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{"title":"Differences in Mechanisms of Social Interaction of Gifted Children Based on Peer Acceptance","authors":"Pablo Hernández-Lastiri, África Borges, María Cadenas","doi":"10.5944/AP.16.1.22169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.16.1.22169","url":null,"abstract":"Early relationships with equals are considered a relevant factor in people’s development. In order to study social interaction, Santoyo (1996, 2006) proposes the functional mechanisms of social effectiveness, social responsiveness, and reciprocity. To analyze and compare these mechanisms in the participants of the Comprehensive Program for High Abilities (CPHA) with the purpose of detecting possible differences between the students who are better considered by their equals and those who have less social acceptance. The sample was selected by a sociogram, and the social interaction was measured with the Observational Protocol for Interactions within the Classroom-OPINTEC, v.5 (Cadenas & Borges, 2016, 2017; Cadenas, Borges, & Falcón, 2013). The participants show effectiveness and correspondence, but they don’t show social reciprocity. No differences were observed between the most valued ones and the most rejected ones. Observation represents and appropriate methodology for the studying of social relations in natural settings in combination with other procedures. ","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.16.1.22169","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44330475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Saliencia Aberrante y Componentes del Modelo de Gray en el Desarrollo de la Sintomatología Positiva","authors":"Marta Sánchez-Arjona Casquete de Prado, Rafael J. Martínez Cervantes, Cristina Senín-Calderón, J. F. Rodríguez-Testal","doi":"10.5944/ap.16.1.22205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/ap.16.1.22205","url":null,"abstract":"ResumenRecientemente, las investigaciones centradas en estudio de las bases de la psicosis han puesto el acento en la saliencia aberrante (Kapur, 2003). Asimismo, se ha demostrado que los sistemas emocionales propuestos por Gray (1982), relacionados con la sensibilidad al castigo y la sensibilidad a la recompensa, influyen en el desarrollo de diversas psicopatologías. Apenas se ha investigado sobre el papel de estos sistemas en la sintomatología positiva. El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar el papel mediador de la sensibilidad al castigo y la sensibilidad a la recompensa en la relación entre la saliencia aberrante y la sintomatología positiva, entendida como ideas de referencia, ideas persecutorias y propensión alucinatoria en una muestra compuesta por 259 estudiantes de la Universidad de Sevilla (España). Los resultados mostraron una mediación parcial de la sensibilidad al castigo y la sensibilidad a la recompensa en el modelo de mediación de las ideas de referencia, así como una mediación parcial de la sensibilidad a la recompensa en el modelo de la propensión alucinatoria. No obstante, no se observó mediación ni de la sensibilidad al castigo ni de la sensibilidad a la recompensa en el modelo de las ideas persecutorias. Según estos resultados, parecer ser que la sensibilidad al castigo y la sensibilidad a la recompensa son características básicas de la personalidad que podrían influir en el desarrollo de algunos síntomas positivos, y por ello, de la psicosis.AbstractRecently, research focused on the study of the bases of psychosis has placed the accent on aberrant salience (Kapur, 2003). Likewise, it has been shown that the emotional systems proposed by Gray (1982), related to sensitivity to punishment and sensitivity to reward, influence the development of various psychopathologies. The role of these systems in psychosis has hardly been investigated. The objective of this work was to study the mediating role of sensitivity to punishment and sensitivity to reward in the relationship between aberrant salience and positive symptomatology, understood as ideas of reference, persecutory ideas and hallucinatory propensity in a sample composed of 259 students of the University of Seville (Spain). The results showed a partial mediation of the sensitivity to punishment and the sensitivity to reward in the mediation model of the ideas of reference, as well as a partial mediation of the SR in the model of the hallucinatory propensity. However, no mediation was observed neither of the sensitivity to punishment nor of the sensitivity to reward in the persecutory ideas model. According to these results, it seems that the sensitivity to punishment and sensitivity to reward are basic characteristics of the personality that could influence the development of some positive symptoms, and therefore, of psychosis.","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/ap.16.1.22205","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71246373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revisión de la autocaracterización: una técnica narrativa constructivista","authors":"Javier González Encinas, Luis Ángel Saúl Gutiérrez, J. G. García