Browsing by Author "Rosell Cisternas, Javiera"

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    Adaptation and psychometric characteristics of a scale to evaluate ageist stereotypes
    (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2020) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Verges, Alvaro; Torres Irribarra, David; Flores, Karina; Gomez, Macarena
    Objectives: Negative ageism impacts on the well-being of older persons; therefore, its identification is important to generate interventions that allow its decrease. CENVE is a widely used instrument to evaluate stereotypes towards old age in Spanish. However, its factor structure in older population and its invariance between those over and under 60 years old have not been confirmed. The objectives of the study are to evaluate the psychometric properties of the instrument and its invariance by age and gender. Methods: The total sample was 439 people with 54 % of people over 60. This was divided into two random subsamples. With the first subsample, a confirmatory factor analysis of the different models proposed was carried out until an adequate fit was achieved, which was confirmed with the second subsample. Then, the invariance of the instrument was evaluated with the total sample by age and gender. Results: The revised CENVE consists of 15 items with a unifactorial structure that showed good psychometric properties. It presented good reliability, including a .92 Omega. In addition, it proved to be an invariant instrument according to age and gender, which allows comparison between groups. Discussion and Implications: The use of CENVE will allow the identification of ageist stereotypes, with which interventions can be carried out to reduce them, both in groups older and younger than 60. In addition, it can be useful to generate a discussion about ageism in different fields, such as professional training.
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    An Analysis of the Relationship Between Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being in Chilean Older People Using Structural Equation Modeling
    (2021) Fernández Lorca, María Beatriz; Rosell Cisternas, Javiera
    Using a representative sample, we explored the relationship of organizational (ORA), non-organizational (NORA), and intrinsic religiosity (IR) with depressive and anxious symptomatology and loneliness in Chilean older people, and examined mediating mechanisms. Structural Equation Modeling showed a direct effect between ORA and reduced depressive symptomatology and between IR and anxious symptomatology; for indirect effects, the relationship between ORA and depressive and anxious symptomatology was mediated by friends' social support network, while that between IR and the three outcomes studied was mediated by the family support network and resilience. NORA was not associated with any of the outcomes or mediating variables.
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    Internet Addiction of Older Women and Its Relationship With Social Influence and Social Networks Use as a Mediator
    (2022) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Leeson, George W.; Verges, Alvaro
    The aim is to analyse the relationship between social influence for Internet use and Internet addiction (IA) in older women, considering the use of Internet-based social networks as a mediator. The participants were 480 older women Internet users. Social influence, frequency of use of social networks and IA (including loss of control and emotional dysregulation) were evaluated. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was conducted to analyse the proposed model. The use of social networks was a significant mediator in the relationship between social influence for Internet use and the dimension of loss of control of IA. On the contrary, social network use was not a significant mediator. Older women with more social influence reported more frequency of social networking and, in turn, more loss of control in Internet use. Public policy and clinicians should address addictive behaviours about Internet use in older women, preventing the negative consequences.
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    Loneliness as a Potential Mechanism of the Association Between Ageism and Mental Health Outcomes in the Chilean Context
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2023) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Vergés, Álvaro
    The negative impact of ageism on the mental health of older persons has been well studied, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship have not been explored in detail. The present study examines the relationship of ageism with depressive and anxious symptoms in older people, evaluating the indirect effect via loneliness. The analysis was carried out with a sample of 577 older adults living in Chile, using structural equation modeling to assess the direct and indirect effects of the proposed model. The results showed the direct and indirect association of ageism with mental health outcomes. Ageism is positively related to loneliness and, in turn, to increased depressive and anxious symptoms. We discuss how loneliness linked with an ageist context contributes to anxiety and depressive symptomatology in the older population and the need to reduce ageism to favor the mental health of this age group.
