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Alcon, Francisco, Mari Carmen García-Martínez, María Dolores De-Miguel, and María Ángeles Fernández-Zamudio. "Adoption of Soilless Cropping Systems in Mediterranean Greenhouses: An Application of Duration Analysis." HortScience 45, no. 2 (February 2010): 248–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.45.2.248.
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The Mediterranean basin holds the greatest area of horticultural crops grown under plastic in the world. Spain houses almost 50,000 ha of greenhouses and is one of the largest suppliers of European Union markets. Soilless cropping systems constitute an efficient production practice used in greenhouses and lessen the limitations arising from the ban of methyl bromide. Soilless cultivation is associated with the use of expensive technology, which makes farmers consider such adoption carefully. The aim of this work is to statistically identify the factors that significantly influence the timing of adopting soilless cultivation by using duration analysis. The study focuses on Mediterranean greenhouses, specifically horticultural producers in the southeast of Spain. The results suggest that certain individual characteristics as well as aspects of a social nature exert a favorable influence by reducing the delay in adopting soilless cultivation. Furthermore, technical complexity, commercial aspects related to price, and the repercussion of policies regulating methyl bromide use are also discussed in this work.
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Gibson, Jordi Díaz, Mireia Civís Zaragoza, Jordi Longás Mayayo, and López Murat. "The Study of Educative Network Organizations in the City of Barcelona." International Journal of Knowledge Society Research 1, no. 2 (April 2010): 26–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jksr.2010040103.
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This paper describes the inside organization of Educative Networks (ENs) and the aspects that allowed their growth and success in the city of Barcelona, Spain. ENs emerged over the past ten years in Catalonia, Spain, as a way to incorporate social and educative challenges in the territory. These educative proposals are based on the connection between the different educative institutions in the community to tackle social and education challenges in cooperation through transversality and a common project. The intent of ENs is to create synergies between cooperating organizations and coordinate community action to avoid overlap and redundant work. This study shows how these educative structures use context possibilities to improve educative impact and develop a new vision of organizing and conceiving education.
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Alves, R. R., E. Fraj-Andrés, A. Rojo-Alboreca, and C. R. Gracioli. "Implementation of Forest Certification in Brazil, Spain And Portugal: An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Application." International Forestry Review 21, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/146554819825863726.
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Forest certification is an important mechanism for the legitimation of environmental practices in the sustainable forest management. Its basis are the forest management standards, which represent the guidelines for defining sustainable forest management through a hierarchical structure (principles, criteria and indicators), which includes social, environmental and economic issues. The main certification systems in the world, FSC and PEFC, have adopted this structure in their forest management standards. This work aims to evaluate the perception of experts in Brazil, Spain and Portugal regarding the level of difficulty to implement forest certification applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The principal results indicated that, in general, the principles related to environmental aspects are considered the most complicated to comply, the social aspects are much more difficult to achieve in the case of Brazil, and the economic aspects are not considered as an important problem in any of the three countries.
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Fuentes-Bargues, José Luis, Mª José Bastante-Ceca, Pablo Sebastián Ferrer-Gisbert, and Mª Carmen González-Cruz. "Analysis of the Situation of Social Public Procurement of Works at the Valencian Region (Spain)." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (December 27, 2020): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010175.
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Construction is one of the most important sectors in terms of economic volume and number of employees. It represents approximately 10% of the Gross Domestic Product of the European Union and employs 7% of its total labour force. In a construction project, procurement is employed in many of the stages, so it can constitute an adequate mechanism to integrate sustainability initiatives. Research concerning economic aspects in procurement has always been present in the construction sector, whereas research related to environmental aspects has been gaining attention in the last years. Nevertheless, social aspects are still not very present in the literature on public procurement. The main objective of this research is to analyse the use of social criteria in public tendering processes of public works in the Valencian region of Spain. The results show that Valencian public entities include social criteria for the 11.7% of adjudicated public works. This value is very low when compared with other studies developed in different countries worldwide. Social criteria, just like in other cases, are used more frequently the larger the budget of the project and the longer the execution time. The average weight of social criteria for the tendering process is low (7.0 out of 100), although entities that usually consider these criteria are aware of their importance and give them a higher weight, in global terms.
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Escobar-López, Sttefanie Yenitza, Angélica Espinoza-Ortega, Carmen Lozano-Cabedo, Encarnación Aguilar-Criado, and Santiago Amaya-Corchuelo. "Motivations to consume ecological foods in alternative food networks (AFNs) in Southern Spain." British Food Journal 121, no. 11 (October 24, 2019): 2565–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-01-2019-0051.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the motivations to consume ecological foods in alternative food networks (AFNs). Design/methodology/approach In total, 150 questionnaires were applied; the questionnaire was adapted from Food Choice Questionnaire (Steptoe et al., 1995). Data were analyzed by means of multivariate statistics with factor and cluster analysis. In order to identify statistical differences (p<0.05), Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney nonparametric tests were performed. Findings Ten factors or motivations were found: social ecological concern, nutritional content, sensory aspects, certifications, naturalness, specialized consumption, trust in the seller, economic aspects, health and availability. Four groups were obtained and called: citizen consumers, in-process citizen consumers, conscious social consumers with no interest in certifications and conscious pragmatic consumers. It is concluded that differentiated consumers visit these establishments and their motivations are diverse, albeit they concur, to a varying extent, with the objectives of AFNs, finding a mixture of hedonic and ethical motivations. Practical implications This sort of works about specific places of consumption as well as specific consumers, in this case ecological, contributes to the development of future social research on other contexts, different consumers and products. Originality/value This sort of research has been carried out in various European cities, with a number of foods and over various sales channels; however, at present there is a debate around AFNs and the veracity of their goals. This way, the present work can contribute with an answer to whether the goals match the motivations of consumers.
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Ruiz-Eugenio, Laura, Itxaso Tellado, Rosa Valls-Carol, and Regina Gairal-Casadó. "Dialogic popular education in Spain and its impact on society, educational and social theory, and European research." European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 14, no. 1 (February 14, 2023): 47–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4325.
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Dialogic popular education developed by La Verneda-Sant Martí School for Adults in Spain, influenced by the work of Paulo Freire, has had a range of significant social and educational impacts. Starting with an emancipatory approach to eradicate oppression, this dialogic popular education resisted and has transformed aspects of the Spanish educational sphere despite ongoing hindrances and difficulties. This article presents a path of events, a history of interventions and findings from research on how dialogic popular education has affected and changed educational practices as well as how research is approached elsewhere in Europe. In addition, it presents ways in which a radical commitment to social change can be combined with scientific standards in the pursuit of achieving a better society for all.
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Marron, Servando E., Lucia Tomas-Aragones, Pedro C. Marijuan, Pablo Y. Mendivil-Nasarre, and Jorge Navarro. "The Sociotype of Dermatological Patients: Assessing the Social Burden of Skin Disease." Psych 3, no. 3 (August 3, 2021): 348–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psych3030026.
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Skin diseases can be the cause of a significant psychosocial burden. However, tools to screen for social interaction difficulties and diminished social networks that affect the wellbeing and mental health of the individual have not been sufficiently developed. This study is based on the sociotype approach, which has recently been proposed as a new theoretical construct implemented in the form of an ad hoc questionnaire that examines the social bonding structures and relational factors. A pilot study was conducted in Alcañiz Hospital (Spain), with a study population of 159 dermatology patients. The results showed that in both subjective estimates concerning family, friends, work, and acquaintances, and in quantitative aspects, such as social contacts, duration of conversations, and moments of laughter, there were significant differences between the sample regarding diagnostic severity, dermatological diseases, and gender. The sociotype questionnaire (SOCQ) is a useful tool to screen for social difficulties in dermatological patients.
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Sadaba, Teresa, and Mónica Herrero. "Cancel Culture in the Academia: The hispanic perspective." methaodos revista de ciencias sociales 10, no. 2 (October 31, 2022): 312–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v10i2.594.
