Not wearing a face mask, despite the sanitary recommendation, represented a public health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the aim of the study was to determine the mediating role of moral disengagement in the relationship between the dark triad and face mask wearing during the second wave of the pandemic. We worked with a sample made up of 534 adults, who were administered the Dirty Dozen Dark test, the Moral Disengagement Mechanisms Scale and a questionnaire on the frequency of use of face masks. The results showed that moral disengagement mediates the effect of each trait of the dark triad (Machiavellianism, psychopathy and narcissism) on the use of face masks. It is concluded that those who possess any of the dark personality traits morally disengage in order not to use a face mask, exercising a reckless behavior of the possible contagion of COVID-19 to others.

En Latinoamérica existe la necesidad de disponer de instrumentos basados en el modelo teórico sociocognitivo de desarrollo de carrera, por su respaldo científico y utilidad práctica. Por ello, el objetivo del estudio fue construir una batería sociocognitiva de autoeficacia vocacional para estudiantes de Psicología y obtener sus evidencias de validez de contenido. Participaron 21 jueces psicólogos de Argentina, Colombia, México y Perú, quienes valoraron los criterios de coherencia y relevancia. También, 40 estudiantes de Psicología de los últimos semestres académicos, de los países mencionados, valoraron la claridad de los ítems. Luego de una evaluación cuantitativa mediante la V de Aiken, se obtuvo una batería de 95 ítems, cuyos límites inferiores en los intervalos de confianza fueron iguales o superiores a .62. Finalmente, se dispone de una batería que permitirá ampliar los estudios en Psicología vocacional y cuyas evidencias de validez basadas en la estructura interna deberán investigarse.

Introduction: In this COVID-19 pandemic, protective measures against the disease and government-imposed policies should be known. However, the media also report on deaths and health service shortages, but their impact on the mental health of the population is ignored.Objective: To determine whether fear of COVID-19 infection acts as a mediator between exposure to news about the pandemic and mental health in the Peruvian population.Method: Explanatory study with observable variables in which 541 persons selected by non-probabilistic sampling participated. They responded to a sociodemographic file and the following scales: Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5) and Fear of COVID-19 Scale. Data were processed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 and Macro PROCESS for SPSS programs; linear regression and bootstrapping of 10 000 simulations were used.Results: The number of hours watching and/or listening to covid-19 information is a good predictor of the COVID-19 fear mediator variable (β= ,75; t = 3.77, p<.001**). In turn, this has a predictor effect on mental health (β= -,24; t = -13.57, p<.001**). However, the number of hours of exposure to COVID-19 information had no direct positive effect on mental health (β= -.10; t = -1.184, p=.23).Conclusion: Fear of COVID-19 has a total mediating effect between exposure to pandemic news and mental health in the Peruvian population. Introducción: En esta pandemia por covid-19 se deben conocer las medidas de protección contra la enfermedad y las políticas impuestas por el gobierno; empero, los medios de comunicación también informan sobre las muertes y el desabastecimiento de los servicios de salud, pero se ignora su impacto en la salud mental de la población.Objetivo: Determinar si el miedo al contagio de la covid-19 actúa como mediador entre la exposición a las noticias sobre la pandemia y la salud mental en población peruana.Método: Estudio explicativo con variables observables, donde participaron 541 personas seleccionadas con un muestreo no probabilístico. Respondieron una ficha sociodemográfica y las escalas: Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5) y Fear of Covid-19 Scale. Los datos fueron procesados mediante los programas IBM SPSS Statistics 25 y Macro PROCESS para SPSS; se utilizó la regresión lineal y bootstrapping de 10 000 simulaciones.Resultados: El número de horas viendo y/o escuchando información de la covid-19 es un buen predictor de la variable mediadora de miedo a la covid-19 (β= ,75; t = 3,77, p<,001**); a su vez, esta tiene un efecto predictor sobre la salud mental (β= -,24; t = -13,57, p<,001**); sin embargo, el número de horas de exposición a la información de la covid-19 no tuvo un efecto directo positivo en la salud mental (β= -,10; t = -1,184, p=,23).Conclusión: El miedo a la covid-19 tiene un efecto mediador total entre la exposición a las noticias sobre la pandemia y la salud mental en la población peruana.

The purpose was to determine if the psychological publications included the informed consent in the procedure of their research. 1924 articles of empirical research from eight Latin American countries published between 1994 and 2012 in journals indexed in the Latindex catalogue were analyzed. It's reported that the obtaining of informed consent has increased in an irregular way in 2012; however, there is a high percentage of publications that did not obtain it. The countries that considered the informed consent in their codes of ethics tend to have the highest rate of application. Consequently, it's not only necessary to establish norms for informed consent but also to promote the critical reflection of the scientific dimension of psychology within an ethical framework, starting with professional training.

The interference between family and work roles has led to the development of scales for their measurement. However, instrumental studies of work–family conflict have not been conducted in the context of teacher teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the objectives of this study were set to obtain evidence of the internal structure and fairness of the Blanch and Aluja Work–Family Conflict Questionnaire, as well as its association with job satisfaction and other sociodemographic variables. A total of 235 Peruvian school teachers between the ages of 24 and 72 years (M = 43.79 and SD = 9.67) responded to the scale using the online form. The analysis employed the non-parametric item response theory modeling (Mokken scaling analysis). The structure of two correlated factors was confirmed: work conflict in the family (WCF) and family conflict in the work (FCW). Both dimensions were invariant with respect to sex group and educational level. The association of both dimensions with job satisfaction was theoretically convergent, and the gender of the teachers slightly moderated this relationship. The reliability was adequate for group research. Finally, the instrument can be useful in the organizational context of teachers who telework.