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The relationship between depressive symptom severity and attentional bias in children with type 1 diabetes
This recently published article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents studies the relationship between the severity of depressive symptoms and the different components of attentional bias towards sad stimuli in children with type 1...
Award for the Best Mental Health Initiative in Educational Centers
The AITANA research group at Miguel Hernández University announces an award aimed at recognizing initiatives carried out in primary and secondary schools that seek to improve the mental health of their students. Award Objective: To recognize and reward primary schools...
Emotional impact of the school adaptation of Spanish children after the pandemic
A recent study carried out by Mireia Orgiles, Marina Serrano-Ortiz, Jose Pedro Espada and Alexandra Morales analyzed how the school closure due to COVID-19 affected Spanish children and adolescents upon returning to classrooms. The research found that stressful events...
Psychometric properties of the 16-item Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS-16) in Ecuadorian teenagers
In this article published in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents, the 16-item Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS-16) is validated in Ecuadorian teenagers. 🔢 Methodology: 904 teenagers participated (53.5%...
The Echomantra program improves the recovery of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their families
A case study published by Álvaro Ruiz, Yolanda Quiles, María José Quiles, Eva María León, María Roncero, María Marco and Maider Crujeiras has evaluated the effectiveness of the ECHOMANTRA program in helping the transition of patients with eating disorders from...
Validation of the Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist in Spanish with Peruvian Infants in Contexts of Socioeconomic Vulnerability
The article by Retiz and team presents data on the validation of the Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist (BPSC) in Spanish with vulnerable Peruvian children. Methodology: 1,239 children aged 6 to 18 months (mean = 12.40 months; SD = 3.20) participated. The internal...
New scale for the rapid assessment of depressive symptoms in children
AITANA researchers have developed a brief questionnaire to evaluate mood in children. The Brief Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) is one of the few well-established measures to assess childhood depression. The work, published in Psicothema, evaluates the...
Keys to the impact of confinement on children: A study reveals effects on habits and emotional health
In a study by Morgül, Kallitsoglou and Essau published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents, the daily habits of children and their emotional and behavioral symptoms during the first confinement due to the pandemic in 2020 were compared...
New measure for the evaluation of OCD spectrum symptoms
Psychologists from the AITANA research group have published a study in which they provide a new measure, the expanded OCRD-D (OCRD-D-E), which allows evaluating the main symptoms of the entire OCD spectrum at once. This work has been carried out thanks to the...
Intervention programs for adolescents that enhance Personal Strengths
In an effort to address the importance of adolescent development in the school context, a study by Juan Molina Hernández and Ana María García León has shed light on the effectiveness of two intervention programs aimed at school-aged adolescents. The research, carried...