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Although many cases of the so-called Cancel Culture in the American and British colleges and are taking place nowadays, social science researchers claim for a better understanding of the phenomenon and a clarification of the concept. In this context, cultural perspectives can be an interesting tool to illuminate facts and meanings. This paper tries to contribute to this debate introducing theoretical aspects as well as case studies from the Hispanic context. To achieve this goal, first three different approaches to the Cancel Culture (critical, institutional, and moral) are explained. Then, we examine the role of social media and the new “fear of isolation”, connecting Cancel Culture with the classic theory of the spiral of silence (Noelle-Neumann, 1974). We complement the theoretical discussion with an exploratory work on cases of Cancel Culture in different Hispanic countries. Observing characteristics of those cases we can conclude that they do not follow the traces of the Anglosaxon world, but they share some aspects of the culture of fear in the new digital context. This is the first academic work in this field for the situation in Latin America and Spain.
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Habimana-Jordana, Teresa, and Dan Rodríguez-García. "Mixedness and Intersectionality: The Use of Relief Maps to Understand the Experiences of Multiracial Women of African Descent in Spain." Genealogy 7, no. 1 (January 3, 2023): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy7010006.
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This article analyzes the experiences of multiracial women of African descent in Catalonia, Spain—looking at their identity processes, social relations, experiences of racialization and discrimination, and strategies of resistance—using a novel qualitative research method called “Relief Maps,” a very useful tool for the study of social inequalities from an intersectional and multilocational perspective. Relief Maps are a data collection tool and a means of visualizing and analyzing data—providing a graphical representation of interviewee narratives that discuss processes of social inclusion and exclusion. The maps represent three dimensions of experience: (1) psychological (indicating the respondent’s level of discomfort or well-being); (2) geographical (including at least five physical or experiential locations: e.g., home, street, work, school); and (3) social (examining seven social variables or aspects of identity: i.e., gender, ethnicity/skin color, age, sexual orientation, social class, physical appearance, and religion). In this way, the maps show where greater or lesser well-being or discomfort is experienced by the respondent based on each aspect of identity, thus indicating personal places of oppression, places of controversial intersections, neutral places, and places of relief. We argue that this supplementary investigative technique is highly relevant to research in the social sciences, particularly in the field of mixed-race, critical race, and ethnic studies, as it provides an intersectional, reflective, nuanced, and contextual lens for understanding complex social phenomena, leading to information of greater analytical strength.
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Alonso Domínguez, Ángel, and Antonio Blanco Prieto. "Corporate Social Responsibility: An analysis of occupational welfare through the GRI reports of large companies in Spain." Revista Internacional de Organizaciones, no. 28 (April 27, 2022): 35–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.17345/rio28.35-62.
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This article examines the concerns of major Spanish companies in relation to Occupational Welfare, how these are reflected in their sustainability reports, and how corporate values translate into implementing Corporate Social Responsibility. Occupational Welfare has become a key concept in business ethics, as it brings together a set of essential provisions to address both the “old risks” and the “new risks” typical of complex and competitive societies. We carried out qualitative research on forty-two sustainability reports published in 2019 by the companies that make up the IBEX-35 stock exchange index, along with another seven that have among the largest workforces. The results allow us to relate Occupational Welfare and the areas where it applies to the management of Corporate Social Responsibility in aspects such as working conditions, occupational health, work-life balance, and continuing training.
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Határ, Ctibor, and Petra Jedličková. "The Issue of Active Ageing and Active Old Age in the Education and Social Policy of Slovakia, Germany and Spain." Lifelong Learning 10, no. 3 (2020): 311–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/lifele20201003311.
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The presented study is the output of the authors from solving the research project VEGA no. 1/0001/18 called Preparation for ageing and old age – possibilities of andragogical intervention. Based on the planned aims of the project, the authors deal with the analysis of the education and social policies of selected states of the European Union to identify those areas which are related to active ageing and active old age. Subsequently, they compare the Slovak education and social policy to foreign education and social ones on the state level, focusing on the topics of active ageing and active old age. The methodology of the research work of the authors lies in the national documents and their subsequent comparing. The authors identified common aspects of the education and social policies of the selected states of the European Union (Slovakia, Germany and Spain) in the given parameters or areas (active ageing and active old age).
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Oliver, Esther, Itxaso Tellado, Montserrat Yuste, and Rosa Larena Fernández. "The History of the Democratic Adult Education Movement in Spain." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 118, no. 4 (April 2016): 1–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146811611800404.
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Background/Context Traditional adult education in Spain treated the learner as a mere object that could be shaped by the educator. Although current practices of the democratic adult education movement in Spain reveals a completely opposite standpoint on adult education, there has been little analysis of the several influences converging and complementing one another to form the historical antecedents for the creation of the democratic adult education movement that emerged in the turn of the century, in 2000, in Spain. Purpose This article aims to study the origins of the democratic adult education movement in Spain by examining (1) the historical educational experiences in Spain, particularly before the dictatorship period and (2) the influences of some social and educational theories. Research Design Using historical analysis and literature analysis, this article is focused on the history of adult education in Spain, and, more particularly, presents an exhaustive document analysis based on historical aspects associated with the formation of the democratic adult education movement. Findings/Results The findings suggest that the shaping of the democratic adult education movement in Spain has been influenced by three main strands: the Spanish libertarian movement of the early 20th century, Paulo Freire's work and insights on adult education, and other social and educational theories from contemporary authors who conceive education as a tool for overcoming inequalities. In the present article, we show the influence of these strands on the DAE by identifying three main characteristics underpinning the movement, that is, the participants’ self-organization and management based on egalitarian dialogue, the recognition of the universal capability of communication and knowledge creation, and the access to higher culture by the working-class people. Conclusions/Recommendations This article concludes that many of the educational practices developed under the democratic adult education movement are radically democratic, given that it promotes providing working-class people with access to higher culture while building up solidarity ties with the most disadvantaged. The present research shows how the DAE movement and all its components open up new lessons for successful inclusion practices in adult education and its effects on the promotion of social transformations at the local, national, and international levels.
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Escobar-López, Sttefanie Yenitza, Santiago Amaya-Corchuelo, and Angélica Espinoza-Ortega. "Alternative Food Networks: Perceptions in Short Food Supply Chains in Spain." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (February 28, 2021): 2578. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052578.
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Alternative spaces for the consumption of non-conventional foods as short commercialization chains have been increased worldwide, as well as the interest in understanding the dynamics developed in those initiatives from a social approach, has increased. This work aimed to analyze the Organizers, Producers and Consumers’ perceptions that participate in short food supply chains in ecological markets in the south of Spain. The Conventions Theory framework was used by applying a quantitative and qualitative methodology. A total of 159 questionnaires were applied (three to Organizers, 15 to Producers and 177 to Consumers). The questionnaire considered items related to social conventions for seven worlds (Domestic, Civic, Market, Industrial, Opinion and Inspired) and sociodemographic information. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to analyze the information. Results show that coincidences and divergences are observed in the importance given to the worlds; the Civic, Inspired and Opinion worlds are perceived similarly by the three types of actors and are related to the interest in how these activities benefit the environment. Differences are attributed to the role played by each type of actor and to socioeconomic aspects. Results can materialize into different strategies to improve these initiatives and reach more consumers.
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Faidiuk, Olena, and Tetiana Liakh. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO FEMALE COMBATANTS AND VETERANS IN UKRAINE AND ABROAD." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 3 (May 28, 2021): 243–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol3.6382.
