[Cognitive profile of children with neurological disorders: II. Myelomeningocele]. / Perfil cognitivo de niños con trastornos neurológicos: II. Mielomeningocele.

The Myelomeningocele is a neurological dysfunction, as a consequence of some injury in the SNC. Since, this brain disease has an inevitable influence maturity and psychological development in children who suffer it, it is considered as essential as know the place and extension of the injury, finding out the knowledge competence of child who suffers Myelomeningocele. This would be the main objective of this research, specifically we study that the knowledge development of 25 children with Myelomeningocele (14 boys, 11 girls) aged 5-14 years. 18 suffers Myelomeningocele with Hydrocephalus and 7 are affected with Myelomeningocele without Hydrocephalus. This research wants to improve the knowledge of the cognitive development of these children, to achieve, from a psychological evaluation with psychometric instrument specialized (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Wisc) a tailed inventory about the development levels reached for these children. Therefore, intending to define the areas of potency and dysfunction in children that we know are affected with a SN pathology.

[Personality traits and hyperactive behavior]. / Rasgos de personalidad y conducta hiperactiva.

The hyperactive child has traditionally been considered impulsive rather out of self-control, anxious, problematic as regards his/her interpersonal relationships, and highlystrung. In this paper, we aim to prove the existence of these traits by analyzing them from a psychometric perspective, and starting from Cattell's theory of traits. We have worked with a sample of 130 hyperactive children and 79 control individuals, aged six to ten, who were diagnosed according to DSM III criteria. We have used the CPQ and ESPQ tests. The data were submitted to a contrast of differences. The results agree with the hypothesis proposed.

[Illness behavior. Attempt to identify clinical types]. / Conducta de enfermedad. Un intento de identificacíon de tipos clínicos.

The present study brings for the first time the description and assess of several types of "abnormal illness behavior" by using the I.B.Q. in 571 general practice psychiatric ambulatory and hospital surgery and medical patients. Using multivariate analysis techniques (Cluster and Discriminant) we found five patterns of response with the I.B.Q. Two of them (50.5%) showed adaptative response, the other three patterns (49.5%) are classified as "abnormal illness behavior". Its importance and repercussion in medical care is discussed.