Elisabeth Torras – Scientific evidence platform

“If latent factor means are to be meaningfully compared, the measurement structures of the latent factor and their survey items should be stable, that is “invariant.”

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Adolf, J., Schuurman, N. K., Borkenau, P., Borsboom, D., & Dolan, C. V. (2014). Measurement invariance within and between individuals: A distinct problem in testing the equivalence [...]

January 28, 2022 Elisabeth Torras no comments

Colours have no gender

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES: Karniol, R. (2011). The color of children’s gender stereotypes. Sex roles, 65(1), 119-132. Pomerleau, A., Bolduc, D., Malcuit, G., & Cossette, L. (1990). Pink or blue: Environmental [...]

July 14, 2021 Elisabeth Torras 5 comments

Gender equality is a Western creation that has permeated other cultures

COMMENT: Amartya Sen, Nobel Economy prize laureate and now “Princesa de Asturias” laureate in Social Sciences, argues in his book “The Argumentative Indian” that such statement emerges from Western [...]

May 26, 2021 Elisabeth Torras no comments

Love tales do not create violence

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: López de Aguileta, G., Torras-Gómez, E., García-Carrión, R., & Flecha, R. (2020). The emergence of the language of desire toward nonviolent relationships during the dialogic literary gatherings. Language [...]

November 29, 2020 Elisabeth Torras 6 comments

Gender equality plans accelerate progress towards gender equality in research

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj.m3975?ijkey=puv8BSO/1KmDc&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals IDEAS: COMMENT: Analysis of Athena SWAN gender equality plans suggests positive impact of linking Horizon Europe to gender equality plans Error happened. [...]

November 10, 2020 Elisabeth Torras no comments

In any fight against male violence there are men and women in favor of the harasser and women and men in favor of the victim

IMAGE: COMMENT: Is there evidence about this? Error happened. [...]

October 30, 2020 Elisabeth Torras no comments

Sexual freedom does not depend on whether the couple is stable or sporadic, but on whether being in it was freely chosen, without coercion

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE: Flecha, R., Tomás, G., & Vidu, A. (2020). Contributions from psychology to effectively use, and achieving sexual consent. Frontiers in psychology, 11. IMAGE: COMMENT: Sexual freedom does not depend [...]

October 17, 2020 Elisabeth Torras 2 comments