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This article analyzes period poverty based on interviews with six girls living in a region on the outskirts of the city of Porto Alegre (Brazil). The results of the qualitative study reveal some realities that are behind the numbers. The lack of information about menstrual health, menstrual cycles, and the limited self-awareness about the body became evident. All the interviewed adolescents who sought health services due to any menstrual or body-related issues during puberty received a racist, sexist, or ageist treatment or a combination of these prejudices. Their accounts regarding access to menstrual hygiene products and sanitation infrastructure do not fully correspond to the data on period poverty: the girls have access to disposable sanitary pads during menstruation, clean water, and bathrooms in usable conditions. The stories told by the teenagers expand the discussion about period poverty as they highlight cultural factors related to their menstrual experiences. Their accounts also show that initiatives and public policies to combat menstrual precariousness cannot be limited to the material field and point to the need for systemic cultural changes to combat racism, sexism, and ageism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which explored the link between maternal and paternal parenting self-efficacy (PSE) and the perceptions of their own parenting. Topics include associations between PSE and adolescent adjustment, gender considerations, and linear regression models with adolescents' outcomes as dependent variables.

Violence against women and girls constitutes a serious public health issue in Brazil and worldwide. Studies suggest that genderrelated attitudes and beliefs endorsing violence among adolescents may contribute to the perpetuation of this phenomenon. The Attitudes Towards Gender and Violence Questionnaire, originally developed in Spain, was designed to investigate these constructs in adolescents. This study aimed to adapt the questionnaire for the Brazilian context by examining its psychometric properties, including construct validity through exploratory and confirmatory analyses, and assessing its associations with ambivalent sexism. The research was conducted with 550 adolescents, with a mean age of 17 years (SD=1 year). The Brazilian version of the questionnaire demonstrated a unifactorial structure, with a Cronbach's alpha of .95, an omega value of .88, and composite reliability of .96. External validity evidence revealed moderate to strong positive relationships between the instrument and the dimensions of hostile and benevolent sexism. In conclusion, the instrument is deemed suitable for use in the Brazilian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We are presenting the adaptation and validation of a Positive Psychological Functioning scale in Spanish adolescents in a sample of 1,858 (M = 14.50 years, SD = 2.87 years), previously developed for adults (Merino & Privado, 2015b). The adaptation presents a hierarchical structure of one general factor and 11 of first order that suitably explain the data (GFI = 0.966, NFI = 0.966, SRMR = 0.053). The reliability (internal consistency and test-retest) is adequate. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity of the test was found with other measures of subjective well-being, psychological well-being, positive and negative affect, and personality. The test has predictive validity on clinical symptoms (R2 = 0.17) and there are no differences in the measure based on sex and the period of adolescence considered (early, middle and late). Finally, scales for the sample evaluated are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Expressed emotion is a construct that has so far been studied in a clinical population, although this work proposes its study in adolescent population without psychopathology. It has three aims: 1) To analyse the psychometric characteristics of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale in the relationship of the Spanish adolescents with their father and their mother, considering different response format (dichotomic and polytomic); (2) To develop a short version of the scale; (3) To study the validity of the instrument as a measure of emotional climate of normative families. Participants were 827 adolescents from 12 to 17 years old. Data analysis included exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results suggested a 4-factor structure in the short version composed by 16 items, with adequate psychometric properties. This is presented as an innovative and appropriate tool for the assessment of the emotional family climate, both for researchers and clinicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lack of adequate educommunicative training often results in the problematic use of ICT by adolescents, leading to various issues such as anxiety, depression, isolation, and the deterioration of intra- and interpersonal relationships, language impoverishment, and even aggression. In relation to the latter, the significant increase in child-to-parent violence in recent years is noteworthy, emerging as a concerning problem in multiple countries. Therefore, this study conducts a systematic review based on the PRISMA method to identify the most suitable instruments for assessing potential inappropriate use of ICT in adolescents and the child-to-parent violence stemming from it. The databases employed include Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, WorldCat, PubMed, PubPsych, and Dialnet, yielding a total of 224 instruments. Of these, fifteen scales were analyzed based on their characteristics and psychometric properties. After applying exclusion criteria, the ERA-RSI scale, the UPNT Questionnaire, and the CPV-Q-P were chosen. The complementarity of these three instruments allows for an exploration of the issue’s current state and provides a holistic perspective that facilitates the design of appropriate educommunicative training benefiting all stakeholders and establishes measures to prevent both the inappropriate use of ICT and manifestations of child-to-parent violence arising from it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Virtual spaces, where adolescents coexist, become new channels to reproduce or question the inequality and violence of gender roles. Among the different forms that digital gender violence takes, this article analyzes the dissemination of teasing, rumours and intimate photos by students in secondary schools in Argentina. For this purpose, 18 discussion meetings were held in which 199 students between 12 and 19 years old participated confidentially, anonymously and voluntarily. The results indicate that students experience violence as part of their daily digital life and in relation to their face-to-face experiences. Technologies offer new ways of disseminating intimacy, such as the creation of anonymous accounts, stickers and memes. The creation of anonymous accounts is another widely used strategy among this population group. Girls are the ones who suffer more situations and with greater consequences. Age is a factor that influences experiences, themes and attitudes towards violence, which are generally passive. In conclusion, it is highlighted that, although its normalization is accepted, certain practices are questioned, such as the viralization of intimate images, which reveals the importance of generating spaces for listening