Revista Interamericana de Psicología articles from July 2005

Revista Interamericana de Psicología archives from July 2005

Getting semantic: conforming our journal to times of information everywhere/Tornar-se semantico: adequando nossa revista ao tempo de informacao por toda parte.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
July 1, 2005... Yesterday, when I was a young scientist, life was simple, structured and easy. To learn what was new in my field, I used to go to a building called "the library". Unless I had a specific goal, I would go through the most known journals of my...

The theory of successful intelligence/La Teoría de inteligencia exitosa.
July 1, 2005... Abstract This article presents a theory of successful intelligence. The theory is substantially broader than conventional theories of intelligence. It defines intelligence in terms of the ability to achieve one's goals in life, within...

La escala de preferencias y la escala compuesta de matutinidad en universitarios Peruanos/The composite and the preferences scales of morningness in Peruvian university students.
July 1, 2005... Compendio La matutinidad /vespertinidad es un aspecto de la personalidad que caracteriza a las personas cuyo funcionamiento físico y psicológico tiene lugar durante la mañana (tipos matutinos), frente a quienes encuentran su "mejor...

Desarrollo de una medida especifica para la evaluación de la calidad de vida en pacientes adultos viviendo con hemofilia en America-Latina: el hemolatin-QoL/Development of a disease-specific measure to the assessment of quality of life in adult patients living with hemophilia in Latin America: the hemolatin-QoL.
July 1, 2005... Compendio Con la cooperación de centros de tratamiento y de organizaciones nacionales de la hemofilia en ocho países Latinoamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Panamá, Uruguay y Venezuela; 10 centros implicados) se...

Estudos da consistencia interna e fatorial confirmatorio da Escala Toronto de Alexitimia-20 (ETA-20)/Estudios de la Consistencia interna y factorial confirmatorio de la Escala Toronto de Alexitimia-20 (ETA-20) con estudiantes brasileños/Reliability and confirmatory factorial analysis of the Toronto Alexithimia Scala-20 (TAS-20) with Brazilian students.
July 1, 2005... Resumo O objetivo deste estudo é verificar as qualidades métricas da ETA-20 (Escala Toronto de Alexitimia-20) com estudantes universitários brasileiros comparando-as com os resultados de outros países. A amostra constitui-se de 489...

Different patterns of prospective, retrospective, and working memory decline across adulthood/Los modelos diferentes de declive de la memoria prospectiva, retrospectiva, y de trabajo por la madurez.
July 1, 2005... Abstract Previous studies have compared young and old adults' performance on prospective memory tasks but little attention has been given to possible changes in middle-aged participants. This study was designed to compare changes in...

The Matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters (MESSY)and its adaptation for Brazilian children and adolescents/Escala Matson de avaliacao das habilidades sociais para jovens (messy) e sua adaptacao para criancas e adolescentes brasileiros.
July 1, 2005... Abstract The present study reports the psychometrics properties of the adaptation of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) to a Brazilian sample. The MESSY and the Family Identification Test (FIT) were completed...

Site under construction: an ethnopsychological representation of the Mexican self concept/Sitio en construccion: una representacion entopsicologica del auto-concepto del Mexicano.
July 1, 2005... Abstract The relevance of psychological constructs can only be evaluated if the validity, reliability and cultural sensitivity of the concepts are established. Individual attributes and social behaviors stem form a life long dialectic...

El autoconcepto en niños Mexicanos y Argentinos/ The self concept in Mexican and Argentinean children.
July 1, 2005... Compendio Se trabajó con una muestra de 67 participantes mexicanos y 108 argentinos de ambos sexos, de 11 a 13 años de edad, para hacer una comparación de su estructura mental de autoconcepto. A través de análisis factoriales de...

Fatores de risco ou protecao para a presenca de ideacao suicida na adolescencia/Risk and protection factors in suicide ideation among adolescents.
July 1, 2005... Resumo O objetivo deste estudo é identificar fatores de risco e de proteção para a presença de ideação suicida, em adolescentes da população geral. A amostra constitui-se de 526 adolescentes, entre 15 e 19 anos, de escolas públicas e...

HIV/AIDS risk behavior of Mexican women working in a maquiladora/Conducta riesgo al VIH/SIDA de mujeres Mexicanas trabajando en una maquiladora.
July 1, 2005... Compendio El objetivo de este estudio era explorar el comportamiento de riesgo de VIH/SIDA en 101 mujeres trabajadoras en una maquiladora en Mexicali, Baja California. Las participantes llenaron donde se les pregunto sobre el uso de...

Creencias de los hombres sobre lo que significa ser padre/Men's beliefs about what it means fatherhood.
July 1, 2005... Compendio Durante estos últimos años la definición del rol paternal ha sufrido un cambio respecto de lo que tradicionalmente se asumía como creencias sobre dicho rol. En este sentido, el objetivo de este estudio es analizar la...

¿Las experiencias paranormales son psicologicamente perturbadoras? Una Encuesta comparando estudiantes universitarios y aficionados a temas paranormales/Are paranormal experiences psychologically disturbing?: a comparative survey between undergraduate students and readers of paranormal issues.
July 1, 2005... Compendio Diseñamos una encuesta de experiencias extrasensoriales que administramos en una población de personas aficionadas a temas paranormales (ATP) (n = 432) y la comparamos con una muestra de estudiantes universitarios (n = 392)....

Espiritismo: the flywheel of the Puerto Rican spiritual traditions/ Espiritismo: el volante de las tradiciones espirituales de Puerto Rico.
July 1, 2005... Abstract Espiritismo (spiritism) is a wide spread religious practice among Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans in the United States. Espiritismo has been found to be effective in healing people and having similar effects with...

Metaphor and oedipus/Metafora e Edipo.
July 1, 2005... Abstract The main aim of this article is to point out metaphors taken from oral tradition or performed by patients in psychotherapy, as a royal way to Oedipus complex in analysis working through process. First, the position of the...

Psicología, investigación y ciencia en el Paraguay: características resaltantes en el período preuniversitario/Psychology, research and science in Paraguay: its main characteristics in the period previous to academic psychology departments.
July 1, 2005... Compendio Los grados y niveles de avance logrados por la investigación psicológica son heterogéneos y disímiles en los diferentes países y tradiciones culturales. En Paraguay, la psicología se ha caracterizado por mantener un perfil que...

Scientific writing: a guide by Robert J. Sternberg.(Recensión)
July 1, 2005... This article aims to summarize the last edition of an important recourse for scientific writing: The fourth edition Psychologist's Companion (Sternberg, 2003). It represents a literary masterpiece that must be read repeated times for students...

Trece trucos de magia: el origen verbal de los mitos en psicologia por Juan A. Robinson.(Recensión)
July 1, 2005... Um mágico em ação, um homem golpeado no rosto e muitos espectadores. Esse o cenário de ficção criado por Juan A. Robinson para conduzir seu leitor, numa linguagem simples e agradável, à compreensão do fenômeno das pseudo-explicações em...