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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]

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]