INDEX
COMITÉ EDITORIAL
Comisiones Científicas para el bienio 2022-2024
Innovative Research in Clinical and Health Psychology III. Introduction to the supplement
Alvaro Barrios-Núñez
Clinical and Health Psychology generate considerable pragmatic and methodological benefits that improve the mental health of the population. Clinical Psychology emphasizes the evaluation, prediction, and alleviation of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral psychological affectations, while Health Psychology focuses its actions on health promotion, providing health education, developing studies and interventions on variables attitudinal, motivational, and emotional factors associated with health and quality of life, the promotion of healthy habits and lifestyles, as well as the learning of habits that favor health.
Consumption of psychoactive substances, mental health and sexual behaviors as risk factors in the health of Colombian children and adolescents
Carmen Emilce Barrera-Mesa, Mauricio Barrera-Mesa, Flavio Humberto Fernández-Morales
This research aims to provide precise data on risk behaviors and protective factors for the health of secondary and high school students at a Colombian educational institution. The study has a quantitative approach with a descriptive scope, a convenience sampling was carried out thattook as a sample of 656 students who received authorization from their parents and agreed to answer the voluntary, anonymous, and confidential survey. The 10 modules of the Global School Health Survey (GSHS) were applied, and this article presents the results regarding the modules of tobacco use, drug use, sexual behaviors, and mental health.
Memes and its impact on strengthening students’ critical reading skills
Yudy Tatiana Torres Bernal, Flavio Humberto Fernández-Morales, Jorge Armando Niño-Vega
This article reports a study that aimed to determine the level of impact of a didactic strategy mediated by memes to strengthen critical reading skills in elementary school students. We worked with 38 sixth grade students belonging to a Colombian educational institution. The research was carried out under a mixed approach, where the quantitative approach allowed to establish the variation of the student’s performance through a pre and post-test. The qualitative approach was used to characterize the students’ reading habits, to identify the type of memes they use on social networks, and to know their perception of the didactic strategy. The results show that the didactic strategy mediated by memes strengthened the students’ critical reading skills since there was a high learning gain of 0.859.
Motivational factors, learning strategies and competencies in natural sciences
Ángela Yohana Torres López, Ingrid Selene Torres-Rojas, Rossana Ninoska Camelo Mendoza
It is analyzed the relationship between the motivational factors with the learning strategies that the students of the Department of Cauca in Colombia present in front of the basic standards of competencies in Natural Sciences. A non-experimental study was carried out with a quantitative approach, correlational type of study, and cross-sectional study time, with 423 participants. As instruments, the EDAOM, EMPA questionnaires, and the results of the basic standards of competencies in natural sciences according to the ICFES tests were applied. The findings indicate that motivation is not the determining factor for the low results obtained in the ICFES, but learning strategies are, so it is necessary to devise and contribute to creating these to obtain better student results.
Autism spectrum problems, attention deficit, anxiety symptoms and IQ in children from 2 to 5 years
María Laura Vergara Álvarez, Andrés Fernando Ramírez, Jorge Navarro-Obeid, Liliana Meza Cueto, Stefano Vinaccia Alpi, Fabián José Mendoza Stave, Ricardo Cárdenas Mercado
The aim of the study was to establish the relationship between autism spectrum problems, attention deficit, anxiety symptoms, and IQ in children aged 2 to 5 years, through a quantitative correlational methodology. The sample consisted of 189 children and their parents and/ or caregivers belonging to child development centers and children’s homes in the city of Sincelejo, Colombia. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Preschool and elementary school children – WPPSI IV and the Child Behavior Check List – CBCL were applied. The main result was that in the Pearson correlation coefficient, anxious symptomatology and attention deficit were not related to any IQ index, while autism spectrum problems were related to the processing speed index (-0.282*).
