Actualidades en Psicología
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description: Actualidades en Psicología (AP) is an official publication of the University of Costa Rica sponsored by the Psychological Research Institute (IIP, for its initials in Spanish), an entity belonging to the same university. Its objective is to promote scientific production in all fields of psychological science and associated fields, which is achieved via the publication of original and unpublished articles that present results of empirical research, mixed studies, methodological contributions, narrative states of the art, meta-analyses and literature reviews. This freely accessible journal is aimed primarily at students and professionals in the area of psychology and related sciences. The journal publishes in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The journal has been published continuously since 2018; i.e., article are published one at the time until the complete issue is compiled (issue closings are held in June and December). The journal’s call for papers is likewise open and permanent; thus, authors are welcome to submit their manuscripts throughout the year. The submissions should reflect the guidance provided under “Authors Guidelines.” Submission, revision and processing of manuscripts is free of charge. The journal is interested in original research contributions to the psychological sciences, which must respect and adhere to the highest ethical and scientific rules. Current Trends in Psychology seeks to encourage scientific investigation, to promote the discussion of relevant ideas for psychological sciences, and to disseminate professional and academic information relevant to the discipline. The journal currently ranks high in the UCRIndex. Furthermore, it is indexed in: PsycINFO , la base de datos de la Asociación Americana de Psicología SCIELO , Biblioteca Científica Electrónica en Línea-Brasil REDALYC , red de revistas para América Latina, el Caribe, Portugal y España PEPSIC , Revistas Electrónicas de Psicología – Brasil DIALNET , base de datos de revistas espa…
publisher: Universidad de Costa Rica
language: en
publication name: Actualidades en Psicología
issn: 0258-6444
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items: Brief Aphasia Assessment Protocol (PEBA) for patients with acute stroke: clinical validation and argentine normative data
items: Bifactorial structure of Locus of Control cross-culturally invariant across Spain, Chile and United Kingdom
items: Do not Be Afraid of Missing Data: Modern Approaches to Handle Missing Information
items: Purpose in life and positive experience in enjoyment activities in adolescents of Buenos Aires
items: Psychosocial determinants of suicidal ideation in adolescents
items: Positions and Changes on Science and Religion in Humanities Students
items: Effective Personality and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Emotion Regulation in Undergraduates
items: What do Chilean and Costa Rican psychologists believe and advise about parenting?
items: Relationship Between Father And Children After Divorce: Integrative Literature Review
items: Negotiated Conjugality: Elements for Understanding the Meaning that Couples Attribute to Money
items: Validation of a Scale of Perfectionism in Peruvian Children
items: Reviewers
items: Influence of Anomie and Organizational Commitment on the Turnover Intention in Organizations
items: Cannabis use: craving and the relationship with anxiety, stress and depression
items: Predictors of Acute Posttraumatic Symptoms and Post-Stress Growth After a Recent Work Accident
items: The Role of Parental Attachment and Emotional Regulation on Schematic Investment in Appearance in Young Adults
items: How is a best friend? Friendship’s characteristics in Argentine children
items: Differences between men and women regarding psychological meaning of sexual socialization practices among siblings
items: Racial quotas: a study about university student’s and non-university’s social representations
items: Impulsiveness and Aggressiveness in Police Cadets
items: Influence of Sociodemographic Variables on Anxiety and Academic Achievement in Adolescence: The Pluricultural Context of Ceuta
items: Psychometric Evidence of Factorial Structure of Ambivalent Sexism in Brazilian Psychologists
items: Predictors of Professional Identity in Psychology Students: a Path Analysis Study
items: Psychological Interventions in Anxiety Treatment in People with Breast Cancer: a Meta-Analysis
items: Differential Analysis of Emotional Work Wear in Geriatric Socio-health Care Professionals
items: Coparentality and Parental Involvement in Binuclear Families: Systematic Literature Review
items: Methodological Aspects of Dream Intervention Modes Referred to in Pass Testimonies from Lacanian Schools Affiliated with the WAP and the SPFLF

Brief Aphasia Assessment Protocol (PEBA) for patients with acute stroke: clinical validation and argentine normative data
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description: Objective. To validate and present normative data for the Brief Aphasia Assessment Protocol (PEBA). The PEBA is a bedside Spanish-language screening tool for language assessment, designed for use in hospitalized patients during the acute phase, and developed within a cognitive neuropsychology framework. Method. A total of 23 patients with aphasia (left-sided stroke) and 177 individuals without brain injury (CG) were evaluated. Performance comparisons, clinical validity studies, reliability analysis, and the development of normative data for the Argentine population were conducted. Results. The CG showed near-ceiling performance, except in Writing, where an effect of educational level was observed. Patients performed significantly worse compared to the CG. Acceptable reliability indicators were obtained. Normative data were stratified by educational level. The PEBA is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of patients in the acute poststroke phase. Future studies with larger patient samples will be essential to confirm these findings and further support the use of the test.
subject: Articles
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subject: Language assessment
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subject: screening test
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subject: aphasia
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subject: stroke
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subject: hospitalization
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creator: Micaela Difalcis
creator: Florentina Morello-Garcia
creator: Samanta Leiva
creator: Magalí Guilarducci
creator: Natalia Florencia Macchia
creator: Aldo Ferreres
creator: Andrea Micciull
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2026-05-28
publication date: 2026-05-28
starting page: 130
ending page: 148
doi: 10.15517/ap.v40i140.62212

