The general objective of this article was to construct and describe the psychometric properties of a scale of selfcare behaviors against COVID-19.It was a descriptive,cross-sectional,psychometric validation study of a...The general objective of this article was to construct and describe the psychometric properties of a scale of selfcare behaviors against COVID-19.It was a descriptive,cross-sectional,psychometric validation study of a scale created to measure self-care behaviors in relation to COVID-19 in a total sample of 333 probabilistically selected.Qualitative validity was evaluated by a review of 10 experts and quantitative validity by means of exploratory factor analysis using the principal components method.Internal consistency was measured with Cronbach’s alpha twice and the test-retest was evaluated by calculating the intraclass coefficient.The final scale consisted of 29 items.The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test of adequacy yielded a value of 0.926,and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity X^(2)=4611 with a p-value<0.001.The variance explained by the three retained factors with a total of 29 items was 50.03%.The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency evaluation yielded an initial value of 0.923 and,in a second evaluation,showed a value of 0.936.In addition,the intraclass coefficient in the test-retest yielded a value of 0.929.The instrument created and validated possessed the necessary conditions as a useful and reliable tool for measuring self-care behaviors in relation to COVID-19 in a population of university students and it is important that it can be applied in other regions of the world.展开更多
The current study measures the influence of multitasking behavior and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning(SESRL)on perceptions of academic performance and views in university students during the COVID-19 pan-demic...The current study measures the influence of multitasking behavior and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning(SESRL)on perceptions of academic performance and views in university students during the COVID-19 pan-demic in Mexico.264 university students fulfilled an online questionnaire.It was observed that multitasking beha-vior negatively influences SESRL(-0.203),while SESRL showed a positive influence of 0.537 on perceptions of academic performance,and multitasking behavior had an influence of-0.097 on the perception of academic per-formance.Cronbach’s alpha and Average Variance Extracted values were 0.809 and 0.577(multitasking behavior),0.819 and 0.626(SESRL),0.873 and 0.725(perceptions of academic performance),respectively.The results of the bootstrapping test showed that the path coefficients were significant.The study outcomes can support new plans in universities to ensure the best academic outcomes.Our study showed evidence of the COVID-19 impact on education behavior.This study’s novelty is based on using the partial least square structural equation modeling(PLS-SEM)technique to evaluate these variables.展开更多
The general objective of this article is to show the relationship that exists in the COVID-19 pandemic,the mental health of people and the propensity for work-related accidents in companies.Various results are shown t...The general objective of this article is to show the relationship that exists in the COVID-19 pandemic,the mental health of people and the propensity for work-related accidents in companies.Various results are shown that detail how COVID-19 has generated and is generating mental alterations in people such as post-traumatic stress dis-order,PTSD for its acronym in English.Likewise,data are presented that report the influence of mental health as a precursor to workplace accidents in different industries,with which it can be concluded that COVID-19 needs a comprehensive approach in companies to prevent it from negatively impacting workers and they end up acci-dent during their daily work.Some concrete actions are proposed to promote and avoid in companies so that workers can be better managed in times of a COVID-19 pandemic.展开更多
文摘The general objective of this article was to construct and describe the psychometric properties of a scale of selfcare behaviors against COVID-19.It was a descriptive,cross-sectional,psychometric validation study of a scale created to measure self-care behaviors in relation to COVID-19 in a total sample of 333 probabilistically selected.Qualitative validity was evaluated by a review of 10 experts and quantitative validity by means of exploratory factor analysis using the principal components method.Internal consistency was measured with Cronbach’s alpha twice and the test-retest was evaluated by calculating the intraclass coefficient.The final scale consisted of 29 items.The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test of adequacy yielded a value of 0.926,and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity X^(2)=4611 with a p-value<0.001.The variance explained by the three retained factors with a total of 29 items was 50.03%.The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency evaluation yielded an initial value of 0.923 and,in a second evaluation,showed a value of 0.936.In addition,the intraclass coefficient in the test-retest yielded a value of 0.929.The instrument created and validated possessed the necessary conditions as a useful and reliable tool for measuring self-care behaviors in relation to COVID-19 in a population of university students and it is important that it can be applied in other regions of the world.
文摘The current study measures the influence of multitasking behavior and self-efficacy for self-regulated learning(SESRL)on perceptions of academic performance and views in university students during the COVID-19 pan-demic in Mexico.264 university students fulfilled an online questionnaire.It was observed that multitasking beha-vior negatively influences SESRL(-0.203),while SESRL showed a positive influence of 0.537 on perceptions of academic performance,and multitasking behavior had an influence of-0.097 on the perception of academic per-formance.Cronbach’s alpha and Average Variance Extracted values were 0.809 and 0.577(multitasking behavior),0.819 and 0.626(SESRL),0.873 and 0.725(perceptions of academic performance),respectively.The results of the bootstrapping test showed that the path coefficients were significant.The study outcomes can support new plans in universities to ensure the best academic outcomes.Our study showed evidence of the COVID-19 impact on education behavior.This study’s novelty is based on using the partial least square structural equation modeling(PLS-SEM)technique to evaluate these variables.
文摘The general objective of this article is to show the relationship that exists in the COVID-19 pandemic,the mental health of people and the propensity for work-related accidents in companies.Various results are shown that detail how COVID-19 has generated and is generating mental alterations in people such as post-traumatic stress dis-order,PTSD for its acronym in English.Likewise,data are presented that report the influence of mental health as a precursor to workplace accidents in different industries,with which it can be concluded that COVID-19 needs a comprehensive approach in companies to prevent it from negatively impacting workers and they end up acci-dent during their daily work.Some concrete actions are proposed to promote and avoid in companies so that workers can be better managed in times of a COVID-19 pandemic.
