José M Tomás
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 759371 |
|---|---|
| NOME | José M Tomás |
| PRENOMES | José M |
| SOBRENOME | Tomás |
| ASSINATURA | TOMÁS J M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universitat de València |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3424-1668 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 64 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Rethinking Health in Later Life
Explaining Electoral Abstention Among University Students in the Region of Valencia (Spain)
This study investigates the factors influencing electoral abstention among university students in the Region of Valencia, focusing on their civic engagement, political attitudes, media consumption patterns, and socio-demographic characteristics. A cross-sectional survey using a non-probabilistic intentional sample of 470 undergraduate students was conducted. Through a binary logistic regression analysis, the findings reveal that reliance on tradi…
Revisiting the factor structure of the Euro-D, a depressive symptomatology scale
Despite the widely use and multiple validations of the EURO-D scale, its factor structure is still under debate. Exploratory Graph Analysis (EGA), a novel network psychometric method, offers a promising approach to examining dimensionality. Methodology: 45,390 participants (mean age = 71.27, 57.4% women) from 26 European countries. The sample was randomly split into a derivation sample ( n = 22,823) and a cross-validation sample ( n = 22,567). EG…
Effect of academic support on school outcomes through school engagement
In order to understand the adequate development of students, direct measures such as their grades, but also indirect measures such as their satisfaction with school, must be taken into account. It is also important to determine which variables promote it and how. This study aims to explore if the mediating effect of school engagement between academic support (from teachers, parents, and peers) and school outcomes (satisfaction with school, and gr…
Subjective healthy aging indicators in a the Mediterranean and Latin American context. A comparison by gender and age in older adults of lifelong educational programs
The aim of this research is to compare a series of subjective indicators of healthy aging. We analyzed two samples of people 60 years or older enrolled in university courses in two public universities, the National University (Costa Rica, N = 206) and the University of Valencia (Spain, N = 857). The subjective indicators of successful aging analyzed were social support (social network and functional social support), perceived health, spirituality…
A Bayesian Structural Equation Model to Predict Quality of Life in European Older Adults
The ultimate goal of developed societies is to age with quality of life, but this concept is broad, and few studies have addressed which variables specifically affect its dimensions. This study aims to test a model for predicting the impact of frailty, pain, and loneliness on the four dimensions of quality of life (control, autonomy, pleasure, and self-realization). Data were drawn from a sample of 61,355 Europeans from the Wave 7 of the SHARE pr…
Development and Validation of the Satisfaction with the Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators Scale (SIIPVS)
Purpose Although research in the intimate partner violence (IPV) field has significantly advanced in recent decades, important challenges remain in intervention effectiveness terms. Some authors point out that satisfaction with intervention could be an indicator of effectiveness. However, this variable has not been thoroughly explored in the scientific literature. This study aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure the satisfaction with t…
Covid-19 anxiety, psychological well-being and preventive behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mental health promotion and suicide prevention in emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood is a stage that involves significant changes in emotional, social, academic, and work domains, which can often lead to high levels of stress and mental health challenges. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential benefits of an online intervention program that is based on mental health psychoeducation and suicide risk prevention for emerging adults who are studying at university. A psychoeducational intervention was…
Development and Validation of the Adolescent and Children in Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Protective Factors Scale (Acram-PFS)
A longitudinal study of school adjustment among children attending Reggio-inspired preschools
The goal of this study was to track the progress of Italian children at risk for school failure enrolled in preschools based on the Reggio-Emilia approach. Risk factors considered included family socioeconomic status (SES), child receptive language, and child gender. Participants were 211 children ( M age = 60.8 months, 116 girls) in Reggio-inspired preschools in Genoa, Italy. The sample was followed over six time points starting from the last ye…
Development and Validation of the Adolescent and Children Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Unaccompanied Scale (Acram-US)
Independent migration of children and adolescents is becoming a political and social issue in recent years. Literature documents that the migration process of young people without an adult referent entail serious psychological problems. Moreover, the lack of coherence in the assessment and care processes aggravates the damage suffered by minors, which requires a greater investment of institutional resources. The aim of this research is to describ…
Understanding the Effect of Loneliness on Quality of Life in Older Adults from Longitudinal Approaches
Aim: To study the longitudinal relationship between loneliness and quality of life (QoL) in adults to identify key mechanisms to better design future psychosocial interventions. Method: 13,222 participants from three consecutive waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), aged 65 or older, 56.3% women. They were analyzed using cross-lagged panel model (CLPM), random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM), and mu…