Bifactorial structure of Locus of Control cross-culturally invariant across Spain, Chile and United Kingdom
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description: Locus of control (LOC) is an often studied variable owing to the important role it plays in different contexts. Nonetheless, there is no unanimous agreement about how many dimensions make up the factorial structure of the locus of control. The goal of this research was to add new evidence of cross cultural validity in relation to the bifactorial invariance of the LOC. The test was given to a total of 1,781 participants from Spain (697), Chile (890) and The United Kingdom (194). The study of the factorial invariance between the groups was carried out using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis models for ordered-categorical data. The progressive evaluation of factorial invariance confirms that factor loadings, thresholds and error variances are invariant across groups. Relevant cross-cultural differences in LOC between Spain, Chile, and United Kingdom were not found (PS < .50).
subject: Articles
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subject: Locus of control
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subject: cross-cultural validity
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subject: factorial invariance
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subject: Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis
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subject: ordered-categorical data.
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creator: Javier Suárez-Álvarez
creator: Eduardo García-Cueto
creator: Ignacio Pedrosa
creator: José Muñiz
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2015-11-13
publication date: 2015-11-13
starting page: 103
ending page: 113
doi: 10.15517/ap.v29i119.18494

Do not Be Afraid of Missing Data: Modern Approaches to Handle Missing Information
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description: Most of the social and educational data have missing observations due to either attrition or nonresponse. Missing data methodology has improved dramatically in recent years, and popular computer programs as well as software now offer a variety of sophisticated options. Despite the widespread availability of theoretically justified methods, many researchers still rely on old imputation techniques that can create biased analysis. This article provides conceptual introductions to the patterns of missing data. In line with that, this article introduces how to handle and analyze the missing information based on modern mechanisms of full-information maximum likelihood (FIML) and multiple imputation (MI). An introduction about planned missing designs is also included and new computational tools like Quark function, and semTools package are also mentioned. The authors hope that this paper encourages researchers to implement modern methods for analyzing missing data.
subject: Articles
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subject: missing data
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subject: maximum likelihood estimation
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subject: full-information maximum likelihoo
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subject: multiple imputation
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subject: planned missingness
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subject: psychometrics.
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creator: Esteban Montenegro-Montenegro
creator: Youngha Oh
creator: Steven Chesnut
rights: Copyright (c) 2015 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2015-11-13
publication date: 2015-11-13
starting page: 29
ending page: 42
doi: 10.15517/ap.v29i119.18812

Purpose in life and positive experience in enjoyment activities in adolescents of Buenos Aires
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description: Objective. To test a predictive model of finding Purpose in life (PL) from the experiences of enjoyment, personal fulfillment and self-concept clarity. Method. Participants were 511 adolescents (13 to 19 years old and of both sexes) attending schools in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. Self-report questionnaires were used to measure the variables studied. A Structural Equation Model was performed using the Generalized Least Squares estimation method. Results. Positive affect and involvement in the favorite activity have an indirect effect on PL, mediated by personal fulfillment. On the other hand, self-concept clarity and the sense of personal fulfillment have a direct effect on PL. Based on these results, it is possible to highlight the importance of promoting experiences of enjoyment and the possibilities of personal fulfillment in the activities carried out by adolescents.
subject: Articles
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subject: Purpose in life
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subject: enjoyment
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subject: personal fulfillment
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subject: identity
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subject: adolescence
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creator: María Fernanda Molina
creator: Ignacio Celsi
creator: Vanina Schmidt
rights: Copyright (c) 2023 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2023-07-13
publication date: 2023-07-13
starting page: 1
ending page: 14
doi: 10.15517/ap.v37i135.50767

Psychosocial determinants of suicidal ideation in adolescents
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description: Objective. Explore the level of suicidal ideation and identify predictive factors in adolescents attending school in a state on the northern border of Mexico. Method. A predictive cross-sectional non-experimental design was used, with a non-probabilistic sample of 2246 public school students. The sample consisted of 51.9% women and 48.1% men, with an average age of 14.7 years. A sociodemographic data questionnaire, the CES-D scale to measure depressive symptoms, the Family Environment scale, and an ad hoc questionnaire to measure suicidal ideation and the perception of insecurity in the neighborhood were applied. Results. Show a high level of suicidal ideation, as well as moderate to large differences in the study variables, between young people with and without suicidal ideation. The main predictors were depressive symptoms, negative family environment and gender.
subject: Articles
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subject: suicide
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subject: family
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subject: mental health
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subject: adolescent
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creator: Anel Hortensia Gómez San Luis
creator: Ariagor Manuel Almanza Avendaño
creator: Armando Anuar Figueroa Estrada
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2026-05-14
publication date: 2026-05-14
starting page: 109
ending page: 128
doi: 10.15517/ap.v40i140.60921

