Gender differences in adolescent eating disorders: Exploring maladaptive schemas as a key factor.
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.
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 study reveals that emotional competencies may be impaired in individuals involved in situations of harassment.
A recent study by Martínez-Sitjes, Estévez Casellas & Carrillo, UMH researchers, has found interesting results on the relationship between empathy and bullying. Using the Empathy Index Questionnaire in Children and Adolescents (IECA) and the Bull-S Test, they...
Conference by Mireia Orgilés at the Symposium on Clinical Case Supervision of the Official College of Psychology.
The Symposium organized annually by the Working Group for the supervision of clinical cases with children and adolescents of the College of Psychologists of the Valencian Community, with more than 600 registered participants, this time had the objective of reviewing...
A doctoral thesis evaluates the effectiveness of the Compas program in Colombian adolescents.
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...
Mireia Orgilés gives a lecture at the Child and Adolescent Psychology Seminar
Professor Mireia Orgilés participated as a guest speaker at the Conference “Contributions of Child and Adolescent Psychology to Society”, organized at the University of Deusto (Bilbao) by the Official College of Psychology and the Spanish Society of Child...
Award for the best scientific communication at the II International Meeting on Prevention, Intervention and Postvention of Suicidal Behavior.
Raquel Falcó, predoctoral researcher in the AITANA Group, has received the award for the best scientific communication for her work entitled “Psychosocial Strengths for Adolescent Suicide Prevention: Universal, selective or indicated? Dissecting the Covitality...
Parental stress mediates children’s psychological symptoms
AITANA researchers examined during the COVID-19 pandemic how parental stressors affected their children’s emotional symptomatology. Specifically, they examined how parental stress mediated when parents applied emotional regulation strategies and how this related...