Belén Mesurado
Biographic Data
| ID | 185942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belén Mesurado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belén |
| FAMILY NAME | Mesurado |
| SIGNATURE | MESURADO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5907-5854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
‘Little Hero’, a web-based intervention to promote moral values among children
This paper presents a study of the development and effectiveness of a website intervention program called ‘Little Hero.’ The aims of Study 1 were (1) to investigate whether prosocial behavior changed following the application of the Little Hero program and whether the change was maintained at follow-up and (2) to explore Argentinean children’s opinions of the program. The results indicated that prosocial behavior changed following the application…
Prediction of online grooming in adolescents based on emotional problems, sexting, cybervictimization and sex and age differences / Predicción del online grooming en adolescentes argentinos a partir d…
This study aimed to predict grooming among adolescents based on emotional problems (depression and anxiety), sexting and cybervictimization. A sample of 564 Argentinian adolescents aged 11 to 16 (40% male and 60% female; M age = 13.45 years, SD = 1.55) completed self-reporting measures on these variables. Two models were tested to explain the relationship between emotional problems, sexting, cybervictimization and grooming. Males and older adoles…
Development of inequity aversion in argentine children in different SES populations
The bidirectional effects of parenting and a virtuous intellectual character
This study examines the bidirectional relationship between adolescents' perceptions of their parents' parenting styles and the development of a virtuous intellectual character. A longitudinal panel study was conducted, which involved annual evaluations of a sample of 383 adolescents from secondary schools in urban areas of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At Time 1, 57% of the participants were girls, 43% were boys, and one identified as nonbinary. At Ti…
Parental mental health and child anxiety during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Latin America
This study examined parents’ ( N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID‐19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS‐21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio‐economically d…
Growth patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior in Colombian and Uruguayan adolescents
The first goal of the current research was to study the short-term developmental patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior during the middle adolescence stage among Uruguayan and Colombian adolescents. The second goal was to study the probability of inclusion in each trajectory class arising from gratitude and forgiveness (understood as the absence of negative emotions and the presence of positive emotions toward an aggressor) while con…
Validación de una escala de empatía para niños, niñas y adolescentes colombianos
Los estudios de empatía requieren abordar procesos afectivos, cognitivos y sociales asociados con la maduración individual, que permiten comprender la interacción social desde las disposiciones emocionales básicas. El objetivo de este estudio fue validar la escala de empatía desarrollada por Richaud, Lemos, Mesurado y Oros (2017) en una muestra de niños, niñas y adolescentes colombianos de 9 a 14 años, describiendo sus propiedades psicométricas. …
Relationship quality and support for family policy during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Emerging adults’ cultural values, prosocial behaviors, and mental health in 14 countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
Evidence suggests an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, particularly among emerging adults. However, theories on altruism born of suffering or adversarial growth suggest that we might also see prosocial behavior as a function of the pandemic, which may protect against mental health challenges. Because cultural values are central in determining prosocial behavior, the current study explored how cultural values were differentially as…
Work orientation and flourishing life in twelve Ibero-American countries
Introduction/Objetive: Work orientation includes the individual’s beliefs regarding the role of work in his/her life as a whole and what they are searching for in their careers. There are three types of orientation to work: job, career, and vocation. Work orientation has the distinction of examining how work connects with people’s lives and is, therefore, an appropriate construct for evaluating the impact of work on human flourishing. The aims of…
"Hero," a virtual program for promoting prosocial behaviors toward strangers and empathy among adolescents
This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the virtual Hero program on the promotion of empathy (emotional contagion, emotional recognition, and perspective taking) and prosocial behavior toward strangers. Moreover, we studied whether promoting empathy strengthened the program's impact on adolescents' prosocial behavior. The study included 431 adolescents in the intervention group ( Mage = 13.64, 47% of participants identified as cisgender …
Escala de Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas
La Teoría de la Autodeterminación refiere a tres necesidades psicológicas básicas, presentes en el transcurso de la vida de un individuo: autonomía, competencia y relación. El objetivo del presente trabajo es evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la adaptación al contexto educativo de la Escala de Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas de Deci y Ryan (2000) en población adolescente Argentina. La adaptación cobra relevancia debido a que no existe has…
Adaptación y Validación de la Escala de Control del Yo (UC-EgoUndercontrol Scale) a la población argentina
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la Adaptación de la Escala de Control del Yo (Ego-Undercontrol Scale) de Block y Block (1980, 2006) en estudiantes de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Así, se desarrollaron dos estudios. En el primero, se estudió la validez de constructo a través de un estudio de discriminación de ítems, un análisis factorial exploratorio y los niveles de confiabilidad de la escala. En el segundo…
