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Objectives To develop and validate a Spanish version of the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). Methods The AIS is designed to assess sleep difficulty and comprises eight items: the first five refer to the sleep disturbance and the last three to the daytime consequences. Either the full eight-item scale (AIS-8) or the brief form (AIS-5) can be administered. The adaptation used a backtranslation design. The validation process was based on a sample of 323 participants (undergraduates, community sample and psychiatric outpatients), which completed the AIS and other questionnaires: anxiety (BAI), depression (BDI) and psychological well-being (GHQ-12) scales. Results The internal consistency coefficients for both versions were above 0.80. The study of dimensionality revealed a single factor with high loadings and a percentage of explained variance above 50% in both versions. Test-retest reliability was above 0.70 (AIS-5) and over 0.80 (AIS-8) at a one-month interval. The correlation between the AIS and the previously mentioned scales was for both the AIS-5 and the AIS-8 above 0.40 and 0.50, respectively. ConclusionThe psychometric properties of both versions of the Spanish form of the AIS demonstrate that the scale is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of insomnia in Spanish-speaking populations.

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In 2014, the Canary Islands were exposed to a decision-making process for an oil drilling project 80 kilometers offshore. Whereas the national government was in favor of oil drilling, the local government was against it because of the environmental impact, and the effect on tourism and the coastal ecosystem. In this study, we analyze the reactions of the local community to this project by connecting beliefs, perceived benefits, perceived risk, procedural justice, negative emotions, and acceptance through a tested structural equation model. The results showed that acceptance was essentially explained by perceived benefits and negative emotions, whereas perceived benefits and procedural justice predicted negative emotions. Several differences between males and females were found. These results are discussed in relation to the importance of understanding the effects and emotional reactions of this type of project on the population before the final decision making.

Algunas investigaciones señalan que el apego al lugar afecta a la percepción del entorno, mientras que otras indican que es la percepción del lugar, especialmente la restauración percibida, la que produce niveles de apego diferentes. Asimismo, se ha observado que tanto la percepción del entorno como el apego al lugar influyen sobre la calidad de vida. Sin embargo, pocos trabajos analizan el peso conjunto del apego al lugar y la capacidad restauradora percibida sobre la calidad de vida. En este trabajo se pone a prueba la relación entre el apego al lugar, la capacidad restauradora que se le otorga al lugar y la calidad de vida en un pueblo rural de Tenerife. El modelo de vías obtenido indica que la calidad de vida recibe influencia tanto del apego al lugar como de la restauración percibida, y que el apego influye sobre la percepción de restauración del lugar. Palabras clave: Apego al lugar, restauración percibida, calidad de vida.

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