Showing papers in "Psychosocial Intervention in 2016"

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent literature on universal violence and child maltreatment prevention programs for parents is presented, focusing on the prevention of violence and maltreatment by promoting positive parenting practices.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evaluation studies involving large-scale experiences of implementation of positive parenting programs delivered through home, group-based, and on-line formats in Spain.

TL;DR: In this article, a study of the perdon and the reconciliación in Colombia was presented, with 45 hombres and mujeres of edades entre 18 and 65 anos, pertenecientes a las clases sociales baja, media and alta.

TL;DR: In this article, a prospective longitudinal study was performed followed for 3 and 6 months of 407 women who reported being victims of violence from their partner or former partner, and the results obtained by logistic regression analysis provide an AUC = 0.71 for time intervals at risk for three months (P <.003), with an odds ratio of 6.58 (95% CI: 1.899-22.835).

TL;DR: Connections to adults and connections to elders, but not peer connections, emerged as predictors of family and community level protection, suggesting these network factors as important intervention targets for intervention.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented evidence of the effectiveness of the Program-guide to Develop Emotional Competences in promoting positive parenting. But they did not address the methodological and evaluation issues that trained professionals need to consider when delivering the program to families in natural contexts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a qualitative study in rural communities of the province of Imbabura, in Ecuador, and seven focus groups involving a total of 63 people were held.

TL;DR: Amerigo et al. as discussed by the authors discuss the results of a study conducted by a piloto in Espana to evaluate the impact of environmental factors on conducta and preocupacion ambiental.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated changes in parental monitoring and the strategies to solve family conflicts reported by parents who participated in the Living Adolescence in Family (LAF) program in local social services and school centers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the implementation characteristics of the Family Education and Support program, a theory-driven, needs-based, and evidence-based positive parenting program originally developed for the Andalusian family preservation services.

TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative methodology was used, by applying semi-structured interviews to 65 key informants, i.e., professionals with experience in implementing and/or managing and evaluating such programs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the Spanish online program "Educar en Positivo" (“The Positive Parent”) and found that parents changed their views of online support, the benefits thereof, and their parenting skills.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of 992 adolescentes espanoles (16-20 anos) procedentes of 4 comunidades autonomas was conducted to investigate the actitud hacia the PDV and identify the principales barreras por las que los adolescentes no se someten a la prueba.

TL;DR: In this article, the psychosocial characteristics of triad members: the gestational surrogate, intended parents, and offspring have been investigated and positive adaptation to the process and benefits for all members of the triad were indicated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the impact of various implementation components in the home and group versions on changes in parental attitudes about child development and education and found that greater program adherence, better quality of delivery and participant responsiveness, and positive climate predicted changes in parent attitudes in both formats.

TL;DR: In this paper, the evaluation of the facilitators and the assessment of the family engagement techniques are evaluated using a Delphi technique with experts and professionals, in order to guarantee the success of their implementation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the changes in the professional development and the service reported by the facilitators of the groups after the implementation of the "Learning together, growing in family" programme.

TL;DR: In this paper, an asset-based community development framework was used in which the capacities of the local people and their associations are recognized to be essential in building a more powerful community, to helping a community be more self-sustaining and to developing better relationships among entities.

TL;DR: A study aimed at identifying and assessing positive parenting programmes and activities carried out in the Autonomous Region of the Basque Country, Spain, finds the good quality of the programmes’ aims and content, and the poor systematic assessment of these same aspects.

TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that the meanings and definitions of corruption frequently feature the following verbs: to benefit, power, to obtain, to take advantage of, to steal, to bribe, and to threaten, while identification with a political party influences the judgments made on acts of corruption by both the opposing group and the group to which participants belong.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tested the hypothesis regarding the Dual Process Cognitive-Motivational Model of Duckitt (2001) and Duckitt and Sibley (2010) regarding the professional profile of those who work with socially excluded people is not compatible with the maintenance of prejudices against the group they help.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors adapted the Participatory Behaviors Scale (PBS) and validated the results for use among the Spanish population using snowball sampling methodology, 501 individuals from all areas of Spain were selected to participate in the study, and they concluded that the questionnaire is methodologically valid and can be used by the scientific community to measure participatory behavior.

TL;DR: In this paper, a total of 37 caregivers of four different types were interviewed in 5 focus group discussions: housewives, responsible of household and workers, domestic assistants without specific certification, and family workers with specific certification.

TL;DR: The subjective experience of participating in cognitive remediation (CR) as an adjunctive treatment to illness-self management psycho-education for jobseekers (HOPE) is explored to generate evidence on effective ways to improve the current CR approach.