and reflection to prevent gender violence in adolescence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to put forward suggestions for educating the virtue of humility in adolescence. We analyze the proposal of June Tangney, who distinguishes six traits that we have grouped into the inner dimension, related to self-knowledge, and the outer dimension referring to the relationship with others and with the universe. These six elements are analyzed in a different order for educational intervention in the classroom. The educational strategies outlined can serve as a reference to facilitate the acquisition of humility, which implies the improvement of interpersonal relationships and self-knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-concept is a fundamental construct that is related to many positive and negative aspects of life. It plays an essential role in adolescence, due to the important biological, social and psychological changes that occur at this stage, and is a determining factor in the academic environment. In order to have appropriate instruments for its assessment, the aim of the study was to analyse the measurement properties and adapt the short version of the Self-Description Questionnaire II (SDQ-II-S) in Spanish adolescent. A sample of 726 secondary school students aged between 12 and 18 years (M= 15.44, SD= 1.41) participated. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and invariance analysis were conducted. The different analyses confirmed the multidimensional structure of the questionnaire, with adequate factor loadings, satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices, convergent validity, and corroborated gender invariance. Composite reliability of the dimensions ranged from .70 to .92. In conclusion, the SDQ-II-S is an instrument with appropriate characteristics, valid and reliable for the assessment of self-concept in Spanish students in adolescence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescents' use of social networks has increased exponentially. Therefore, considerable interest in studying the motives for using social network sites (SNS) and the relationships between these motives and problematic SNS use (PSNU) in adolescents has arisen. This study aimed to examine the relationships between adolescents' motives for SNS use, frequency of use, numbers of SNS used and PSNU. A total of 1,775 students (50.4% female) aged 11–19 (mean age = 14.11) completed the Scale of Motives for Using Social Networking Sites and the Problematic Social Networking Site Use Scale. The results show that the primary motives for SNS use were entertainment, information-seeking and academic purposes. Significant correlations were found between motives for use and PSNU dimensions except for preference for interaction through SNS and academic purposes. Four user profiles were established based on the motivations for use: discreet users, leisure users, socializing users and hyperconnected users. Those in this last profile scored significantly higher on PSNU, and therefore, identifying adolescents fitting this profile is going to be key to taking appropriate preventive actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exercise addiction is a dysfunctional behavior that includes excess and loss of control over physical activity or training, accompanied by negative consequences. The aim of the present study was to cross-culturally adapt the "Exercise Dependence Scale" for Brazilian dancers. Six judges evaluated the items and 338 dancers (Age=15.52 years; ±3.55) responded to the instrument. A prevalence of 54% were identified as symptomatic and 8.7%, as exercise dependent. Principal component and network analysis indicated seven symptom clusters. The instrument demonstrated internal consistency (a=0.84). The norms were developed using Item Response Theory. The "Exercise Dependence Scale" demonstrated validity evidence of its internal structure, making it suitable for evaluating adolescent dancers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Content creators on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and Twitch are a fundamental part of adolescent culture, as they act as influencers, leaders and referents in the consumption of multimedia products aimed at the adolescent public. Communication research must intervene in the analysis of the possibilities and risks of these virtual spaces, in which not only consumption practices but also forms of coexistence and values of democratic systems are organised. The aim of this paper is to study the communicative interactions generated on social networks such as YouTube and Instagram in the profiles of the influencers with the most followers among teenagers in Spain, based on the number of contents generated and the responses they receive from users. Using natural language processing (NLP) techniques and sentiment analysis, 10 influencers with the most followers were studied, extracted from 2,749 questionnaires carried out among young people aged between 12 and 18 in Spain. The results show that while the number of views is strongly correlated with the number of likes reflected in the 2.142 videos, there is no strong correlation with the number of comments. This points to the need to revise the concept of audience engagement. Furthermore, although the 'positivity bias' prevails in the expression of emotions between influencers and followers, the analysis of the polarity of the titles of the videos analysed shows a high percentage of neutral and negative polarity, as strategies for attracting attention. In relation to the analysis of the word-clouds, it is observed that the comments of influencers and followers tend to have a positive and neutral polarity, under a redundant communication model in its bidirectionality. The conclusions point to the social and marketing implications of the power of influencers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We examined the associations between sense of community (SoC) and multidimensional academic engagement, including whether meaning in life and subjective well-being mediate the relationships. Participants were Nigerian students who completed the Classroom Sense of Community Inventory-School Form (csci-sf), Meaning in Life Questionnaire's (mlq) Presence subscale, Brief Adolescent Subjective Well-being in School Scale (baswss), and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale - Student Version (uwes-s-9). Data was analysed using Model 6 of Hayes' regression-based PROCESS module. Results showed that both presence of meaning and subjective well-being mediated the effects of aspects of SoC on vigour, dedication and overall academic engagement. The effects of SoC on absorption was only mediated by subjective wellbeing. Mediation pathways were not significant for the effects of learning SoC on absorption. In all cases, the strongest mediation existed in the paths linking social SoC to academic engagement through subjective wellbeing. Promotion of classroom SoC may facilitate presence of meaning in life and subjective wellbeing thereby enhancing academic engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Given the increasing prevalence of cannabis use among adolescents and its impact on mental health, there is a need to identify those individuals who are more susceptible to its harmful effects. Cognitive reserve (CR) is the brain's capacity to withstand brain damage without manifesting symptoms of impairment. This approach is particularly interesting to identify susceptible individuals during vulnerable stages, such as adolescence. Objectives: To describe the study protocol and preliminary results, assessing CR and overall functioning in a sample of adolescents diagnosed with cannabis use disorder, as well as its influence on psychopathology, functioning and cognitive performance. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional observational study protocol. The Chi-square test was used for categorical variables related to cannabis consumption, the Mann-Whitney U test for quantitative variables such as severity of the disorder, and Spearman's rho test to explore the correlation between GAF and clinical variables collected in the study. Results: Twelve participants were included, 58.33% females aged 16.5 ± 1.00 years. The majority of the sample fell into the low CR group (90%), with nearly 50% exhibiting low functioning. An association was observed between low global functioning and positive psychotic symptoms, manic symptoms, global clinical severity, and poorer adherence to the Mediterranean diet. Conclusions: The preliminary sample shows a significant low CR in adolescents with cannabis use disorder. Identifying individuals with low CR and a risk of psychopathology could guide more effective and precise preventive and therapeutic programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parental socioeconomic status (SES) is recognized as a factor affecting adolescent performance in school contexts, although parenting practices may need to be considered to understand its effect. Through the application questionnaires to 810 mothers and their adolescent children (mean age=12.74; standard deviation=0.871) data were collected in 11 cities in Colombia, to analyze in a cross-sectional design the relation between socioeconomic status, parental involvement, and school adjustment in adolescence. Using structural equation models, it is found that parental SES has a smaller direct effect on adolescents’ school adjustment than the indirect effect through parental involvement. Considering the findings, it is possible to state that parental involvement at home statistically mediates the effect of parental socioeconomic status on school adjustment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anxiety is a problem that has increased in the adolescent population in recent years, primarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On the other hand, affective and emotional stability in adolescence stage can be threatened by parental conflicts, which link to the relationship among family members. Frequently roles are reversed, with the children being those who take on the role of parents or caregivers. The present single-case study, sought to implement and evaluate a psychological intervention that allows us to understand how Integrative Therapy works in working on parental conflicts, which, in turn, increase anxiety levels. The psychotherapeutic process included forty sessions along three phases: diagnosis, intervention, and closure. At the end of the intervention, significant progress resulted in anxiety management. Similarly, the patient managed to improve her interpersonal and family relationships since she learned to set limits that, in turn, reduced the conflict with her parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article contains a theoretical review aimed at helping understand the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional developmental factors of adolescents associated with Internet and electronic device addiction behavior. We also seek to present strategies for proper emotional regulation and psychological well-being. Our literature review stemmed from the background of other pandemics and how these affected the world population, including the current health crisis and the factors that promote addictive behaviors. We conclude with the vital role that parents play at this time as role models for their children, with the expectation that they will model the behaviors they expect their adolescent children to practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to the WHO, in 2019, physical inactivity affected more than 80% of adolescents worldwide and 83.6% in Brazil. As a result of a sedentary lifestyle and a lack of time for physical activity, adolescents tend to be prone to developing overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to associate nutritional status with the level of physical activity of adolescents at a public school in the state of Minas Gerais. This was a crosssectional study of adolescents enrolled in the 6th to 9th grades of elementary school and the 1st to 3rd grades of secondary school, aged 10 or over and under 20. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short version was used and anthropometric data on weight and height were collected on site at the school. The data was tabulated in Microsoft Excel Office 2010 and analyzed using descriptive statistics. A total of 101 adolescents took part, with an average BMI of 20.3 kg/m2 . 80.2% had the habit of eating in front of the television or other screens, the average daily screen time was approximately 5 hours and 45 minutes and there was a prevalence of BMI associated with moderate physical activity, and it was pointed out that the better the BMI (within the appropriate classification range) the greater the adolescent's interest in regular moderate physical activity. The results obtained contributed to understanding the nutritional status of the population investigated and the factors that may condition it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies on nutritional recommendations for pregnant women who exercise are scarce. The objective of this article is not to focus on the diet of pregnant women as a whole, but to review those aspects of it that may be related to physical exercise. To this end, the nutritional and hydration recommendations contained in the main clinical practice guides on physical exercise during pregnancy are collected, including the first Spanish guides. Likewise, the energy requirements required by pregnant women who perform physical exercise during pregnancy for adequate gestational weight gain are addressed, aspects related to macronutrients in the aforementioned population group, and two specific topics, such as nutritional needs in the adolescent who practices physical exercise during pregnancy and eating disorders in pregnant athletes It is concluded by stating that pregnant women who exercise regularly should eat a varied and balanced diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, avoid long periods of fasting to avoid the appearance of hypoglycemia and maintain adequate fluid intake before, during and after physical exercise. Pregnant adolescents who engage in physical exercise require nutritional supervision to achieve adequate gestational weight gain. The pregnant athlete with an eating disorder has a higher risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth, gynecological, fetal and neonatal, and, therefore, requires close monitoring by specialists in maternal-fetal medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In its typical form, an "anima projection" is a psychic experience in which a heterosexual man is caught up by an intense, almost magical attraction for a woman. What sets these numinous experiences apart from a common "crush" is a pattern of specific phenomenological