IntroductionRisk perception of COVID-19 is potentially a significant determinant of the pandemic evolution and the public’s response to it. Acceptable levels of risk perception can be considered good for people to effectively fight the pandemic and adopt preventive health behaviors while high levels of risk perception may be damaging. Recently, Yıldırım&Güler (2020) developed the Covid-19 Perceived Risk Scale (C19PRS) to measure this construct.ObjectivesTo analyze the psychometric properties of the C19PRS Portuguese version, namely construct validity, internal consistency and convergent validity.MethodsA community sample of 234 adults (75.6% women; mean age= 29.53±12.51; range:16-71) completed an on-line survey with the Portuguese versions of the CPRS and the Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S; Cabaços et al. 2020). The total sample was randomly divided in two sub-samples: sample A (n=117) was used to perform an exploratory factor analysis/EFA; sample B (n=117) to make a confirmatory factor analysis/CFA.ResultsEFA resulted in three components. CFA revealed that the second-order model with three factors presented good fit indexes (X2/df=1.471; CFI=.959; GFI=.948; TLI=.932; p[RMSEA≤.01]=.065). CPRS Cronbach alphas was α=.687; for F1 Worry, F2 Susceptibility to Covid-19 and F3 Susceptibility to Overall Morbimortality were α=.747, α=.813 and α=.543, respectively. The total and dimensional scores significantly correlated with FCV-19S (r>.30, p<.01).ConclusionsThis study provides evidence for the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of CPRS, which will be used in an ongoing research project on the relationship between Covid-19 perceived risk, perfectionism, cognitive processes and adherence to public health measures to contain the pandemic.

Introduction More than in other conditions, fear is associated with infectious diseases, and is directly associated with its transmission rate, morbidity and mortality. High levels of fear can affect the individual’s ability to think clearly, react proportionately and make rational decisions in the context of COVID-19. Recently, Mertens et al. (2020) developed the Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S) to measure this construct.ObjectivesTo analyse the psychometric properties of the FCV-19S Portuguese version, namely construct validity, internal consistency and convergent validity.Methods A community sample of 234 adults (75.6% women; mean age= 29.53±12.51; range:16-71) completed an on-line survey with the Portuguese versions of the FCV-19S, the Covid-19 Perceived Risk Scale (CPRS) and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21).The total sample was randomly divided in two sub-samples: sample A (n=117) was used to perform an exploratory factor analysis/EFA; sample B (n=117) to make a confirmatory factor analysis/CFA.Results EFA resulted in one component. CFA revealed that the unifactorial model presented acceptable fit indexes (X2/df=3.291; CFI=.977; GFI=.932; TLI=.919; p[RMSEA≤.01]=.091). Cronbach alpha was α=.855. The total score significantly correlated with Covid-19 Perceived Risk (r=.529, p<.01) and with anxiety from DASS-21 (r=.132, p<.05).ConclusionsThis study provides preliminary evidence for the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of FCV-19S, which will be used in an ongoing research project on the relationship between fear of Covid-19, personality, cognitive processes and adherence to public health measures to contain the pandemic.

La estructura y funcionamiento del sistema agroalimentario hegemónico plantean importantes desafíos a la agricultura familiar, la que –al verse excluida de los parámetros de la agroindustria– va (re)construyendo alternativas que le permitan diferenciarse de las lógicas de producción y distribución dominantes. Estas alternativas buscan recuperar la autonomía y soberanía perdidas, para lo cual campesinos y campesinas emprenderían una transición hacia sistemas productivos y de comercialización que pongan en valor los conocimientos y capacidades locales. Con ello se resignifica la importancia social y cultural que acompaña a la práctica agrícola. Como parte de esta transición se reconfigurarían formas de hacer y pensar que –desde su divergencia– son capaces de reapropiarse de técnicas y saberes que históricamente han resultado sustentables y armónicos con el territorio. La investigación se desarrolló bajo un diseño mixto exploratorio secuencial, con prevalencia del enfoque cualitativo, empleando el censo y la entrevista como técnicas de recolección de información. Se buscaba, mediante un estudio descriptivo, comprender y analizar los procesos productivos y de organización que subyacen en la feria como estrategia de comercialización de experiencias orgánicas y/o agroecológicas. La zona estudiada fue la comuna de Valparaíso, Chile. Los principales hallazgos revelaron que la emergencia de estas experiencias, en el marco de profundos procesos de exclusión y fragmentación socioeconómicos, podría interpretarse como pequeños brotes de resistencia. Estos reflejarían la búsqueda de lógicas basadas en principios de cooperación y reciprocidad, reconfigurando las relaciones que se establecen con la naturaleza y recreando un vínculo con el consumidor, que va más allá de lo económico. Desde esa consideración, el espacio ferial trasciende su función económica y representaría un lugar de encuentro social y cultural, que visibiliza y reivindica los saberes y prácticas de la agricultura familiar.

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