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The war in Eastern Ukraine has been going on since 2014. This situation has led to new challenges for the social sphere, in particular, the construction of a system of social services for combatants and veterans. Female combatants and veterans need gender-specific services adopted to this particular category. Since the experience of social assistance to this specific category of clients of social work in Ukraine is limited, there is a need to study the experience of other countries to address the issue.The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of women's military service and the system of social protection of this category in Ukraine and abroad.The article analyzes the experience of Australia, Israel, Spain, Canada, Korea, Poland, the USA, and Croatia in implementing the policy of social protection of combatants. The authors identify the main types of services and assistance to this category provided by the legislation in other countries.The authors of the article used the method of theoretical analysis of scientific works and legal documents that describe and regulate the mechanism of social protection of servicemen/servicewoman in different countries; compare the key aspects and features of women's military service in different countries and systematize the list of social services and structures responsible for providing various social services.
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Bañuelos Torrontegui, Karina Adalessa, Belem Avendaño Ruiz, and Federico Martinez-Carrasco Pleite. "Implantation of corporate social responsibility measures in the horticulture in Mexico and Spain." Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UNCuyo 53, no. 2 (December 6, 2021): 165–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.48162/rev.39.050.
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This work presents the results of a survey, following the Delphi methodology, to experts from the horticultural sector of Mexico and Spain. Interactions with experts have made it possible to identify relevant aspects where the level of consensus is high about the proliferation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the export sector of both countries, standing out: the horticultural sector's leadership in the implementation of standards, which responds to the demand for destination supermarkets in the US and Europe, which despite their particularities, have similar dynamics. Not implementing is considered a risk factor; the implementations are positive actions, which enhance the reputation of companies. Agricultural companies that have a lack of business culture, ignorance, and high administrative burden limit their development, especially among smaller production companies. The greatest progress has been made in the area of labor and environmental practices, areas where consumer concern is growing. Despite CRS initiatives are not providing an immediate benefit to companies, strategic spending is valued. The research is completed with a SWOT analysis (Weaknesses, Threats, Strengths and Opportunities), providing a valuable ranking of great interest for the design of competitive improvements. Highlights Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) measures in the horticultural activity are driven mainly for the Supermarkets Chains. There are other factors to implement it: gain competitive advantage, improve the reputation of the sector, stay in the market. The Delphi Method is a useful instrument to identify advantages, limitations, and barriers to adopt food safety and Social Responsibility Standards in the global value chain in the agricultural sector. The horticultural activity is adopting several CRS standards in order to stay in the market such as: GRASP, FAIR TRADE, SEDEX, SA 8000. The Delphi Panel considers that the CRS standards and measures implemented improve the labor, environmental and human rights in the horticultural activity in Mexico and Spain.
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Álvarez Veinguer, Aurora, Rocío García Soto, and Antonia Olmos Alcaraz. "Methodological Experiences in Collaborative Ethnography. Communication and Participation as Frameworks for Constructing in Common." Qualitative Sociology Review 18, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 6–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.18.1.01.
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In this article, we will analyze how we built the research process of a collaborative ethnography with the Stop Evictions Granada 15M Movement (SEG15M). We will begin with a brief contextualization of the housing issues in Spain and the SEG15M movement to explain why we started the co-research experience with the movement. Next, we will clarify the composition, function, and main purposes of the ‘debate groups’ in our research, as well as their particular differences and dynamics concerning other qualitative techniques. Finally, we will focus on two main aspects, participation and communication, which emerged within the debates and later materialized into a transmedia project and the development of a radio soap opera. The latter is a product, and a process, of collaborative work that bridges communication and participation at the intra- and inter-group levels. It is a fictional story that emerges from the common lived experiences of the groups.
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CORTINA, ADELA. "Bioethics and Public Reason: A Report on Ethics and Public Discourse in Spain." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 18, no. 3 (July 2009): 241–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180109090392.
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One of the essential tasks of bioethics in morally pluralistic societies consists of fostering a public use of reason in its field of competence. This is the fundamental thesis of the present work. To deal with it I will try to answer two crucial questions: (a) What is moral pluralism and why does it demand fostering the use of public reason in moral issues in the sphere of bioethics and (b) What are the laboratories of bioethics in a pluralistic society?
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Astakhova, E. V. "The fiesta as a key concept of Spanish linguistic culture." Cuadernos Iberoamericanos, no. 1 (March 28, 2015): 49–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.46272/2409-3416-2015-1-49-68.
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The author examines the image of Spain through the megaconcept of fiesta, which determines many aspects of the national and cultural mentality. This concept reflects various vectors of quotidian life, religious and popular holidays with their complicated details and special dramaturgy, penetrates to every day communication and behavior. The research determines such Spanish extralinguistic realities as corrida, tertulia, movida, botellon, indignados, analyses the role of the theater, of “coffee culture”, of football and other phenomenons in social life and cognitive space of Spaniards. The knowledge of different aspects of fiesta helps to understand the word potential of Spanish language, its metafores, stylistic images.
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Saposnik, Gustavo, Beatriz Del Río, Guillermo Bueno-Gil, Ángel P. Sempere, Alejandro Lendínez-Mesa, Alfredo Rodríguez-Antigüedad, María Terzaghi, Nicolás Medrano, and Jorge Maurino. "Behavioral aspects of nurse practitioners associated with optimal multiple sclerosis care in Spain." PLOS ONE 16, no. 12 (December 8, 2021): e0261050. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261050.
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Background Nurse practitioners (NPs) play a critical role in the multidisciplinary management of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Neurologists´ behavioral characteristics have been associated with suboptimal clinical decisions. However, limited information is available on their impact among NPs involved in MS care. The aim of this study was to assess nurses´ therapeutic choices to understand behavioral factors influencing their decision making process. Methods A non-interventional, cross-sectional, web-based study was conducted. NPs actively involved in the care of patients with MS were invited to participate in the study by the Spanish Society of Neurology Nursing. Participants answered questions regarding their standard practice and therapeutic management of seven simulated relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) case scenarios. A behavioral battery was used to measure participants´ life satisfaction, mood, positive social behaviors, feeling of helpfulness, attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based innovations, occupational burnout, and healthcare-related regret. The outcome of interest was therapeutic inertia (TI), defined as the lack of treatment escalation when there is clinical and radiological evidence of disease activity. A score to quantify TI was created based on the number of simulated scenarios where treatment intensification was warranted. Results Overall, 331 NPs were invited to participate, 130 initiated the study, and 96 (29%) completed the study. The mean age (SD) was 44.6 (9.8) years and 91.7% were female. Seventy-three participants (76.0%) felt their opinions had a significant influence on neurologists´ therapeutic decisions. Sixteen NPs (16.5%) showed severe emotional exhaustion related to work and 13 (13.5%) had depressive symptoms. The mean (SD) TI score was 0.97 (1.1). Fifty-six of NPs showed TI in at least one case scenario. Higher years of nursing experience (p = 0.014), feeling of helpfulness (p = 0.014), positive attitudes toward innovations (p = 0.046), and a higher intensity of care-related regret (p = 0.021) were associated with a lower risk of TI (adjusted R2 = 0.28). Burnout was associated with higher risk of TI (p = 0.001). Conclusions Although NPs cannot prescribe MS treatments in Spain, their behavioral characteristics may influence the management of patients with RRMS. Continuing education and specific strategies for reducing occupational burnout may lead to better management skills and improve MS care.
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Miranda, Francisco Javier, Sergio Rubio, Antonio Chamorro, and Sandra M. C. Loureiro. "Using Social Networks Sites in the Purchasing Decision Process." International Journal of E-Business Research 10, no. 3 (July 2014): 18–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijebr.2014070102.