characteristics. Anima projections are particularly common in late adolescence and early adulthood, when they can cause a deep sense of disorientation. Little education exists for young men on how to deal with these experiences and to actualize the developmental opportunity that underlies them. In this paper, I frame anima projections as an ethical problem and outline a psycho‐ethical "map" that is intended for use by disoriented young men, or by any practitioner who may be tasked with helping them navigate this challenge along the path of individuation. The map considers four solutions to the love problem: the "concretistic‐literal", the "fearful‐avoidant", the "rational‐depressive", and the "transitional‐developmental" solution, and indicates the latter as the one that is conducive to optimal psychic development. Although developed with a focus on young men, the map may apply to other relations based on projection, regardless of age, sex, gender, or sexual orientation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To identify spatial patterns and establish relationships between adolescent childbearing and social determinants in the townships of the Republic of Panama in 2010 and 2023. Methods: An ecological study was conducted with analysis of live births in adolescents aged 12-14, 15-17 and 18-19 years with data from the National Population and Housing Census. Spatial dependence was analyzed using Morans Global index and Morans Local Anselin index. Three spatial and non-spatial regression models were applied to identify factors related to teenage childbearing. Results: From 2010 to 2023 childbearing decreased from 0.7% to 0.2%, from 8.7% to 4.3% and from 25.6% to 16.2% in adolescents aged 12-14, 15-17 and 18-19 years, respectively. Positive spatial autocorrelation (p=0.000) was found except for ages 12-14 years in 2023 (p=0.182). A high-high pattern of spatial distribution was maintained in townships in the provinces of Darien, Bocas del Toro and the Ngäbe-Buglé, Emberá-Wounaan and Kuna Yala indigenous comarcas, with a reduction in 2023 in the percentage of townships and adolescent motherhood in these clusters. Spatial regression models showed significant (p<0.05) and positive relationships of motherhood with early unions and multidimensional poverty in each group and census year, except in adolescents aged 15-17 years in 2023 where early unions and school non-attendance were found to be related. Conclusions: Spatial patterns were maintained with reduction in their area of influence. The greater the early unions, poverty and school absenteeism, the greater the teenage childbearing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: cross-sectional school-based epidemiological survey, conducted in 2016 and 2017, from a representative sample of 15 to 19-year-old students enrolled in the Greater Vitória Metropolitan Region (RMGV-ES), Espírito Santo, Brazil. Objectives: to analyze the association between Internet Addiction, sociodemographic characteristics and the pattern of Internet and social media use. Methods: cross-sectional study with 2293 students. The sociodemographic data of the individuals and information on internet and social media dependence were verified using the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Frequencies were calculated and Chi-square and Binomial Logistic Regression tests were applied. Results: internet addiction was associated with adolescents in the early years (p = 0.001), those with less-educated household heads (p = 0.018), and those who spent four or more hours a day surfing the internet (p < 0.001) and those who used the Internet every day of the week (p = 0.004). Internet addiction was also associated with the use of Twitter (p-value = 0.040), subjective reasons for use (p = 0.001) and those who stopped using it for social reasons (p = 0.001). Conclusion: It is recommended that daily screen time should not exceed four hours. Therefore, the implementation of public policies aimed at educating adolescents and their families, as well as protection aimed at the most susceptible individuals, are essential for the best growth and development of adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of media and digital competences among the new generations is a requirement for their democratic participation in today's technological society. This article takes an approach to young people's perception of their own media competence, based on their comments on the use and sense of consumption of social media. The results of 14 focus groups (N= 83) of young people from three Spanish regions between 12 and 18 years of age are presented. Based on two theoretical models, a content analysis considering gender and age was carried out using Atlas.Ti software. The results indicate a greater presence of the Interaction dimension among girls and of Production and Dissemination among boys, and in general a familiarisation with preventive measures on safety on the networks and a review of the media diet, up to the age of 12-13. The adolescents themselves identify how, from this age onwards, the use of social networks is amplified and point out difficulties in self-management well into the university stage (18 years old). Although the participants show a high level of knowledge of social media marketing strategies and influencers' "authenticity" tactics, they recognise that they are driven by the search for entertainment and a need for approval from their peers in the digital space. Based on the results, we identify the need for further research in the period between 12-13 and 14-16 years of age in relation to the paradox between adolescents' conviction of their expertise in certain dimensions of media competence and their poorly reflective and critical consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Family satisfaction is identified as a multidimensional concept that arises from family dynamics, conditioned by spatio-temporal coordinates or the psycho-evolutionary moment of the human being. This descriptive-inferential, cross-sectional and quantitative research aims to find out the influence of personal and school variables on the perception of family satisfaction among secondary school students living in rural areas. A total of 546 adolescents participated in the completion of a questionnaire. The results show that gender is not a significant variable. However, family satisfaction decreases in foreign adolescents, and with increasing age and grade, and increases with better grades. This underlines the need to articulate public policies and concrete actions in schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This scoping review explores key aspects arising from recent research on child sexual exploitation (CSE) within the European context. CSE represents a form of sexual violence occurring across all regions and countries, impacting the most vulnerable children and adolescents. The exploiter or exploiters respond to the victim's unmet basic needs and lead them to believe that they are engaging in a consensual exchange and relationship. This social issue affects between 1% and 2.5% of European boys and girls, with these figures being notably higher among specific high-risk groups. Preventing situations of CSE, identifying them and intervening effectively with their victims is only possible if Europe acknowledges and addresses the reality of this serious issue of personal and social vulnerability that affects a significant number of boys and girls within our borders. It has been invisible for far too long. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The hostility is defined as an emotional state that ranges in intensity from mild irritation to rage or anger, while video game dependence is a non-chemical addiction that derives in a potentially addictive behavior. The principal objective of this study was to analyze the correlation between the variables hostility and videogame dependence in adolescents. The design of this study was quantitative non-experimental, whit a descriptive-correlational approach. The sample included 90 young people between 12 and 16 years of age belonging to a private educational unit in the city of Ambato. To measure the study variables, were applied the Buss-Durke Hostility Aggressiveness Inventory adapted by Carlos Reyes Romero in 1987 and the Video Game Dependence Test adapted by Salas, Merino, Choliz and Marco in 201. The results revealed that there is a slight positive relationship between the hostility and video game dependence, whit a higher prevalence of hostility at a high level and moderate level of video game dependence. In addition, significant differences were found in the video game dependence of adolescents of different ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is a unique stage, in which there are physiological and psychosocial changes, which can be exposed to physical or sexual abuse, which make people more fragile to the different difficulties of mental health, where mental health disorders in young people are: anxiety, depression or anguish, suicide, neuro-developmental disorder, as well as psychotic disorders, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), stress-related disorders, as well as eating disorders, elimination disorders, misbehavior disorders, substance-related disorders and addictions, while the objective is to identify mental conditions and risk parameters that assess mental health in children and adolescents. The method applied has a quantitative approach, which allows to identify, conceptualize and assess, under an experimental research. It is given by the difficulty that adolescents have to control themselves when they are angry in 85% of them, while 90% have consumed some psychotropic substance, in addition 65% detailed that young people have presented psychotic symptoms, in the same way in 60%, they indicate that they have had suicidal ideas, reaching up to 90% to lose sleep because of some concern. Therefore, it is determined that regarding the comparison of the percentage of mental illnesses, the author's percentage is 81% and 72.98% of the alternatives, verifying that the minimum percentage is 47%, in adolescents who do not have a clear goal compared to 75%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, which represents an opportunity for the family, the school and, in general for all those involved in the Growth and development of a child, to establish the best proposal and acquisition of competence and skills for his adulthood. The pediatrician, as a professional responsible for the health and development of adolescents, requires professionalization in the care of this age group. The interview with the adolescent is a process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, emotions opinions, suggestions and recommendations focused on and for the young person, based on the principles of autonomy, beneficence and confidentiality, always under the ethical conduct of the professional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze the impact of lockdown on education in the context of social acceleration. In this paper, we address the necessary (re)construction required to enhance the education of adolescents. From this perspective, it examines the potential of the adolescent brain, as advocated by Daniel Siegel. The present study employs a bibliographical research methodology to investigate the impact of social acceleration on education in the aftermath of the lockdown. We emphasize that the adolescent phase is crucial for the development of potentials in the educational context. In this vein, a philosophical analysis of the school is conducted, highlighting it as a space for (re)constructing practices that encourage adolescents to listen to the world around them. Therefore, the school must illuminate the potential of adolescence, such as creativity and openness to novelty, as a space for (re)creating subjects in times of acceleration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article works out the patterns of adolescence and its stand-offs in contemporaneity based on the concept of loneliness, aiming to understand what the possible destinations are for youthful subjective elaborations within the virtual technological context. Reflecting on the symptomatic effects originating from the different possible forms of relationship with technologies, the purpose is to demonstrate how the virtual experience may represent, for contemporary youth, on the one hand fertile, creative companionship as much as, on the other hand, solitary destination, summoning the actualization of radical traumatic subjective isolation. With this goal in mind and highlighting the importance of primordial relationships and the role of parents as active figures of relevance all along the process of adolescing of their offspring, concepts in psychoanalysis such as 'trauma', 'isolation', 'capacity of being alone' and 'creativity' are presented, and related to the hurdles and potentialities of virtuality as experienced by adolescents today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through an integrative review, this paper analyzes the theoretical models used to analyze cyberbullying among adolescents, the elements they make visible, and the types of knowledge they produce. The corpus comprised 47 articles surveyed in the bibliographic databases BVS, PubMed, Scopus and SciELO. In the results we present the Theory of Moral Disconnection, the General Theory of Frustration, the Theory of Routine Activities, the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Theory of the Spectator Effect, the General Model of Aggression, the Barlett-Gentile Model, the Mimetic Theory and Theories of Social Identity. The models from a positivist perspective underline an objectivist, reductionist, and causalist conception of cyberbullying. We discuss these aspects from the anthropology of moralities, symbolic interactionism, and violence as origin and reinforcement of moral and social boundaries. The findings allow us to discuss explanations and prevention proposals while offering a theoretical repertoire on cyberbullying useful to avoid explanatory confinement and the consequent reification of the theories used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to discuss possible incidences and vicissitudes of trauma, considering the COVID-19 pandemic, from the narratives of adolescents participating in the Young Apprentice Project, in a psychoanalytical research-intervention, with 26 adolescents separated into two groups, interviewed in four meetings. The narratives highlighted a shortening of experiences, a flattening of psychic time, and difficulties in elaboration, culminating in feelings of paralysis and inhibition, difficulty in projecting the future and making up the adolescent experience. The meetings were taken, by the adolescents, as a speech potentiating measure, since it engendered an offer of listening, with