Positions and Changes on Science and Religion in Humanities Students
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description: Objective. To analyze the influence of religious beliefs in students’ lives and to document changes from the beginning to the end of their first year. Method. 364 new students were surveyed to know how their beliefs changed during their first year at the university. Both ethical aspects as well as integrity or coherence of their beliefs were examined. Results. This group was found to give greater importance to religion (spirituality) than expected. A tendency towards spirituality without religion was also verified. The data suggests that the group did not improve their ethical clarity; instead, they got confused or became more pragmatic. Lastly, an important degree of fragmentation was apparent: a lack of coherence between religious beliefs and actual behavior or opinions in their daily lives.
subject: Articles
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subject: religiosity
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subject: ethics
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subject: integrity
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subject: spirituality
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subject: faith and science
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subject: youth
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creator: Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas
creator: Javier Tapia Balladares
creator: Carlos Tenorio Mora
creator: Priscilla Portuguez Molina
creator: Armel Brizuela Rodríguez
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2026-04-23
publication date: 2026-04-23
starting page: 78
ending page: 108
doi: 10.15517/ap.v40i140.63476

Effective Personality and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Emotion Regulation in Undergraduates
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description: Objective. This study aimed to determine at which measure factors of effective personality (self-esteem, academic self-achievement, social self-achievement and problem-solving self-efficacy), and those of perceived emotional intelligence (emotional attention, clarity and repair) predict dimensions of emotion regulation (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression). Method. Participants were 202 undergraduates from Lima, Peru (female = 79.7%), aged 18-35, who completed the Effective Personality Questionnaire, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale 24 and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Results. The models of regression for each factor of emotion regulation were statistically significant, and their effect sizes were moderate and low for cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, respectively. Emotional repair positively predicted cognitive reappraisal (β = .53, p < .001) and expressive suppression (β = .28, p < .001); whereas self-esteem (β = -.19, p < .01), social self-achievement (β = -.29, p < .001) and emotion attention (β = -.30, p < .001) negatively predicted expressive suppression. Results indicate that expressive suppression could be working for, among other, purposes such as avoiding emotional experience and social rejection situations, and that emotion repair comprises facets both of cognitive reappraisal and of expressive suppression.
subject: Articles
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subject: Self-esteem
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subject: self-efficacy
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subject: emotional intelligence
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subject: emotion regulation
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subject: undergraduate students
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creator: Roberto Bueno-Cuadra
creator: Edmundo Hervias-Guerra
creator: Dennis López-Odar
creator: Elizabeth Dany Araujo-Robles
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Roberto Bueno-Cuadra, Edmundo Hervias-Guerra, Dennis López-Odar , Elizabeth Dany Araujo-Robles (Autor/a) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2026-03-26
publication date: 2026-03-26
starting page: 61
ending page: 77
doi: 10.15517/ap.v40i140.61974

What do Chilean and Costa Rican psychologists believe and advise about parenting?
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description: This research investigates the subjective theories of 12 Chilean and Costa Rican psychologists who work with children, with the purpose of describing and interpreting their explanations about child rearing. Episodic interviews were used and analyzed using a Grounded Theory model. The interviewees point out that they use their own experience and beliefs when advising parents. Results indicated that, according to the interviewees, the topics most frequently consulted by parents were children’s high impulsivity and disciplining. The interviewees believe the most common parenting styles are the authoritarian and the permissive ones, the latter being associated with parents’ fear and anxiety.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Subjective theories
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subject: child-rearing
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subject: psychologist
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subject: parenting
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subject: Chile
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subject: Costa Rica.
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creator: Pablo Javier Castro Carrasco
creator: Paz Belén Alaniz Flores
creator: Daniela Marisol Carmona Cortés
creator: Tatiana Paulina Pizarro Rojas
creator: Camila Monserrat Soto Fernández
creator: Delia Tamara Fuster Barahona
rights: Copyright (c) 2017 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2017-11-06
publication date: 2017-11-06
starting page: 43
ending page: 60
doi: 10.15517/ap.v31i123.28393

