Background. Emotion Regulation comprises a set of strategies (cognitive, emotional, and physiological) that allow individuals faced with internal or external stimuli to manage their emotional response, to adapt to the environment, and to achieve goals. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is used to assess Emotion Regulation. It has been translated into several languages (including Spanish) and has been adapted around the world, but its psychometric properties have not been tested in Ecuador. Objective. To confirm the bifactor structure of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and its reliability in a sample of Ecuadorian college students. Design. A quantitative and instrumental study using Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Robust Maximum Likelihood estimation. The sample consisted of 400 participants (62.5% women), aged 18 to 25 (M = 21.1; SD = 1.95) from two universities in Ecuador and seven different undergraduate courses.

Objetivo: Determinar la equivalencia de medida y la fiabilidad de la Escala de Afecto Positivo y Afecto Negativo (PANAS) en estudiantes universitarios de Colombia y Ecuador. Método: Estudio descriptivo, instrumental de invarianza factorial y fiabilidad a través del PANAS. Participantes: 445 estudiantes universitarios (43,7% hombres y 56,3% mujeres), con edades promedio de X̅Colombia= 20,9 años s= 3,4 y X̅Ecuador= 20,8 años; s= 1,95 procedentes de Ibagué, Colombia y Ambato, Ecuador. Resultados: Se confirma el modelo factorial original del PANAS con χ2= 282,61; gl= 169; p< ,05; CFI= ,963; RMSEA= ,056 para el grupo de Colombia y χ2= 230,45; gl= 169; p< ,05; CFI= ,973; RMSEA= ,040 para Ecuador. Además, es invariante a nivel estricto por nacionalidad ΔCFI= ,004 y ΔRMSEA= ,002. Y tiene una fiabilidad adecuada con ωAP= ,87 [,84-,90] y ωAN= ,85 [,82-,89] en el grupo de Colombia y ωAP= ,85 [,82-,88] y ωAN= ,85 [,81-,89] en el grupo de Ecuador. Conclusión: El PANAS es válido, invariante por nacionalidad y fiable para investigaciones en estudiantes universitarios de Ecuador y Colombia.

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This article describes the effects of an intervention program that uses community resilience and the psychological, social, and subjective well-being of victims of forced displacement as a reference framework. Following a multiple instrumental case study methodology with pre-postintervention measurements, the cases of eight people were analyzed, six women and two men between the ages of 30 and 65, low socioeconomic and educational level, all of whom had been victims of forced displacement and currently reside in Ibagué where the intervention program was performed. The reliable change index was applied to estimate the effects of the program. In each case, participation in the program significantly improved the results of certain variables, but there were differences between the cases concerning the improvement levels and intensity.Therefore, the development of programs that reinforce community resilience can have positive effects on the perceptions of the participants regarding their well-being and social relationships.

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