Martínez","doi":"10.5944/AP.16.1.22192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.16.1.22192","url":null,"abstract":"ResumenLa autocaracterización es una técnica narrativa enmarcada dentro de la Teoría de los Constructos Personales (Kelly, 1955). Se diferencia de otras técnicas narrativas por la estructura de sus instrucciones, donde se solicita a la persona describirse a sí misma en tercera persona de una forma íntima; y por el formato de corrección, que trata de desenfocar al lector de su visión y asumir el punto de vista del autor como propio, así como por explorar el proceso y el sistema de construcción personal. Pese a ser destacada por su utilidad clínica (G. J. Neimeyer, 1996), no se han encontrado trabajos que reúnan los principales resultados que ha cosechado esta técnica. El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar las similitudes y las diferencias encontradas en los trabajos que hacen uso de ella. Para dar respuesta, se lleva a cabo una revisión de literatura que reúne las principales contribuciones sobre la autocaracterización. Se ha tenido en cuenta la metodología empleada en los estudios, el formato de instrucción y de corrección y las etapas de análisis. La investigación muestra que el acercamiento crédulo, la flexibilidad de las instrucciones y la exploración de los constructos personales son los puntos recurrentes en los distintos trabajos recopilados. Se concluye que el formato de corrección, escasamente sistematizado, está influyendo negativamente en su uso y en su difusión a nivel empírico. Adicionalmente, se indica la necesidad de generar un protocolo de análisis que integre las principales etapas de análisis y actitudes del terapeuta que más atención han cosechado.AbstractSelf-characterization is a narrative technique framed in Personal Construct Theory (PCT; Kelly, 1955). It is differentiated from others narrative techniques by its elicited instructions, where is request a third person selfdescription in a sympathetic and intimate way, and by analysis protocol, that try to blur the reader from his own vision and assume the author’s point of view as his own, like so explore the process and the system of personal construct. Despite being highlighted for therapeutic useful (G. J. Neimeyer, 1996), no works founds that gather the self-characterizations finds. The objective is analyzing the differences and similarities founded between research which use self-characterization. For give an answer, it is made a literature review that group the main contributions about this technique. It has been taken in consideration the methodology, instructions and analysis format, and analysis phases. This paper sample that credulous approach, instruction flexibility and personal construct exploration are the recurrent point in compiled works. It is been concluded that analysis format, poorly systematized, supposes a negative influence in its use and diffusion at empiric level. Additionally, it is indicated the need to generate a new protocol to analysis that integrated the principal phases and therapeutic attitude that have garnered more attention.","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.16.1.22192","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43924814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Propiedades psicométricas de una versión breve del Driving Anger Expression Inventory en conductores españoles","authors":"David Herrero Fernández, Mireia Oliva-Macías, Pamela Parada-Fernández","doi":"10.5944/AP.16.1.22364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.16.1.22364","url":null,"abstract":"ResumenLa ira en la conducción y los comportamientos agresivos que se derivan de esta emoción pueden afectar negativamente el desempeño en la conducción. Para evaluar este tipo de comportamientos es necesario contar con instrumentos fiables y válidos. Uno de los más utilizados es el Driving Anger Expression Inventory, que en su forma completa consta de 50 ítems. Esto hace que se trate de un instrumento excesivamente extenso. El objetivo de este estudio (de tipo transversal) fue desarrollar una versión breve del Driving Anger Expression Inventory que permitiera evaluar en poco tiempo la frecuencia de diferentes tipos de expresión de la ira al volante. Para ello se contó con una muestra de 441 conductores que rellenaron la versión completa del Driving Anger Expression Inventory, extrayéndose los ítems que mayores cargas factoriales mostraban a partir de un Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio. De esta manera se obtuvo una versión de 22 ítems que ajustaron satisfactoriamente en cinco factores: Expresión verbal de la ira (α = .84), Expresión física (α = .76), Expresión mediante el propio vehículo (α = .74), Expresión desplazada (α = .78) y Expresión adaptativa (α = .77). Se comentan las principales implicaciones de estos resultados, así como las limitaciones del estudio.AbstractDriving anger and its derived aggressive behaviors may affect driving negatively. In order to assess this kind of behaviors it is necessary to have reliable and valid psycho­metric instruments. One of the most one is the Driving An­ger