Gender differences in adolescent eating disorders: Exploring maladaptive schemas as a key factor.

May 29, 2023 | Estudios

A recent study by university researchers Laura Molina, Izaskun Orue, and Esther Calvete has analyzed gender differences in eating disorder symptoms in adolescents. The work found that girls have higher scores on early maladaptive schemas, which may partly explain...

New CuPRu questionnaire: A reliable and valid tool to detect Pica and Rumination disorders.

May 22, 2023 | Estudios

Researchers Karla Areli Medina-Tepal, Rosalia Vázquez-Arévalo, Nazira Calleja-Bello, and Juan Manuel Mancilla-Díaz have developed a new questionnaire to detect symptoms and behaviors of pica and rumination disorders in adolescents and young adults. The items were...

A doctoral thesis evaluates the effectiveness of the Compas program in Colombian adolescents.

Apr 21, 2023 | Estudios, Eventos, Projects, Publications

The doctoral thesis conducted by Mayra Gómez-Lugo, under the direction of Sandra Morales and Jose Pedro Espada, has identified that adolescents in Colombia are at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies due to...

New study on children’s nighttime fears.

Feb 10, 2023 | Estudios, Projects, Publications

Childhood nighttime fears are characterized by awakenings in the middle of the night, not wanting to sleep alone, extending the time to go to bed, startling and waking up suddenly, among others. In addition, they are very frequent in childhood and can become a serious...

The Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents of the UMH publishes an issue on child and adolescent psychological treatments.

Nov 23, 2022 | Estudios, Projects, Publications

`Estado de los tratamientos psicológicos infanto-juveniles’ is the title of the special issue published by the Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, edited by the AITANA research group of the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche. This...

New scale for rapid assessment of depressive symptoms in children

Nov 7, 2022 | Estudios, Publications

AITANA researchers have developed a brief questionnaire to assess mood in children. The Brief Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) is one of the few well-established measures for assessing childhood depression. The paper, published in Psicothema, evaluates the...