Relationship Between Father And Children After Divorce: Integrative Literature Review
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description: The continuity of the relationship between the father and the children after the divorce favors the development of the child and the family. This study aimed to present an integrative review of empirical research literature on the relationship between fathers and children after divorce/marital separation. The results suggests that: there are factors that favor and factors that hinder the relationship between fathers and children after divorce; this relationship exerts influence on the development of children and adolescents; separated-father parenting is marked by specific characteristics; and psychological interventions with divorced fathers are indicated to improve the functioning of binuclear families. This subject is highly relevant for the training of professionals in the health, education and legal fields, since it is a multifaceted phenomenon, complex and relevant for the development of children and family.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Paternal involvement
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subject: father
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subject: divorce
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subject: marital separation
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subject: father-child relationships
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creator: Joyce Lúcia Abreu Pereira Oliveira
creator: Maria Aparecida Crepaldi
rights: Copyright (c) 2018 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2018-05-31
publication date: 2018-05-31
starting page: 91
ending page: 109
doi: 10.15517/ap.v32i124.29021

Negotiated Conjugality: Elements for Understanding the Meaning that Couples Attribute to Money
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description: Recent socioeconomic transformations have altered marital relationships, creating new models and requiring new skills to adjust affective relationships. Thus money management emerges as a basic aspect of understanding marital relationships. The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning that spouses attribute to money and its implications in the conjugal dynamics. For this, an exploratory qualitative study was carried out with five middle-class couples. The information collected was submitted to content analysis, and it showed that the meaning attributed to the money by the couples interviewed is intrinsically related to the model seized in their families of origin, causing conflicts to arise and requiring a negotiation exercise to preserve married life.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Family of origin
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subject: marital conflict
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subject: finance
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creator: Cláudia Maria Bosetto Cenci
creator: Jandir Pauli
creator: Patrícia Daiane Folle
rights: Copyright (c) 2018 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2018-05-31
publication date: 2018-05-31
starting page: 75
ending page: 90
doi: 10.15517/ap.v32i124.28392

Validation of a Scale of Perfectionism in Peruvian Children
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description: This article discusses the validation of the Oros’ Child Perfectionism Scale (EPI) in a Peruvian child population. A total of 1084 children aged 7 to 12 years (M = 9.75, SD = 1.23) from seven private and public educational institutions participated. Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed an oblique two-dimensional scale (Reaction to failure and Self-orders); however, three items had a load <. 30. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis corroborated the bidimensional oblique structure with the exception of correlated errors. Reliability was estimated using the Omega coefficient (ω = .810). It is concluded that the EPI has evidence of validity and reliability of the scores.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Perfeccionismo
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subject: niños
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subject: validación
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subject: fiabilidad
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creator: José Ventura-León
creator: Stefani Jara-Avalos
creator: Carmen Garcia-Pajuelo
creator: Carlos Ortiz-Saenz
rights: Copyright (c) 2018 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2018-05-03
publication date: 2018-05-03
starting page: 15
ending page: 32
doi: 10.15517/ap.v32i124.30385

Reviewers
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subject: Reviewers
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creator: Actualidades Psicología
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Actualidades Psicología (Author) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2018-08-20
publication date: 2018-08-20
doi: 10.15517/et598x96

Influence of Anomie and Organizational Commitment on the Turnover Intention in Organizations
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description: The current context of organizations is of great competition in a market increasingly marked by change. For companies to remain competitive in such a scenario, they must invest in recruitment, selection, and training; as well as create strategies to retain their talents. The present study attempts to test an explanatory model of turnover intention with organizational anomia and organizational commitment as predictors. A total of 325 workers from different organizations participated in the study. Participants responded to validated instruments to measure study variables. The answers were subjected to Structural Equation Modeling. The results showed that anomie exerts a negative influence on commitment and a positive one on intention to leave the company.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: calculative commitment
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subject: normative commitment
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subject: Organizational anomie
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subject: organizational commitment
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subject: turnover intention
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creator: Eliane Abreu
creator: Marcos Aguiar de Souza
creator: Luis Felipe de Oliveira Fleury
rights: Copyright (c) 2018 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2018-10-01
publication date: 2018-10-01
starting page: 51
ending page: 69
doi: 10.15517/ap.v32i125.30341

Cannabis use: craving and the relationship with anxiety, stress and depression
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description: Cannabis is the most used illicit substance in Portugal and is the one, which presents, on average, an earlier onset of consumption. Craving is considered one of the fundamental factors linked to the cannabis use, associating anxiety, stress and depression. The sample consisted of 143 individuals from the northern area of the country and the data was gathered through two online questionnaires (DASS-21 and the MCQ-SF). The obtained results allow us to conclude that emotionality, purposefulness and compulsivity are positively associated with the level of craving and, combined, as well to stress and depression. The number of years of consumption presents a significant effect in anxiety, with a medium effect size.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: cannabis
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subject: craving
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subject: anxiety
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subject: stress
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subject: depression
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creator: José Vasconcelos-Raposo
creator: Sérgio Couto
creator: Nilton Formiga
creator: Carla M. Teixeira
rights: Copyright (c) 2018 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2018-08-20
publication date: 2018-08-20
starting page: 1
ending page: 18
doi: 10.15517/p.v32i125.28380