Caregiving and parenting practices during mandatory confinement by COVID-19 of early childhood caregivers
Ferdy Arguello-Muñoz, Mónica Herazo-Chamorro, Paola Vanegas-Vergara, Patricia Mendivil Hernández, Ángela Arrieta-Fontalvo
Introduction: During the COVID-19 infection, the population of infants and adolescents has been the most affected in aspects such as health, adequate nutrition, responsive care, protection, and safety, among others. Objective: To describe the care and upbringing practices of early childhood caregivers during compulsory confinement, from the point of view of health, nutrition, and psycho-pedagogical support.
Perception of the benefits of companion animals during the time of quarantine by COVID-19 in a sample of inhabitants of the city of Medellín, Colombia
Olena Klimenko, Omar Eduardo Carvajal Zea, Nubia Hernández-Flórez, Álvaro Lhoeste-Charris
The present study aimed to identify the perception of the benefits derived from the company of pets during the quarantine by COVID-19 in a sample of the Medellín city population, Colombia. A quantitative, descriptive, ex post facto study was used, with the participation of 141 people, 73 % women (n=102) and 27 % men (n=39), with an average age of M=35.2 (SD =8.4). The variables of human-animal interaction, emotional closeness with the pet, physical and psychological benefits, and perceived cost were evaluated through an ad-hoc Likert-type questionnaire with Alpha Cronbach 9.79.
Internalized and externalized problems in preschoolers and emotional state of caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study
Mónica Isabel Herazo Chamorro, Diego Armando Pérez Vásquez, Bertha Isabel Bolaños-Torres, Leodanis Danith Fonseca Beltrán, Kelly Carolina Romero-Acosta
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic forced to take measures to protect public health such as mandatory social isolation and the closure of universities and schools, unprecedented measures such as the case of Colombia that affected the emotional state of the population and their mental health. Objective: To compare internalized and externalized problems in preschoolers and the emotional state of caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, at three different times, before isolation (2019), during isolation (2020) and after it (2021).
Perceived self-efficacy and its relationship with the perception of the characteristics of remote work in a pandemic situation in a sample of colombian primary, secondary and university basic education teachers
Erslem Armendariz-Nuñez, Ximena Cruz Montoya, Nubia Hernández-Flórez, Olena Klimenko
The article presents the results of the study aimed at identifying self-perceived efficacy and its relationship with the perception of the characteristics of remote work in conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Colombian teachers. In the quantitative study, with a descriptive-correlational level, 385 teachers from seven different departments participated, with an average age of M=34.5(SD=2.8), who worked at the educational levels from elementary school to teaching programs postgraduate.
Lifestyle and mental health in conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of people from the city of Medellín, Colombia
Nubia Hernández-Flórez, Saray Martínez Gallego, Olena Klimenko, Elisama Beltran de la Rosa, Jorge Hernández-Flórez
It is important to analyze the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying factors that allowed the population to mitigate its negative effects on mental health. The present study was oriented to identify factors related to lifestyle and its relationship with mental health in a sample of adults in the city of Medellín, Colombia, during quarantine in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was quantitative, cross-sectional, non-experimental, and descriptive level. The Pender (1996) lifestyle profile questionnaire (PEPSI-I) and the Derogatis (1994) SCL-90-R symptom inventory were applied to the sample of 100 people, selected utilizing a call on social networks.
Reading comprehension and academic performance, an analysis in primary basic education students from Yopal – Casanare
Helena Báez Infante
Reading comprehension is a process through which the student shows his ability to analyze, interpret and argue about a topic that he has read and allows him to respond in fields of knowledge and solve problems. This study aimed to relate the evaluation of reading comprehension with the academic performance of primary school students from Yopal Casanare. A quantitative study was carried out, with a non-experimental design, of correlational scope and moment of a cross-sectional study.
Parental school support and academic performance in students from Boyacá, Colombia
Sonia Raquel Tamayo Jiménez, Ingrid Selene Torres-Rojas, Adriana Cristina Acosta Ramos, Luz Karime Hernández Villadiego, Maira A. López-Castellar
Introduction: Parental support includes important aspects such as school performance to support children and benefit their academic achievements, and in teaching practice, there is evidence of the lack of this parental involvement in the face of the support required by students.