Adaptation of the Spanish-Version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) as an Informant-Based Instrument
Background There is a lot of disparity between prevalence rates of child maltreatment from informant studies and from studies using self-report measures. However, there is not an instrument that can be completed by both the child/adolescent and a clinician. The aim of this study is to adapt the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) to be completed by professional workers, so as to provide with one instrument that can be applied to bo…
Exploring social network typologies and their impact on health and mental well-being in older adults
Social support, self-efficacy and academic satisfaction of university students during the Covid-19 lockdown
This work aimed to analyze the relationships between the students perceived institutional support, teachers’ support, peers’ support, and their academic satisfaction, mediated by their self-efficacy in information and comunication technologies (ICT). Participants were 157 students who were studying from first to fourth year in different disciplines of the Valencia University. Structural equation models with latent factors were tested. A final mod…
How the Covid-19 Pandemic and its Consequences Affect the Presence of and Search for Meaning of Life
The presence of meaning in life (PML) and the search for meaning in life (SML) are crucial when facing difficult times. Although several theoretical frameworks have tried to explain the dynamics of meaning in life during adversity, empirical evidence about interactions among both constructs using longitudinal designs is scarce. This study examined the trajectories of both PML and SML during the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain. In total, 220 adu…
Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the Covid-19 pandemic
Healthcare workers’ professional quality of life has been increasingly under the spotlight, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed a genuine challenge for them. This study aims to describe the professional quality of life profiles of a sample of Spanish palliative care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, encompassing aspects such as work satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction; while stud…
Effects of self-regulated learning and procrastination on academic stress, subjective well-being, and academic achievement in secondary education
The main objective of this study was to test a structural theoretical model of the effects of self-regulated learning on academic stress, subjective well-being, and academic achievement in Secondary Education, considering academic procrastination as a mediator. An additional aim was to explore whether these relationships were moderated by gender and educational level. Participants were 728 students in compulsory and post-compulsory secondary educ…
Factor structure and measurement invariance across gender, age and sport psychology experience of the SPA-R in Spanish athletes
Measurement invariance of the self-care Scale for older people in Costa Rica and Spain
Successful aging is closely related to self-care behaviors. In fact, self-care is one of the most important aspects of a healthy life. It is in this context that the Self-Care Scale for the Older People appears. The main aim of this study is to offer evidence on the measurement invariance of the scale in samples of older adults from countries with cultural differences, specifically Costa Rica and Spain. The research approach is a panel design of …
Method Effects Associated to Item Valence
The objective of this study is to analyze the factor structure of the BFI-10 considering item valence effects when applied to measure older adults. Likewise, this study aims to estimate the factorial structure, internal consistency of the scale, to assess the nomological validity, and the association of the Big Five traits with age. 75,078 participants with mean age of 68.27 from the 7th Wave of the SHARE study were included. Confirmatory Factor …
Psychometric properties of the Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) in Dominican Republic adolescents
Introduction: This work represents the first attempt to obtain evidence of the validity of an entrepreneurial intention questionnaire in the adolescent population of a Latin American or Caribbean country. The objectives are to study the factor structure, the reliability, the external validity and to test the gender invariance of the Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire, in its adaptation for adolescents. Method: The sample consisted of 708 ado…
Prediction of academic achievement in Dominican students
School or academic achievement is a relevant topic of study, as it is evidence of the learning achieved by the student. This study aims to explore a model explaining academic achievement while testing the mediator role of learning strategies, study habits and study attitudes. Research design was correlational. 1712 Dominican students from 12 to 20 years old (52.75% female) were sampled through cluster sampling. Data was recruited with a set of va…
Técnicas de Investigación Social
Validating the Portuguese Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in an Elderly Sample
Correlates of Victim-Blaming Attitudes Regarding Partner Violence Against Women Among the Spanish General Population
This article analyzes correlates of victim-blaming attitudes regarding partner violence against women (PVAW) among the Spanish general population (N = 1,006). Results showed that victim-blaming attitudes were more common among respondents who were older, less educated, and who placed themselves at the bottom of the social scale. Furthermore, the odds of expressing victim-blaming attitudes were higher among respondents who thought that PVAW was co…
Perceived Social Support, School Adaptation and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being
Dimensionality and Validation of the Dispositional Hope Scale in a Spanish Sample
Predicting Life Satisfaction in the Oldest-Old
Cognitive and personality variables as predictors of sexism against women in Spanish adolescents