Reviewers
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description: David Jimenez Rodriguez, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, México Horacio García, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Fabiola Gonzalez-Betanzos, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México Eugenia Razumiejczyk, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina José Arana, Universidad de Salamanca, España Ludgleydson Fernandes de Araújo, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brasil Rebecca Lemos Igreja, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil Josefa Ruiz Romero, Universidad de Granada, España Laura Torres Velázquez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Gloriana Rodríguez Arauz, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Mónica Roncancio, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia Ana Betina Lacunza, Universidad Católica de Salta, Argentina José Rondón Bernard, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela Graciela Ordoñez, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Sonia Romero Espino, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, España Inês Carvalho Relva, University of Trás-os-Montes and alto Douro, Portugal Márcia Jager, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Brasil María Londoño Londoño, Centro de Investigación en Comportamiento Organizacional, Colombia Maribel Giraldo Isaza, Centro de Investigación en Comportamiento Organizacional, Colombia
subject: Reviewers
  topic: section
creator: Actualidades Psicología
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Actualidades Psicología (Author) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-05-31
publication date: 2019-05-31
doi: 10.15517/w9jgwc28

Predictors of Acute Posttraumatic Symptoms and Post-Stress Growth After a Recent Work Accident
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description: The aim of this study is to evaluate a predictive model of acute posttraumatic symptomatology (PTS) and post-stress growth (PSG) in workers who suffered a recent work accident. To this end, 246 workers (23.2% women) were surveyed, aged between 18 and 73 years. The main predictors of PTS were subjective severity of event, negative religious coping, positive reinterpretation, and intrusive, brooding and deliberate rumination. At the same time, the main predictors of PSG were deliberate rumination and positive religious coping. A path analysis was performed to evaluate a model in which intrusive and deliberate rumination fulfill a mediating function, obtaining adequate goodness-of-fix indices. The need to have a method of early evaluation of psychological responses after an accident is proposed.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Occupational health
  topic: keywords
subject: posttraumatic growth
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subject: acute stress disorder
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subject: posttraumatic stress disorder
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subject: psycho-social risk
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creator: Felipe E. García
creator: Francisca Miranda Hermosilla
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-05-09
publication date: 2019-05-09
starting page: 117
ending page: 135
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.32680

The Role of Parental Attachment and Emotional Regulation on Schematic Investment in Appearance in Young Adults
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description: The affective bonds that are established in childhood can have effects on the emotional development of young people. The secure attachment can potentiate the ability of emotional regulation, provide a more positive image of yourself and, therefore, adjusted investment behaviors in appearance. This study aims to analyze the role of parental attachment and the emotional regulation in the schematic investment in appearance. Self-report instruments were used on a sample that consisted of 948 young adults (18 and 30 years) of both genders. The study highlighted the significant role that the quality of parental attachment and emotional regulation take in developing an investment adjusted in appearance. The results showed the positive mediator effect of difficulties in emotional regulation between the inhibition of exploration and individuality mother and the self-evaluative salience.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Parental attachment
  topic: keywords
subject: schematic investment in appearance
  topic: keywords
subject: emotional regulation
  topic: keywords
subject: young adults
  topic: keywords
subject: mediation
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creator: Patrícia da Costa Claro
creator: Catarina Pinheiro Mota
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-05-09
publication date: 2019-05-09
starting page: 97
ending page: 116
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.32497

How is a best friend? Friendship’s characteristics in Argentine children
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description: The aims were to inquire the concept of best friend in school children and to explore the best friend concept as a protective factor against situations of mistreatment between peers. A qualitative methodology was chosen and focus groups made. The sample was made up of 85 schoolchildren, from 4th to 7th grade (M = 10.68, SD = 1.34). The analysis was carried out via constant comparative method. The emergent categories were: companionship, conflicts, fraternity, fidelity, trust, help, positive emotions and moral aspects, manifestations of violence and search for dialogue with the aggressor, affective containment towards the victim and recourse for teacher support. Different conceptualizations are interpreted considering cognitive and socioemotional development. Friendship is a psychosocial resource to cushion the effects of rejection and foster socioemotional development.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Friendship
  topic: keywords
subject: childhood
  topic: keywords
subject: best friend
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subject: socioemotional development
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creator: Carolina Greco
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-01-24
publication date: 2019-01-24
starting page: 69
ending page: 82
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.31633