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The rise of Web 2.0 tools and mobile devices means that the image of the traditional consumer has to be replaced with an active, permanently connected, consumer who uses the Internet to find information about brands and to share opinions and shopping experiences with other consumers – a consumer who can be classified as a prosumer (producer + consumer). In this context it is important for marketers to know how consumers use social networks within their purchasing decision process. The present work describes an on-line survey of more than 500 Facebook users in Spain and Portugal, aimed at identifying which aspects most influence their intention to use this social network in their purchasing decisions. A structural equation model was constructed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), in which the intended use of Facebook in purchasing decisions depends on two variables: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, with attitude being a mediating variable. The background variables considered were aptitude, network externalities, perceived privacy protection, and social influence. The results show that the intended use of Facebook in purchasing decisions is influenced by its perceived usefulness, by social influence, and by the attitude to Facebook. In contrast, the perceived ease of use does not have such direct influence.
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Jaraíz Arroyo, Germán, and Auxiliadora González Portillo. "Focus on Weaknesses or Strengths? Determining Factors for an Inclusive and Relational Management in Public Community Social Service Organizations." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (December 17, 2020): 10551. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410551.
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This article, which is result of a research and development (R&D) project financed by the Spanish administration, studies the difficulties in managing social inclusion programs in Social Service (SS) Centers located in areas with high rates of exclusion in Andalusia (Spain). The research follows a qualitative methodology, based on observation, semi-open interviews (SOI), and focus groups (FG) aimed at the different actors in four Social Service Centers. Three dimensions are addressed: normative, functional, and perceived. The main results are four groups of incident factors: the mismatch between the expectations of non-professional actors (politicians, etc.) and those of technicians; the knowledge management of implemented dynamics; the position of the SS in local action networks; and the professional–client relationship. We concluded that, although these programs should be managed in an inclusive context, they are conditioned by scenarios with little possibility of social activation and a high level of interference and additional demands. Aspects that generate a great deal of organizational pressure divert professional practices to social assistance work.
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Uriarte-Miranda, Maria-Lizbeth, Santiago-Omar Caballero-Morales, Jose-Luis Martinez-Flores, Patricia Cano-Olivos, and Anastasia-Alexandrovna Akulova. "Reverse Logistic Strategy for the Management of Tire Waste in Mexico and Russia: Review and Conceptual Model." Sustainability 10, no. 10 (September 25, 2018): 3398. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10103398.
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Management of tire waste is an important aspect of sustainable development due to its environmental, economical and social impacts. Key aspects of Reverse Logistics (RL) and Green Logistics (GL), such as recycling, re-manufacturing and reusable packaging, can improve the management of tire waste and support sustainability. Although these processes have been performed with a high degree of efficiency in other countries such as Japan, Spain and Germany, the application in Mexico and Russia has faced setbacks due to the absence of guidelines regarding legislation, RL processes, and social responsibility. Within this context, the present work aims to develop an integrated RL model to improve on these processes by considering the RL models from Russia and Mexico. For this, a review focused on RL in Mexico, Russia, Japan and the European Union (EU) was performed. Hence, the integrated model considers regulations and policies performed in each country to assign responsibilities regarding RL processes for the management of tire waste. As discussed, the implementation of efficient RL processes for the management of tire waste depends of different social entities such as the user (customer), private and public companies, and manufacturing and state-of-the-art approaches to transform waste into different products (diversification) to consider the RL scheme as a total economic system.
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Valiev, T. T. "Innovative advances in pediatric oncology and hematology: data of 54th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)." Russian Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 9, no. 4 (February 5, 2023): 125–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.21682/2311-1267-2022-9-4-125-128.
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The success in pediatric oncology and hematology diseases treatment opened the way to cure more than 90 % of patients with leukemias and lemphomas. The ability to share an achievements in modern paediatric oncology and hematology, to find an actual directions of development, to permit the specialists from every corner of the world to communicate and discuss the most difficult aspects in diagnosis and treatment of paediatric malignancies – the basis of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) work. In the current issue it is presented the thesis of reports of 54th SIOP Congress, which took place in Spain (Barcelona) from September 28 to October 1, 2022. New target drugs (blinatumomab, inotuzumab ozogamicin, dinutuximab, venetoclax, daratumumab, asciminib), cellular (CAR-T) and immune approaches for malignancies treatment, new achievements in supportive care, psychological and social aspects of medical care organization for paediatric patients with malignancies – only a few topics, that were discussed of the event.
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Romero-Díaz de la Guardia, José Javier, Marina García-Garnica, Ramón Chacón-Cuberos, and Jorge Expósito-López. "Psychometric Validation of a Teamwork Skills Scale in a Vocational Training Context." SAGE Open 12, no. 2 (April 2022): 215824402211032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221103256.
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The ability to work in a team is currently one of the most demanded competencies of professionals and, therefore, constitutes one of the key transversal aspects to be targeted by educational systems. This is especially important at stages prior to job insertion. The aim of the present study was to validate a scale measuring perceptions of teamwork skills within a sample of students undertaking vocational training in the south of Spain. For this, both exploratory ( n = 879) and confirmatory ( n = 1,843) factor analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS® 26 and IBM Amos Graphics® 23.0 software packages. This permitted a scale to be developed which was formed of ten indicators of teamwork skills. These indicators were grouped into three dimensions, namely, teamwork behaviors, ratings the importance of teamwork and self-perceptions of teamwork capabilities. Adequate fit indices were obtained (KMO = 0.845; CFI = 0.984; NFI = 0.978; IFI = 0.984; RMSEA = 0.037; and SRMR = 0.044). Thus, a robust and reliable scale is presented that rates student perspectives of essential aspects of Vocational Training, such as teamwork skills.
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Romero-Díaz de la Guardia, José Javier, Marina García-Garnica, Ramón Chacón-Cuberos, and Jorge Expósito-López. "Psychometric Validation of a Teamwork Skills Scale in a Vocational Training Context." SAGE Open 12, no. 2 (April 2022): 215824402211032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221103256.
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The ability to work in a team is currently one of the most demanded competencies of professionals and, therefore, constitutes one of the key transversal aspects to be targeted by educational systems. This is especially important at stages prior to job insertion. The aim of the present study was to validate a scale measuring perceptions of teamwork skills within a sample of students undertaking vocational training in the south of Spain. For this, both exploratory ( n = 879) and confirmatory ( n = 1,843) factor analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS® 26 and IBM Amos Graphics® 23.0 software packages. This permitted a scale to be developed which was formed of ten indicators of teamwork skills. These indicators were grouped into three dimensions, namely, teamwork behaviors, ratings the importance of teamwork and self-perceptions of teamwork capabilities. Adequate fit indices were obtained (KMO = 0.845; CFI = 0.984; NFI = 0.978; IFI = 0.984; RMSEA = 0.037; and SRMR = 0.044). Thus, a robust and reliable scale is presented that rates student perspectives of essential aspects of Vocational Training, such as teamwork skills.
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Sanvicen-Torné, Paquita, Ieva Stončikaitė, Anna Soldevila-Benet, and Fidel Molina-Luque. "Reconstructing the Social Image of Older Women and Ageing: The Transformative Power of the Narrative Set in the Local Context." Land 11, no. 7 (July 12, 2022): 1057. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11071057.
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This case study reveals that age-related areas are the least desirable professional future options for many university students in social work degree programmes. One of the possible causes is the negative social labelling of older age, especially pronounced in respect of older women. Additionally, there is a poor and limited educational approach towards later life and growing older inside and outside the educational settings. This article focuses on the social construction of older age from gender and double theoretical perspectives. In particular, it centers on the pillars of education and profiguration. For educational and analytical purposes, these aspects are approached in the classroom setting from a critical perspective by using the in-depth reading of a book that is set in the local context, in particular, the city of Lleida (Spain). It presents the results of the content analysis and reflections written by 170 first-year university students taking a degree course in social work, and the outcomes of the subsequent classroom discussions with the author of the book. The study results show that better knowledge about the complexities of ageing and later life can lead to the reconstruction of the students’ viewpoints about older age, help foster critical thinking, and defy age-related stereotypes, beliefs, and prejudices.
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Martínez-Martínez, María Isabel, Antoni Alegre-Martínez, and Omar Cauli. "Omega-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Intake in Children: The Role of Family-Related Social Determinants." Nutrients 12, no. 11 (November 11, 2020): 3455. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12113455.