Expression Inventory, which in its long form is composed of 50 items. It makes it an excessive long questionnaire. The aim of the present research was to de­velop a brief version of the Driving An­ger Expression Inventory to assess in few minutes the frequency of different types of anger expression be­hind the wheel. Therefore a sample composed of 441 driv­ers who completed the long version of the Driving An­ger Expression Inventory. After­wards, those items with highest factor loadings in the Con­firmatory Factor Analysis were chosen to compose the new short form. Finally, a 22-item version was proposed. It fitted satisfactorily in five factors, similarly to the long form: Verbal anger expression (α = .84); Physical anger expression (α = .76); Expression through the vehicle (α = .74); Displaced expression (α = .78), and Adaptative ex­pression (α = .77). Implications of the results are dis­cussed.","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.16.1.22364","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42384127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factor Structure of the Symptom Assessment-45 Questionnaire (SA-45)","authors":"F. P. Holgado Tello, E. Vila Abad, M. I. Barbero García","doi":"10.5944/AP.16.1.22048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.16.1.22048","url":null,"abstract":"We describe the internal structure of the Symptom Assessment-45 Questionnaire (SA-45; Davison et al., 1997) in a sample of non-clinical Spanish subjects. The scale was developed for treatment outcome assessment in psychiatric settings; however, many studies have examined its psychometric properties in non-clinical populations. The internal structure of these studies usually replicates the dimensionality proposed in the original study closely. In this work, the scale was administered to a sample of 823 participants. In order to analyse the dimensionality of the instrument in a non-clinical population, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses using polychoric correlations were carried out. The results obtained, are similar to those obtained for the original model and replicated in later studies, but there are important nuances that should be taken into account in defining a measurement model for the sample used. These data confirm the need for further research in a non-clinical population. ","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.16.1.22048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47370970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Felicidad subjetiva después de vivir un evento traumático en personas con y sin animales de compañía","authors":"M. G. González Ramírez, L. Quezada-Berumen, R. Landero-Hernández","doi":"10.5944/ap.16.1.23440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/ap.16.1.23440","url":null,"abstract":"ResumenLa interacción con los animales de compañía ha resultado efectiva en la reducción de síntomas estrés postraumático, e depresión y ansiedad, consecuentes a la vivencia de un evento traumático; aunque las investigaciones sobre aspectos positivos diferenciales entre personas con y sin animales de compañía han mostrado resultados heterogéneos. Es así que el objetivo del estudio fue comparar los niveles de felicidad subjetiva entre personas con y sin animales de compañía, quienes habían enfrentado un suceso traumático en algún momento de los últimos tres años. Participaron 98 personas residentes en México, 49 tenían perro o gato cuando sucedió el evento y 49 no tenían. Su edad promedio fue 31.4 años (D.E. = 9.3), 65.3 % mujeres y 34.7 % hombres. El principal resultado indica que quienes tenían animales de compañía al momento del evento se consideran actualmente más felices que quienes no tenían. Asimismo, se encontró una correlación positiva y significativa entre felicidad y la percepción de la gente sobre la relación con el animal de compañía. Se concluye que los animales de compañía pueden ayudar a la gente a lograr un crecimiento personal posterior a un evento traumático o estresante.AbstractThe interaction with companion animals has been effective in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from the experience of a traumatic event; although research about differences in positive aspects between pet owners and non-pet owners have shown heterogeneous results. Thus, the objective of the study was to compare subjective happiness perceived between pet owners and non-owners, who had lived a traumatic event at some point in the last three years. Ninety-eight people residing in Mexico, recruited through a non-probabilistic sampling, participated. Half of them had dogs or cats when the event happened and 49 did not have it. Age mean was 31.4 years (SD = 9.3), 65.3 % women and 34.7 % men. The main result indicates that those who had companion animals at the time of the event are currently considered themselves happier than those who did not. Likewise, a positive and significant correlation was found between happiness and people's perception of the relationship with the companion animal. It is concluded that companion animals could help people achieve personal growth