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An investigation analyzes peer violence in school, also called bullying, and highlights the role of adults as mediators and support for young students involved. The work considers violence from a social point of view and covers physical as well as symbolic aspects. The researchers carried out workshops to raise awareness about the topic and make violence unnatural for young people.
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In times of prolonged working stress, combined with demands which exceed the individuals’ answer capacity, gender violence, employment instability or work precarity, a team of extension of the University works in pursuit of the mental health of public employees of the city of La Plata.
After 17 years of the disaster, researchers carried out one of the only epidemiologic studies done in Argentina about the population exposed to the catastrophe unleashed in that city on the 3rd of November, 1995, when the ammunitions dump of the Military Factory exploded. The specialists from the School of Psychology followed it since 2001.
Researchers study the aggressor justification mechanisms in the oral and written discourse of women who suffer gender violence. In the study it is remarked the idea existent in society of female roles’ determination as complementary of male roles’ determination. These assumptions influence the justification of male maltreatment on the part of his victims. It is expected that the results of the analysis are useful to make contributions to public policies.
A research determined that emotional factors influence in a decisive way drivers when they drive, as they include or suppress risk conducts. The results of the study, which included the analysis of cognitive, emotional and socio-cultural aspects, will be a contribution for the design of preventive and educational strategies for the problem of road safety.
Researchers analyze the relation of teachers and media workers with their work subjects and define a new category called “immaterial work”. The research is new in the topic, as it not only analyzes immaterial subjects, but also the work conditions.
Obesity is not only a social and aesthetic problem, but a disease which constitutes a high risk factor for other diseases. That is why researchers carried out a study to know the nutritional conditions and the psychological and psychopathological aspects of obesity in bariatric surgery pre-surgical patients. The relation with mood determined that most patients presented depressive characteristics and antecedents.
In a study carried out in schools in risk contexts caused by extreme poverty, researchers developed a program to promote positive emotions in children, training teachers so that they could include it as part of the curricula. The children who experience positive emotions (such as happiness, calmness, gratitude, self-esteem and satisfaction) show greater respect for the others, greater cooperation, personal value, self trust, greater self control and capacity to enjoy.
A study about the drawings made by 175 children between 2 and 12 years old revealed that middle class children overcome the expected middle levels of graphic expression for their age; they use more color and incorporate actions to their works. Although their mates of marginal areas have a more adequate representation of the human figure, their works are less creative. Scientists recommend the early access to school to facilitate the academic performance and acquisition of abilities.
Of 375 adolescents from Tucumán consulted, the 27% has risky nutritional habits because they want to loose weight and the 17% present body dissatisfaction. This was evidenced by an interdisciplinary study and concluded that shyness and anxiety are the main consequences in the social behavior. The researchers carried out training tasks in school in social vulnerability contexts to promote from the institution healthy nutritional habits.
El Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Drogadependencias y Sida (CEADS) de la UNR estimó positivo el fallo de la Corte Suprema porque “el usuario deja de ser delincuente y vuelve a considerarse ciudadano”. Los especialistas que trabajan en el Centro valoraron la prevención para los no iniciados en el consumo, la asistencia para el que necesita ayuda y la alternativa que representa el fallo para los que no pueden dejar de consumir drogas, dado que es fundamental que el Estado no castigue y que el sistema de salud dé alternativas para que su vida pueda ser lo más saludable posible. Ejemplificaron con el caso de Portugal, que modificó su legislación desde 2001 y se redujo el consumo.
La resiliencia es la capacidad de adaptarse a circunstancias amenazantes y salir fortalecido de las adversidades. En conjunto con especialistas de Brasil y México, un equipo de investigadores de la UNR analizó las variables psicosociales que predicen la resiliencia entre los jóvenes y adolescentes. En el estudio aparece la idea de que las vinculaciones observadas entre bienestar y resiliencia estarían indicando que el apoyo emocional dentro del hogar y los intercambios sociales positivos influirían significativamente sobre la capacidad para afrontar situaciones adversas. El trabajo también evidenció que tanto el bienestar, la inteligencia emocional como el optimismo, son factores que propician la resiliencia.
Alicia Stolkiner, psicóloga diplomada en salud pública, analiza la realidad de los pacientes psiquiátricos en las instituciones de salud de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Con el objetivo de la reinserción comunitaria, trabaja en un proyecto que apunta a impulsar políticas de reforma en los hospitales.
Un grupo de antropólogos, politólogos y psicólogos hizo un estudio sobre la situación laboral de los jóvenes. Una de las conclusiones fue que, debido a las escasas posibilidades de independencia económica, en la actualidad el acceso al mundo adulto resulta cada vez más difícil.
Una investigación demuestra que el 23% de los menores de 13 años de Rosario tiene necesidades básicas insatisfechas, en especial en las zonas sur, oeste y noroeste. A los problemas de hacinamiento, precariedad de la vivienda y subsistencia, se suma la falta de respuestas institucionales.
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