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Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids play a central role in neuronal growth and in the development of the human brain, since they are essential elements which depend on intake through diet to ensure an adequate amount. Fish and seafood are the main dietary sources of these fatty acids in Spain and in other countries. In order to assess the effect of the intake of common foods containing high amounts of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, a food frequency questionnaire was administered to parents of children and adolescents attending a primary school in Valencia (Spain), and the intake of dietary omega-3 such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was estimated based on their fish/seafood consumption. Low frequencies of intake were significantly (p < 0.05) lower for many types of fish/seafood in children compared to adolescents. 27.5% of children/adolescents did not eat lean fish or other types (19.8% of the sample did not eat fatty fish, and 71.8% did not eat smoked fish) and 20–60% of the sample consumed seafood only once–three times a month, leading to a reduced estimated intake of EPA+DHA below that recommended for both groups by public health agencies. Social aspects, such as the type of work done by mothers and their educational levels are significant factors (p < 0.05 in both cases) affecting children’s/adolescents’ intake of DHA+EPA. Dietary interventions to increase the consumption of fish and seafood are strongly advised, and health promotion strategies should be aimed at the family level and fight against gender disparities.
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Ruiz-Chico, José, Antonio R. Peña-Sánchez, José M. Biedma-Ferrer, and Mercedes Jiménez-García. "Social Acceptance of Aquaculture in Andalusian Atlantic Coast (Spain): An Emerging Economy Sector." Foods 9, no. 7 (July 10, 2020): 910. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9070910.
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Aquaculture is an important source of food. This document analyses its acceptance by consumers from the perspective of social carrying capacity. This concept determines the point at which its development begins to be excessive, and poses difficulties to its geographical area. In this context, our work is innovative, since, although Spain is the leading aquaculture producer in the European Union, not much research on this aspect has been developed. With this objective, we carried out 579 personal interviews with consumers from the Andalusian Atlantic coast (Spain), to determine an index of acceptance for this food and its industry. After applying a principal component analysis, we stratified the samples following Dalenius-Hodges method. According to our surveys, there is a high level of acceptance, which would place aquaculture far from its saturation point, the level at which this sector generates relevant problems for society in terms of economy or environment. Respondents also recommended its further development. Women and low-income consumers were the groups with the greatest reticence about this sector. We consider that general acceptance would be improved by implementing informative campaigns, especially for these groups, that would extend consumers’ knowledge and improve their perception of this kind of food.
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Matamala, Anna, and Olga Soler-Vilageliu. "Defining and assessing artistic co-creation: the TRACTION proposal." Arte, Individuo y Sociedad 34, no. 3 (April 21, 2022): 851–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/aris.75840.
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This article presents research developed within the framework of the European project TRACTION, which aims to co-create operas in three different environments incorporating technological elements and with the ultimate objective of generating a social transformation. Through 19 interviews carried out in three different countries (Spain, Ireland, Portugal), a map of indicators that can be used to evaluate artistic co-creation is proposed. The value of the proposal is that the indicators are validated through a focus group with representatives from three diverse co-creation processes—in the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona, in different areas of Ireland, in a prison in Leiria—and serve as a general framework for very diverse environments. Likewise, the work contributes to the debate on the concept of co-creation through a thematic analysis of the definitions provided by the different interviewees. Central topics in the thematic analysis of the definitions are: collaboration, participant profile and role, goal and value, origin and development, and ethical and social aspects.
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Vélez-Nicolás, Mercedes, Santiago García-López, Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz, and Ángel Sánchez-Bellón. "Towards a Sustainable and Adaptive Groundwater Management: Lessons from the Benalup Aquifer (Southern Spain)." Sustainability 12, no. 12 (June 26, 2020): 5215. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12125215.
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Reversing the chemical and quantitative impacts derived from human activity on aquifers demands a multidisciplinary approach. This requires, firstly, to update the hydrogeological knowledge of the groundwater systems, which is pivotal for the sustainable use of this resource, and secondly, to integrate the social, economic and administrative reality of the region. The present work focuses on the Benalup aquifer, whose exploitation plays a major role in the economy of the area, based mainly on irrigated agriculture. This activity has had negative consequences for the aquifer in quantitative and chemical terms, leading to its declaration as in poor condition. The study presented here shows the results obtained from the application of hydrogeological techniques, remote sensing and citizen participation tools, which have allowed us to deepen and improve the current knowledge of the system’s hydrogeological, geometric, administrative and social aspects. Additionally, the lessons learned from this case study are analyzed. The deficiencies detected are discussed, and alternatives aimed at the sustainable use of groundwater are proposed, such as the possibility of a joint use of surface and groundwater resources, the creation of a Water User Association responsible for the management of groundwater and the need for greater efforts aimed at educating and raising awareness of water conservation among citizens.
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Santo-Tomás Muro, Rocío, Carlota Sáenz de Tejada Granados, and Eva J. Rodríguez Romero. "Green Infrastructures in the Peri-Urban Landscape: Exploring Local Perception of Well-Being through ‘Go-Alongs’ and ‘Semi-Structured Interviews’." Sustainability 12, no. 17 (August 23, 2020): 6836. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176836.
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Providing conditions for health and well-being, especially for those most exposed to social and environmental inequalities, is a precondition for sustainable development. Green infrastructures in peri-urban areas have the potential to improve the quality of life of locals by fostering healthy practices, providing views, or bringing nature closer to the city. This work explores the local perception of well-being within urban green infrastructures (UGI) in the peri-urban fringe of Madrid (Spain) through a combination of qualitative methods: “go-alongs” and “semi-structured static interviews”. The grounded-theory based codification of the data using NVivo software and their subsequent analysis results in the identification of social, natural, and perceptual elements that prove to play a relevant role in locals’ perception of well-being. Among these, connectivity with other green spaces, panoramic views and place-based memories are aspects that seem to make UGI serve the community at its full potential, including perceived physical and psychological well-being. We identify in each case study both positive characteristics of UGI and dysfunctional aspects and areas of opportunity. Lastly, a methodological, geographical, and theoretical discussion is made on the relevance of the case studies and pertinence of the two interview methods as valuable tools for analysis and intervention in the peri-urban landscape.
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Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando, Shane Desselle, Derek Stewart, Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Christine Bond, Ana Dago, et al. "Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: The Granada statements." Pharmacy Education 23, no. 1 (February 7, 2023): 109–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.46542/pe.2023.231.109117.
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Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences embrace a series of different disciplines. Pharmacy practice has been defined as “the scientific discipline that studies the different aspects of the practice of pharmacy and its impact on health care systems, medicine use, and patient care”. Thus, pharmacy practice studies embrace both clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy elements. Like any other scientific discipline, clinical and social pharmacy practice disseminates research findings using scientific journals. Clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy journal editors have a role in promoting the discipline by enhancing the quality of the articles published. As has occurred in other health care areas (i.e., medicine and nursing), a group of clinical and social pharmacy practice journal editors gathered in Granada, Spain to discuss how journals could contribute to strengthening pharmacy practice as a discipline. The result of that meeting was compiled in these Granada Statements, which comprise 18 recommendations gathered into six topics: the appropriate use of terminology, impactful abstracts, the required peer reviews, journal scattering, more effective and wiser use of journal and article performance metrics, and authors’ selection of the most appropriate pharmacy practice journal to submit their work.
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FERNANDEZ-LLIMOS, Fernando, Shane DESSELLE, Derek STEWART, Victoria GARCIA-CARDENAS, Zaheer-Ud-Din BABAR, Christine BOND, Ana DAGO, et al. "Improving the Quality of Publications in and Advancing the Paradigms of Clinical and Social Pharmacy Practice Research: The Granada Statements." Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde 14, no. 1 (February 23, 2023): 913. http://dx.doi.org/10.30968/rbfhss.2023.141.0913.
