4223 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Between preservation and assimilation
The influence of parenting style and family meals on body esteem among Costa Rican adolescents
The psychological wellbeing of adolescents is significantly influenced by their body esteem, which is shaped by various factors. This study aims to examine how parenting styles impact adolescent body esteem, considering the potential mediating effect of family meals. Initially, a complex model was tested but found to be an inadequate fit (χ2) = 299.18, df = 12, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.74, TLI = 0.30, GFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.21). Subsequently, a data-dri…
The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries
Despite the growing demand for care economy employees (e.g., nurses, teachers, and social workers), men remain underrepresented in these careers. While economically developed countries support more equal rights for women and men, their labor markets are highly gender segregated (Charles, 1992, 2003). We conducted a focused investigation of this paradoxical pattern in the care economy, testing whether gender gaps in care economy career interest ar…
Coping with diversity in classrooms
Network Analysis of Posttraumatic Growth Dimensions
The present study aimed to apply a network analysis model to provide an exploratory empirical conceptualization of dynamic networks of posttraumatic growth (PTG) symptoms in 7,434 people who experienced the death of a loved one from COVID-19 in 16 Latin American countries. The Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory: Short Form of Eight Items was used. A non-regularized network with partial correlation coefficients was estimated through the ggmModSelect …
Simulación computacional de predicciones de rendimiento en el contexto de pruebas estandarizadas
Cuando una persona se enfrenta a una prueba realiza predicciones acerca de su rendimiento, estas estimaciones se conocen como juicios metacognitivos. Los juicios metacognitivos pueden diferir del rendimiento real por factores como la ansiedad, el género, entre otros. Frecuentemente la diferencia entre el juicio metacognitivo y el resultado real genera un efecto negativo que a largo plazo puede comprometer el autoconcepto de la persona. Para estim…
Anxiety and performance during tests
It is widely known that test anxiety (TA) is associated with a decrease in test scores. The objective of this study is to provide evidence of the existence of two paths through which TA affects test scores: an indirect path that is associated with the mediation of the updating efficiency and a direct path moderated by the putting into perspective coping strategy. The study was conducted with a sample of 184 high school students who took an entran…
Pandemic Grief and Suicidal Ideation in Latin American Countries
This study aimed to characterize the network structure of pandemic grief symptoms and suicidal ideation in 2174 people from eight Latin American countries. Pandemic grief and suicidal ideation were measured using the Pandemic Grief Scale and a single item, respectively. Network analysis provides an in-depth characterization of symptom-symptom interactions within mental disorders. The results indicated that, "desire to die," "apathy" and "absence …
I'm just joking! Perceptions of sexist humour and sexist beliefs in a Latin American context
Previous research has stated a relationship between sexist ideologies and humour appreciation. However, most research has been done in North America and Europe. In the present study, we aimed to approach in an exploratory way to the social perceptions of sexist humour in Costa Rica. Data was gathered through an online survey, participants ( N = 323; 220 females) completed measures to characterise expressions of sexist humour. The main measures in…
Acute stress and fear scales during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: In the context of the pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2, concerns were raised about how to adequately assess its impact on the wellbeing of the population. The main reason of this paper is to present the preliminary results of psychometric properties of measures created to evaluate such impact. Method: We created and adapted several assessment instruments, and validated them with a volunteer sample of 699 adults (+18), inhabitants of Costa Ri…
Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About Covid-19 in 7 Latin American Countries
The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated…
Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the Covid-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against Covid-19 in Latin America
OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of a general measure of the perception of governmental responses to COVID-|19 (COVID-SCORE-10) in the general population of 13 Latin American countries. METHODS: A total of 5780 individuals from 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries selected by non-probabilistic snowball sampling participated. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the alignment method was us…
Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health