after a traumatic or stressful event.","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/ap.16.1.23440","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71246696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relaciones de la justicia entre compañeros y la justicia del supervisor con el desempeño: un estudio de diario","authors":"Beatriz Picó Toribio, V. Martínez-Tur, Y. Estreder","doi":"10.5944/ap.16.1.22458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/ap.16.1.22458","url":null,"abstract":"ResumenLa investigación ha estudiado el impacto de la justicia or­ganizacional, definida como el trato que perciben los tra­bajadores por parte de una autoridad externa (supervisor u organización en su conjunto), sobre el desempeño como logro en la consecución de los objetivos del trabajo. Sin embargo, se echa en falta investigación de diario que tenga en cuenta otras fuentes de justicia más allá de la autoridad externa. Este estudio analiza la relación de dos fuentes de justicia, justicia del supervisor y justicia entre compañe­ros, con el desempeño de los trabajadores. Para ello, se ha realizado un estudio de diario para valorar la variabilidad en el desempeño como consecuencia del trato diario de justicia que perciben los trabajadores. Se ha realizado un trabajo de campo con una muestra de 28 trabajadores de una empresa del sector de la automoción, durante 10 días consecutivos. Los resultados mostraron correlaciones pro­medio estadísticamente significativas del desempeño con la justicia del supervisor (r = 0.41, t(26) = 2.29; p < .05) y la justicia entre compañeros (r = 0.44, t(26) = 2.49, p < .05). Asimismo, se confirmó la existencia de una rela­ción estadísticamente significativa y positiva entre la jus­ticia del supervisor, percibida el primer día de medida, y el desempeño de los trabajadores medido 10 días después. En cambio, no se observó la misma relación con respecto a la justicia de los compañeros. Así, se concluye que: (a) los cambios en justicia van acompañados de cambios en el desempeño y (b) la justicia del supervisor, medida el día de comienzo, es capaz de predecir el desempeño 10 días después. AbstractPrevious research has investigated the impact of organiza­tional justice, defined as the treatment workers receive from an external authority (supervisor or the organization as a whole), on performance as achievement of task objec­tives. However, there is a lack of diary studies that con­sider other sources of justice beyond an external authority. This study analyzes the link from two sources of justice, justice from the supervisor and peer justice, to workers’ performance. To do so, we carried out a diary study to ex­amine variability in employees’ performance as a conse­quence of variability of daily justice treatment perceived by workers. We conducted a field survey investigation us­ing a sample of 28 workers of a company that pertained to the automotive sector, during 10 successive days. Our findings showed significant average correlations between performance, on the one hand, and both justice from su­pervisor (r = 0.41, t(26) = 2.29, p < .05) and peer justice (r = 0.44, t(26) = 2.49, p < .05). In addition, it was confirmed a significant and positive relationship between justice from the supervisor, perceived the first measurement day, and employees’ performance measured 10 days after. By contrast, this relationship was not confirmed for peer jus­tice. We conclude the following: a) changes in justice are associated with changes ","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/ap.16.1.22458","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71246500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluación de la regulación emocional: indicadores psicométricos del instrumento RPA en población española","authors":"Margarita Hidalgo García, Rafael J. Martínez Cervantes, Cristina Senín-Calderón, J. F. Rodríguez-Testal","doi":"10.5944/AP.16.1.22180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.16.1.22180","url":null,"abstract":"ResumenEn la investigación clínica, el afecto positivo ha recibido menos atención que su dimensión paralela: el afecto nega­tivo. Este trabajo analiza las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Afectividad Positiva (Response to Positive Affect), para su adaptación al castellano y validación en población española. La escala mide las respuestas a las emociones experimentadas ante situaciones positivas (regulación emocional). Según los autores de la escala, está compuesta por tres factores: Amortiguación, Rumia positiva centrada en la emoción y Rumia positiva centrada en la persona. Se llevaron a cabo análisis factoriales exploratorio y confirmatorio, con 970 participantes de población general y clínica, análisis de la consistencia interna, invarianza para sexo y grupo (pa­cientes/controles) y validez concurrente. Se obtuvo la misma estructura factorial planteada por los creadores de la versión original de la escala. Se obtuvieron adecuados valores para la consistencia interna, invarianza para sexo y pacientes/controles, y correlaciones significativas con el cuestionario de salud general y el