Differences between men and women regarding psychological meaning of sexual socialization practices among siblings
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description: Objective: to describe the psychological meaning of diverse of fraternal sexual socialization practices within a group of college students and determine whether there are significant differences among genders. Methods: cross-sectional study, non-probabilistic sample method (n = 214 college students) and the Modified Natural Semantic Networks were all used in order to analyze the psychological meaning of different practices of fraternal sexual socialization. Results: female participants were found to refer practices and meanings centered on an affective role, while men were centered on an instrumental role; however, there is a broad spectrum of socialization tactics shared by both men and women. Conclusion: gender and culture play a role in the fraternal sexual socialization practices that should be taken into account.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: relationship
  topic: keywords
subject: Sexuality
  topic: keywords
subject: gender
  topic: keywords
subject: family
  topic: keywords
subject: siblings
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creator: David Javier Enríquez Negrete
creator: Ricardo Sánchez Medina
creator: Blanca Delia Arias García
creator: Silvia Susana Robles Montijo
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-01-24
publication date: 2019-01-24
starting page: 51
ending page: 68
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.31841

Racial quotas: a study about university student’s and non-university’s social representations
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description: This work aimed at analyzing the positioning of students and non-students about racial quotas in the Brazilian public universities and the justifications for that positioning. We also investigated the levels of prejudice existing among the participants and the relationship between their skin color and their positions about those quotas. The participants were 83 students and 63 non-students. The results showed that non-students perceive themselves as more prejudiced and 74% of the them were favorable to the quotas, being the selfdeclared black those that indicated greater agreement. The lexical analysis showed that students anchor their positions in meritocratic principles, while non-students anchor on egalitarian principles, reflecting the way in which these groups symbolically construct the meaning of racial quotas based on their group memberships.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Prejuicio racial
  topic: keywords
subject: representaciones sociales
  topic: keywords
subject: cuotas raciales
  topic: keywords
creator: Elza Maria Techio
creator: Andreza Silene Silva Ferreira
creator: Hyalle Abreu
creator: Ana Raquel Rosas Torres
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-01-24
publication date: 2019-01-24
starting page: 33
ending page: 49
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.30982

Impulsiveness and Aggressiveness in Police Cadets
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description: The main objective was to inquire the levels of aggressiveness and impulsivity in Police Cadets of the San Luis, Argentina. The sample was intentional, not probabilistic, and consisted of 58 students (39 males and 19 females) attending the second and third year of a training institute. Two instruments were administered: The Aggressiveness Questionnaire (AQ) (Andreu-Rodríguez, Peña-Fernández & Graña-Gómez, 2002) and the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11) (Oquendo et al., 2001). The main conclusions make refer to high levels of Physical Aggression and Cognitive Impulsiveness. Women showed high scores on the Hostility sub-scale, while men had higher levels of Physical Aggression; the students of the last year of training exhibited elevated levels of Motor Impulsiveness, Verbal Aggression and Wrath. Finally, positive associations between the variables of Impulsivity and Aggressiveness to were corroborated.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Police cadets
  topic: keywords
subject: aggressiveness
  topic: keywords
subject: impulsiveness
  topic: keywords
creator: Horacio Daniel Garcia
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-01-24
publication date: 2019-01-24
starting page: 17
ending page: 31
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.32472

Influence of Sociodemographic Variables on Anxiety and Academic Achievement in Adolescence: The Pluricultural Context of Ceuta
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description: The main objective of this paper is to analyze the types and levels of Anxiety and Academic Achievement according to age, gender, culture and socioeconomic and cultural, as well as the relationships between both variables. We focused on 811 participants 71.6% of whom were Muslims and 28.4% Christian; 46.1% male and 53.9% female. The techniques used in this survey were the STAIC (Spielberger, 2001) as well as the students’ grades. The results reflect medium-low levels in Anxiety and medium levels in Achievement. Anxiety is influenced by age, gender, culture and status. Academic Achievement is influenced by age, culture and socioeconomic and cultural. There is no statistically significant relationship between Anxiety and Achievement, except in Mathematics, increasing as the Anxiety scores are lower.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: anxiety
  topic: keywords
subject: academic achievment
  topic: keywords
subject: diversity
  topic: keywords
subject: multicultural context
  topic: keywords
creator: Federico Pulido Acosta
creator: Francisco Herrera Clavero
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-01-24
publication date: 2019-01-24
starting page: 1
ending page: 16
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i126.32351

Reviewers
type: item
description: Ana R. Delgado, Universidad de Salamanca, España Ana Ventura, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina Beatriz Bonete López, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, España Cándido Inglés Saura, UNIVERSITAS Miguel Hernández, España Daniel Bartholomeu, Department of Educational Psychology, UNIFIEO, Brasil Esmeralda Valdivieso, University of Kansas, EEUU Ilena Seda Santana, Universidad Autónoma de México, México José Arana, Universidad de Salamanca, España José Saiz, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile Juan Muñoz Bandera, Universidad de Granada, España Marcela Barguil Gallardo, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Mario Baez-Estrada, Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile Mauricio Blanco Molina, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica Miguel Sánchez Hechavarría, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Cuba Miriam Angélica Moreno González, Universidad Veracruzana, México Priscilla Rodrigues Santana, Universidade Paulista, Brasil Rodolfo Bernal-Gamboa, Universidad Autónoma de México, México Tatiana Quarti Irigaray, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Tirso Badillo, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
subject: Reviewers
  topic: section
creator: Actualidades en Psicología
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Actualidades en Psicología (Author) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-12-30
publication date: 2019-12-30
doi: 10.15517/tdy4pn78