The role of perceived social support in the acculturation process of immigrants remains unclear. In this study, we jointly evaluated the associations between acculturative stress and negative emotions associated with discrimination as antecedents of anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in 283 immigrants living in Chile. Three competing models were tested via structural equation modelling to assess (1) the association among these variables and…
Efecto del entrenamiento musical en las funciones ejecutivas
En los últimos años ha surgido la interrogante de si es posible entrenar las funciones ejecutivas y si se considera que la música, por su alto nivel de complejidad, genera un efecto en estos procesos. Pese a que se ha encontrado una relación entre un entrenamiento musical y las funciones ejecutivas, estos resultados son contradictorios y no existe una estimación cuantitativa de la fuerza de esta posible asociación, ni tampoco estudios que integre…
Family function and eating behaviours among Hispanic/Latino youth
Objective: To elucidate mechanisms across family function, home environment and eating behaviours within sociocultural context among Hispanic youth. Design: Two models tested via path analysis (youth fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption; empty energy consumption) using data from the Study of Latino Youth (2011–2013). Setting: Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Bronx, NY; San Diego, CA. Participants: Youth (8–16-year-olds), n 1466. Results: Youth ate 2·4 ser…
Gender-based eating norms, the family environment and food intake among Costa Rican adolescents
Objective: To examine the association between family environment variables (parenting styles, family meal atmosphere), gender-based stereotypes and food intake in Latin American adolescents. Design: Structural equation modelling applied to cross-sectional data, 2017. Setting: Urban and rural sites of San José, Costa Rica. Participants: n 813; 13–18 years old. Results: Data suggest direct associations between gender-based stereotypes and intake of…
Intersectionality between parenting styles, area of residence and gender on food group consumption among Costa Rican adolescents
Una nueva mirada teórica y metodológica a diferencias de género en pruebas de matemática
Acknowledging that gender, as a construct, is an expression of a power structure, observed differences favoring males were explained for two standardized tests of mathematical context: the Mathematics section of the University of Costa Rica's Admission Test and the Mathematics test from the Secondary School's Exit Exam. The sample was 487 students in the last year of high school in ten public schools from the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Ri…
Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (Ebea)
Background Acculturation stress is associated with poorer physical and mental health and a lower level of psychological well-being. The causes of acculturation stress are diverse, but most are similar in the migrant population. Despite the importance of evaluating this variable, few studies have reported culturally adapted and validated instruments for specific populations. Based on this, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric pro…
Exchanging fluids
Knowledge of evolutionary influences on patterns of human mating, social interactions, and differential health is increasing, yet these insights have rarely been applied to historical analyses of human population dynamics. The genetic and evolutionary forces behind biases in interethnic mating and in the health of individuals of different ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean since the European colonization of America are still largely…
Orientaciones de aculturación, estrés de aculturación y bienestar psicológico en inmigrantes latinoamericanos en Santiago de Chile
En Chile, el incremento del flujo migratorio desde América Latina ha llamado la atención con respecto a los procesos de ajuste psicológico y sociocultural de los nuevos inmigrantes. Por tanto, con este trabajo se busca (a) establecer relaciones entre las orientaciones de aculturación, el estrés aculturativo y el bienestar psicológico, (b) identificar perfiles según las preferencias de aculturación, y (c) determinar la existencia de diferencias si…
Efectos de un videojuego de simulación sobre tendencias altruistas en un contexto de educación abierta
La presente investigación se dirigió a analizar el efecto del uso de un videojuego de simulación para el entretenimiento en la tendencia altruista de una muestra no probabilística de 56 personas con una edad promedio de 32,63 años, participantes de un programa comunal de capacitación en el uso de la computadora. Mediante un diseño cuasiexperimental con pretest y pos-test se expuso a los participantes al uso de un videojuego de simulación en cuatr…
Food attitudes and well-being
Parental Influence on Their Adult Children’s Sexual Values
Contributions of Matrilineal and Patrilineal Kin Alloparental Effort to the Development of Life History Strategies and Patriarchal Values
