Publications by authors named "Carmelina Paba Barbosa"
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- A study looked at how being positive and believing in yourself can help young adults from Colombia and Italy get along better with their families.
- They surveyed over 3,000 people aged 18 to 40 to see how these traits affected family relationships based on different factors like gender and country.
- The results showed that being positive helped family dynamics more in men and Colombian people, and suggested that believing in yourself is important for healthy family interactions, regardless of gender or where you're from.
Introduction: Recent research highlight increasing at-risk online sexual activities and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic among young adults. Specifically, sexting refers to exchanging sexually suggestive messages, photos, and videos through technological devices, and it can be placed on a continuum from safer to riskier behavior. This study aims to improve our knowledge about sexting behaviors in Italian and Colombian young adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultidimensional Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale for Children has been developed as an important tool to measure Self-Efficacy in school contexts. The present study assesses the measurement invariance of the MSPSE across two samples of Italian and Colombian adolescents using Multi-sample Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Participants were Italian (N = 564) and Colombian (N = 645) students attending the 7th grade (age 12-13) drawn from a residential community near Rome and three Colombian cities: Medellin, Manizales and Santa Marta.
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