Previous research on the antecedents of sexism against women have not considered simultaneously the effects of sex, personality, and cognitive variables (need for closure and critical thinking disposition) in relation to sexism. We evaluated whether in adolescence, these indicators could predict sexist attitudes towards women using structural models. The sample comprised 709 Spanish high-school students (mean age = 16.79). 51.5% were female. Sex …
Mapping Protective Performance of Social Network Types on Health and Quality of Life in Older People in European Regions
Objectives: To identify social network profiles using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), to study the relationships of these profiles with health markers, mental health, quality of life, and cognitive functioning, and to compare profiles across European regions. Methods: 27,272 participants from the Wave 8 of the SHARE project, aged 65 or older (M = 74.95, SD = 7.17) from Europe. Statistical analyses included LPAs followed by MANOVAs to compare the p…
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…
Validation of the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (version 3) in Spanish older population
Loneliness is a subjective and unpleasant experience associated to a variety of physical and mental health problems. Older people face an elevated risk of loneliness. It is measured through self‐reported questionnaires, among which the most widely used one is the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. The latest version of this scale is called UCLA‐3, and it has not been validated in Spanish elderly population. This articl…
Loneliness and social support
The lack of social support and the feelings of loneliness among older adults are associated with physical and mental health negative outcomes. This study attempts to test for their differential predictive power on depression and satisfaction in seniors. Data were drawn from a sample of 335 older adults ranging from 55 to 80 years old, with a mean age of 63.97 years (standard deviation = 5.56) attending a learning program at the University of Vale…
A Double Test on the Importance of Spirituality, the 'Forgotten Factor', in Successful Aging
Development and Validation of the Satisfaction with the Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators Scale (SIIPVS)
Purpose Although research in the intimate partner violence (IPV) field has significantly advanced in recent decades, important challenges remain in intervention effectiveness terms. Some authors point out that satisfaction with intervention could be an indicator of effectiveness. However, this variable has not been thoroughly explored in the scientific literature. This study aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure the satisfaction with t…
Diseño e implementación de la herramienta DAP 360o para la evaluación del riesgo y desprotección en la infancia y adolescencia
Introducción. El maltrato a la infancia y la adolescencia es un problema a nivel mundial que tiene graves consecuencias que pueden durar toda la vida. La detección y evaluación eficaz del maltrato infantil se considera esencial para facilitar el proceso de toma de decisiones profesional. No obstante, en la actualidad, la descentralización de la atención, la falta de rigurosidad científica y objetiva en los diagnósticos y las evaluaciones parciale…
Rosenberg's self‐esteem scale
Self‐esteem is one of the most studied constructs in psychology. It has been measured with a variety of methods and instruments. Although Rosenberg's (1965) self‐report scale is one of the most widely used, empirical evidence on factor validity of this scale is somewhat contradictory, with either 1 or 2 factors. The results of this study suggest the existence of a global self‐esteem factor underlying responses to the scale, although the inclusion…
Linear Confirmatory Factor Models to Evaluate Multitrait-Multimethod Matrices
Two models for confirmatory factor analysis of multitrait-multimethod data (MTMM) were assessed, the correlated traits-correlated methods (CTCM), and the correlated traits-correlated uniqueness models (CTCU). Two Monte Carlo experiments (100 replications per cell) were performed to study the behavior of these models in terms of magnitude and direction of bias, and accuracy of estimates. Study one included a single indicator per trait-method combi…
Modelo de ecuaciones estructurales para predecir el bienestar y la dependencia funcional en adultos mayores de la República Dominicana
The proven models provide information necessary for developing policies aimed at two levels of coordinated action: promoting autonomy among elderly adults and expanding enrollment in formal education programs. These results support efforts to increase investment in social policies
La predicción de la satisfacción con la vida en personas mayores de Angola
A considerable amount of research has been done to explain life satisfaction in the elderly, and there is growing empirical evidence on the best predictors of life satisfaction. When studying elderly's lifesatisfaction and its predictors, gender differences have been found in several studies, including significant interactions with widowhood, for example. In this context, the present study aims were: (1) to test for the gender invariance in a lif…
Correlates of Victim-Blaming Attitudes Regarding Partner Violence Against Women Among the Spanish General Population
This article analyzes correlates of victim-blaming attitudes regarding partner violence against women (PVAW) among the Spanish general population (N = 1,006). Results showed that victim-blaming attitudes were more common among respondents who were older, less educated, and who placed themselves at the bottom of the social scale. Furthermore, the odds of expressing victim-blaming attitudes were higher among respondents who thought that PVAW was co…
Predicting Life Satisfaction in the Oldest-Old
Validating the Portuguese Version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in an Elderly Sample
Prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in succesful aging
Psychological well-being is a construct of maximum relevance in psychology, being the equivalent to health in medical sciences. It is a multifaceted construct, with two research traditions: the hedonic and the eudaimonic ones. On the other hand, the paradign of succesful aging is a good theoretical framework to study and understand optimal aging. Rowe and Kahn (1998) articulated this paradign proposing its three main characteristics: physcal heal…