possibilities of producing symbolic outlets from the immobilizing experience of trauma. We took the writing of Anne Frank's Diary as inspiration to think about the speech engendered by the listening function and the desire regarding the analytical act. We consider it essential, while working with adolescents, to produce opening windows and spaces of discussion engendered by the desire and the offer of listening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Economic and social transformations, in the second half of the 20th century, led to changes in concepts of family. This study aimed to investigate the conceptual perspective of 40 children regarding the new configurations of the contemporary family. The children were between 11 and 14 years old, belonged to nuclear and single-parent arrangements, and wrote their answers. The results indicate that the nuclear family continues to be seen as the 'most perfect' family. Remarried and single-parent families were classified as 'not good', while extended families were perceived with more positive qualifications than negative ones. The results suggest the need to investigate how new family configurations are perceived by children of different age groups and family arrangements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shame results from a set of complex ideas about the self and, when intense and prolonged, may interfere in adolescents' socioemotional adjustment. Research with young adults found that parentchild attachment was associated with shame. Due to the limited number of studies during adolescence, this study aimed to examine the role of the perceptions of safe haven and secure base in the relationship with the mother and the father in self-reported shame in a sample of adolescents aged 10 to 15 years. A total of 312 adolescents (45% boys) aged, on average, 12 years, recruited from a school of the Metropolitan Lisbon, participated in the study. Participants answered the Portuguese version of the Security Scale Questionnaire (SSQ) and the External and Internal Shame Scale for Adolescents (EVEI-A) to assess perceptions of safe haven and secure base in the relationships with parents and total, internal, and external shame. Higher scores of secure base and safe haven in the relationships with the father and with the mother were associated with self-reports of lower levels of overall, internal, and external shame. The strength of the associations between the scores of safe haven and internal shame tended to be higher for the relationship with the mother than for the relationship with the father. These findings are consistent with research conducted with young adults and highlight the importance of assessing the role of both fathers and mothers as a safe haven and secure base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is characterized by intense developmental changes. To manage these changes, individuals must acquire a set of coping strategies and social skills that support their quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of psychosocial factors on the quality of life of adolescents. This is a cross-sectional, observational quantitative study conducted in private schools in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The study included 99 adolescents with an average age of 14.4 (± 1.9) years old. Most teenagers were male (53.5%) and white (77.8%). A sociodemographic questionnaire was applied and also the Youth Quality of Life - Research Version (YQOL-R). The study shows evidence that having a family member who has a physical and/or mental illness that requires therapeutic support reduces students' scores in the Personal and Relational domains, on average, 11.7 and 10.9 points. Students who have already undergone mental health treatment have their scores in the Relational and Environmental domains reduced, on average, by 7.4 and 13.7 points (p<0.05). The quality of life of adolescents is linked to individual and social well-being, and research in this area reveals factors that influence their well-being, allowing actions to promote their development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: This study was born from the interest of analyzing the nutritional education that adolescents receive in high school, providing them with the criteria to choose food information through social networks, that is, from professionals related to nutrition that base their content and publications in a scientific and objective manner. Social networks are very popular, and some people take advantage of it to promote products or spread false information, which is why awareness must be raised about the proper use of these digital platforms. Methodology: A case study was carried out on 35 students from Villanueva high school located in the municipality of the same name, belonging to the state of Zacatecas, México, of the class of "hygiene and community health", which contemplates in their training subjects on nutritional education. Two semi-structured surveys were applied during the 2022-2023 school year, from which data related to the use of social networks, time spent browsing them, which ones they mostly use, as well as the type of food information they used were collected and visualized in these digital media. Results: The approximate age of the respondents ranged from 17 years, of which 20 were women, 9 were men and 6 did not specify their sex. Likewise, of the total sample, 5.1% were obese, 10.2% were overweight, and 64.1% were normal weight. 100% of the respondents claimed to have an active profile on social networks, where they reported following profiles that talk about nutrition, considering that information is more attractive through these digital media, Discussion: It was shown that the adolescents surveyed do not have the correct criteria to discern between the nutritional information that they view on social networks, since there were greater coincidences in following the accounts, for example: Leana Deeb, Carlos Belcast and Andoni, influencers who do not have academic preparation related to nutrition. Conclusions: The adolescents reported making frequent use of social networks and consider them as important elements in their life for communication and obtaining information, however, confusion was found when recognizing which people have academic preparation in topics of nutrition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is a sensitive period for the neurodevelopment of social cognition (SC), and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) can alter these processes. This study investigated the relationship between ACE and SC in 157 adolescents (66 females, 54 males) from a school in Bogota. The level of EAN was assessed through the Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale. SC was assessed with mentalization, morality and self-control tasks. In addition, behavioral problems were probed with a scale based on DSM IV-R criteria. The accumulation of ACE was related to alterations in SC in a sex-dependent manner. Specifically: (a) women with high ACEs presented lower accuracy in mental inferences and instrumental moral decisions; (b) men under similar conditions presented self-control problems; (c) exposure to armed conflict correlated with higher latency in moral decisions; and (d) men with ACE accumulation, moral decisions based on immediate rewards and low self-control showed more externalizing behaviors. The social implications of these findings for the