Psychometric Evidence of Factorial Structure of Ambivalent Sexism in Brazilian Psychologists
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description: A perspective to assess prejudice against women can be obtained through the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI). Ambivalent sexism consists of two forms of manifestation: hostile and benevolent. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the factorial structure of ambivalent sexism in a sample of Brazilian psychologists. In addition, ambivalent sexism was also evaluated in relation to age, time served and how much the professional identified with a list of psychology fields. A total of 497 psychologists, between the ages of 22 and 69 (M = 34.52; SD = 9.57) from all regions of the country responded to an online survey. In addition to descriptive statistical analysis, the confirmatory factor analysis was carried out using several quality indices to adjust the model to the data, and the associations were calculated with Pearson’s correlations. Results showed reliable psychometric scores for the bifactorial structure of ambivalent sexism (hostile and benevolent). Sexism was positively correlated with age and showed no correlations with time of occupation. As far as the identification with psychology fields, sexism was negatively correlated with Social and Community Psychology, and positively correlated with Psychological Evaluation, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurosciences, Sport Psychology, Traffic Psychology, Experimental Psychology and Organizational Psychology.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Prejudice
  topic: keywords
subject: discrimination
  topic: keywords
subject: gender stereotypes
  topic: keywords
subject: psychology
  topic: keywords
creator: Icaro Bonamigo Gaspodini
creator: Nilton Soares Formiga
creator: Denise Falcke
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-08-07
publication date: 2019-08-07
starting page: 21
ending page: 36
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i127.33205

Predictors of Professional Identity in Psychology Students: a Path Analysis Study
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description: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between professional identity, university student identity, academic self-efficacy, professional self-efficacy, credits taken and difficulty perceived in the career, in traditional and non-traditional psychology students. We used a cross-sectional design and a non-probabilistic sample of 136 psychology students from a public university in the north of Chile. Four scales and a sociodemographic survey were used. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and path analysis were performed. Results showed significant differences in the academic and professional self-efficacy grouped into traditional and non-traditional students and a model that predicts professional identity based on the variables of university student identity, academic self-efficacy, professional self-efficacy, credits taken and perceived difficulty in the career (R2= .24). Outcomes are discussed according to the existing literature.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Professional identity
  topic: keywords
subject: university student identity
  topic: keywords
subject: self-efficacy
  topic: keywords
subject: psychology student
  topic: keywords
subject: predictive model
  topic: keywords
creator: David J. Cuadra-Martínez
creator: Daniel I. Pérez-Zapata
creator: José S. Sandoval-Díaz
creator: Jorge Valdivia-Díaz
creator: Carla Palma-Flores
creator: Diego J. Mora-Dabancens
rights: Copyright (c) 2019 Actualidades en Psicología http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2019-07-01
publication date: 2019-07-01
starting page: 1
ending page: 19
doi: 10.15517/ap.v33i127.32860

Reviewers
type: item
description: Alejandra Stein, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Benjamín Reyes Fernández, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Cesar Núñez, Universidad de Medellín, Colombia David Torres, Universidad de Iberoamérica, Costa Rica Felipe Biasus, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil John Alejandro Sanín Posada, Centro de Investigación en Comportamiento Organizacional Cincel, Colombia Juan Pardo-Montero, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago, España Karen Tautiva Ochoa, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia Lucía Inmaculada Llinares-Insa, Universidad de Valencia, España Luis Manuel Lozano, Universidad de Granada, España Luis Valero Aguayo, Universidad de Málaga, España María Ángeles Pastor, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, España Marina Rezende Bazon, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil Mónica Roncancio, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia Nairan Ramirez-Esparza, University of Connecticut, EEUU Perla Trejo Ortiz, Universidad Politécnica de Zacatecas, México Rodrigo Ardiles Irarrázabal, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile Santiago Resett, Consejo Nacional De Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
subject: Reviewers
  topic: section
creator: Actualidades en Psicología
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Actualidades en Psicología (Author) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2020-06-28
publication date: 2020-06-28
doi: 10.15517/hzzamp38