Objective: To analyze the relationship between parental school support and the academic performance of students in two educational institutions in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Boyacá – Colombia) for the year 2021.
Family functioning and self-harm behaviors in adolescents and young people in the municipality of Valledupar-Colombia
Lorena Cudris-Torres, Livia Alvis Barranco, Natali Gaviria Arrieta, Martha Luz Gómez Campuzano, Doris Magaly Colina de Andrade, Juan Carlos Bermúdez Cuello
Introduction: There are risk factors associated with the life cycle of adolescence and early adulthood, such as depression and hopelessness, disappointment and guilt at the impossibility of meeting parental expectations, family problems, a history of suicide in relatives, friends, and/or colleagues, difficulties in communication, a tendency to isolation, few interpersonal relationships, abuse of psychoactive substances, cuts or blows to the body, ideas, fantasies or previous attempts, considering suicide as a heroic act. Suicidal ideation and behavior in adolescence and youth is a public health problem with emotional, family, economic, and social consequences.
Actitudes sobre las enfermedades infecciosas y contagiosas en población colombiana
Stefano Vinaccia Alpi, Japcy Margarita Quiceno, Yaneidis Ana Urrego, Cesar Andrés Gómez Acosta, Soraya Bernal
Antecedentes: Si bien se ubican investigaciones en el contexto internacional que relacionan y comparan las actitudes ante enfermedades infectocontagiosas, no existen estudios referidos al respecto en el caribe colombiano. Objetivo: Evaluar las diferencias entre las variables vulnerabilidad percibida a la enfermedad, locus de control de la salud y obsesión-compulsión por la contaminación según el sexo, la edad, el estado civil y el nivel educativo, e identificar posibles relaciones entre estas variables.
Effect of Workload, Work Shift, and Work Stress on Burnout of General Practitioners at Makassar Regional General Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Suharni Suharni, Al Ihksan Agus, Samsualam Samsualam, Alfina Baharuddin
Objective: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between workload, work shifts, work stress, and work fatigue in general practitioners at Makassar Regional General Hospital. Method: This research used an analytical observational method with a cross-sectional study design. The sampling method used total sampling on general practitioners at Makassar Regional General Hospital. Workload, work shifts, work stress, and work fatigue were measured using questionnaires.
Trastorno por uso de videojuegos y comportamiento agresivo en adolescentes de educación secundaria: Un estudio transversal en Perú
Edwin Gustavo Estrada-Araoz, Néstor Antonio Gallegos Ramos, Jimmy Nelson Paricahua Peralta
Introducción: Los videojuegos son en la actualidad una de las formas de entretenimiento más populares, especialmente entre los adolescentes y jóvenes, sin embargo, su uso excesivo y compulsivo podría provocar una serie de problemas que afectarían su bienestar personal y calidad de vida. Objetivo: Determinar si el trastorno por uso de videojuegos se relaciona de manera significativa con el comportamiento agresivo de los adolescentes de educación secundaria de la Amazonía peruana.
Effect of Workload and Work Environment on the Anxiety of Health Workers in Dealing with Tuberculosis Patients
Andi Rezki Amelia, Fitriyani Fitriyani, Muhammad Khidri Alwi, Rezky Aulia Yusuf
The effect of workload and work environment on employee performance is very influential. Providing workload effectively is useful for knowing the extent to which employees can be given the maximum workload. Primarily, for healthcare workers, the workload should be properly distributed because it is not only about patient services, but they also need to pay attention to their own health from various kinds of infectious diseases in the healthcare facility. This study aims to determine the effect of workload and work environment on the health of workers’ anxiety in dealing with tuberculosis patients at Batua Health Center, Makassar City.
