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The objective of this study is to measure the effectiveness of a program on improving inhibitory and emotional control among children. In addition, it is assessed whether the improvement of these skills has an effect on the reduction of aggressive behavior in pre-school children. The participants were 100 children, 50 belonging to the control group and 50 to the experimental group, aged between 5 and 6 years. Pre-intervention and post-intervention measures of inhibitory and emotional control (BRIEF-P) and aggression (BASC) were taken. A Generalized Linear Mixed Model analysis (GLMM) was performed and found that children in the experimental group scored higher on inhibitory and emotional control compared to their peers in the control group. In addition, these improvements have an effect on the decrease in aggressiveness. In conclusion, preventive research should have among its priorities the design of such program given their implications for psychosocial development.
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Aggression , Emotions , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Peer GroupSubject(s)
Humans , Child, Preschool , Child , Learning Disabilities , Epilepsy , Neuropsychology , Autistic Disorder , Learning , Central Nervous SystemABSTRACT
Othello's error again: Application of the source monitoring model in the assessment of testimony credibility and the influence of emotional stress. Two experiments, in which 240 individuals, matched in sex, were interviewed by 8 psychologists and 10 police officers, were carried out to check whether the categories of the source monitoring model help to distinguish between a true and a false testimony. In the first experiment, lies were meant to exonerate a criminal (a rapist) and, in the second one, the goal was to accuse an innocent person, a condition not described in the literature about the application of the model. In both cases, we assessed the emotional state of the interviewees using the Spanish version of the Profile of Moods States (POMS). The results suggest that this model is more effective when the person who has been instructed to lie is subjected to a stressful emotional situation, that is, when a lie wrongly blames criminal actions on an innocent person. The forensic importance of these results is discussed.
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Criminal Psychology , Mental Recall , Models, Psychological , Stress, Psychological , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Young AdultABSTRACT
Se describen dos experimentos, realizados con una muestra de 240 sujetos igualados en sexo y entrevistados por 8 psicólogos y 10 policías, que han intentado comprobar si las categorías del modelo de control de fuentes ayudan a diferenciar el testimonio verdadero del falso. En el primer experimento la mentira pretendía exculpar a un delincuente (un violador) y en el segundo intentaba inculpar a un inocente, condición no descrita en la literatura acerca de la aplicación del modelo. En ambos se estima el estado emocional de los entrevistados a través del Profile of Moods States (POMS). Los resultados apuntarían a que el modelo es más eficaz cuando los sujetos con instrucciones de mentir están sometidos a una mayor carga emocional, es decir, cuando la mentira inculpa falsamente de hechos delictivos. Se discute la importancia forense de estos resultados (AU)
Two experiments, in which 240 individuals, matched in sex, were interviewed by 8 psychologists and 10 police officers, were carried out to check whether the categories of the source monitoring model help to distinguish between a true and a false testimony. In the first experiment, lies were meant to exonerate a criminal (a rapist) and, in the second one, the goal was to accuse an innocent person, a condition not described in the literature about the application of the model. In both cases, we assessed the emotional state of the interviewees using the Spanish version of the Profile of Moods States (POMS). The results suggest that this model is more effective when the person who has been instructed to lie is subjected to a stressful emotional situation, that is, when a lie wrongly blames criminal actions on an innocent person. The forensic importance of these results is discussed (AU)