Psychological Interventions in Anxiety Treatment in People with Breast Cancer: a Meta-Analysis
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description: Objective. This study aims to estimate the effect size of psychological interventions for anxiety treatment in people diagnosed with breast cancer. Method. A systematic review of online databases (Dialnet, Ebsco, Latindex, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley, SAGE, Scielo, and Google Scholar) was carried out, through which experimental and quasi-experimental articles relevant to the analysis were retrieved. From the selected articles, data were extracted regarding the participants, the treatments used, and pre and post test data from the groups for analysis. Results. Seventeen articles that met the inclusion criteria were used in the analysis. The overall effect size of the interventions was determined (g = -.459). Likewise, bias and continuous moderating variables analyses were performed.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Anxiety
  topic: keywords
subject: Breast cancer
  topic: keywords
subject: Psychological interventions
  topic: keywords
subject: Meta-Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Systematic review
  topic: keywords
creator: Susana María Zelaya-Rivas
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 Actualidades en Psicología (Current Trends in Psychology) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2020-06-15
publication date: 2020-06-15
starting page: 121
ending page: 141
doi: 10.15517/ap.v34i128.34857

Differential Analysis of Emotional Work Wear in Geriatric Socio-health Care Professionals
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description: Burnout syndrome has had a long history in the public arena of professionals dedicated to the care of the elderly. Objective. In this study, we aim to understand the influence of various socio-demographic variables on work-related wear of professionals in public residences. Method. The sample consists of 136 workers of both genders, aged between 18 and 60, who carry out direct care and psychosocial management tasks. The instruments applied were the burnout inventory by Maslach & Jackson (1986), and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) by Goldberg & Hillier (1979). Results. Our results point to the existence of differences by sex in emotional fatigue as well as in burnout in general; and by work seniority (specifically, in personal fulfillment; and in burnout in general). These results will reinforce the need to strengthen the resilience of interdisciplinary professional teams aimed at protecting the health of working people in terms of occupational risk prevention.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Burnout
  topic: keywords
subject: Sex
  topic: keywords
subject: Age
  topic: keywords
subject: Age in the profession
  topic: keywords
subject: Elderly care
  topic: keywords
creator: Carolina Bringas Molleda
creator: Javier Naveiras Fernández
creator: Francisco Javier Rodríguez Díaz
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 Carolina Bringas Molleda, Javier Naveiras Fernández, Francisco Javier Rodríguez Díaz http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2020-06-21
publication date: 2020-06-21
starting page: 143
ending page: 156
doi: 10.15517/ap.v34i128.36271

Coparentality and Parental Involvement in Binuclear Families: Systematic Literature Review
type: item
description: Objective. The objective of this systematic review was to understand how coparenting, parental involvement, and parenting practices influence the dynamics of binuclear families. Method. A search was carried out in the PsycINFO, Web of Science, and BVSPsi databases, which resulted in 17 scientific articles. The studies were analyzed critically concerning the methodological characteristics and the main results. Results. In general, it was observed that coparenting and parental involvement are associated with several factors that protect the psychological health of parents and children after divorce, in line with data found with intact/nuclear families. No research was found on parenting practices within the established search criteria. Possible biases and indications for future investigations and interventions with binuclear families are discussed.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Coparenting
  topic: keywords
subject: Parental Involvement
  topic: keywords
subject: Divorce
  topic: keywords
subject: Marital separation
  topic: keywords
creator: Fernanda Martins de Souza
creator: Milena Carolina Fiorini
creator: Maria Aparecida Crepaldi
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 Fernanda Martins de Souza, Milena Carolina Fiorini, Maria Aparecida Crepaldi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2020-12-07
publication date: 2020-12-07
starting page: 119
ending page: 140
doi: 10.15517/ap.v34i129.35334

Methodological Aspects of Dream Intervention Modes Referred to in Pass Testimonies from Lacanian Schools Affiliated with the WAP and the SPFLF
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description: Objective. This paper presents a study of dream intervention modes referred to in pass testimonies from Lacanian Schools affiliated with the World Association of Psychoanalysis and the School of Psychoanalysis of the Forums of the Lacanian Fields. Method. The intentional sample consists of 80 testimonies, obtained from the publications of each school. From that point, we analyzed qualitatively 14 examples, in which the intervention of the analyst over a dream story was explicit. Results. We could find varied interventions and gather them into four main ideas: (a) interrogation or invitation to associate; (b) interpretation; (c) cut; (d) other analytic act variations. As a conclusion, the Freudian approach with dreams is still in effect, but we also observe some others ways to intervene that aim beyond sense: to letter and to cut, as the foundations of psychoanalytic interpretation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: dream
  topic: keywords
subject: interpretation
  topic: keywords
subject: pychoanalysis
  topic: keywords
subject: testimony
  topic: keywords
creator: Ma. Celeste Labaronnie
creator: Maximiliano Azcona
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 Ma. Celeste Labaronnie, Maximiliano Azcona http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
date: 2020-11-19
publication date: 2020-11-19
starting page: 91
ending page: 107
doi: 10.15517/ap.v34i129.36316