Organizational care of workers during COVID-19: Systematic literature review
Margaret Carolina Arzuaga Mendoza
This article presents the results of a systematic review aimed at investigating the importance of implementing the occupational health and safety system to improve working conditions and the health of employees, leading to the application of necessary measures for prevention of risks produced from the execution of the tasks and the impact of the pandemic on the SGSST in entities that make up the provision of the health service. The sample unit was composed of 36 investigations, identified in the Web of Science, Science Direct, EBSCOhost, and Scopus databases, the search was carried out in the period covered (2018 -2022), with publications in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
Obesity paradox and cardiovascular risk
Ana Daniela Torres Quezada, Juan Pablo Garcés Ortega, Rina Elizabeth Ortiz Benavides
Obesity, traditionally defined as excess body fat, is a non-communicable chronic inflammatory disease highly prevalent in both sexes, in all age groups, and in different regions globally, which is frequently associated with an increased risk of metabolic and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. During the last decades, evidence has been growing that suggests the existence of a phenomenon that is currently known as the “obesity paradox”, which exposes that individuals who are overweight or obese have a lower risk of mortality from all causes, an effect that extends to those patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), in whom mortality from CV causes is also decreased.
Emotions, anxiety, depression and the immune system: an integrative view of psychoneuroimmunology from a meta-analytic review of the narrative
Jorge Hernández-Flórez, Andrea Liliana Ortiz-González, Álvaro Lhoeste-Charris, Olena Klimenko, Francia Moncada-Navas, Nubia Hernández-Flórez
The study focused on conducting a meta-analytic review of three variables psychoneuroimmunology, emotions, and the immune system, intending to find a relationship between them. The methodology was the PRISMA statement with inclusion criteria: production of the last five years, full text, exclusion criteria: book chapters, reviews, editorials, letters to the editorials, as well as systematic and meta-analytic reviews; a formula was created from the variables with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) in databases: Web of Science, PubMed and Elsevier. The first sweep denotes (n=2237) articles and after the application of the screening, the final sample was (n=26).
Psychotherapeutic treatments in patients with bipolar and schizoaffective disorders: A meta-analytic review
Nubia Hernández-Flórez, Olena Klimenk, Álvaro Lhoeste-Charris, Yildret Rodríguez Ávila, Isneila Martinez-Gómez, Jorge Hernández Flórez
Objective: To analyze scientific publications on bipolarity and schizophrenia to detect both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments that have been applied in the last five years (2018-2022). Method: A quantitative method was applied, under the bibliometric research approach. The PRISMA method was used for this purpose. The search variables and the construction of the equations with their respective Booleans were defined. The database used was the Web of Science (WOS). After filtering by applying exclusion and inclusion criteria, a total of 23 documents were obtained for analysis.
Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on The Behavior of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review
Israfil Israfil, Ah Yusuf, Ferry Efendi
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been known to be one of the most common causes of death in the community. One of the factors that affect the condition of patients with cardiovascular disease is unhealthy behavior. Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy to improve patient behavior from bad to better behavior. This study aims to synthesize various research results on the effect of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) on the behavior of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Conceptualizaciones del cuidado informal y su contribución a la visibilidad del cuidador
Clara García-Cantillo, Lizeth Reyes-Ruiz, Jorge Navarro-Obeid, Milgen Sánchez-Villegas, Zamira Cervantes-Gil
Este artículo tiene como propósito realizar una reflexión en torno a las conceptualizaciones que surgen del cuidado informal y su contribución a la visibilidad del cuidador. Se resalta la necesidad de dar a conocer la labor del cuidador informal con especial énfasis en el género, el manejo del estrés, el desarrollo de estrategias de afrontamiento, el autocuidado, la mejora de la calidad de sueño y el tiempo que dedican su labor. Se hizo la reflexión basada en el Manual del Cuidado al Cuidador de personas con trastornos mentales y/o enfermedades crónicas discapacitantes y las Políticas de Cuidado internacional, los cuales reúnen los aspectos teóricos para conceptualizar el tema y lograr la visibilidad del cuidador. Es inherente priorizar a los cuidadores dentro del sistema de salud como sujetos de atención con un enfoque de género desde la promoción, prevención y atención en salud mental.