Claudio Rojas-Jara

Biographic Data

ID2309174
NAMEClaudio Rojas-Jara
GIVEN NAMESClaudio
FAMILY NAMERojas-Jara
SIGNATUREROJAS-JARA C
AFFILIATIONSCatholic University of the Maule
ORCID0000-0003-1715-9889
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR17
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Performance of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in four latin American countries

    Open AccessLindsey W Vilca, Aaron Travezaño-Cabrera et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2026

  • Psychometric performance of the social networks addiction risk questionnaire (Cars‐R)

    Open AccessLindsey W Vilca, Aaron Travezaño-Cabrera et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2026

  • Network Analysis of Posttraumatic Growth Dimensions

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Jonatan Baños-Chaparro et al.ARTICLEIllness Crisis & Loss2025References: 64

    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 …

  • Covid-19 anxiety, psychological well-being and preventive behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, José M Tomás et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

  • Network analysis of the relationships between conspiracy beliefs towards Covid-19 vaccine and symptoms of fear of Covid-19 in a sample of latin american countries

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, José Ventura-León et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

    The present study examined how conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines specifically relate to symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of four South American countries. A total of 1785 people from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru participated, responding to a sociodemographic survey, the Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19 S) and the Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale-COVID-19 (VCBS-COVID-19). Network analysis identified the most important sympto…

  • Pandemic Grief and Suicidal Ideation in Latin American Countries

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Jonatan Baños-Chaparro et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2024

    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 …

  • Cross-cultural validation of the new version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in twelve Latin American countries

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Pablo D Valencia et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2023

  • Is the meaning of subjective well-being similar in Latin American countries? A cross-cultural measurement invariance study of the WHO-5 well-being index during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Lindsey W Vilca et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2023

    The WHO-5 is useful for assessing subjective well-being in 12 Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, since the differences between scores can be attributed to differences in well-being and not in other characteristics of the scale

  • Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About Covid-19 in 7 Latin American Countries

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, R Rivera et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2023

    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

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Pablo D Valencia et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2023References: 61

    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…

  • Design and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the Covid-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (Covid-VCBS) in 13 Latin American Countries

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Pablo D Valencia et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Aims: Over the past 2 years, the vaccine conspiracy beliefs construct has been used in a number of different studies. These publications have assessed the determinants and outcomes of vaccine conspiracy beliefs using, in some cases, pooled data from different countries, and compared the results across these contexts. However, studies often do not consider measurement invariance as a necessary requirement for comparative analyses. Therefore, the a…

  • Telepsicología para psicoterapeutas

    Open AccessClaudio Rojas-Jara, Roberto Polanco-Carrasco et al.ARTICLERevista Interamericana de…2022

    Las necesarias medidas sanitarias propuestas para mitigar la expansión viral del SARS-CoV-2, como el distanciamiento físico y las cuarentenas, han repercutido no solo en la salud mental de la población sino también ha forzado cambios en la prestación de servicios psicológicos. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo recopilar información esencial sobre el concepto, ventajas, desventajas, usos y recomendaciones de la telepsicología en tiempos de C…

  • Covid-19 Bereavement in Ten Latin American Countries

    Open AccessTomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Pablo D Valencia et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2021

    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…

  • Abordaje psicológico del Covid-19

    Open AccessHernan Scholten, Vanetza Quezada-Scholz et al.ARTICLERevista Interamericana de…2020

    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…

  • Efectos negativos del uso de benzodiacepinas en adultos mayores

    Open AccessClaudio Rojas-Jara, Francisca Calquin et al.ARTICLESalud & Sociedad2019

    Introduction: One part of polypharmacy is related to different medical conditions that come with age in senior patients. Whether they are adequately prescribed or not, most pharmaceutical compounds may potentially produce negative effects in consumers. One of the most highly prescribed psychopharmaceutics in seniors is benzodiazepine. This drug, usually prescribed to treat insomnia or anxiety, is said to be potentially risky for patients’ health.…

  • La fotografía como medio narrativo para la co-construcción de identidades alternativas en contexto de abuso de drogas

    Open AccessAlejandro Cifuentes-Muñoz, Claudio Rojas-JaraARTICLERevista Latinoamericana de…2017

    En este artículo presentamos una reflexión teórica, enmarcada epistemológicamente desde el construccionismo social, sobre cómo los retratos fotográficos pueden configurarse como un medio narrativo que facilita la co-construcción de identidades descentradas y alternativas a la identidad dominante de drogadicto. Abordamos la red teórica que otorga sustento a tal reflexión y posteriormente describimos una aplicación práctica de esta junto a un grupo…

  • Estilos de enseñanza y estilos de aprendizaje en educación superior

    Open AccessClaudio Rojas-Jara, Carolina Díaz et al.ARTICLERevista Electrónica Educare2016Cited by: 1

    This paper shows the findings of a study conducted in three Chilean universities in 2014. It aims to analyze EFL student teachers' preferences regarding their teaching and learning styles. 279 participants answered the teaching style inventory and 238 took the learning style questionnaire. These participants are first, third and fifth year student-teachers. This study uses Grasha and Riechman's model to study teaching and learning styles. These a…