Cuestionario de Sensibilidad al Castigo y Sensibilidad a la Recompensa de sensibilidad al castigo y a la recompensa. La escala presenta adecuadas propiedades psicométricas. La Escala de Afectividad Positiva es un instrumento que puede permitir el estu­dio y análisis de la rumia positiva y la amortiguación, por tanto, la regulación de los estados emocionales positivos, complementando otros instrumentos centrados en otros procesos como la rumia y la afectividad negativa. Puede ser particularmente útil para la evaluación, seguimiento, y planificación de la intervención ante trastornos de ansie­dad, depresivos y bipolares, entre otros, al evaluar carac­terísticas de regulación emocional en la persona evaluada.AbstractPossitive affect has often been neglected throughout research in clinical psychology, with respect to its parallel dimension: Negative affect. This study analyses the psychometric properties of the Response to Positive Affect scale in order for it to be adapted and validated in Spanish population. The scale measures people reaction to the emotions experienced from positive situations (emotion regulation). According to the authors of the scale, it is compossed by three factors: Dampening, Emotion-focused possitive rumination and Self-focused possitive rumination. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were carried out, with 970 participants from general and clinical population, along with analyses about internal consistency, invariance analysis for gender and group (patients/controls) and concurrent validity. The factors obtained were the same as the ones proposed by the creators of the original scale. Furthermore, the values for internal consistency were adecuate, invariance for sex and group (patients/controls), as well as the correlations with the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (sensitivity to punishment","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.16.1.22180","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71246234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Character strengths, sociodemographic characteristics, and life satisfaction in Mexican students","authors":"N. Ruvalcaba-Romero, Julia Gallegos-Guajardo, L. Alfaro-Beracoechea, Gabriela Orozco-Solís","doi":"10.5944/AP.15.2.22207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.15.2.22207","url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of this study was to identify the existing relationship between character strengths and life satisfaction, as well as some sociodemographic aspects related to gender differences. Both the Virtue and Strength Inventory (IVYF; Cosentino & Castro, 2008) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985) were administered to 343 undergraduate students whose primary major of study pertained to health professions. Results indicated that for women, love and gratitude are the strengths that explained 21.3 % of the variance regarding satisfaction with life, while love and social intelligence predicted 44.5 % of life satisfaction for men. Results are discussed under the light of cultural differences.","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.15.2.22207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49341425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Low (not High) Trait Anger is a Personal Strength in Adolescents","authors":"Raúl J. Alcázar-Olán, C. González-Fragoso, David Jiménez-Rodríguez, José Luis Rojas-Solís","doi":"10.5944/AP.15.2.21748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5944/AP.15.2.21748","url":null,"abstract":"Low trait anger, the tendency to stay calm in order to cope with frustrating everyday situations, is associated with mental health and positive outcomes. Its counterpart is high trait anger, defined as intense and chronic irritability, which usually has detrimental effects on the individuals and their relationships. The purpose of this study was to test three hypotheses in adolescents with high (n = 94) and low trait anger (n = 140), with a mean age of 13.06 (SD = 0.77). Hypotheses 1 and 2 addressed the parents’ behavior (parenting practices), and hypothesis 3 assessed social skills, anger and aggression. In particular, compared to adolescents with high trait anger, those with low trait anger: 1) experience less imposition and psychological control (i.e., less negative parenting) from both, mother and father; 2) experience more communication, autonomy, and behavioral control (i.e., more positive parenting) from mother and father; and 3) present more social skills, reflected in lower levels of anger-out, lower aggression toward other individuals, and higher levels of anger self-control. The findings, as a result, supported the three hypotheses. Aggression and social skills did not differ according to gender. However, female participants experienced higher levels of trait anger than did male participants.","PeriodicalId":43927,"journal":{"name":"Accion Psicologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5944/AP.15.2.21748","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46142227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}