Propiedades psicométricas de la versión española de la Escala Temporal de Satisfacción con la Vida (Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale, TSLS)
Para la operacionalización del bienestar se han desarrollado un gran número de medidas, destacando la Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida (SWLS). Para paliar algunos de sus problemas, se desarrolló la Escala Temporal de Satisfacción con la Vida (TSLS). El objetivo de este estudio es la presentación y primera validación de la TSLS en su versión española, en una muestra de personas mayores que acuden a programas universitarios. La muestra estaba for…
Validation of an explicative model of the successful aging process with psychological, physical, relational, and leisure variables
Increasingly, research on the aging process tends to adopt a dual perspective emic (specific to a culture) and etic (universal), requiring further studies to address this cross-cultural approach. The aim is to obtain an empirical answer to the question of whether a model of successful aging raised from a different context such as the Taiwanese context, is suitable to represent this process in our elders. The sample consisted of 737 elderly. Socio…
Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSLS)
Several measures have been developed for the operalization of well-being, standing out the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). To cope with some of its problems the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSLS) was developed. The aim of this study is to present and validate the Spanish version of the TSLS, in a sample elderly attending to University programs. The sample was composed of 737 elderly. Together with the TSLS, an indicator of general …
Dimensionality and Validation of the Dispositional Hope Scale in a Spanish Sample
Predicción del bienestar hedónico y eudaimónico en envejecimiento con éxito
El bienestar psicológico es un constructo de la máxima importancia en psicología, siendo el equivalente a la salud en términos médicos. Es un concepto multifacético. Que ha dado lugar a dos tradiciones, la hedónica y la eudaimónica. Por otro lado, un marco teórico útil en el que enmarcar un envejecimiento óptimo es el paradigma del envejecimiento con éxito. Rowe y Kahn (1998) articularon este paradigma proponiendo un modelo con tres característic…
Validación de un modelo explicativo del proceso de envejecer con éxito a partir de aspectos psicológicos, físicos, relacionales y de ocio
Cada vez más, la investigación sobre el proceso de envejecimiento tiende a adoptar una doble perspectiva emic (específico a una cultura) y etic (universal), necesitándose más estudios que atiendan un enfoque transcultural. El objetivo es obtener respuesta empírica a la pregunta de si un modelo de envejecimiento con éxito planteado desde un contexto diferente como es el taiwanés, es adecuado para representar este proceso en nuestros mayores. La mu…
A Double Test on the Importance of Spirituality, the 'Forgotten Factor', in Successful Aging
Exploring relations among mindfulness facets and various meditation practices
Development and Validation of the Questionnaire of Academic Stress in Secondary Education
This study presents the validation process of the Questionnaire on Academic Stress in Secondary Education (QASSE) designed to assess the wide variety of school sources and situations related to academic stress in adolescence, and their relationship with students' physical and psychological well-being. The participants were 860 Spanish high school students (52.9% girls) with an average age of 14.62 years (SD = 1.8). Through a cross-validation proc…
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…
Frailty in the Old Age as a Direct Marker of Quality of Life and Health
Validation of the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (version 3) in Spanish older population
Loneliness is a subjective and unpleasant experience associated to a variety of physical and mental health problems. Older people face an elevated risk of loneliness. It is measured through self‐reported questionnaires, among which the most widely used one is the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. The latest version of this scale is called UCLA‐3, and it has not been validated in Spanish elderly population. This articl…
Loneliness and social support
The lack of social support and the feelings of loneliness among older adults are associated with physical and mental health negative outcomes. This study attempts to test for their differential predictive power on depression and satisfaction in seniors. Data were drawn from a sample of 335 older adults ranging from 55 to 80 years old, with a mean age of 63.97 years (standard deviation = 5.56) attending a learning program at the University of Vale…
Patients with limited communication in end-of-life situations
This work presents an observational scale which takes into account different observable indicators of discomfort of patients in end-of-life situations with difficulties in communicating due to cognitive impairment, fatigue or sedation and provides details of its validation. In all, 71 adults participated. Model fit was adequate ( χ2(27) = 43.28, p = .024, comparative fit index = .975, root mean square error of approximation = .092 and confidence …
Frailty Status Typologies in Spanish Older Population
This study revealed four different patterns of frailty attributes and further offered evidence on individuals' differential status of health regarding distinct frailty conditions
Functional and Clinical Characteristics for Predicting Sarcopenia in Institutionalised Older Adults
BI and the ACCI can be considered predictors that guide healthcare professionals in early sarcopenia identification and therapeutic approach
Perceived Social Support, School Adaptation and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being
Psychology (56 obras) · Medicine (36 obras) · Social Psychology (33 obras) · Structural equation modeling (30 obras) · Clinical Psychology (24 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (22 obras) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (22 obras) · Statistics (21 obras) · Gerontology (19 obras) · Confirmatory factor analysis (16 obras)