Adaptation and Dimensionality of the DOCS Scale in the Costa Rican Organizational Context: An Application of the Cognitive Interview and of Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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Tomás Vargas-Halabí Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Ronald Mora-Esquivel Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica   Abstract The present study aims to present the Cognitive Interview as a useful pre-test tool for adapting the Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS) to the Costa Rican business context, it was previously adapted in Valencia, Spain by… Read more »

Factors Related to Workplace Stress among Costa Rican Correctional Officers

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Tatiana María Blanco-Álvarez, MSc., Megan A. Thoen, Ph.D. Texas Tech University, Estados Unidos de América   Abstract The aim of this study was to establish whether a sample of correctional officers in Costa Rica experience workplace stress and if workplace stress is related to the presence of stress, depression, anxiety, burnout and other various personal… Read more »

Differences in Fatherhood Sensitivity According to Socio-demographic Variables

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Lilliana Nieri Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, Argentina   Abstract For decades, various researchers were in agreement that the role of the father was only as an economic provider. Nevertheless, with the historical changes during the last decades, many psychologists became interested in discovering what are the father´s roles and what happens to the father… Read more »

Presentación

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EDITOR INVITADO Dr. Enrique Cantón   PRESENTACIÓN Psicología del Deporte   La Psicología del Deporte constituye un campo de aplicación de la Psicología, al igual que la psicología jurídica, la educativa, la organizacional o la clínica, entre otras. Por lo tanto, su objeto científico es el propio de esta ciencia; de esta forma, el estudio… Read more »