Adaptación del Cuestionario de Capital Psicológico al ámbito educativo en una muestra argentina
Psychological capital is defined as a state of positive psychological development that represents the person's positive assessment of the circumstances and their probability of success based on effort and perseverance. It is a construct composed by four components or psychological strengths: efficacy, optimism, hope and resilience. It was widely described and evaluated in the workplace; however, psychological capital can be applied to other spher…
Experiencia profesional, capital psicológico y engagement. Su relación con el burnout en docentes universitarios
El presente estudio se plantea dos objetivos el primero es estudiar si las diferentes etapas del desarrollo profesional de docentes hacen variar los niveles de capital psicológico, engagement y burnout en docentes universitarios. Por otro lado, el segundo objetivo es estudiar la relación de las etapas del desarrollo profesional, del capital psicológico y el engagement con el burnout de los docentes universitarios. La muestra es intencional, no pr…
Cultural variability and consistency in adolescents’ emotional regulation and relationship with their parents
The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between parent–child relationship and emotional regulation in adolescents across four countries regarding: (a) mother–child relationship; (b) father–child relationship; (c) adolescents’ emotion regulation; and (d) the relationship between mother–child/father–child close relationships and adolescents’ emotion regulation. Sex differences were also considered in the analysis. The sample of…
Validation of the Spanish version of the Prosocial Behavior toward Different Targets Scale
The objective of this article was to validate the Spanish version of a prosociality scale that evaluates prosociality toward family members, friends, and strangers. This objective was developed in two studies. In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis was conducted to test the construct validity of the scale. The reliability was tested using McDonald’s omega coefficient and coefficient H. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to co…
The varying roles of parents and the cognitive–emotional variables regarding the different types of adolescent prosocial behavior
This article studies the relationship between parental variables (authoritative parental style, maternal and paternal challenges), empathy, and prosocial flow with different types of prosocial behaviors (prosocial behaviors toward different targets and different motivations of prosocial behavior). The sample included 539 students of both sexes (42.5% males; M age = 19.13 years old, SD = 1.92). The hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicat…
The Hero program
This article has a dual purpose. First, it proposes to investigate adolescents' opinion and acceptance of the new online program called "Hero." Second, this article studies the program's effectiveness in promoting prosocial behavior. The sample included 51 men and women participants between the ages of 12 and 16 (average age 15.02; SD = 1.07; 49% men). All of the adolescents attended high school and belonged to a middle socioeconomic status. The …
Parental Expectations and Prosocial Behavior of Adolescents From Low-Income Backgrounds
Parental expectations are influenced by cultural models, which in turn are subject to a great influence from historically fluctuating features of the socioeconomic background. Parental expectations seem to be linked to children's social and emotional development in terms of empathy and prosocial behavior. The current study aims to (a) compare low-income adolescents' perceptions of parental expectations of prosocial and antisocial behavior across …
Analysis of Dimensions of Prosocial Behavior in an Argentinean Sample of Children
This study assessed how many motivational factors were required to explain scores for prosocial behavior, as measured by the Spanish version of the prosocial tendencies measure. A sample of 472 middle class children and adolescents, both sexes, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the prosocial tendencies measure. This instrument presents prosocial behavior in six types: altruistic, compliant, emotional, public, anonymous, and dire. However, t…
Parental Expectations and Prosocial Behavior of Adolescents From Low-Income Backgrounds
Parental expectations are influenced by cultural models, which in turn are subject to a great influence from historically fluctuating features of the socioeconomic background. Parental expectations seem to be linked to children's social and emotional development in terms of empathy and prosocial behavior. The current study aims to (a) compare low-income adolescents' perceptions of parental expectations of prosocial and antisocial behavior across …
The Hero program
This article has a dual purpose. First, it proposes to investigate adolescents' opinion and acceptance of the new online program called "Hero." Second, this article studies the program's effectiveness in promoting prosocial behavior. The sample included 51 men and women participants between the ages of 12 and 16 (average age 15.02; SD = 1.07; 49% men). All of the adolescents attended high school and belonged to a middle socioeconomic status. The …
Parental mental health and child anxiety during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Latin America
This study examined parents’ ( N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID‐19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS‐21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio‐economically d…
The varying roles of parents and the cognitive–emotional variables regarding the different types of adolescent prosocial behavior
This article studies the relationship between parental variables (authoritative parental style, maternal and paternal challenges), empathy, and prosocial flow with different types of prosocial behaviors (prosocial behaviors toward different targets and different motivations of prosocial behavior). The sample included 539 students of both sexes (42.5% males; M age = 19.13 years old, SD = 1.92). The hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicat…
