Psychotherapists' emotional and physiological reactions toward patients with either borderline personality disorder or depression.

There is a marked difference between the effects of psychotherapy for major depressive disorder (MDD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD), with treatment being less effective for the latter. Considering the importance of the therapeutic relationship in the prognosis of therapeutic results, some of these differential effects might be explained by the distinctive reactions that patients elicit in their therapists. The aim of the present research was to characterize therapists' perceptions of their emotional and physiological reactions to patients diagnosed with MDD or BPD.

Computerized versus manual versions of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: Implications with typically developing and ADHD children.

The aims of Study 1 (S1) were (a) to compare the task performance of 361 typically developing (TD) children aged 7 to 12 years, according to the mode of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) administration (manual vs. computerized) and b) to examine the contributions of executive functions (EFs) (i.e.

A structural equation modeling of executive functions, IQ and mathematical skills in primary students: Differential effects on number production, mental calculus and arithmetical problems.

Though the relationship between executive functions (EFs) and mathematical skills has been well documented, little is known about how both EFs and IQ differentially support diverse math domains in primary students. Inconsistency of results may be due to the statistical techniques employed, specifically, if the analysis is conducted with observed variables, i.e.

Neuroticism and Depression in Children: The Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies.

This study's general objective was to analyze whether different types of cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS), namely adaptive strategies-specifically positive refocusing and positive reappraisal-and maladaptive strategies-self-blame, catastrophizing, and rumination-mediated the neuroticism-depression relationship in children 9-12 years old, and whether gender and school transition moderated the relationships proposed. A self-reporting measure was administered to 315 children to evaluate said variables. The resulting data were analyzed using structural equations.

Contributions to the study and promotion of resilience in socially vulnerable children.

Young children are particularly susceptible to the adverse effects of social vulnerability. Resilient children are those who resist adversity, manage to cope with uncertainty, and are able to recover successfully from trauma. Becoming familiar with the characteristics of naturally resilient children allows preventive intervention policies to be designed.

Children's perception of parental empathy as a precursor of children's empathy in middle and late childhood.

This study examined: 1) the development of empathy in middle and late childhood, according to gender; 2) children's perception of parents' empathy according to gender: and 3) the links between children's perception of parents' empathy and children's empathy. Spanish translation of the Davis' Interpersonal Reactivity Index and a Measure of Children Perception of Parental Empathy were administered to 387 middle class children, aged 8-12 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the first place, we have found, as previous studies on the subject, significant differences between boys' and girls' empathy, girls being more empathic than boys.

Analysis of dimensions of prosocial behavior in an Argentinean sample of children.

This study assessed how many motivational factors were required to explain scores for prosocial behavior, as measured by the Spanish version of the prosocial tendencies measure. A sample of 472 middle class children and adolescents, both sexes, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the prosocial tendencies measure. This instrument presents prosocial behavior in six types: altruistic, compliant, emotional, public, anonymous, and dire.

A structural analysis of executive functions and socioeconomic status in school-age children: cognitive factors as effect mediators.

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-known predictor of cognitive achievement and executive functioning, although the underlying cognitive mediating processes remain unclear. The authors analyze the association between different socioeconomic indicators and the executive functions (EF) of schoolchildren and the possible cognitive mediating factors of this association. The sample included 254 children aged 7-12 years from different SES.

[image omitted] Verbal fluency in Spanish-speaking children: analysis model according to task type, clustering, and switching strategies and performance over time.

Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are extensively used to measure strategic retrieval and executive functioning. Results for total production of words, clustering and switching strategies, and performance over time for Spanish-speaking children are provided. A total of 120 children, ranging in age from 8 to 11, were divided by age into two groups and evaluated.

Loneliness and depression in middle and late childhood: the relationship to attachment and parental styles.

In this study, the author analyzed the relationship between (a) parenting and attachment and (b) self-competence, loneliness, and depression in children aged 8-12 years. The author administered (a) the Argentine Scale of Perception of the Relationships with Parents (M. C.

Coping assessment in adolescents.

The aim of this work was to obtain an abridged form of the Adolescent Coping Scale (Spanish version) that included items representative of the various factorial dimensions identified as stable. The scale (80 items) was administered to 800 Argentine adolescents. Factor analyses, principal axes and oblimin solution, were performed.