Childrearing behaviors are often shaped by familial and cultural principles that function as guides for socialization goals and effective childrearing practices. For an increasing number of Latino families, the extended kin often acts as a source of childcare support. Due to a scarcity of research on the familial support configurations of Latin American families, the current study utilizes a cross-cultural retrospective approach to explore the as…
Role of Perceived Importance in Intergroup Contact
Furthering G. W. Allport's contentions for optimal contact, the authors introduce a new construct: the perceived importance of contact. They propose that perceived importance is the best proximal predictor of contact's reduction of prejudice. If individuals have opportunities for contact at work or in the neighborhood, their chances to have intergroup acquaintances and friends increase. Intergroup contact among acquaintances and friends can be pe…
Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health
The role of perceived social support in the acculturation process of immigrants remains unclear. In this study, we jointly evaluated the associations between acculturative stress and negative emotions associated with discrimination as antecedents of anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in 283 immigrants living in Chile. Three competing models were tested via structural equation modelling to assess (1) the association among these variables and…
Orientaciones de aculturación, estrés de aculturación y bienestar psicológico en inmigrantes latinoamericanos en Santiago de Chile
En Chile, el incremento del flujo migratorio desde América Latina ha llamado la atención con respecto a los procesos de ajuste psicológico y sociocultural de los nuevos inmigrantes. Por tanto, con este trabajo se busca (a) establecer relaciones entre las orientaciones de aculturación, el estrés aculturativo y el bienestar psicológico, (b) identificar perfiles según las preferencias de aculturación, y (c) determinar la existencia de diferencias si…
Shared Parenting, Parental Effort, and Life History Strategy
Previous developmental research has found that children from households with high shared parenting, childrearing agreement, and equitable division of parental labor experience positive developmental and social outcomes; a major limitation of these studies is that shared parenting measures do not assess the amount of total parental effort the child receives, but instead partitioning the amount of effort between parents. Life History (LH) theory pr…
Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (Ebea)
Background Acculturation stress is associated with poorer physical and mental health and a lower level of psychological well-being. The causes of acculturation stress are diverse, but most are similar in the migrant population. Despite the importance of evaluating this variable, few studies have reported culturally adapted and validated instruments for specific populations. Based on this, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric pro…
Food attitudes and well-being
Parental Influence on Their Adult Children’s Sexual Values
Contributions of Matrilineal and Patrilineal Kin Alloparental Effort to the Development of Life History Strategies and Patriarchal Values
Childrearing behaviors are often shaped by familial and cultural principles that function as guides for socialization goals and effective childrearing practices. For an increasing number of Latino families, the extended kin often acts as a source of childcare support. Due to a scarcity of research on the familial support configurations of Latin American families, the current study utilizes a cross-cultural retrospective approach to explore the as…
Parental feeding styles and adolescents’ healthy eating habits. Structure and correlates of a Costa Rican questionnaire
Sexual behavior in Costa Rica and the United States
Coping with diversity in classrooms
Una nueva mirada teórica y metodológica a diferencias de género en pruebas de matemática
Acknowledging that gender, as a construct, is an expression of a power structure, observed differences favoring males were explained for two standardized tests of mathematical context: the Mathematics section of the University of Costa Rica's Admission Test and the Mathematics test from the Secondary School's Exit Exam. The sample was 487 students in the last year of high school in ten public schools from the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Ri…
Efectos de un videojuego de simulación sobre tendencias altruistas en un contexto de educación abierta
La presente investigación se dirigió a analizar el efecto del uso de un videojuego de simulación para el entretenimiento en la tendencia altruista de una muestra no probabilística de 56 personas con una edad promedio de 32,63 años, participantes de un programa comunal de capacitación en el uso de la computadora. Mediante un diseño cuasiexperimental con pretest y pos-test se expuso a los participantes al uso de un videojuego de simulación en cuatr…
Role of Perceived Importance in Intergroup Contact
Furthering G. W. Allport's contentions for optimal contact, the authors introduce a new construct: the perceived importance of contact. They propose that perceived importance is the best proximal predictor of contact's reduction of prejudice. If individuals have opportunities for contact at work or in the neighborhood, their chances to have intergroup acquaintances and friends increase. Intergroup contact among acquaintances and friends can be pe…
