Search results for " ADOLESCENTS"
showing 10 items of 177 documents
Subgroups of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder without Intellectual Disability: A Longitudinal Examination of Executive and Socio-Adaptive Behav…
2021
Within the autistic spectrum, there is remarkable variability in the etiology, presentation, and treatment response. This prospective study was designed to identify, through cluster analysis, subgroups of individuals with ASD without intellectual disability (ID) based on the severity of the core symptoms in childhood. The secondary aim was to explore whether these subgroups and a group with typical development (TD) differ in cognitive, adaptive, and social aspects measured in adolescence. The sample at baseline was comprised of 52 children with ASD without ID and 37 children with TD, aged 7–11. Among the ASD group, three clusters were identified. Cluster 1 (40%), ‘high severity’, presented …
Effectiveness of an Emotional Intelligence Intervention and Its Impact on Academic Performance in Spanish Pre-Adolescent Elementary Students: Results…
2020
There is clear agreement about the importance of promoting emotional intelligence in school through programs integrated in the academic curriculum. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the EDI program on the emotional intelligence trait and on general academic performance, as well as mathematics and language performance. The participants were 5th grade elementary school students between 10 and 11 years old. A quasi-experimental repeated-measures design was used, with a comparison group and four assessment points. The results showed, on the one hand, the effectiveness of a two-year intervention in improving emotional intelligence and, on the other hand, its positive influe…
The Use of Social Media in Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review on the Potential Risks.
2022
In recent years, social media has become part of our lives, even among children. From the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic period, media device and Internet access rapidly increased. Adolescents connected Internet alone, consulting social media, mostly Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. During “lockdown”, the Internet usage allowed communication with peers and the continuity activities such as school teaching. However, we have to keep in mind that media usage may be related to some adverse consequences especially in the most vulnerable people, such as the young. Aim of the review is to focus on risks correlated to social media use by children and adolescents, identifying spies of ris…
The Children of Risk Communication
2022
For the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk communication has been a much-needed preventive and educative action to support citizens – including children – to adopt preventive and health protective measures. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the only health concern at hand that has raised concerns about the health status of children and required disease-preventive strategies. Bearing in mind the mental health problems and learning losses reported during the pandemic, in this commentary, we will argue that by now, it is time to consider critically if there could be more space for positive communication and education, both alongside and as an integral part of risk communication, to…
Facial emotion recognition in children and adolescents with specific learning disorder
2020
(1) Background: Some recent studies suggest that children and adolescents with different neurodevelopmental disorders perform worse in emotions recognition through facial expressions (ER) compared with typically developing peers. This impairment is also described in children with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), compromising their scholastic achievement, social functioning, and quality of life. The purpose of our study is to evaluate ER skills in children and adolescents with SLD compared to a control group without learning disorders, and correlate them with intelligence and executive functions. (2) Materials and Methods: Our work is a cross-sectional observational study. Sixty-three chil…
Agresividad y afrontamiento en la adolescencia. Una perspectiva intercultural
2008
La conducta agresiva es objeto de estudio con la finalidad de comprender los mecanismos básicos que causan y regulan esta conducta. La interculturalidad es una realidad que caracteriza a nuestra escuela y nuestra sociedad y el incremento acentuado en los últimos años de población inmigrante y el aumento de adopciones internacionales han generado en algunos centros un alto porcentaje de alumnos procedentes de otras culturas, lo que ha motivado en algunos centros un incremento de conductas agresivas y antisociales. El objetivo del estudio es analizar la conducta agresiva, los procesos implicados y los mecanismos de afrontamiento en una muestra de 1557 adolescentes entre 12 y 15 años, de Prime…
El apego a los padres y a los iguales en la adolescencia: un estudio exploratorio
2015
A finales de la niñez y adolescencia temprana, el mundo social de los adolescentes cambia y se amplía. Las relaciones con iguales adquieren gradualmente mayor importancia, convirtiéndose los amigos en la principal fuente de intimidad y apoyo socioemocional. El objetivo del presente trabajo es estudiar el apego a la madre, al padre y a los iguales en una muestra de adolescentes españoles. Participaron en el estudio 650 adolescentes de 12 a 16 años (M= 13.55; DT= 1.09), pertenecientes a colegios e institutos de la Comunidad Valenciana (España), 335 de los cuales eran chicas (51.5%). El apego se evaluó con el inventario de Apego a los Padres y a los Iguales (IPPA, Armsden y Greenberg, 1987), q…
Empatía, conducta prosocial y problemas de relación con los iguales: cómo se relacionan en la adolescencia
2016
El complejo mundo social de los adolescentes crea constantemente nuevas oportunidades para aplicar y desarrollar procesos relacionados con la empatía y la conducta prosocial, siendo ambos recursos fundamentales para su desarrollo psicológico y emocional positivo. El objetivo del presente trabajo es estudiar la relación entre la empatía, la conducta prosocial y los problemas de relación con los iguales en la adolescencia. Participaron en el estudio 520 adolescentes españoles entre 12 y 15 años (M= 13,55; DT= 1,09), de los cuales 263 (50.6%) eran chicas. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron la Escala Básica de Empatía (BES; Jolliffe y Farrington, 2006) para evaluar la empatía cognitiva y afecti…
Evaluation of Hypertension, Proteinuria, and Abnormalities of Body Weight in Italian Adolescents Participating in the World Kidney Days
2020
Introduction: World Kidney Day (WKD) was promoted by the Italian Kidney Foundation and the Italian Society of Nephrology for raising awareness, detection, prevention, and treatment of kidney diseases. The Italian WKD focused on the “School Project” by screening students attending the fifth year of high school. The main goal of the “School Project” was to assess in healthy adolescents the presence of hypertension (HTN) and proteinuria; as well as to evaluate potential interrelations between overweight, obesity (both measured with different anthropometric methods), blood pressure (BP) levels, and proteinuria. The ancillary goal was to have an estimate of awareness on some nephrology topics. M…
Burden and Prevention of HPV. Knowledge, Practices and Attitude Assessment Among Pre-Adolescents and their Parents in Italy
2020
Despite infections due to HPV nowadays represent the most common sexually transmitted diseases worldwide with recognized effective and safe preventive strategies, knowledge, attitudes; however, awareness on HPV is considerably low. The present study has two main objectives: 1. To conduct a literature review to analyze the evolution of preventive tools, the complexity of the vaccine choice process, and the challenges posed by HPV vaccine hesitancy and refusal among pre-adolescents and their parents; 2. To assess knowledge, practices and attitudes toward HPV infection and vaccination in a sample of Italian pre-adolescents and their parents. The observational study was carried out through the…