Growth patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior in Colombian and Uruguayan adolescents
The first goal of the current research was to study the short-term developmental patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior during the middle adolescence stage among Uruguayan and Colombian adolescents. The second goal was to study the probability of inclusion in each trajectory class arising from gratitude and forgiveness (understood as the absence of negative emotions and the presence of positive emotions toward an aggressor) while con…
Validation of the Spanish version of the Prosocial Behavior toward Different Targets Scale
The objective of this article was to validate the Spanish version of a prosociality scale that evaluates prosociality toward family members, friends, and strangers. This objective was developed in two studies. In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis was conducted to test the construct validity of the scale. The reliability was tested using McDonald’s omega coefficient and coefficient H. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to co…
"Hero," a virtual program for promoting prosocial behaviors toward strangers and empathy among adolescents
This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the virtual Hero program on the promotion of empathy (emotional contagion, emotional recognition, and perspective taking) and prosocial behavior toward strangers. Moreover, we studied whether promoting empathy strengthened the program's impact on adolescents' prosocial behavior. The study included 431 adolescents in the intervention group ( Mage = 13.64, 47% of participants identified as cisgender …
Analysis of Dimensions of Prosocial Behavior in an Argentinean Sample of Children
This study assessed how many motivational factors were required to explain scores for prosocial behavior, as measured by the Spanish version of the prosocial tendencies measure. A sample of 472 middle class children and adolescents, both sexes, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the prosocial tendencies measure. This instrument presents prosocial behavior in six types: altruistic, compliant, emotional, public, anonymous, and dire. However, t…
Parental Expectations and Prosocial Behavior of Adolescents From Low-Income Backgrounds
Parental expectations are influenced by cultural models, which in turn are subject to a great influence from historically fluctuating features of the socioeconomic background. Parental expectations seem to be linked to children's social and emotional development in terms of empathy and prosocial behavior. The current study aims to (a) compare low-income adolescents' perceptions of parental expectations of prosocial and antisocial behavior across …
Experiencia profesional, capital psicológico y engagement. Su relación con el burnout en docentes universitarios
El presente estudio se plantea dos objetivos el primero es estudiar si las diferentes etapas del desarrollo profesional de docentes hacen variar los niveles de capital psicológico, engagement y burnout en docentes universitarios. Por otro lado, el segundo objetivo es estudiar la relación de las etapas del desarrollo profesional, del capital psicológico y el engagement con el burnout de los docentes universitarios. La muestra es intencional, no pr…
Cultural variability and consistency in adolescents’ emotional regulation and relationship with their parents
The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between parent–child relationship and emotional regulation in adolescents across four countries regarding: (a) mother–child relationship; (b) father–child relationship; (c) adolescents’ emotion regulation; and (d) the relationship between mother–child/father–child close relationships and adolescents’ emotion regulation. Sex differences were also considered in the analysis. The sample of…
Validation of the Spanish version of the Prosocial Behavior toward Different Targets Scale
The objective of this article was to validate the Spanish version of a prosociality scale that evaluates prosociality toward family members, friends, and strangers. This objective was developed in two studies. In Study 1, exploratory factor analysis was conducted to test the construct validity of the scale. The reliability was tested using McDonald’s omega coefficient and coefficient H. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to co…
The varying roles of parents and the cognitive–emotional variables regarding the different types of adolescent prosocial behavior
This article studies the relationship between parental variables (authoritative parental style, maternal and paternal challenges), empathy, and prosocial flow with different types of prosocial behaviors (prosocial behaviors toward different targets and different motivations of prosocial behavior). The sample included 539 students of both sexes (42.5% males; M age = 19.13 years old, SD = 1.92). The hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicat…
The Hero program
This article has a dual purpose. First, it proposes to investigate adolescents' opinion and acceptance of the new online program called "Hero." Second, this article studies the program's effectiveness in promoting prosocial behavior. The sample included 51 men and women participants between the ages of 12 and 16 (average age 15.02; SD = 1.07; 49% men). All of the adolescents attended high school and belonged to a middle socioeconomic status. The …
Adaptación del Cuestionario de Capital Psicológico al ámbito educativo en una muestra argentina
Psychological capital is defined as a state of positive psychological development that represents the person's positive assessment of the circumstances and their probability of success based on effort and perseverance. It is a construct composed by four components or psychological strengths: efficacy, optimism, hope and resilience. It was widely described and evaluated in the workplace; however, psychological capital can be applied to other spher…
Escala de Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas
La Teoría de la Autodeterminación refiere a tres necesidades psicológicas básicas, presentes en el transcurso de la vida de un individuo: autonomía, competencia y relación. El objetivo del presente trabajo es evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la adaptación al contexto educativo de la Escala de Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas de Deci y Ryan (2000) en población adolescente Argentina. La adaptación cobra relevancia debido a que no existe has…
Adaptación y Validación de la Escala de Control del Yo (UC-EgoUndercontrol Scale) a la población argentina
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la Adaptación de la Escala de Control del Yo (Ego-Undercontrol Scale) de Block y Block (1980, 2006) en estudiantes de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Así, se desarrollaron dos estudios. En el primero, se estudió la validez de constructo a través de un estudio de discriminación de ítems, un análisis factorial exploratorio y los niveles de confiabilidad de la escala. En el segundo…
Validación de una escala de empatía para niños, niñas y adolescentes colombianos
Los estudios de empatía requieren abordar procesos afectivos, cognitivos y sociales asociados con la maduración individual, que permiten comprender la interacción social desde las disposiciones emocionales básicas. El objetivo de este estudio fue validar la escala de empatía desarrollada por Richaud, Lemos, Mesurado y Oros (2017) en una muestra de niños, niñas y adolescentes colombianos de 9 a 14 años, describiendo sus propiedades psicométricas. …
Relationship quality and support for family policy during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Emerging adults’ cultural values, prosocial behaviors, and mental health in 14 countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
Evidence suggests an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, particularly among emerging adults. However, theories on altruism born of suffering or adversarial growth suggest that we might also see prosocial behavior as a function of the pandemic, which may protect against mental health challenges. Because cultural values are central in determining prosocial behavior, the current study explored how cultural values were differentially as…
Work orientation and flourishing life in twelve Ibero-American countries
Introduction/Objetive: Work orientation includes the individual’s beliefs regarding the role of work in his/her life as a whole and what they are searching for in their careers. There are three types of orientation to work: job, career, and vocation. Work orientation has the distinction of examining how work connects with people’s lives and is, therefore, an appropriate construct for evaluating the impact of work on human flourishing. The aims of…
"Hero," a virtual program for promoting prosocial behaviors toward strangers and empathy among adolescents
This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the virtual Hero program on the promotion of empathy (emotional contagion, emotional recognition, and perspective taking) and prosocial behavior toward strangers. Moreover, we studied whether promoting empathy strengthened the program's impact on adolescents' prosocial behavior. The study included 431 adolescents in the intervention group ( Mage = 13.64, 47% of participants identified as cisgender …
Growth patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior in Colombian and Uruguayan adolescents
The first goal of the current research was to study the short-term developmental patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior during the middle adolescence stage among Uruguayan and Colombian adolescents. The second goal was to study the probability of inclusion in each trajectory class arising from gratitude and forgiveness (understood as the absence of negative emotions and the presence of positive emotions toward an aggressor) while con…
Parental mental health and child anxiety during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Latin America
This study examined parents’ ( N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID‐19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS‐21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio‐economically d…
‘Little Hero’, a web-based intervention to promote moral values among children
This paper presents a study of the development and effectiveness of a website intervention program called ‘Little Hero.’ The aims of Study 1 were (1) to investigate whether prosocial behavior changed following the application of the Little Hero program and whether the change was maintained at follow-up and (2) to explore Argentinean children’s opinions of the program. The results indicated that prosocial behavior changed following the application…
Prediction of online grooming in adolescents based on emotional problems, sexting, cybervictimization and sex and age differences / Predicción del online grooming en adolescentes argentinos a partir d…
This study aimed to predict grooming among adolescents based on emotional problems (depression and anxiety), sexting and cybervictimization. A sample of 564 Argentinian adolescents aged 11 to 16 (40% male and 60% female; M age = 13.45 years, SD = 1.55) completed self-reporting measures on these variables. Two models were tested to explain the relationship between emotional problems, sexting, cybervictimization and grooming. Males and older adoles…
Development of inequity aversion in argentine children in different SES populations
The bidirectional effects of parenting and a virtuous intellectual character
This study examines the bidirectional relationship between adolescents' perceptions of their parents' parenting styles and the development of a virtuous intellectual character. A longitudinal panel study was conducted, which involved annual evaluations of a sample of 383 adolescents from secondary schools in urban areas of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At Time 1, 57% of the participants were girls, 43% were boys, and one identified as nonbinary. At Ti…
Psychology (21 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Prosocial behavior (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (6 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works)