Targeting the mind and body: recommendations for future research to improve children’s executive functions by Best, John R.

“…To translate these findings to humans, there is a need for collaborations between developmental psychologists and physical health experts in order to design interventions that simultaneously target children’s physical and cognitive health.…”
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Validation of the Brief Religious Coping Scale by Mezzadra, Joaquín, Simkin, Hugo

“…Currently, the study of religious coping is one of the main lines of research in psychology of religion. Since there is a lack of instruments in the Argentinean context, this study aims to adapt and validate the Brief Religious Coping Scale (B-RCOPE), one of the most widely used techniques for empirical evaluation. 200 students of both genders from secondary catholic schools in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires participated in this study.According to our results, confirmatory factor analysis presents an adequate fit to the data, similar to those reported in other studies. …”
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Pensamiento y lenguaje en el marco de la ciencia cognitiva by Destéfano, Mariela Natalia

“…It involves developments on linguistics, philosophy,psychology, etc. Carruthers and Boucher (1998) identify different criteriathat would organize the diversity of positions about language and thoughtassumed in linguistics, philosophy and psychology. …”
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Estudio comparativo de las estrategias de enseñanza en el aprendizaje de contenidos de la asignatura Biología Evolutiva Humana, en alumnos de la Facultad de Psicología de la Unive... by Isaía, María Elena

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Development of Instruments to Measure Attitudes towards the Trans Community: Preliminary Analysis by Esteban, Caleb, González-Rivera, Juan Aníbal, Francia-Martínez, Margarita, Lespier, Zahira

“…There were no significant differences in attitudes towards the transgender and transsexual community between students and psychology professionals. We conclude that the health of trans people is a human and universal right, therefore, it is the responsibility of all psychotherapists to educate themselves about the issue and it is a debt of the educational institutions to integrate it into their curriculum.…”
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History and epistemology of early cybernetics: the case of the homeostat by Venturelli, Alfonso Nicolás

“…On the one hand, the contact points between the behavioral tradition in psychology and the theoretical and programmatic statement underlying the homeostat are considered: Over and above Ashby’s strong behaviorist roots, it will be shown how the homeostat also clearly departs from behaviorism. …”
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Other ways of understanding Cohen’s d by Ventura-León, José

“…However, the interpretation of this coefficient is not clear in psychology studies. In this sense, it is necessary to con-vert the d into a probability measure to facilitate the inter-pretation of the distributions that are object of comparison. …”
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The role of emotional intelligence and perceived social support in life satisfaction among ecuadorian undergraduates. by Hidalgo-Fuentes, Sergio, Tijeras-Iborra, Amparo, Martínez-Álvarez, Isabel, Sospedra-Baeza, Mª Josefa

“…Within the field of Psychology, the vital well-being of the individual is an essential aspect due to its great relevance and impact throughout all stages and areas. …”
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Adaptation of Volunteer Functions Inventory in adults from Argentina by Chiesa, Valeria Soledad, Stover, Juliana Beatriz

“…The analysis of their motivations is of interest in Psychology; however, there is no local instrument to evaluate them. …”
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“Go to the point”, define deadlines and objectives: temporalities and words in cognitive behavioural treatments in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Del Monaco, Romina

“…From the cognitive behavioural approach, the fact of being a psychology based on evidence; directive and focused on solving problems in the short/medium term is highlighted. …”
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Mecanismos cognitivos y habilidades implicadas en la adscripción de Intencionalidad by Duero, Dante Gabriel

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The Role of a Central Category among Items in a Confidence in Mathematics Scale by Abal, Facundo Juan Pablo, Auné, Sofía Esmeralda, Lozzia, Gabriela Susana, Attorresi, Horacio Félix

“…The participants were 939 Psychology students (81% female), who responded to the items using two response formats: a) a 5-point scale with the central category Neither agree nor disagree and b) a 6-point scale with 2 central catego-ries: Slightly Disagree and Slightly Agree. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) in Ecuadorian population by Arias, Patricio R., García, Felipe E., Valdivieso, Isabel Patricia

“…In the study of human behavior concerning the ex-position to highly stressful events, psychology has taken a leap forward, studying not only the negative effects of such events, but also the knowledge a person may gain from them, which is known as posttraumatic growth. …”
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Linguistic Linguistic Mediation of Perceptual Adjustment in University Students by Carpio, Claudio Antonio, Barrios, Diana Valeria, Montes, María Guadalupe, Aguilar, Francisco, García-Gallardo, Daniel, Pacheco, Virginia

“…Students from different areas of academic training (Psychology vs. Optometry) completed a task in which they had to locate a "lost moving target" in a simulated forest on a computer screen. …”
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Análisis psicométrico de una escala de agotamiento emocional académico con la teoría de la respuesta al ítem by Auné, Sofía, Dominguez Lara, Sergio, Attorresi, Horacio

“…The sample was selected by accessibility and was comprised by 517 Peruvian psychology students (76% women). Furthermore, none of the items presented differential item functioning according to sex. …”
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Translation and validation of the catastrophic cognitions questionnaire modified (CCQ-M): a preliminary study in male subjects Argentine by Pereyra Girardi, Carolina Iris, Ofman, Silvia Deborah, Cófreces, Pedro, Stefani, Dorina

“…For cognitive psychology in emotional disorders there is a systematic bias in information processing, resulting in exaggerated and inconsistent assessments of reality. …”
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Local Adaptation of Eysenck Personality Questionnarie (Short Form) by Squillace, Mario, Picón Janeiro, Jimena, Schmidt, Vanina

“…Thus, the local version of EPQ-RA is obtained, with 42 items distributed through four factors: three of them which representthe more prolific personality dimension in Psychology history, and the last one, is a “sincerity factor” equally valid and reliable.…”
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