scholarly journals Representaciones Sociales en Organizaciones de Seguridad. Rol e Influencia en el Sentido de Vida

Author(s):  
Carolina Viviana Rivela ◽  
Analía Verónica Losada

La investigación indagó las representaciones sociales y aspiraciones personales de personas que forman parte de organizaciones de seguridad y su repercusión en el sentido de vida, empleando una orientación metodológica mixta con una muestra de 93 miembros de fuerzas de seguridad. El tipo de diseño utilizado fue no experimental de alcance fenomenológico descriptivo, administrando en el marco de entrevistas los instrumentos de Cuestionario de Apreciación sobre Rol y Aspiraciones Personales (CARAP) y la Adaptación Argentina de Andrés Gottfried del Purpose in Life Test (PIL TEST) de Crumbaugh y Maholick a fin de conocer la medida del sentido de vida y las representaciones sociales. Los hallazgos demuestran que el 80% de los entrevistados, manifestaron tener su propia idea de rol: el 17,20% desconocían las tareas y actividades relacionadas con el rol a desempeñar y el 2, 15% restante dio respuestas que no respondían a la pregunta realizada.Los resultados que corresponden al cuestionario CARAP y parte B del PIL Test permiten afirmar que fue posible conocer las aspiraciones de los participantes que forman parte de organizaciones de seguridad. Asimismo, se evidenció que para lograr sus aspiraciones en un porcentaje significativo del 46,49% reconocen la necesidad de esforzarse, dar de sí mismo y tener que trabajar para alcanzar lo que anhelan. Por último, se detalló una propuesta para enriquecer los procesos de formación de futuros aspirantes al recibir orientación con dinámicas grupales e iniciarse en la reflexión sobre el rol que desempeñaran y la influencia que tendrá en su sentido de vida.

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOAQUÍN GARCÍA-ALANDETE ◽  
EVA ROSA MARTÍNEZ ◽  
BEATRIZ SOUCASE LOZANO ◽  
JOSÉ FRANCISCO GALLEGO-PÉREZ

Se analizan las diferencias en las puntuaciones total y factoriales de la versión española del Purpose-In-Life Test [PIL] (Crumbaugh & Maholic, 1969; Noblejas de la Flor, 1994) asocia-das al sexo, en un grupo de 309 estudiantes universitarios (207 mujeres y 102 hombres) de edades comprendidas entre 18 y 45 años (M = 21.4; DT = 3.254). El PIL evalúa logro de sen-tido de la vida vs. vacío existencial (Frankl, 1994). Las mujeres obtienen puntuaciones medias superiores a los hombres, tanto en la puntuación total del PIL como en sus diferentes factores. El análisis estadístico (t de Student) muestra que el sexo da lugar a diferencias estadísticamen-te significativas en la puntuación total (t = 2.272; p = .024) y de los factores «Percepción de sentido» (t = 2.065; p = .040) y «Metas y tareas» (t = 3.385; p = .001) del PIL.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
V.N. Shlyapnikov

The paper presents results of a study on the relationship between the features of volitional regulation and academic performance in university students of different years and areas of training.The study compared students (year 1 to 4) of ‘Psychology’ (n=133) and ‘State and Municipal Administration’ (n=201) programmes.The following methods were used: the Action Control Scale by J.Kuhl; the questionnaire for revealing the expression of self-control in the emotional sphere, activity and behavior (developed by G.S.Nikiforov, V.K.Vasilyev and S.V.Virsov); the Dembo-Rubinstein self-esteem scale (modified by V.A.Ivannikov and E.V. Eidman, 1990); the Purpose in Life Test (by D.A.Leontiev).The arithmetic mean of all examination marks received by the student during the current academic year was used as an indicator of academic performance.It is shown that in junior students of the management programme the indicator of academic performance positively correlates with the indicators of the Action Control Scale (p <0.01), the Purpose in Life Test (p <0.01) and behavioral self-control (p <0.01), whereas in students of the psychology programme it positively correlates with indicators of the Purpose in Life Test (p <0.01) and social self-control (p <0.01).No significant correlations were found in senior students.The results obtained in the study allow us to draw some conclusions about the contribution of volitional regulation to the level of academic achievements in students.


1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Florian

The aim of the present study was to investigate the meaning and purpose of life in fifty-two bereaved parents whose sons fell during active military service two or eleven years after their loss, compared to fifty non-bereaved parents, who served as a control group. Participants individually completed the Purpose-in-Life Test and the Meaning-in-Life Scale. Analysis of the results indicated that both bereaved parents received lower scores on both measures compared to the control group. No significant differences were found between parents whose son fell two or eleven years previous to the study. Clinical implications for treating this “at risk” population are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gørill Haugan ◽  
Unni Karin Moksnes

Background: The experience of meaning has been found to be a strong individual predictor of life satisfaction and an important psychological variable that promotes well-being. Therefore, a valid and reliable measurement of meaning-in-life among nursing home patients is highly warranted. Aims: This study intended to further investigate (a) the factor structure of the Purpose-in-Life test (PIL), (b) the reliability of PIL scores, and (c) the construct validity of the PIL test in a nursing home population. Methods: Participants were 202 cognitively intact nursing home patients representing 44 different Norwegian nursing homes. Concerning the dimensionality of the PIL, the following 3 measurement models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis; the original 1-factor, a 2-factor, and a 3-factor model. Results: With the exclusion of 10 items, a previously published and supported 2-factor construct for the PIL by Morgan and Farsides (2007) provided a good fit for older nursing home patients, demonstrating good measurement reliability and construct validity. Conclusion: The 2-factor model by Morgan and Farsides, comprising 10 items, is an improvement over the original 20-items PIL, based on these nursing home data. The measure yielded highly significantly factor loadings, good values for average variance extracted and composite reliability, as well as significant correlations in the expected direction for relevant selected measures; all supporting the construct validity.


1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 482-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Weinstein ◽  
Xiaolin Xie ◽  
Charalambos C. Cleanthous

In a pilot study of 40 retirees, those who volunteered more than 10 hours per week scored significantly higher on the Purpose In Life test than those who volunteered 10 or fewer hours per week A significant negative correlation of –.75 was obtained between scores on purpose in life and boredom proneness.


2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Pat Lewis ◽  
Judith A. Erlen ◽  
Annette DeVito Dabbs ◽  
Kim Breneman ◽  
Christa Cook

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