Vínculos familiares e inclusión social. Variables predictoras de la conducta prosocial en la infancia / Family linkages and social inclusion. Predictors of prosocial behavior in childhood

Los objetivos de esta investigación son analizar las relaciones de la conducta prosocial con variables del entorno familiar (apego y abandono del padre y de la madre), variables personales (inestabilidad emocional, agresividad y afrontamiento ante situaciones estresantes) y variables del entorno social próximo (aceptación y rechazo por los pares); además, estudiar las variables predictoras de la conducta prosocial. La conducta prosocial constituye un factor de protección personal que fomenta relaciones positivas entre los pares y promueve comportamientos de adaptación personal y social (Mikolajewski, Chavarria, Moltisanti, Hart & Taylor, 2014). Han participado 1447 niños/as (50.4% varones y 49.6% mujeres). Tienen entre 7 y 12 años (M = 9.27; DT = 1.36). Los resultados comprueban las relaciones positivas de la conducta prosocial con apego (padre y madre), afrontamiento funcional y aceptación por los pares. Asimismo, muestran las relaciones negativas de la conducta prosocial con abandono (padre y madre), inestabilidad emocional, agresividad, afrontamiento disfuncional y rechazo por los pares. Las variables predictoras de la conducta prosocial son, en positivo, apego de la madre, afrontamiento funcional y expectativas de aceptación por los pares; y, en negativo, son inestabilidad emocional, agresividad física y verbal, y expectativas de rechazo por los pares. Se discuten las implicaciones educativas

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between prosocial behavior and family environment variables (attachment to the mother and father and abandonment by the mother and father), personal variables (emotional instability, aggression, and coping strategies), and variables that relate to the immediate social environment (peer acceptance and rejection). This study also examined the predictors of prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior is a personal protective factor that encourages positive relationships between peers and promotes personal and social adjustment behaviors (Mikolajewski, Chavarria, Moltisanti, Hart & Taylor, 2014). A study with a sample of 1,447 children (50.4% male and 49.6% female) aged between 7 and 12 years (M = 9.27; SD = 1.36) was conducted. The results confirmed the positive relationships between prosocial behavior and parental attachment, functional coping, and peer acceptance. The results also confirmed the negative relationships between prosocial behavior and abandonment by the parents, emotional instability, aggression, dysfunctional coping, and peer rejection. The positive predictor variables for prosocial behavior were attachment to the mother, functional coping, and expectations of peer acceptance. The negative predictor variables for prosocial behavior were emotional instability, physical and verbal aggression, and expectations of peer rejection. The findings have educational implications, which are discussed herein

The history of psychology course in Spanish psychology curricula: Past, present, future.

Since the university education of psychologists began in Spain in 1954, the history of psychology course has been included in the curriculum. In the first few years, only half of the curricula offered the course. From 1973 to 2007, the universities' organization and regulation underwent successive reforms that involved changes in the curricula, decreeing specific national guidelines for each degree and establishing a minimum set of common required courses, called core courses, including the history of psychology. In 2007, the European Higher Education Area was set up, transforming the 5-year bachelor's degrees into 4-year degrees and eliminating the required guidelines, with each university being able to define the content of their curricula. The Dean's Conference for Psychology agreed on some recommendations related to core courses, which continued to include the history of psychology and were adopted by the majority of the universities. In 2015, the government established a new national regulation that makes it possible for each university to voluntarily reduce the length of the bachelor's degree to 3 years. Some psychology historians believe that this hypothetical reduction in the length of the degree, along with the already existing general tendency to prioritize applied or practical courses over basic or fundamental ones, could produce an appropriate scenario for the disappearance of the history of psychology course in some universities.

Evaluación del rol de variables intelectuales y socioemocionales en la resolución de problemas en la adolescencia / Evaluation of the Role of Intellectual and Socioemotional Variables in Solving Problems in Adolescence

El objetivo del estudio es analizar las variables cognitivas, emocionales y socio familiares que alcanzan un mayor poder predictor del afrontamiento eficaz en la adolescencia. Han participado 532 estudiantes de 3° curso de enseñanza secundaria obligatoria, (edad media: 14.45 años y SD= 0.763). Los ANOVA realizados muestran diferencias de género en las variables evaluadas. Los análisis de regresión indican que el apoyo de los demás y la percepción del estrés como un reto y desafío son las variables con mayor poder predictor del afrontamiento centrado en la resolución del problema. Por el contrario, la inteligencia general, la empatia y el apego con los iguales no alcanzan ningún peso significativo en los mecanismos de afrontamiento ante un problema en la adolescencia.