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Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences embrace a series of different disciplines. Pharmacy practice has been defined as “the scientific discipline that studies the different aspects of the practice of pharmacy and its impact on health care systems, medicine use, and patient care”. Thus, pharmacy practice studies embrace both clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy elements. Like any other scientific discipline, clinical and social pharmacy practice disseminates research findings using scientific journals. Clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy journal editors have a role in promoting the discipline by enhancing the quality of the articles published. As has occurred in other health care areas (i.e., medicine and nursing), a group of clinical and social pharmacy practice journal editors gathered in Granada, Spain to discuss how journals could contribute to strengthening pharmacy practice as a discipline. The result of that meeting was compiled in these Granada Statements, which comprise 18 recommendations gathered into six topics: the appropriate use of terminology, impactful abstracts, the required peer reviews, journal scattering, more effective and wiser use of journal and article performance metrics, and authors’ selection of the most appropriate pharmacy practice journal to submit their work.
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Arias de Saavedra Alías, Inmaculada, and Miguel Luis López-Guadalupe Muñoz. "Las cofradías españolas en la Edad Moderna desde una óptica social. Tres décadas de avance historiográfico." Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII, no. 27 (December 22, 2017): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.17811/cesxviii.27.2017.11-50.
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RESUMENNo hay fenómeno asociativo más extendido en la España del Antiguo Régimen que las cofradías y hermandades. En consecuencia, su dimensión social ha merecido el análisis histórico en las últimas décadas, incidiendo en aspectos esenciales de su naturaleza: la solidaridad grupal y el mutualismo que despliegan, y el culto público y la multiplicación de fiestas que fomentan. Todo ello desde un indudable afán de autonomía difícil de mantener. A falta de obras de conjunto, la bibliografía es hoy muy abundante y a la vez dispersa. Esa realidad social y la actuación de la autoridad real y eclesiástica sobre el ámbito cofrade se analizan en este artículo, evidenciando los avances en el conocimiento, así como los aspectos que merecen una mayor actividad investigadora.PALABRAS CLAVECofradía, Hermandad, Religiosidad, Fiesta, Mutualismo, Iglesia, Regalismo. TITLEThe Spanish brotherhoods during the Modern Age from a social point of view. Three decades of historiographic progressABSTRACTNo associative phenomenon was more extended during the Ancient Regime in Spain than the brotherhoods. As a consequence, its social dimension deserves the historical analysis it has received these last decades, focusing on the essential aspects of their nature: the group solidarity and the mutual support they demonstrated, the public worship and the numerous festivities that these associations promoted. All these, from an unquestionable eagerness for autonomy that was difficult to maintain. Although there is a lack of complete, cohesive works, nowadays the bibliography on confraternities and brotherhoods can be described as abundant and at the same time scattered. This social reality and the intervention from the royal and ecclesiastical authority on the brotherhood sphere, is analyzed during this particular article, evidencing the advances in knowledge as well as the aspects that deserve a greater research activity.KEY WORDSBrotherhood, Confraternity, Religiousness, Festivity, Mutuality, Church, Regalism.
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Ayuga-Téllez, Esperanza, Juan José Ramírez-Montoro, Maria Ángeles Grande-Ortiz, and Diego Muñoz-Violero. "Differences in Visual Preference in Rural Landscapes on the Plain of La Mancha in Spain." Sustainability 13, no. 24 (December 14, 2021): 13799. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132413799.
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For centuries, agricultural activities have marked and defined the landscape with its own distinctive features. The consideration of the rural landscape as a resource has gained traction in recent years. In Europe, the European Landscape Convention offers a solid framework that places landscape at the forefront of European policies on cultural heritage, environment, and territorial ordination. The most important new development is the integrated vision of the landscape in its cultural and natural aspects, and the introduction of its social dimension. This work analyses the influence of different factors on preferences for rural landscapes in the locality of Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), representative of the singular rural landscape of the La Mancha plain. The method for assessing landscape is the people’s aesthetic response to it. Specifically, an analysis has been made of the observers’ preferences in relation to their educational level (university educated or not), gender, age, and place of origin (whether they come from the locality itself or from outside). This is one of the few works that analyse the place of origin of the observer. In view of these results, it can be concluded that all the demographic factors analysed have an influence on preferences in rural landscapes.
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Astakhova, E. V. "The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World." MGIMO Review of International Relations, no. 2(35) (April 28, 2014): 285–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2014-2-35-285-298.
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The author examines the image of Spain through the megaconcept of fiesta, which determines many aspects of the national and cultural mentality. This concept reflects various vectors of quotidian life, religious and popular holidays with their complicated details and special dramaturgy, penetrates to every day communication and behavior. The research determines such Spanish extralinguistic realities as corrida, tertulia, movida, botellon, indignados, analyses the role of the theater, of "coffee culture", of football and other phenomenons in social life and cognitive space of Spaniards. The knowledge of different aspects of fiesta helps to understand the word potential of Spanish language, its metaphors, and stylistic images. The fiesta as a key word of Spanish linguistic culture, it is full of feelings, which considered being merged in verbal, textual, visual and no verbal dimensions for the exit of intercultural communication.
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Via-Clavero, Gemma, Marta Sanjuán-Naváis, Marta Romero-García, Laura de la Cueva-Ariza, Gemma Martínez-Estalella, Erika Plata-Menchaca, and Pilar Delgado-Hito. "Eliciting critical care nurses’ beliefs regarding physical restraint use." Nursing Ethics 26, no. 5 (March 1, 2018): 1458–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733017752547.
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Background: Despite the reported harms and ethical concerns about physical restraint use in the critical care settings, nurses’ intention to apply them is unequal across countries. According to the theory of planned behaviour, eliciting nurses’ beliefs regarding the use of physical restraints would provide additional social information about nurses’ intention to perform this practice. Aim: To explore the salient behavioural, normative and control beliefs underlying the intention of critical care nurses to use physical restraints from the theory of planned behaviour. Research design: A belief elicitation study was conducted. Participants and research context: Twenty-six critical care nurses were purposively sampled across gender, work-shift patterns and professional experience in five intensive care units of three hospitals in Spain. Data were obtained from a nine-item open-ended questionnaire and a focus group. Deductive content analysis was performed. Ethical considerations: Ethical approval was obtained from the hospital ethics committee. Participants were assured their participation was voluntary. Findings: Nurses framed the use of restraints as a way of prioritising patients’ physical safety. They referred to contextual factors as the main reasons to justify their application. Nurses perceived that their decision is approved by other colleagues and the patients’ relatives. Some nurses started advocating against their use, but felt powerless to change this unsafe practice within an unfavourable climate. Control beliefs were linked to patients’ medical condition, availability of alternative solutions, analgo-sedation policies and work organisation. Discussion: Safety arguments based on the surrounding work environment were discussed. Conclusion: Nurses’ behavioural and control beliefs were related. Nurses should be trained in alternatives to physical restraint use. The impact of analgo-sedation protocols, relatives’ involvement, leadership support and intensive care unit restraint policies on physical restraint practices need to be revised. Further research is required to explore why nurses do not act with moral courage to change this harmful practice.
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Horváthy, Sára. "Thèmes et variations Réflexions stylistiques sur l’itinéraire d’Égérie." Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59, no. 1-4 (September 25, 2020): 611–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/068.2019.59.1-4.53.
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SummaryEgeria, a 4th century pious woman from the south of present-day Spain, retold, after visiting Palestine with the Bible in hand, her observations to her sisters. If the linguistic aspects of her letters are quite well-known, much less is known about its stylistic value, inappropriately called “simple”.What seems to be boringly the same again and again, is in fact a constantly renewed and perfectly mastered “variation on a theme”, just as in a well-composed piece of music. Her apparent objectivity is indeed a wish to focus on what she considers the most important, namely to tell her community, as closely to reality as possible, what she observed during her pilgrimage. However, Egeria’s latin is also a testimony of the christian lexicon in construction and of the social changes that were in progress by that time.Linguistics and stylistics work together here, the choice of a word or a grammatical formula reveals hidden information about the proper style of an author who, despite her supposed objectivity, had real personal purposes.
