Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
efectos actor (del modelo)
English translation:
actor effect
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William Pairman
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efectos actor (del modelo)
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From an academic paper looking into acculturative stress in immigrant couples. This section is evaluating the results of the study
Las trayectorias de los efectos actor del modelo son mayoritariamente significativas, a excepción de la trayectoria directa entre el estrés y el bienestar de la mujer. Las trayectorias significativas de los efectos pareja son las que vinculan el estrés del varón tanto con la negociación positiva de la mujer, como con el bienestar de la mujer. El análisis de las trayectorias nos indica que el estrés del varón tiene un efecto negativo directo en el nivel de negociación positiva propio y de la pareja, así como en el bienestar propio y de la pareja.
My wife is a (Spanish) psychologist, and she doesn't understand the expression beyond "actor" meaning "most important" - "The evolution of the most important effects of the model are generally significant"
Are we missing something?
Las trayectorias de los efectos actor del modelo son mayoritariamente significativas, a excepción de la trayectoria directa entre el estrés y el bienestar de la mujer. Las trayectorias significativas de los efectos pareja son las que vinculan el estrés del varón tanto con la negociación positiva de la mujer, como con el bienestar de la mujer. El análisis de las trayectorias nos indica que el estrés del varón tiene un efecto negativo directo en el nivel de negociación positiva propio y de la pareja, así como en el bienestar propio y de la pareja.
My wife is a (Spanish) psychologist, and she doesn't understand the expression beyond "actor" meaning "most important" - "The evolution of the most important effects of the model are generally significant"
Are we missing something?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | actor effect |
Charles Davis
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| 3 | actor effects |
Simon Bruni
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| 1 | (model's) effects on the individual |
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
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Proposed translations
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actor effect
(effects in your context).
I don't know whether the Spanish term is a calque of the English, but "actor effect", as opposed to "partner effect" (efectos pareja a couple of lines later in your model) does seem to be an established term in psychology. Here is an article about it:
"The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model: A model of bidirectional effects in developmental studies"
William L. Cook & David A. Kenny
[...] The two most central components of the APIM are the actor effects and the partner effects. In longitudinal terms, an actor effect measures how much a person’s current behaviour is predicted by his or her own past behaviour" (p. 2, col. 2)
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rlbrown3/web/dyad/Cookandkenny.p...
Other references to "actor effects" can be found in a number of places.
I don't know whether the Spanish term is a calque of the English, but "actor effect", as opposed to "partner effect" (efectos pareja a couple of lines later in your model) does seem to be an established term in psychology. Here is an article about it:
"The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model: A model of bidirectional effects in developmental studies"
William L. Cook & David A. Kenny
[...] The two most central components of the APIM are the actor effects and the partner effects. In longitudinal terms, an actor effect measures how much a person’s current behaviour is predicted by his or her own past behaviour" (p. 2, col. 2)
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rlbrown3/web/dyad/Cookandkenny.p...
Other references to "actor effects" can be found in a number of places.
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(model's) effects on the individual
I think the contrast is between "efectos actor" and (further down) "efectos pareja", that is between "effects on the individual as an agent or as an individual in the acculturation model as opposed to those on the couple".
However, I confess I am not wholly sure about this reading. Good luck!
However, I confess I am not wholly sure about this reading. Good luck!
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actor effects
I think this is a psychological concept, derived from the "actor-observer effect". It refers to the difference between people's perception of behaviour depending on whether the behaviour is theirs (the actor) or the behaviour is someone else's (as the observer). People have a tendency to attribute their own behaviour to outside influences, while attributing others' behaviour to their predispositions.
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