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The self-concept is conceived as the idea that a person has built of himself, product of the self-observation of his own capacities and limitations. The aim of this paper is to describe the self-concept in a sample of patients with bipolar disorder. Cross-sectional study, with descriptive characteristics. Intentional sampling, 36 people were evaluated through the AF5 questionnaire. When performing a comparison of means between groups, no statistically significant differences were found for any of the dimensions. Women scored below the scale in the emotional and family dimensions and men scored below in the social and family dimension. It is important that future studies establish relationships with other variables that can mediate the emotional response in the presence of a diagnosis of mental illness, such as resilience, in the same way other clinical samples and from different age ranges should be included, the importance of knowing The functioning of the variable studied in different population groups and clinical conditions lies in the possibility of generating intervention strategies that can affect the prognosis of the disease itself. The results are discussed in light of the scientific literature on the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper was to assess the factor structure of the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI) in a multi-occupational sample of Colombian workers. On the basis of previous results and the factor structure of the instrument, a four-factor model was hypothesized. The sample consisted of 153 Colombian workers from different occupational sectors. The SBI was applied. This instrument is composed of 20 items distributed in four dimensions: Enthusiasm toward the job (5 items), Psychological exhaustion (4 items), Indolence (6 items), and Guilt (5 items). The psychometric properties were examined by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the reliability was tested by Cronbach's alpha. The items presented adequate statistical and psychometric values, as well as the scales. The model presented an acceptable fit to the data: GFI = .858, RMSEA = .066(.051-.079), NNFI = .913, CFI = .927. Reliability was adequate for all scales (α = .79 to α = .87). The results indicate that the SBI is an instrument with psychometric validity to assess the burnout in the Colombian cultural context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is a stage of physiological and emotional changes. This transition to adulthood involves exposure to risks that can have personal, familar and schoolar consequences. Some of these are associated with the beginning of an active sexual life, for example, unwanted pregnancies or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. This paper analyzes the relationship between sexual behaviors regarding psychosocial and familiar variables in adolescents from rural and urban areas of Chiapas, Mexico. The study, of quantitative type, was made with a sample of 4,952 adolescents students from secondary and high school level from Chiapas, México. The data collection instruments consisted on a questionnaire about sexual behaviors and six scales to measure suicidal ideation, depressive symptomatology, impulsivity, self-esteem and relationship with parents. The results indicate significant differences between the average scores of the scales applied and the age of sexual initiation, the use of condoms in the first and subsequent sexual intercourse, the frequency of sexual encounters and the number of different sexual partners. The results are relevant in the context of the study because Chiapas is a multicultural area and ethnically diversed, where research on sexual behavior with adolescents in rural and urban areas is scarce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of personal responsibility in existential psychotherapy has traditionally been theorized based on the contributions of phenomenological existentialism in philosophy, and although it has been contrasted in different clinical experiences, this has not led to being subjected to systematic evaluation through quantitative research, because of this, the scale presented here is a relevant contribution, albeit limited, to the methods and inputs of research in psychology, especially for the existential approach. The objective of this study is to propose an adequate measurement strategy for the construct of existential personal responsibility in people between 17 and 35 years old. The performed procedures and psychometric results of the exploratory evaluation are presented in this paper, also various findings and theoretical elaborations. The sample consisted of 479, young adults from the city of Medellín. The exploratory analysis allowed the identification of two factors, one that evaluates the conscience of freedom and the other the personal choice. An adequate internal consistency was found with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.84. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an outlook to the ways as part of the literature, which belong to the psychological perspective, considers entrepreneurship, concepts, notions, theories and methods used for its study. Content analysis as a research technique is used. Three approach tendencies -personal attributes, person-context interaction and career- and a tendency toward positivism as a way of knowledge production were found. Entrepreneurship could be a re-institutionalization of self-employment and an option facing unemployment within the framework of contemporary changes of work field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The executive functions encompasses some mental skills that permit the metacognitive and behavioral regulation. When these cognitive components are affected. they produce some difficulties in social, academic, personal and family parameters. One of the neurodevelopmental disorders with major relation with executive function damages is the attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this paper there is a conceptual review of executive function, theoretical models, its disorders, clinical perspective of ADHD and analysis of hybrid model of executive function in the ADHD. In this paper a review of the relationship between the hybrid model of executive functions and ADHD is presented, for which it will be based on the conceptualization of executive functions, a description of the main theoretical models of this cognitive function and exposure of main alterations of executive functions in children with ADHD reported. In conclusion ADHD is a complex disorder in which the study of executive function Inhibitory Control lets understand the causality of this neurodevelopmental disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to explore the agency trajectories in 16 babies (58% girls; M= 11 months, SD=2) during their interactions with teachers and objects, while they are engaged in pedagogical events. This research was conducted in two public preschools in Cali, Colombia. We used a mixed methods approach to analyze filmic records videotaped for five mornings, capturing preschools' routines. Afterwards, we qualitatively coded interaction sequences for each participating child, using the video annotation coding system ANVIL 5.0. We defined an interaction sequence as a process initiating with a searching behavior, the access to the object, its exploration and abandonment, closing each sequence. Finally, we estimated agency trajectories using STATA 12.O. Our results suggest four agency trajectories, only one of them having favorable results for children agency development. We discuss the role of educational practices in institutional contexts during early development and its implications on children's agency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic illness characterized by the presence of cognitive and physical impairments and emotional and/or behavioral disturbances. Nowadays, over 24 million people around the world are diagnosed with AD and it is estimated that in 2040 this number will rise to 81 million. The objective of this article was to review in detail the different techniques and/or cognitive treatments that have been developed in the rehabilitation of cognitive impairments of population with AD, and the existing papers that test their efficacy. The main results evidence the use of techniques such as cognitive stimulation, errorless learning, spaced retrieval, visual imagery, vanishing cues and external aids. Most of the reviewed treatments used these techniques combined, with patients in the initial stages of AD; many of the papers reviewed demonstrated long term maintenance of the positive results of some treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze the bibliometric indicators and collaborative networks found in one of the most representative psychology journals of the Colombian Caribbean region (Psicología desde el Caribe), in issues published between the years 2009 and 2013. An analysis of 12 issues evince the importance given to collaborative work, a significant number of texts have been written by several authors (83.2%), namely Colombian nationals, who have chosen to work with authors hailing from Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Also, there is a marked preference for a network of Brazilian authors. Applied research in the clinical social area is the most preferred by authors who publish in this journal. The journal Psicología desde el Caribe is recognized as a publication which includes articles principally in Spanish, and which seems to merit confidence and trust of authors from all American nations and Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is a theoretical review of transference, analyst's desire and interpretation as a psychoanalytic concepts and analytic elements. The main question is how the analyst's desire, transference, and interpretation take place in psychoanalytic clinic? Transference and interpretation are the most important elements in analysis, however, the analyst's desire occur before the analytic situation, the analyst's desire and the transference create the atmosphere to the interpretation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to provide a better understanding and characterization of the nature of academic burnout in university students, a review of the concept, its evolution and extrapolation of the work context to the university academic context is performed. It is proposed its delimitation, differentiation and relationship with comorbid clinical conditions like depression and anxiety. Additionally, this paper reviews empirical research that establishes relationships of the academic burnout with the academic engagement, risk factors and protective, and its impact on mental health and academic performance of college students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a review of previous research on problem solving in children at the end of the first year through the third year of age ('toddlers'), which highlights methodological issues associated with the design, type of tasks used and results to which they lead. In contrast we present a methodological option for the study of cognitive development in children, focusing on the use of Problem