Publications by authors named "Ana Milena Gaviria-Gomez"
Two objectives were formulated. The first was to establish whether characteristics such as self-esteem, perception of body image, and dating perpetration explain dating victimization. The second was to check if sex moderates the relationship between low self-esteem and dissatisfaction and if body dissatisfaction mediates the effect of low self-esteem on being a victim of dating violence (DV).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Although previous reports have found no birth-order influence on ADHD risk, the authors hypothesize that being the firstborn is a risk factor for developing ADHD.
Method: They selected all of the currently treated ADHD outpatients (n = 748) from our database. Families with adopted sons, nonnuclear families, and families with only one child and with sons (affected or unaffected) younger than 6 or older than 18 years were excluded.
Schizotypy has been proposed to be the expression of the genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia. Schizotypal features have been associated with personality dimensions found in patients with psychosis. In this study, we compared the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ) scores of patients with psychosis, siblings scoring higher on schizotypy (SSHS), and siblings scoring lower (SSLS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a cognitive disturbance in which intensity is not enough to be classified as dementia and does not affect significantly the functioning or activities of daily living. The MCI has a progression rate to Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) related to different factors.
Aim: To evaluate the association between the presence of psychological and behavioural symptoms (PBS) with progression to ATD en MCI subjects.