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Keefe, Bronwyn. "Enhancing Behavioral Health Competencies: Interprofessional Collaboration Between Social Work and Medicine." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 486–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1881.
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Abstract This presentation will describe the creation and findings from an interprofessional curriculum in behavioral health developed by social work faculty for medical students. Training in behavioral health is needed more than ever during a time of increased isolation and fear during the COVID pandemic. Older adults with untreated behavioral health concerns are a vulnerable population, which can result in negative effects, including emotional distress, reduced physical health, increased mortality, and suicide (IOM, 2012). Healthcare is increasingly complex with a need to focus on the physical, social, and behavioral aspects of daily living, and providers are realizing the importance of interprofessional collaboration. Towards that aim, I created a module for 4th year medical students in mental health and older adults, which is now part of their medical education curriculum. I will present outcomes in: (1) satisfaction; (2) acquired knowledge and skills (post-test); (3) application of knowledge and skills (pre-post competency assessment and comfort around asking about depression); and (4) patient outcomes (frequency of depression screening and number of referrals to social worker). Feedback from the 143 medical students is positive with 95% strongly agreeing or agreeing that this expanded their knowledge and understanding in mental health issues among older adults. At baseline, 17% of medical students were moderately to very comfortable in asking questions on the GDS compared to 42% at post-assessment. After completing the course, almost 25% of medical students made a referral to social work during their rotation. This collaboration resulted in curriculum that is both rigorous and impactful.
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DRANE, JAMES F. "Bioethics in the Americas: North and South—A Personal Story." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 18, no. 3 (July 2009): 280–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180109090446.
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Where I am, in the late 70s, I find myself being asked to do far more than I am able. I'm at the stage when everyone assumes that I don't have any real work, so it's OK to ask for things. Increasingly the things I'm asked to do are historical: What was it like back then? When did you start doing this or that? How did this or that get started? I guess I'm in the penultimate period. I'm still working every day, much harder than I would like, and upset by the fact that my memory is not working the way it should. With this public confession, I'll now start my penance, that is, to do a little personal history of my involvement with bioethics first here in the United States, then in Spain and Spanish-speaking nations of Latin America.
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Aznar Macías, Amadeo. "La provisión pública deportiva municipal y su resistencia ante la gran crisis de 2008 / / / \ \ \ Municipal public sports provision and its resilience in the face of the great crisis of 2008." TERRA: Revista de Desarrollo Local, no. 11 (December 29, 2022): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.7203/terra.11.25565.
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Resumen: El panorama económico y social actual, caracterizado por una elevada incertidumbre y por la rápida sucesión de acontecimientos (geopolíticos, climáticos, sociales, etc.), está obligando a replantear aspectos de la economía pública en nuestro país. La sociedad española ha progresado sustancialmente desde la década de los ochenta del siglo pasado. Esto ha sido gracias a modelos de desarrollo adecuados para el contexto económico y social de aquel entonces. Sin embargo, en pleno siglo XXI es necesario plantear cambios en algunos de estos modelos, como es el caso del modelo deportivo no profesional. Este texto hace una recopilación del marco normativo sobre el que se sustenta la oferta deportiva local en España. También realiza un repaso de la evolución de la actividad física en nuestro país desde la década de los ochenta del siglo XX, y analiza el impacto de la crisis de 2008 sobre la provisión pública deportiva; todo ello con la finalidad de reflexionar acerca del modelo deportivo actual y su necesidad de adaptación a las circunstancias económicas y sociales actuales.
Palabras clave: Economía del deporte y desarrollo local, crisis de 2008 y deporte amateur, deporte para todos, economía pública.
Abstract: The current economic and social panorama is forcing us to reconsider aspects of the public economy in our country. Spanish society has progressed substantially since the 1970s. This was due to appropriate development models for the economic and social context of that time. However, in the 21st century it is necessary to consider changes in some of these models, such as the non-professional sports model. The aim of this work is to determine to what extent the 2008 crisis could have affected the practice of amateur sports in Spain, as well as the local public sports provision. Based on information from secondary sources, it is determined to what extent said crisis affected the practice of sport by citizens and the expenditure items of local administrations destined to the provision of sport. The results of the work show the consolidation of amateur sports in Spain, consistent with the social and economic development of the last four decades. The results also reveals the level of vulnerability of local sports policies in a recession period. The paper concludes with a reflection on the need to adapt the Spanish sports ecosystem through a set of actions in order to obtein greater economic efficiency during periods of recession.
Key words: sports economy and local development, economic crisis of 2008 and amateur sports, sports for all, public economy.
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Saether, Steinar A. "Bourbon Absolutism and Marriage Reform in Late Colonial Spanish America." Americas 59, no. 4 (April 2003): 475–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tam.2003.0056.
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The study of marriageways in colonial Latin America has altered and deepened our understanding of the societies and cultures within the Spanish and Portuguese empires of the New World. During the last thirty or forty years a series of studies have explored the complex and varied patterns of marriage and family formation in colonial Latin America. Inspired by the work of Peter Laslett, Lawrence Stone and Louis Flandrin among others, historians of the region have produced a rich historical literature on the demographic, social and cultural aspects of colonial marriageways. Most studies have focused on the late colonial period, and the years after 1778 when the Pragmática sanción de matrimonios (first issued in Spain in 1776) was extended to Spanish America. One effect of the new law was an astonishing outpouring of reports, questions, lawsuits and regulations concerning marriage, which in turn have been seized upon by historians to reconstruct important aspects of late colonial Latin American societies. Despite the frequent use of these sources, the legislation itself has received little serious attention, and several basic misunderstandings prevail regarding its background and meaning. As a consequence, the political implications of marriage have been poorly understood.
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Corujo, Borja Suárez. "The ‘Gig’ Economy and its Impact on Social Security." European Journal of Social Security 19, no. 4 (December 2017): 293–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1388262717745751.
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This article aims to shed light on one crucial aspect of the ‘gig’ economy: the extent to which the new forms of work in this field undermine the pillars upon which traditional Bismarckian systems of social security have been built. Focusing on Spain, three main issues are analysed. First, after considering the legal classification of this type of service provision and its implications, the scheme within the social security system that corresponds to the registration of the service providers is identified. Second, how registration and subsequent social security contributions affect the generosity of social benefits is clarified. In particular, attention is paid to both the risk of partial, or total, lack of, protection due to the absence of compulsory contributions and the low-level of contributions made by the self-employed. And third, the impact the development of the platform economy may have on the financing of social security and its future sustainability – given the current difficulties confronting the Spanish economy – is examined. Some recommendations relating to these three issues are outlined as concluding remarks.
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Benitez, Miriam, Jose M. Leon-Perez, Alejandro Orgambídez, and Francisco J. Medina. "Interpersonal Conflicts in the Unit Impact the Service Quality Rated by Customers: The Mediating Role of Work-Unit Well-Being." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 15 (July 31, 2021): 8137. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158137.
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Social dynamics at work are crucial for understanding how internal processes in an organization are related to their performance and productivity. Following the Service-Profit Chain (SPC) theory, this study analyses, at the work-unit level, how interpersonal conflicts are related to service quality in the hospitality and tourism industry through the shared experience of well-being in the work unit. In other words, we examine the mediating role of two main aspects of work-related well-being in the unit (job satisfaction and burnout) on the relationship between interpersonal conflicts in the unit and customers’ perceptions of service quality. To do so, we conducted a cross-sectional survey study that collected data from 398 service employees (91 work units) and 1233 customers from three and four-star hotels with restaurant in Spain. Using path analysis in Structural Equation Models, our results supported a full mediation model at the work-unit level: interpersonal conflicts in the work unit are related to customers’ service quality perceptions through the work-unit’s well-being (job satisfaction and burnout). Therefore, our findings extend the SPC theory by integrating group dynamics and employees’ experiences, which should be enhanced through occupational health-oriented policies and practices to increase service quality. In this sense, this study has implications for the development of intervention programs aiming at improving the occupational well-being and quality of service in hospitality and tourism settings.
