This paper introduces the validation of the Spanish adaptation of the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) by Wegner and Zanakos (1994). A sample of 833 people from the general population completed the WBSI along with other questionnaires. The exploratory factor analysis and the confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor solution accounting for 51.8% of the cumulative variance. This structure is comprised of the two following factors: unwanted intrusive thoughts (α = .87, r = .70) and actions of distraction and suppression of thoughts (α = .80, r = .60). Both internal consistency reliability (α = .89) and test-retest reliability (r = .71) showed adequate homogeneity, sound consistency, and stability over time. The results are discussed bearing in mind both isolated factors and the possible relationships of the suppression factor with automatic negative thoughts and insomnia.
El objetivo de este trabajo fue proporcionar los datos normativos argentinos de la serie 19 del Sistema Internacional de Imágenes Afectivas (IAPS) de Lang (Lang, Bradley, & Cuthbert, 1997) a fin de contribuir con su validación transcultural. Los participantes fueron 125 estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis (67% mujeres y 33% varones) que evaluaron las imágenes en las dimensiones emocionales de valencia, activación y dominancia en el Maniquí de Autorreporte (Self-Assessment Manikin-SAM). Los resultados muestran una distribución de las imágenes en el espacio afectivo en forma de boomerang similar a lo encontrado en Estados Unidos (Lang, Bradley, & Cuthbert, 2008). No se identificaron diferencias en las dimensiones emocionales de valencia y activación, pero sí en dominancia, respecto a los datos obtenidos por Lang, Bradley y Cuthbert (2008). Esta investigación confirma que el Sistema Internacional de Imágenes Afectivas (IAPS) induce estados afectivos similares en diferentes poblaciones y que sus estímulos afectivos son entendidos de manera similar entre argentinos y estadounidenses.
Abstract. The dematerialization of documents produced within the Public Administration (PA) represents a key contribution that Information and Communication Technology can provide towards the modernization of services within the PA. The availability of proper and precise models of the administrative procedures, and of the specific "entities" related to these procedures, such as the documents involved in the procedures or the organizational roles performing the activities, is an important step towards both (1) the replacement of paper-based procedures with electronic-based ones, and (2) the definition of guidelines and functions needed to safely store, catalogue, manage and retrieve in an appropriate archival system the electronic documents produced within the PA. In this paper we report the experience of customizing a semantic wiki based tool (MoKi) for the modeling of administrative procedures (processes) and their related "entities" (ontologies). The tool has been used and evaluated by several domain experts from different Italian regions in the context of a national project. This experience, and the reported evaluation, highlight the potential and criticality of using semantic wiki-based tools for the modeling of complex domains composed of processes and ontologies in a real setting.
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