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    Motives of Use and Internet Addiction: Development and Evidence of Validity of a Scale to Evaluate Motives of Internet Use
    (2022) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Verges, Álvaro; Torres Irribarra, David; Sepúlveda Caro, Sofía Valeria; Flores, Karina
    The motives for Internet use are crucial to understanding why people get and stay online despite negative consequences. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire of Internet use motives in Spanish and its relationship with Internet addiction. The sample (N = 417) was divided into two subsamples: the first one used to perform a confirmatory factor analysis and the second one to cross-validate the retained model. Multi-group analysis by age and gender yielded evidence of invariance. The final questionnaire contains 20 items with a 5-factor structure with good psychometric properties. Finally, a structural equation model was fitted to evaluate the relationship between motives of Internet use and Internet addiction, in which a significant association was observed between coping, enhancement, and utility motives with Internet addiction. The questionnaire of Internet use motives (MUI) is useful to get reliable evaluation of motives for Internet use in Spanish-speaking population.
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    Predictors, types of Internet use, and the psychological well-being of older adults: A comprehensive model
    (2022) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Vergés, Álvaro; Miranda Castillo, Claudia Andrea; Sepúlveda Caro, Sofía; Gómez, Macarena
    Objectives This study aims to evaluate a comprehensive model that includes predictors of use, types of Internet use, and psychological well-being outcomes in the older population. Methods The total sample comprised 650 older Internet users. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate the effect of predictors (i.e., effort expectancy, performance expectancy, social influence, and ageism) on types of Internet use (i.e., information seeking, communication, instrumental use, and leisure) and the impact of the type of use on the psychological well-being of older adults (i.e., depressive and anxious symptomatology). In addition, the indirect effect of different types of Internet use was evaluated, that is, they were considered as mediator variables. Results Effort expectancy, social influence, and ageism predicted different types of Internet use. The relationship between effort expectancy and anxious symptomatology had an indirect effect via information seeking, whereas the relationship between ageism and anxious symptomatology showed an indirect effect via leisure. Discussion The findings support the importance of differentiating the types of Internet use to understand its impact on psychological well-being. Information seeking is associated with anxious symptomatology and is predicted by effort expectancy. On the contrary, leisure is crucial because of its relationship with anxious symptomatology, and less ageism can promote it. This information is useful for developing effective interventions that promote the well-being of older adults through the Internet, including strategies to cope with some online challenges that could lead to negative consequences, such as information overload.
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    The Impact of Ageism on the E-Leisure of Older People in Chile
    (2021) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Vergés, Álvaro
    Empirical studies show that leisure activities are relevant to the wellbeing of the older population. Thus, online leisure, or E-leisure, can be a usefultool for engagement in leisure activities, providing multiple possibilities. In thisway, the study of those factors that promote or hinder E-leisure is relevant, sinceit will allow the generation of adequate interventions to promote online leisure.Additionally, it has been observed that self-efficacy regarding Internet use is animportant aspect for its adoption by older people. Therefore, those who have agreater perception of being capable of using the Internet do it more frequently.Also, ageism is one of the factors influencing the well-being of older adults,especially self-efficacy. In this context, the present study explores the relationshipbetween ageism and E-leisure, considering self-efficacy regarding Internet useas a mediator. For this purpose, a mediation model was performed with the dataof 677 Chilean Internet users over 60 years old. Results showed that ageism isnegatively related to E-leisure, and self-efficacy plays a mediating role in thisrelationship. Consequently, those with higher ageism levels reported less selfefficacy for technology use and thus had less involvement in E-leisure activities.
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    The Relationship Between Social Participation and Internet Addiction in Older Persons
    (2020) Rosell Cisternas, Javiera; Vergés, Álvaro
    The addiction to technology of older persons is an emerging field,because the literature tends to focus only on the benefits of the use of technologyin this age group. Along with this, there is interest in how participation improvesthe quality of life of older persons. In this context, the present study aims to examine the association between the level of participation of older individuals and theiraddictive behaviors to Internet, including lack of control and emotional deregulation. All this, considering the social influence for the use of the Internet as amediator of this relationship. For this, 151 older Internet users answered a set ofquestions about internet addiction, level of participation, and social influence forthe use of technology. A structural equation modeling was carried out to evaluatethe mediation model. The results show that the level of participation is indirectlyassociated with the two dimensions of Internet addiction, via the social influencethat promotes the use of technology. This has important implications in the development of interventions that encourage Internet use in older persons, decreasingaddictive behaviors that could emerge as the use of technology becomes morecommon.