The aim of this research is to analyze cognitive, emotional, and socio-family variables to determine which of these factors have the greatest predictive power to predict effective coping mechanisms among adolescents forced to resolve problems. The sample is made up of 532 students in the third stage of compulsory secondary education (mean = 14.45 years old; SD = 0.763). Using ANOVA, we show the existence of gender differences for the variables under study. Furthermore, regression analysis indicates that the support of others and the perception of stress as a challenge are the variables with the greatest power to predict a coping mechanism when resolving a problem. In contrast, general intelligence, empathy, and attachment to peers have no significant weighting in the prediction of coping mechanisms among adolescents faced with problems.

Emociones, estilos de afrontamiento y agresividad en la adolescencia / Emotions, Coping Style and Aggression during Adolescence

Este estudio analiza la relación entre las estrategias de afrontamiento y las emociones para determinar en qué medida son procesos relacionados con la conducta agresiva. Se parte del supuesto de que en la agresividad influyen los mecanismos de afrontamiento en la resolución de problemas y el manejo de las emociones: inestabilidad emocional (falta de autocontrol ante situaciones que producen tensión) o empatía (sentimientos orientados al otro que tiene un problema o necesidad). Se ha evaluado una muestra de 1.557 niños y niñas, con un rango de edad entre 12 y 15 años, escolarizados en primer ciclo de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) en 36 Centros escolares de la Comunidad Valenciana, seleccionados aleatoriamente. Los resultados indican claras diferencias entre los sujetos con alta y baja agresividad y los mecanismos de afrontamiento que utilizan, los adolescentes más agresivos utilizan en mayor medida un afrontamiento improductivo, mientras que los menos agresivos aplican estrategias más centradas en la resolución del problema. En todos los modelos de ecuaciones estructurales, el efecto directo de la inestabilidad emocional y la empatía sobre la agresividad es significativa, siempre positivo en el primer caso pero negativo en el segundo. Además, la empatía favorece el afrontamiento centrado en la resolución del problema, mientras que la inestabilidad emocional se relaciona positivamente con el afrontamiento improductivo y este con la agresividad.

This study assesses the relation between coping strategies and emotions to know to what extend these are processes related to aggressive behavior. We assume that the aggression influence coping mechanisms in solving problems and handling of emotions: emotional instability (lack of self-control in stressful situations) or empathy (feelings faced to "other" who has a problem or need). A sample of 1.557 boys and girls, with an age range of 12-15 years, enrolled in first-cycle of Compulsory Secondary Education in 36 Scholar Centers in the Valencian Community, randomly selected, was evaluated. The results indicate clear differences between high and low aggression and coping mechanisms that they use. More aggressive adolescents used to a greater extent an unproductive coping, while less aggressive adolescents apply strategies more focused on solving the problem. In all structural equation models, the direct effect of emotional instability and empathy on aggression is significant, always positive in first case but negative in the second one. Besides, empathy promotes coping centered on the resolution of the problem whereas emotional instability is positively related to unproductive coping and this one with aggression.

Crianza y agresividad de los menores: ¿es diferente la influencia del padre y de la madre? / Parenting and children’s aggression: Are there differences in the influence of the father and the mother?

La crianza aporta mensajes y reglas que modulan el desarrollo de la personalidad de los menores. Estos mensajes tienen una influencia positiva o negativa sobre su conducta. El objetivo de este estudio empírico ha sido analizar las relaciones entre la agresividad física y verbal de los hijos y las hijas y el estilo de crianza practicado por el padre y por la madre. Se ha realizado sobre una muestra de 2.788 alumnos entre 10 y 15 años, que cursan el tercer ciclo de Educación Primaria (44%) y el primer ciclo de Educación Secundaria (56%). De ellos, 1.412 son varones (50,6%) y 1.375 son mujeres (49,3%). Los resultados muestran que la agresividad de los hijos varones está más relacionada con los factores de crianza asociados a la madre, además de la inestabilidad emocional. En las hijas, ambos progenitores influyen por igual (AU)

Child rearing provides messages and rules that mediate the children’s personality. These messages have a positive or negative influence on their behaviour. The objective of this empirical study was to analyse the relationship between physical and verbal aggression of sons and daughters and parenting style practiced by the father and the mother. The sample consisted of 2,788 students, aged 10 to 15 years, studying either the third cycle of Primary Education (44%) or the first cycle of Secondary Education (56%). Of them, 1,412 were boys (50,6%) and 1,375 were girls (49,3%). The results show that children’s aggressiveness is more related to factors associated with the mother’s parenting. In the case of daughters, the influence of parenting factors are caused by both parents (father and mother) (AU)

[Parenting and children's aggression: are there differences in the influence of the father and the mother?]. / Crianza y agresividad de los menores: ¿es diferente la infl uencia del padre y de la madre?