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Manera, Carles, Eloi Serrano, José Pérez-Montiel, and Màrian Buil-Fabregà. "Construction of Biophysical Indicators for the Catalan Economy: Building a New Conceptual Framework." Sustainability 13, no. 13 (July 4, 2021): 7462. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13137462.
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The main objective of this work is to create an environmental vision of the Catalan economy based on various indicators. To do this, we started from the fundamental idea of obtaining new metrics to measure impacts on the economy. The methodology used is focused on the systematization of descriptive statistics and econometric review. In this sense, GDP and GDP per capita are valued as chrematistic units, and biophysical variables are incorporated. For the period 2000–2016, the figures for energy consumption, CO2 emissions, energy intensity of the economy and water consumption were collected. In addition, demographic evolution and the Gini index were also ordered as factors that contribute to explaining not only population trajectory but also some of the social factors. Greater technological efficiency in regard to environmental aspects is intuited as sensitive to the economic cycle. The study is novel in the panorama of the regional economy of Spain, by incorporating biophysical variables to the applied economic analysis.
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García-Raga, Laura, Ingrid Sala-Bars, Montserrat Alguacil de Nicolás, and Maria-Carme Boqué Torremorell. "School administrators’ perceptions of democratic coexistence in Catalan schools: An analytical study." South African Journal of Education 42, no. 2 (May 31, 2022): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.15700/saje.v42n2a2055.
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In democratic societies, education should help build a participative, critical and responsible citizenry and therefore promote the role of schools as settings where students learn democratic coexistence. With the study reported on here we aimed to analyse how coexistence is fostered in classrooms and schools, as well as the possible synergy between schools’ efforts to educate in democratic coexistence, and the children’s social participation in their setting. To do so, we focused on the perspective of 476 school administrators at schools in Catalonia (Spain) based on an ad-hoc questionnaire comprised of 22 items on a Likert scale. The results reflect settings that value democratic coexistence at school and in society, although when we delved a bit deeper, we found aspects that still required more work. Actions that should be the focal point in the immediate future include developing more innovative educational strategies, training the administrators and enlisting students’ participation in running the schools.
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Ples, Mirela Octavia. "Review of the Book ”Building Bridges: Promoting Wellbeing for Family. Handbook for Parents”, Coordinator Aurora-Adina Colomeischi, Lumen Publishing House, 2018." Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Philosophy & Humanistic Sciences 8, no. 2 (December 28, 2020): 122–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumenphs/8.2/51.
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The volume “Building bridges: Promoting wellbeing for family. Handbook for parents ”, published by Lumen Publishing House from Iași in 2018, was developed within the project “Building bridges: Promoting social inclusion and well-being for the families of children with special needs (PSI-WELL)”, and is the result of a cross-sectional and transnational study on social inclusion, stress levels and the well-being of families with children with special needs, carried out in each of the 6 countries that were partners in the project (Romania, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Turkey and Lithuania). The volume coordinated by Assoc. Prof. PhD. Aurora Adina Colomeischi provides concrete results of the extensive research undertaken within the project and seems to be a viable starting point for the development of an educational policy for parents and families of children with special needs. The work is very well substantiated scientifically, and is especially useful for parents who face the special needs of their children, but also for the specialists who undergo therapy with them. In our opinion, the book deals with desirable aspects in the development of social intervention programs often aimed at parents with children with special needs, programs dealing with improving personal resources and parenting skills needed to solve various special and difficult situations presented by children.
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Llorente-Pulido, Seila, Estefanía Custodio, Maria Rosario López-Giménez, Belén Sanz-Barbero, and Laura Otero-García. "Barriers and Facilitators for Exclusive Breastfeeding in Women’s Biopsychosocial Spheres According to Primary Care Midwives in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7 (April 6, 2021): 3819. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073819.
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(1) The objective of our study is to determine, from a primary care midwife’s perspective, which biopsychosocial factors can favour or be detrimental to exclusive breast feeding. (2) The study was carried out in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) and is based on qualitative methodology. Twenty in-depth interviews were carried out with midwives working in primary care centres in Tenerife, using a content analysis approach. The transcript data was then encoded following an inductive approach. (3) According to the perceptions of the primary care midwives who were interviewed, the barriers and facilitators that influence exclusive breastfeeding related to the biopsychosocial spheres of women are, at an individual level, the physical and emotional aspects during the postnatal period; at the relationship level, the presence or not of support from the close family and partner; at the community level, the environment and social networks the new mothers may have; and at the work level, characteristics of jobs and early return to work. (4) The findings of our research can help healthcare professionals to approach the promotion and encouragement of exclusive breast feeding at each of the levels studied, with the aim of increasing rates following recommendations issued by The World Health Organization.
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Chacón-Ledesma, Lucía, María-Araceli Calvo-Serrano, Francisco de Paula Montes-Tubío, Francisco-Javier Mesas-Carrascosa, and Paula Triviño-Tarradas. "Graphic Engineering in the Sustainable Preservation of the Municipal Heritage of Montilla (Cordoba, Spain) from the 18th Century: Master Builder Vicente López Cardera in Montilla." Sustainability 14, no. 13 (June 23, 2022): 7670. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14137670.
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The change of territorial organisation in the 18th century in Spain was strongly related to the preservation of the local heritage. Academic architects, military engineers, and master builders coexisted to carry out the design and management of municipal construction works. The evolution of the figure of the master builder and the confrontation with architects and the guilds since the creation of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando posed an inflection point in this aspect. The first aim of the present study was to highlight the figure of Vicente López Cardera, master builder in the Council and Diocese of Córdoba between the late 18th century and the early 19th century, through his work on the municipal interventions in the maintenance of the construction works and infrastructures in Montilla (Córdoba, Spain) around the year 1794. The second aim of the study was to emphasise the role of graphic engineering in the conservation of municipal heritage in the Modern Age through the study of drawings and plans provided by him in the analysed documentation. His thinking in the approach to these works fits with the ideas of social hygienic improvements that began with the Enlightenment as well as with the concept of sustainable development in culture; hence, his work is relevant in the sustainable development planning of cities in the present. With this study, missing heritage elements are also revealed, opening future lines of research that lead to their virtual reconstruction and the promotion of tourism in rural areas.
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Almaraz, David, Jesús Saiz, Iván Sánchez-Iglesias, and David H. Rosmarin. "Validation of “Trust/Mistrust in God Scale” for Spanish Cancer Patients." Religions 12, no. 12 (December 5, 2021): 1077. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12121077.
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Trust/Mistrust in God have turned out to be two constructs that have great relevance in the study of the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health. In Spain, there are no instruments adapted to measure trust/mistrust in God, which limits the work of researchers interested in these aspects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Brief Trust/Mistrust in God Scale (BTMGS) in Spanish. The scale translated into Spanish was applied in a sample of 178 oncologic patients together with the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and the significant others subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, due to the existing evidence of relationships between the variables evaluated by these measures. Internal consistency, structural validity, convergent and discriminant validity were evaluated. The Spanish adaptation of the BTMGS obtained high internal consistency, both for trust subscale (α = 0.95) and for the mistrust subscale (α = 0.86). Furthermore, the correlations found between the BTMGS and the measures of positive and negative emotions and social add evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. These results suggest that the Spanish version of the BTMGS is a valid and reliable measure to be used in research on religion, spirituality and health in Spanish-speaking contexts.