Parental feeding styles and adolescents’ healthy eating habits. Structure and correlates of a Costa Rican questionnaire
Nations' income inequality predicts ambivalence in stereotype content
Income inequality undermines societies: The more inequality, the more health problems, social tensions, and the lower social mobility, trust, life expectancy. Given people's tendency to legitimate existing social arrangements, the stereotype content model ( SCM ) argues that ambivalence―perceiving many groups as either warm or competent, but not both―may help maintain socio‐economic disparities. The association between stereotype ambivalence and …
Sexual behavior in Costa Rica and the United States
Shared Parenting, Parental Effort, and Life History Strategy
Previous developmental research has found that children from households with high shared parenting, childrearing agreement, and equitable division of parental labor experience positive developmental and social outcomes; a major limitation of these studies is that shared parenting measures do not assess the amount of total parental effort the child receives, but instead partitioning the amount of effort between parents. Life History (LH) theory pr…
Contributions of Matrilineal and Patrilineal Kin Alloparental Effort to the Development of Life History Strategies and Patriarchal Values
Childrearing behaviors are often shaped by familial and cultural principles that function as guides for socialization goals and effective childrearing practices. For an increasing number of Latino families, the extended kin often acts as a source of childcare support. Due to a scarcity of research on the familial support configurations of Latin American families, the current study utilizes a cross-cultural retrospective approach to explore the as…
Food attitudes and well-being
Parental Influence on Their Adult Children’s Sexual Values
Efectos de un videojuego de simulación sobre tendencias altruistas en un contexto de educación abierta
La presente investigación se dirigió a analizar el efecto del uso de un videojuego de simulación para el entretenimiento en la tendencia altruista de una muestra no probabilística de 56 personas con una edad promedio de 32,63 años, participantes de un programa comunal de capacitación en el uso de la computadora. Mediante un diseño cuasiexperimental con pretest y pos-test se expuso a los participantes al uso de un videojuego de simulación en cuatr…
Exchanging fluids
Knowledge of evolutionary influences on patterns of human mating, social interactions, and differential health is increasing, yet these insights have rarely been applied to historical analyses of human population dynamics. The genetic and evolutionary forces behind biases in interethnic mating and in the health of individuals of different ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean since the European colonization of America are still largely…
Orientaciones de aculturación, estrés de aculturación y bienestar psicológico en inmigrantes latinoamericanos en Santiago de Chile
En Chile, el incremento del flujo migratorio desde América Latina ha llamado la atención con respecto a los procesos de ajuste psicológico y sociocultural de los nuevos inmigrantes. Por tanto, con este trabajo se busca (a) establecer relaciones entre las orientaciones de aculturación, el estrés aculturativo y el bienestar psicológico, (b) identificar perfiles según las preferencias de aculturación, y (c) determinar la existencia de diferencias si…
Efecto del entrenamiento musical en las funciones ejecutivas
En los últimos años ha surgido la interrogante de si es posible entrenar las funciones ejecutivas y si se considera que la música, por su alto nivel de complejidad, genera un efecto en estos procesos. Pese a que se ha encontrado una relación entre un entrenamiento musical y las funciones ejecutivas, estos resultados son contradictorios y no existe una estimación cuantitativa de la fuerza de esta posible asociación, ni tampoco estudios que integre…
Family function and eating behaviours among Hispanic/Latino youth
Objective: To elucidate mechanisms across family function, home environment and eating behaviours within sociocultural context among Hispanic youth. Design: Two models tested via path analysis (youth fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption; empty energy consumption) using data from the Study of Latino Youth (2011–2013). Setting: Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Bronx, NY; San Diego, CA. Participants: Youth (8–16-year-olds), n 1466. Results: Youth ate 2·4 ser…
Gender-based eating norms, the family environment and food intake among Costa Rican adolescents
Objective: To examine the association between family environment variables (parenting styles, family meal atmosphere), gender-based stereotypes and food intake in Latin American adolescents. Design: Structural equation modelling applied to cross-sectional data, 2017. Setting: Urban and rural sites of San José, Costa Rica. Participants: n 813; 13–18 years old. Results: Data suggest direct associations between gender-based stereotypes and intake of…