design of evidence-based, sectorized psychosocial interventions are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is the result of a research conducted with adolescents with the aim of understanding their discourses on gender-based violence. It presents the findings of a qualitative research based on seven expert interviews, twelve group interviews conducted with Spanish adolescents. While female adolescents defend critical positions on genderbased violence, male adolescents are closer to post-macho positions. Male adolescents do not completely deny the existence of gender-based violence, but they do minimise its importance. This research note presents three research results: first, a map of the discursive positions of adolescent males and females on gender-based violence; second, a re-construction of the trivialising argument about gender-based violence; and third, what has been called the curved mirror, which is the set of beliefs that adolescent males have about themselves with respect to gender-based violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adolescence is a very important stage. Many psychological conflicts appear at this time of life. Several biological characteristics are defined in this period. Teenagers have to adapt to many social changes. All these changes have psychosomatic effects. This theoretical work aims to present an integrative biopsychosocial model for the approach of psychosomatics in adolescence. Engel's biopsychosocial model (1977) will be used as an integrating construct, which allows a broad perspective to address the condition, and places the subjective perspective involved in the production of symptoms at the center. It will be taken the updated proposal of Borrel I Carrió (2002) that points out the need to think about biopsychosocial factors from circular and structural causalities. Circular causality refers to relationships between different dimensions without analyzing the greater or lesser importance of these dimensions. On the other hand structural causality is aimed at analyzing which concept or category has a greater predominance or hierarchy in the process of producing symptoms. The authors also propose to support this biopsychosocial model of psychosomatic in adolescence from three levels. A first theoretical level, where a theoretical synthesis will be offered through the narrative review of the selected conceptual perspectives, such as: a) the emotions perspectives (Sánchez-García, 2013); b) the biopsychosocial model (Allen & Woolfolk, 2006) pertaining to cognitive-behavioral and affective therapy; c) some contributions from the Paris Psychosomatic School (Marty et al, 1968); d) concepts belonging to the Chicago Psychosomatic School (Alexander, 1950; Dumbars, 1943); e) positions from the field of stress studies (Brosschot et al., 2005; Kobasa, 1979); f) proposals in the psychosomatic approach of Donald Winnicott (1965), and g) concepts corresponding to the psychosomatic family model of systemic family therapy (Minuchin & Fischman, 1979; Onnis, 1990). A second instance will support the biopsychosocial model through an extract of elements present in adolescence as a stage of development, in which the biopsychosocial character of the multidimensional changes of this period will be visualized. In a third moment, through a panoramic review, a group of empirical studies from the last five years will be visualized, highlighting the need for a biopsychosocial model in the integrative approach to psychosomatics in adolescence. From a theoretical point of view, the need to take into account the complex articulation of different perspectives on biopsychosocial dimensions involved in the production of symptoms is corroborated. It is also verified that adolescence is a stage of multiple biological, psychological and social changes, and that the complex and contradictory nature of this period is of paramount importance in the appearance of symptoms in the body. Depending on each theory and its fundamental concepts, some categories will have greater explanatory power than others, but a comprehensive view requires different concepts to be related. Finally, the different empirical studies of the selected period justify the need to build a biopsychosocial model of the symptoms, which takes personality, family context, interpersonal relationships and comorbidity processes as fundamental categorical axes. At the three levels of support of the model (theoretical, stage of development and empirical studies), the need to understand psychosomatic manifestations through the interaction of the circular and the structural causes in the production of symptoms was demonstrated. A biopsychosocial model of the psychosomatic that tries to integrate contributions from different schools and empirical studies requires flexibility in the theoretical discussion and organization in the establishment of categories for understanding the symptom in the global structure of the subject. Adolescence as a stage of psychic development requires, from its complexity, an integrative approach that avoids the exclusion of theories in which there are important spaces of compatibility, and collect the largest number of empirical studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is based on a doctoral research work. Its purpose is to act as a critical operator that seeks to show, through discourse analysis, the main lines of crossing, dispersion, and mutation created around the concept of adolescence in the psychoanalytic device in order to point out some epistemic, political, and clinical implications underlying the configuration of certain forms of subjectivity propitiated by such concept. As a result of this analysis, an alternate line of thought is outlined in which subject and event become the conceptual axes that allow us to reposition the adolescent issue in terms of that other order that puberty seems to designate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is divided into three parts. First, we present the legal notions and the various problematic aspects associated with the right to gender identity of children and adolescents in Law No. 21,120. Subsequently, we analyze some sentences that demonstrate the application that the Chilean courts make of the aforementioned regulation, a review that allows us to verify the work of these bodies in order to circumvent the restrictions of the norm. Finally, we examine the latest legal initiatives aimed at modifying the current regulation, establishing some criticisms and opportunities for improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The positive online behavior effects of digital citizenship have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars. This study designed and tested the psychometric properties of an Adolescent Digital Citizenship Scale (DCS-A) in two independent samples of Mexican secondary students (Sample 1, M age = 13.2 years, SD = 1.5 and Sample 2, M age = 13.4 years, SD = 1.4; N1 = 750, N2 = 750). We examined content, factorial, discriminant, concurrent validity, and reliability. We also tested the cross - sample and gender invariance. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated goodness-of-fit on a second-order factorial model that displays three first-order factors (online ethic, online civic engagement, and online diversity acceptance). Crossvalidation confirmed the factorial structure stability of the DCS-A across the independent sample. The result demonstrated the equivalence of the measurement model in both genders (configural, metric, and scalar invariance). The latent means comparison indicates that females held greater online ethics, online civic engagement, and online inclusive behaviors than males. Finally, the concurrent validity of the scale was supported by finding a positive relationship between DCS-A dimensions and defender behavior and a negative association with passive and reinforces interventions in cyberbullying events. These results suggest that the DCS-A is a theoretically and psychometrically grounded measure of digital citizenship in adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new social communication technologies are immersed in the lives of adolescents, being used in their affective-sexual relationships. This work aims to describe the sexual and affective behaviour that adolescents have in social media, both as passive receivers and as active subjects. It also studies the influence that different variables may have on the manifestation of this type of performance. A self-developed questionnaire and the preference for online social interaction (POSI) subscale of the GPIUS-2 were administered to a representative sample of secondary school adolescents from the Community of Madrid (N = 524; Mean = 13.57 years; SD = 1.24; range = 12-17 years). Our results showed that the online sexual diet was higher for boys and increased with grade, with the frequency of use of social networks and the POSI, both for content actively sought and for content received involuntarily. In turn, a high use of social networks has been shown to be a facilitator of sexting and cybersex. It is further discussed why online parental mediation strategies do not seem to influence these practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To understand the relationship between the use of video games according to their level of violence and empathic disposition in adolescence. Method: Quantitative approach of non-experimental design, cross-sectional and descriptive-correlational scope. Data collection was carried out through an ad hoc questionnaire that explored the factors that make up the use of video games (α=0,951), and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index scale that evaluated the four dimensions of empathy (α=0,745). The sample consisted of n=400 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, 55,2 % male and 44,8 % female. A simple random probability sample was used. Results: The Kruskal-Wallis H-test determined that the use of excessively violent video games is a factor that generates statistically significant differences (+18; p-value = 0,001) in one dimension of empathy (Personal Malaise, PM), being higher in those who currently play these games. Discussion: PM is a construct that, at high levels, marks a tendency to avoid people who are going through adverse situations, being negatively related to prosocial behavior and altruism. In the research, adolescents who play more video games +18 are those who present a lower empathic disposition, which is congruent with other research, where it was found that the use of violent video games (VVG) reduced the levels of empathy in children and adolescents, predicting a higher frequency of violent behaviors. Likewise, regional studies suggest that VVG increases levels of anger and aggression, while reducing empathy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the relative weight of life satisfaction and psychological well-being in predicting the flourishing of adolescents, evaluating in turn the profile of flourishing based on the degree of satisfaction with life and the levels of each of the aspects of well-being. Methodology: From a non-probabilistic sampling, 421 Argentine adolescents participated (Mage = 14,9; SD = 1,75), who answered the PERMA Profile Scale (Waigel & Lemos, 2023), Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale (Meier & Oros, 2019) and the Life Satisfaction Scale (Castro Solano, 2000). Data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVAs). Results: The findings indicate that both life satisfaction and psychological well-being significantly predict adolescent flourishing. The proposed model explains 65,5 % of the variance, highlighting the predictive weight of hedonic aspects. Furthermore, there are differences in the general profile of flourishing depending on the level of satisfaction with life and some of the dimensions of psychological well-being. Conclusion: The importance of designing interventions that consider the predictors with the greatest impact on prosperity during adolescence is highlighted. Likewise, it is suggested to deepen the study of the precursors of flourishing to consolidate the science of flourishing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on all spheres of social life, generating deep cleavages whose inscriptions in the psyche are still diffuse and difficult to apprehend from the prism of the Social Sciences. Both the prolonged isolation, the curtailment of social life, the proximity of death and the omnipresent experience of risk of exponential contagion, represented a strongly anxiety-inducing scenario, where the uncertainty of the existential future became the main epochal anchor. However, within the unprecedented coordinates of strong turbulence and unpredictability in the times of COVID-19, due to its endemic confinement, prison contexts were one of the most vulnerable scenarios. In this framework of greater isolation, within INISA, which is the institution in charge of managing the deprivation of liberty of adolescents in Uruguay, video calls were enabled in an unprecedented way, an aspect that progressively became established as a tool within of psychosocial technical teams. This article aims to problematize and systematize, in an exploratory manner, various experiences and hermeneutical categories associated with the use of techno-communication platforms as psychosocial intervention tools in prison settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are few programmes for preventing ICT addiction, and even fewer that have been scientifically validated. Preventing ICT addiction is a key part of governments' adolescent mental health policies. Clickeando is a school programme for universal prevention of ICT addiction in adolescents. It has been in use for fourteen years and was designed on the basis of the appropriate quality indexes for this type of programme. Since 2020, Clickeando has assessed its participants with the aim of linking the efforts of different preventive bodies and agents. This has enabled the present study to assess the programme's impact on its target population. The main results indicate that the programme produces changes in ICT use, principally by reducing addictive use of mobile phones by girls and boys in secondary education. Likewise, there are important behaviours in the development of addictive patterns that we suggest should be the focus of future modifications to the workshop (such as time spent on social networks or on instant messaging systems), for they are crucial for the efficacy of the intervention. The effects of Covid-19 on young people's mental health have highlighted the need for assessment protocols and preventive actions that foster healthy use of technology and that take into account age and the gender perspective in their implementation to maximise their efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]