{"id":153332,"date":"2026-10-09T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/?p=153332"},"modified":"2026-10-10T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:07:35","slug":"new-article-pb-space-for-analysing-the-position-of-personal-constructs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/new-article-pb-space-for-analysing-the-position-of-personal-constructs\/","title":{"rendered":"New article: PB Space for analysing the position of personal constructs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/237\/2026\/10\/pb-space.png\" alt=\"Conceptual illustration of presence and implication balance on two axes\" style=\"width:100%;max-height:420px;object-fit:cover\"><\/figure><p>Alejandro Sanfeliciano, Luis \u00c1ngel Sa\u00fal, Carlos Hurtado-Mart\u00ednez and Luis Botella introduce PB Space in Axioms, a mathematical framework for analysing the centrality of personal constructs represented through fuzzy cognitive maps.<\/p>\n<p>The model considers two complementary dimensions. Presence describes a construct\u2019s overall connectivity within the network. Implication balance captures the difference between the influences it exerts and those it receives.<\/p>\n<p>This representation helps examine different positions within a meaning system and explore the relationships people anticipate when considering change. Two highly connected constructs may play different roles depending on the direction of their influences.<\/p>\n<p>The paper extends the mathematical tools associated with WimpGrid and provides a framework for research on personal meaning systems. Psychological interpretation must consider the content and context of each individual case.<\/p><p class=\"ref\">Sanfeliciano, A., Sa\u00fal, L. A., Hurtado-Mart\u00ednez, C., &amp; Botella, L. (2025). PB Space: A Mathematical Framework for Modeling Presence and Implication Balance in Psychological Change Through Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. Axioms, 14(9), 650.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/axioms14090650\">Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PB Space combines presence and implication balance to examine each construct\u2019s role within a personal meaning network.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/new-article-pb-space-for-analysing-the-position-of-personal-constructs\/\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7313,"featured_media":153346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153485,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153332\/revisions\/153485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gicuned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}