Intersectionality between parenting styles, area of residence and gender on food group consumption among Costa Rican adolescents
Una nueva mirada teórica y metodológica a diferencias de género en pruebas de matemática
Acknowledging that gender, as a construct, is an expression of a power structure, observed differences favoring males were explained for two standardized tests of mathematical context: the Mathematics section of the University of Costa Rica's Admission Test and the Mathematics test from the Secondary School's Exit Exam. The sample was 487 students in the last year of high school in ten public schools from the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Ri…
Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (Ebea)
Background Acculturation stress is associated with poorer physical and mental health and a lower level of psychological well-being. The causes of acculturation stress are diverse, but most are similar in the migrant population. Despite the importance of evaluating this variable, few studies have reported culturally adapted and validated instruments for specific populations. Based on this, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric pro…
Acculturative Stress, Perceived Social Support, and Mental Health
The role of perceived social support in the acculturation process of immigrants remains unclear. In this study, we jointly evaluated the associations between acculturative stress and negative emotions associated with discrimination as antecedents of anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in 283 immigrants living in Chile. Three competing models were tested via structural equation modelling to assess (1) the association among these variables and…
I'm just joking! Perceptions of sexist humour and sexist beliefs in a Latin American context
Previous research has stated a relationship between sexist ideologies and humour appreciation. However, most research has been done in North America and Europe. In the present study, we aimed to approach in an exploratory way to the social perceptions of sexist humour in Costa Rica. Data was gathered through an online survey, participants ( N = 323; 220 females) completed measures to characterise expressions of sexist humour. The main measures in…
Acute stress and fear scales during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: In the context of the pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2, concerns were raised about how to adequately assess its impact on the wellbeing of the population. The main reason of this paper is to present the preliminary results of psychometric properties of measures created to evaluate such impact. Method: We created and adapted several assessment instruments, and validated them with a volunteer sample of 699 adults (+18), inhabitants of Costa Ri…
Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About Covid-19 in 7 Latin American Countries
The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated…
Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the Covid-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against Covid-19 in Latin America
OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of a general measure of the perception of governmental responses to COVID-|19 (COVID-SCORE-10) in the general population of 13 Latin American countries. METHODS: A total of 5780 individuals from 13 Latin American and Caribbean countries selected by non-probabilistic snowball sampling participated. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the alignment method was us…
Anxiety and performance during tests
It is widely known that test anxiety (TA) is associated with a decrease in test scores. The objective of this study is to provide evidence of the existence of two paths through which TA affects test scores: an indirect path that is associated with the mediation of the updating efficiency and a direct path moderated by the putting into perspective coping strategy. The study was conducted with a sample of 184 high school students who took an entran…
Pandemic Grief and Suicidal Ideation in Latin American Countries
This study aimed to characterize the network structure of pandemic grief symptoms and suicidal ideation in 2174 people from eight Latin American countries. Pandemic grief and suicidal ideation were measured using the Pandemic Grief Scale and a single item, respectively. Network analysis provides an in-depth characterization of symptom-symptom interactions within mental disorders. The results indicated that, "desire to die," "apathy" and "absence …
The influence of parenting style and family meals on body esteem among Costa Rican adolescents
The psychological wellbeing of adolescents is significantly influenced by their body esteem, which is shaped by various factors. This study aims to examine how parenting styles impact adolescent body esteem, considering the potential mediating effect of family meals. Initially, a complex model was tested but found to be an inadequate fit (χ2) = 299.18, df = 12, p < 0.001, CFI = 0.74, TLI = 0.30, GFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.21). Subsequently, a data-dri…
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