Child rearing provides messages and rules that mediate the children's personality. These messages have a positive or negative influence on their behaviour. The objective of this empirical study was to analyse the relationship between physical and verbal aggression of sons and daughters and parenting style practiced by the father and the mother. The sample consisted of 2,788 students, aged 10 to 15 years, studying either the third cycle of Primary Education (44%) or the first cycle of Secondary Education (56%). Of them, 1,412 were boys (50.6%) and 1,375 were girls (49.3%). The results show that children's aggressiveness is more related to factors associated with the mother's parenting. In the case of daughters, the influence of parenting factors are caused by both parents (father and mother).

Psychological processes and family variables as prosocial behavior predictors in a sample of Spanish adolescents.

A review of personal and family variables that regulate prosocial behavior is based on a sample of 1,433 Spanish adolescents (ages 9 to 13; 743 boys and 690 girls) who were assessed on the Prosocial Reasoning Objective Measure, the Physical and Verbal Aggression Scale, the Emotional Instability Scale, the State-Trait Anger Inventory, the Child's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory, the Prosocial Behavior Scale, and the Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents. Discriminant analyses showed that empathy, self-control in anger-provoking situations, and affection in family relationships are the best predictors of prosocial behavior.

Adaptación del Child´s Report Parent Behavior Inventory a población española / Adaptation of Child’s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory in spanish population

En este trabajo se presenta una adaptación en población española del Child’s Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI). El CRPBI es un instrumento que permite evaluar la disciplina familiar que perciben los hijos, tanto en su relación con el padre, como en su relación con la madre. Se considera un buen método para investigar las percepciones que los hijos tienen de la conducta paterna. La adaptación española se ha realizado en una muestra de 1.274 adolescentes (varones y mujeres) que pertenecían a diferentes centros educativos de la Comunidad Valenciana (rango de edad entre 13 y 18 años). Los resultados obtenidos muestran que las dimensiones de afecto/apoyo y control en los estilos de crianza que se perciben por parte del padre y de la madre son las dimensiones claras, potentes y fiables en nuestra población

This study presented an adaptation in spanish sample of the Child’s Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI). The CRPBI is an instrument that allows to assess family discipline percibed by children in the relation with their mothers and with their fathers. It’s consider a good instrument to assess the perceptions that children have of parent behavior. The Spanish adaptation has been carried out with a sample of 1.274 spanish adolescents (males and females) from different educational centers of the Valencian Community (13-18 years). The results show that affect, support and control are the main dimensions in the percibed child rearing styles from parents in our population

[Adaptation of Child's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory for a Spanish population]. / Adaptación del Child's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory a población española.

This study presented an adaptation in Spanish of the Child's Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI) . The CRPBI is an instrument that allows us to assess family discipline perceived by children in the relation with their mothers and with their fathers. It's considered a good instrument to assess the perceptions that children have of parent behavior. The Spanish adaptation has been carried out with a sample of 1,274 Spanish adolescents (males and females) from different educational centers of the Valencian Community (13-18 years). The results show that affect, support and control are the main dimensions in the perceived child rearing styles of parents in our population.

Personalidad y contexto familiar como factores predictores de la disposición prosocial y antisocial de adolecentes / Personality and family contexts as predictors of prosocial and antisocial predisposition among adolescents

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar variables de personalidad y familiares relacionadas con el comportamiento prosocial y con el comportamiento agresivo en la adolescencia, con especial interés en los procesos emocionales relacionados con la falta de control o la regulación emocional y los estilos de crianza que los adolescentes perciben por parte de sus padres. Se trata de un estudio empírico con 1.285 adolescentes (13-18 años de edad, 698 varones y 597 mujeres) seleccionados aleatoriamente. Los análisis discriminantes realizados indican que los procesos emocionales alcanzan una mayor correlación con el comportamiento agresivo, destacando la inestabilidad emocional y la disposición a respuestas de ira como los principales factores predictores de la agresividad; mientras que la empatia aparece como el principal predictor del comportamiento prosocial. Los estilos de crianza de los padres ocupan un segundo puesto en el perfil diferencial entre sujetos con alta y baja disposición prosocial, siguiendo a las variables personales, y prácticamente quedan desplazados por los procesos emocionales en la predicción del comportamiento agresivo