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Cindy Mels
Researcher at Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
Publications - 29
Citations - 817
Cindy Mels is an academic researcher from Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 29 publications receiving 732 citations. Previous affiliations of Cindy Mels include Ghent University & The Catholic University of America.
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Mental health problems in separated refugee adolescents.
TL;DR: This study confirms the importance of the availability of parents to adolescents who have to deal with migration experiences, because separated refugee adolescents are at higher risk to experience multiple traumatic experiences and to develop severe mental health problems.
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The psychological impact of forced displacement and related risk factors on Eastern Congolese adolescents affected by war
TL;DR: The distinct mental health outcomes for returned youngsters illustrate how enhancing current socio-economic living conditions of war-affected adolescents could stimulate resilient outcomes, despite former trauma or displacement.
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Is the ideal mother a sensitive mother? Beliefs about early childhood parenting in mothers across the globe:
Judi Mesman,Marinus H. van IJzendoorn,Kazuko Y. Behrens,Olga Alicia Carbonell,Rodrigo A. Cárcamo,Rodrigo A. Cárcamo,Inbar Cohen-Paraira,Christian de la Harpe,Hatice Ekmekci,Rosanneke A. G. Emmen,Jailan Heidar,Kiyomi Kondo-Ikemura,Cindy Mels,Haatembo Mooya,Sylvia Murtisari,Magaly Nóblega,Jenny Amanda Ortiz,Abraham Sagi-Schwartz,Francis Sichimba,Isabel Soares,Howard Steele,Miriam Steele,Marloes Pape,Joost R. van Ginkel,René van der Veer,Lamei Wang,Bilge Selcuk,Melis Yavuz,Ghadir Zreik +28 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother.
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Social support in unaccompanied asylum-seeking boys: a case study.
TL;DR: The provision of social support could enhance UASC's well-being through buffering effects (e.g. social companionship as avoidant/distractive coping) and main effects ( acceptance by Belgian peers enhancing self-esteem).