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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in childhood and juvenile cancer patients in Córdoba, Colombia. The research was cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational. Diener's Satisfaction with Life questionnaires were applied to measure Ryff's hedonic well-being and psychological well-being for eudaimonic well-being to a sample of 30 patients diagnosed with cancer in the city of Montería. The results showed optimal levels of eudaimonic and hedonic well-being in the patients. In general, the two variables presented low correlations with the exception of the Self-acceptance dimension of the Ryff scale, which presented a moderate and positive correlation with Satisfaction with life. In conclusion, it is necessary to conduct further research on other variables that can moderate this relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to identify differences and resilience relationship in terms of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and to analyze the weight of these on resilience in 121 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic renal failure of the city of Medellin, Colombia. The resilience scale KS and short scale resilience CD-RISC2 was used to measure. No statistically significant differences in resilience in function to sociodemographic characteristics were found. The multiple linear regression analysis showed that the diagnosis time had a negative weight on resilience. In conclusion, the clinical characteristics are more relevant on resilience than the demographic ones when people are older and diagnosed with chronic disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present research had as aim to evaluate the relationships between resilience, depression and the health-related quality of life in 36 adolescents from schools in the city of Medellin, Colombia. The design of this study was exploratory-transversal-correlational. The instruments used were: the quality of life questionnaire for children Kid-Kindl, the adolescent resilience scale -ARS; children's depression inventory -CDI. The results to descriptive levels demonstrate a favorable quality of life, high resilience scores and not clinically significant levels of childhood depression. In multiple linear regression analysis showed that emotion regulation dimension ARS scale had a positive weight on the quality of life as childhood depression had a negative weight on this variable. In conclusion, the perception of quality of life in adolescents can be modulated positive or negatively by the resilience and depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease that affects the synovial membrane of joints and is a major public health problem because it affects the quality of life of sufferers. Specifically in the last thirty years, health sciences programs have been developing psycho- educational intervention for managing pain, negative emotional states and training in social and physical skills to reduce social and economic impact. Therefore, the present work is intended to show the development of intervention programs in rheumatoid arthritis which have emphasized psychological strategies. It describes the etiopathology of rheumatoid arthritis, the origin and development of early intervention programs that were focused on the cognitive behavioral model to reach the last generation of intervention approaches that have focused on open emotional expression of negative affect. It ends by highlighting the importance of developing intervention programs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on the empowerment of positive emotions, resilience and other variables derived from positive psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the current article is to make a theoretical review of the historical evolution of the health-sickness process from the magical model to the bio-psycho-social model of the Psychology of Health, where it is posed the appearance and the development of the health-body relationship at different times and socio-cultural contexts, up to reaching the concept of "psychology of health" and its different levels of intervention involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Problem: The present psychotherapeutic intervention in HIV/aids is a field in which a great variety of psychotherapeutic techniques are proliferated without any connection or therapeutic articulation. Objective: To design a general model of psychological therapy on HIV/aids which has as its heuristic framework, the progressive focal point of stress put forward by Lazarus and Folkman (1986). Results: The design of the model is put forward which in turn goes through a validation phase. This has as its central axis the development and strengthening of confrontation strategies in the infected person with the purpose of managing their psychological demands, the evaluation of events, negative emotions, the physical manifestations of stress and dispositional variables in an adaptive way. For this to take place, one takes into account intervention in each one of the phases of the infection, from the moment that the positive results were given until the phase of preparation for death. Conclusions: The model allows for the integration of the research results from different disciplines in order to help the patient deal with the illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]