Centro de Investigación de la Infancia y la Adolescencia | Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

The Child Research Center at Miguel Hernández University is dedicated to child and adolescent mental health. It organizes and promotes research, training, knowledge transfer, and scientific-technical advice in this field.

The research group of the Child Research Center is called Analysis, Intervention and Applied Therapy with Children and Adolescents (AITANA), a consolidated group of the UMH since 2010.

In the field of training, the researchers of the center organise the University Master’s Degree in Psychological Therapy with Children and Adolescents with blended and online training.

The Child Research Center promotes the publication of the Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents, indexed in the main databases, and organises the annual International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology with Children and Adolescents.

From Spain to Ecuador: AITANA researchers carry out a cooperation project to promote affective-sexual health in young people

The AITANA research group of the Miguel Hernández University has initiated a new development cooperation project in southern Ecuador, focused on the promotion of adolescent affective-sexual health, entitled “Teenage Pregnancy, a Neglected Problem in Ecuador”. This...

Presentation of the Spanish Observatory on Child and Adolescent Mental Health

On October 22nd, within the framework of the II Scientific-Professional Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, the Spanish Observatory of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, observainfancia.es, was presented. The conference, organized by the Research Center...

Laughing at Oneself: The Moderating Role of Self-Deprecating Humor Between Cybervictimization and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents

Lucía Gómez García, Cirenia Quintana-Orts & Lourdes Rey Peña The study by Gómez-García and colleagues, published in the Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, analyzes the moderating role of self-deprecating humor between cybervictimization and...

Efficacy of Super Skills to prevent emotional problems in Spanish schoolchildren

Aitana researchers have just published a study on the effectiveness of Super Skills in self-applied multimedia format. The program is designed to prevent emotional problems in Spanish schoolchildren. Participants significantly improve their social and emotional...

Exploring paternal mentalization and its impact on early child development: A multimethod approach

Eric Cozodoy, Marta Gomà, Josep Ferrer, Emma Prims, Antònia Llairó & Eulàlia Arias-Pujol A study by Cozodoy et al., published in the latest issue of the Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, explores paternal mentalization and its impact on early...

Correlates of Dissociative Experiences, Mood Symptoms, and Rumination in Spanish Children

Elena García-Morales, Cristina Cuesta-Zamora, Marta Parra-Delgado, Verónica Jimeno-Jiménez, & Jorge Javier Ricarte A study by García-Morales and colleagues, published in the Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, examines the correlates of...

II JORNADA CIENTÍFICO-PROFESIONAL. SALUD MENTAL EN LA INFANCIA Y ADOLESCENCIA: UN PUNTO DE PARTIDA ANTE LOS NUEVOS RETOS

El próximo 22 de octubre tendrá lugar la segunda jornada científico-profesional del proyecto EMO-CHILD “Salud mental en la infancia y adolescencia: Un punto de partida ante los nuevos retos". El evento tendrá lugar de 9h a 13:30h en el Edificio Valona, en el campus de...

Burnout, Optimism, and Resilience in Young Mexican Athletes

Tomás Trujillo Santana, José Luis López-Morales, Jeffry Romero, Ana I. Peinado Portero, Hugo Zepeda Munguia, & Enrique Javier Garcés de los Fayos Ruiz In this study published in the latest issue of the Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, the...

Diagnostic Capability of Alarm Symptoms and Psychosocial Factors in Abdominal Pain

A team from the University Hospital Fundación de Alcorcón in Madrid and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos has published a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents that examines the diagnostic capability of alarm symptoms and psychosocial...

Seminar Cognitive disengagement syndrome: What is it?, why does it matter?, and where do we go from here?

The Spanish Society of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (SEPCIJ) together with the collaboration of the University of Seville (Faculty of Psychology) has organized a seminar entitled: Cognitive disengagement syndrome: What is it?, why does it matter?, and...