Search results for "Child psychology"

Teaching hand-washing with pictorial cues

2016

<p><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;">Applied behavior analysis has been shown to be an effective means to teach daily living skills to individuals with intellectual disability. In the present study pictorial cues based on task analysis, system of least prompts, and social reinforcement were used to teach a man with mild intellectual disability to wash his hands correctly. An ABAB reversal design was used with follow-up after two weeks. The results show a rapid increase in hand-washing skills.</span></p>

Cross-Cultural Validity of the Emotion Matching Task

2019

Objectives We aimed to provide evidence of the cross-cultural validity of the Emotion Matching Task (EMT), as a measure of emotion knowledge in preschool children in different cultures, namely, the United States, Italy, and Spain. In particular, we analyzed: (1) the psychometric properties of the scale in each of the three subsamples; (2) the relations between sex, age, verbal ability, and EK, in the overall sample and in the three different cultures; (3) the pattern of acquisition of the various dimensions of emotion knowledge in the overall sample and in the three different countries. Methods Participants were 500 children from Spain (N = 180), the United States (N = 158), and Italy (N = …

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Self Compassion (SC) Training for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Trial in …

2021

This study aims to develop a clinical trial to test the efficacy of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and self-compassion (SC) program on self-reported values of anxiety, depression, and stress in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in primary school, in order to assess their integration into the framework of community intervention programs in Spain. Methods: A brief 8-week training program using mindfulness-based intervention (MBSR) and self-compassion (SC) has been applied to twelve Valencian ASD parents, ten of whom completed the program. Participants were assigned to two groups

Clima motivacional, satisfacción, compromiso y éxito académico en estudiantes angoleños y dominicanos

2019

Resumen El objetivo fue triple: validar las versiones portuguesa y española de la Escala de Orientación y Clima Motivacional (MOC), evaluar la invarianza métrica en muestras de estudiantes dominicanos y angoleños, y estudiar las relaciones de las orientaciones y climas motivacionales con aspectos educativos relevantes. Participaron 2302 estudiantes dominicanos y 2028 angoleños de 14 a 18 años. Mediante Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio se comprobó que las cuatro dimensiones hipotetizadas del MOC se ajustaban bien a los datos de ambas muestras. Los resultados más relevantes mostraron que las percepciones de los estudiantes sobre el clima de maestría se relacionaron positivamente con el compro…

2021

Aggressive behavior in school is an ongoing concern. The current focus is on specific manifestations such as bullying, but the behavior is broad and heterogenous. Children spend a substantial amount of time in school, but their behaviors in the school setting tend to be less well characterized than at home. Because aggression may index multiple behavioral problems, we used three validated instruments to assess means, correlations and gender differences of teacher-rated aggressive behavior with co-occurring externalizing/internalizing problems and social behavior in 39,936 schoolchildren aged 7–14 from 4 population-based cohorts from Finland, the Netherlands, and the UK. Correlations of aggr…

Évaluation d’un programme francophone de formation aux habiletés parentales dans le cadre des troubles du spectre de l’autisme auprès d’un groupe pil…

2017

Resume Afin d’aider les parents de jeunes enfants avec un trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA) a faire face au stress qu’engendrent les difficultes liees a l’autisme de leur enfant, un programme psychoeducatif de formation a ete elabore. Ce programme francophone de douze seances de deux heures et trois visites au domicile, intitule « L’A.B.C. du comportement de l’enfant ayant un TSA : Des parents en action ! », est base sur l’analyse appliquee du comportement. Il a ete evalue aupres d’un groupe pilote afin d’en determiner la validite sociale et l’efficacite. Les resultats de six parents d’enfants âges entre quatre et six ans montrent une augmentation des connaissances sur les TSA et les pr…

Les courants intégratifs en psychothérapie

2011

Resume Le champ de l’integration des psychotherapies est vaste, surtout dans les pays anglo-saxons ou le nombre de publications croit enormement au fil des annees. Des courants de recherche se sont interesses a l’efficacite des psychotherapies ainsi qu’aux facteurs communs a toutes les approches, et c’est en developpement a ces preoccupations que s’est creee une volonte de rapprochement entre certaines d’entre elles. Nous detaillons dans cet ecrit les courants majeurs dans le domaine de l’integration des psychotherapies.

Does adolescents' psychopathology change in times of change?

2017

Prevalence os sending, receiving and forwarding sexts among youths: A three-level meta-analysis.

2020

Alttes ajuts: Conselleria d'Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport DOGV No. 7943, ACIF, 837 2017 By systematic review with a three-level, mixed-effects meta-analysis, this paper examines the prevalence of sexting experiences among youths aimed at analyzing conceptual and methodological moderators that might explain its heterogeneity. A search was conducted of five bibliographic databases and grey literature up until February 2020. The risk of bias in primary studies was assessed. A total of seventy-nine articles met the set inclusion criteria. Mean prevalences for sending, receiving and forwarding sexts were.14 (95% CI:.12,.17),.31 (95% CI:.26,.36) and.07 (95% CI:.05,.09), respectively, e…

PERCEPCIONES DE LOS DÉFICITS DE FUNCIONAMIENTO EJECUTIVO DE ADULTOS CON TDAH VERSUS PERCEPCIONES DE SUS FAMILIARES

2015

Introducción. Los niños con TDAH tienden a sobreestimar su funcionamiento social, conductual y académico, un asunto que ha sido poco investigado en adultos con TDAH. Objetivos. Los objetivos de este trabajo son: 1) Examinar el perfil de funcionamiento ejecutivo de adultos jóvenes con TDAH; 2) Estudiar la relación entre las habilidades de funcionamiento ejecutivo percibidas por adultos con TDAH y sus padres; 3) Comparar las puntuaciones diferenciales (entre las versiones de observador y autoinforme) de adultos con TDAH y adultos con desarrollo típico. Método. Participaron 93 adultos (50 con un diagnóstico de TDAH en la infancia y 43 con desarrollo típico) entre 17 y 24 años. Se aplicaron las…