Publications by authors named "A A Vinaixa Verges"
Psychometric properties and invariance testing of the Cannabis Refusal Self-Efficacy Scale in a Chilean sample.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
November 2024
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- - The Cannabis Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (CRSEQ) assesses people's confidence in resisting cannabis, consisting of 14 items that categorize into Emotional Relief Self-Efficacy, Opportunistic Self-Efficacy, and Social Facilitation, aiming to validate its use in the Chilean population.
- - A study involving 1,275 Chilean individuals showed strong internal consistency and good fit for both 14-item and 19-item models, with the 14-item model demonstrating slightly superior fitting statistics, making it more applicable for various settings.
- - The CRSEQ demonstrated convergent validity with cannabis use behaviors and was confirmed for demographic invariance, allowing meaningful comparisons across different sex and age groups, which is valuable for educational and
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- Tropical herbivorous fish are expanding into temperate regions, leading to overgrazing and changes in marine ecosystems, particularly affecting seagrass habitats.
- A study conducted along 1700 km of eastern Australia tested the effects of two levels of simulated herbivory on seagrass growth and chemical traits, revealing that growth rates remained similar regardless of the amount of leaf biomass lost.
- Findings indicated that seagrass could be resilient to future increases in herbivory, with variations in growth patterns tied to seasonal changes rather than herbivory levels, suggesting the species might thrive despite climate change impacts.
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- Marine macroalgae play a crucial role in coastal ecosystems, especially in Mediterranean bays, where they coexist with seagrasses and create essential habitats that have faced disturbances over time.
- Research evaluated the success of a 10-year restoration of a macroalgal forest by measuring oxygen and pH changes and comparing these to healthy and degraded habitats.
- The findings showed that the restored forest achieved similar oxygen production and increased pH compared to healthy forests, with a six-fold increase in biomass, indicating a successful recovery of primary production and further emphasizing the need to protect coastal marine environments.
Kelp forests and urchin barrens are two stable states in rocky reef ecosystems, each providing unique ecosystem functions like habitat for marine species and primary production. While studies frequently show that kelp forests support higher levels of some ecosystem functions than urchin barren habitats, no research has yet compared average differences. To address this gap, we first conducted a meta-analysis of studies that directly compared the ecosystem functions, services and general attributes provided by each habitat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The aim was to translate and culturally adapt the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) to the Chilean population, evaluate its psychometric properties in a non-clinical sample, and assess the correlations between symptoms count of food addiction (FA) with demographic and anthropometric variables.
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