Solving Situations (SRP) with an approach microgenetic, in a version developed by the Group C&DR, and whose main strength is to understand how the child's problem comprehension emerges in real-time. We take into consideration its benefits as a flexible and powerful tool to describe changes in cognitive performances in young children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed to reflect about the issues of identity amidst diversity and plurality that is the subject of study in the psychology's space. The question is usually: How to get to the unit you wish to Psychology on the diversity of its object, i.e. the existence? To accompany the proposed issue, the problem of identity and difference is addressed first to how they were thought from the Pre-Socratic philosophy to the present. In Heidegger's work was studied his text Identity and Difference; in Kierkegaard's work, his Repetition. With these notions sought to defend the identities, which are essential in psychology, without neglecting the richness of plurality and complexity that is characteristic of its subject, that is, human existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is a review paper and theoretical reflection about the basics identified by Sören Kierkegaard's thought to an existential psychology and psychotherapy, taking into account the issues of freedom, in the duplicity of its universal character of objective anguish, and its particular character, of subjective anguish. Based on the review of various works of Kierkegaard and on texts from contemporary commentators, we concludes that the philosophy of existence, as developed by the Danish philosopher, can provide elements for a review not only to the way psychology had constituted in his time, with his belief that human behavior is liable to be determined by experimental criteria, deductive or metaphysical (universal), but mainly can provide elements for the development of a psychology which considers the existence in their materiality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes from the ecology of human development, the contexts in which violence occurs and how the processes of legitimation perpetuate violence over time especially affecting children and future generations. First, it elucidates the differences between aggression and violence, later to define the process of legitimation from the historical context, the community, family and mass media. Finally it is explained how legitimating beliefs are given in infant cognition. It discusses the psychological bases of legitimation and the mechanisms through which it operates, including the concept of moral disengagement introduced by Bandura. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper was to describe the level of rejection toward homosexuality in Northeast Mexican students of medicine and psychology based on three related concepts: attitude, homophobia and internalized homonegativity. The scales of attitude toward lesbians and gay men (ATLG), internalized homonegativity (HNI-16), and homophobia (HF-8) were applied to a non-probability sample of 231 participants (121 women and 103 men). From the total scores, the percentages of rejection toward homosexuality varied from 12 to 38% depending on the assessment instrument (HF-8 and HNI-16, respectively), varying the percentages of extreme (homophobic) rejection from 1 (ATLG and HF-8) to 3% (HNI-16). The highest averages were found on the scales and factors that evaluate subtle rejection. It was also observed greater rejection toward gay men than toward lesbians, and greater rejection toward homosexuality in one's own gender in women. It is concluded that the level of homophobia is low, but an attitude of subtle rejection persists in a significant proportion of cases. Working subtle rejection in sexual diversity workshops is suggested to raise awareness about this rejection, generate empathy toward those who suffer it, and increase resistance to its automatic activation during clinical situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this paper was to identify central features in the analysis of emotion regulation from behavioral cognitive perspective. We found that there are significant differences in the number of articles published per year, the most representative and the sources that are. For this we conducted a bibliometric analysis of emotion regulation, based on a theoretical review of 1,711 articles, produced between 1955 and 2012, referenced in different databases such as PsycINFO, Ebsco, among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a theoretical summary of individual coping strategies and family coping strategies based on a review of the literature. The results of this study show the social genesis of coping, designed from a cognitive phenomenological approach consistent with the symbolic interactionist which explains, from the close interactive relationship between individuals and institutions to which it belongs, how to use these strategies to individual and family level. Also we highlighted the positive relationship of coping with health and functionality of the family system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On this paper we discuss the affective forms that shape the city of Caracas, from what its citizens tell us. Hence, from a Social Psychology interested in how people make sense on their everyday fife, we have tried to understand from the hermeneutic perspective of Gadamer (1977) and Ricoeur (2000), those aesthetics configurations that emerge in the daily stories about the city. We are committed to understand how the city appears through 15 stories that emerged from the questions: what does Caracas mean for its inhabitants? and how do they tell it? We found primarily a controversial city: The city that suffers and the city that enjoys. In the first one, emerging senses such as chaos, insecurity, boredom, and the cloven city; in the second one, a fight mosaic, the opportunity to feel free, the job security and the revolutionary aesthetic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the basis of the results obtained from several studies, the effects of the violent experiences and violent acts exerted on the others in the spread of the armed conflict has been proved, affecting subjects' mental health. We study in this paper this type of link between violent actions or experiences and the psychological trauma and symptoms caused in 36 subjects (20 victims and 16 victimizers), who were listened in psychological counseling through Alta Consejeria para la Reintegraci6n, Defensorias del Pueblo del Atlfintico and MAPP-OEA programmes, in the framework of the 121549326151 investigation project funded by Colciencias. 2 to 7 in-depth interviews were done with each one depending on their interest in going on with the process. Multi-case comparative design and well-founded theory were used linked through an Analysis Matrix called ARIADGE (Immediate Responses Analysis: Acts, Displacement, War and Exceptions). Discursive results were organized in emerging categories and subcategories representing gradual production of knowledge in relation to the way these subjects reported traumatic situations and the effects caused in their psyche because of the armed conflict spread in regions of Magdalena, Atlántico, Bolívar and Cásar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aims of this paper were to describe the prevalence of self-defined sexual orientation, and to predict its presence or absence with the second National Survey of the Youth (ENJUVE, 2005) data. In a probability sample of 25,630 Mexicans of 12 to 29 year-old women and men, the prevalence of the non-heterosexual identity was 2.5% men and 1.1% women. The non-heterosexual identity was predicted by masculine gender, homosexual intercourses, falling in love with a person of the same gender and absence of religious adscription, that is, facilitating factors that imply the greater impulse of the masculine sexuality, to integrate the own homosexual behavior, to recognize their homosexual desire, and to free themselves from the moral condemnation that endures the Judeo-Christian conception of the homosexuality. The data show a reality to be listened to and respected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to establish the applicability of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI). To this end, a systematic literature review which found 21 articles that met the inclusion criteria of research in 2000-2010. Is a constant use of the instrument, where there is strong evidence of its use, both to investigate personality traits in different populations such as the psychometric properties of the test. It discusses the use made of the evidence and its various factors, it is also recommended to extend the period of time for inclusion of articles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a review of the brain evolution process in the last four million years, and focuses, in the second part, on the brain modularity concept, the role of language, working memory and cognitive fluency, through the path of the primitive mind to the modern mind. It refers to the executive functions and the theory of mind. It is based upon the complexity theory which explains that mind is emergent as an interaction property, in this case, due to the brain neural interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the results of a descriptive-qualitative research "Understanding of intelligences uncovered in the classroom". It aims at understanding the intelligences evidenced in students during the teaching-learning process in the subject of Hematology. It refers to the contexts that gives validity to research, describes the way that the project was thought and developed, step by step, describing the participant population, process stages, techniques and instruments to collect data and the type of research. It also presents the theoretical approach of the work, which was built in a construction and re-construction process according to the findings in the interaction process among students, professors and researchers. Finally, this paper states an educational reflection -as a suggestion- inviting professors to re-think, re-orient their educative practice and the challenge of proposing new paradigms of interpretation and action in front of the Science and the life itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes mobbing associated factors. Mobbing as a work situation in which a person is exposed to acts against personal dignity. The research follows the qualitative methodology, using a study of interpretative case in exploratory nature. Data were collected trough deep interviews to people who had lived this kind of harassment. Results indicate that to be exposed to mobbing generates symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress: re experimentation, physiological activation and avoidance. The analysis of these situations must be deeply studied and this paper concludes that one form of support to victims begins with understanding the meaning of the lived experienced and to understand it as a violent situation. Moreover it's necessary to understand that violence in the work place can be associated with productivity and competition approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]