Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Développement et validation d'une échelle multidimensionnelle pour l'évaluation de la participation politique numérique

Silvina Brussino — 2025-09-21

De la généralisation de l'usage des réseaux sociaux et de l'entrée dans la vie politique des générations digital natives, la participation politique en ligne a également gagné en pertinence. L'accès à Internet élargit non seulement l'accès aux informations politiquement pertinentes, mais élargit également le répertoire des actions politiques possibles. Dans ce cadre, il est intéressant de développer des outils permettant de mesurer l'ampleur et les types de participation politique numérique. Par conséquent, dans cet article, nous proposons une échelle de participation politique numérique (PPD) et fournissons des preuves psychométriques de sa fiabilité et de sa validité interne et externe. Plus précisément, l'échelle PPD a été appliquée à un échantillon de 788 personnes âgées de 18 à 70 ans en Argentine, qui ont été sélectionnées au moyen d'un échantillon non probabiliste autosélectionné. Les résultats des analyses de validité de structure ont montré une structure multidimensionnelle de 4 facteurs, avec un ajustement satisfaisant. De plus, les analyses de cohérence interne ont fourni des preuves de la fiabilité de chacune des sous-dimensions (α=0,72 à α=0,92). De même, la preuve de la validité externe se référant aux critères a été obtenue en obtenant des résultats cohérents avec la littérature précédente concernant la relation entre le PPD et la participation politique hors ligne (PPO).

Quality of Life and Stress in Call Center Agents: A Study of the Mediation of the Five Facets of Mindfulness

Raissa Ester Maia Monteiro — 2025-12-26

Call centers have become prominent in the service industry, characterized by factors triggering high employee stress. Regular mindfulness practice emerges as a strategy to promote mindfulness among workers, serving as an ally in mitigating psychological stress in the workplace context. The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of the trait of mindfulness, including its facets, in the relationship between psychological quality of life and stress levels in call center operators. A total of 110 call center operators, aged between 19 and 51, participated in the study from a private company. The results revealed a significant indirect effect (b = -0.92 [95% BCa CI = -1.77; -0.19]), suggesting that the trait of mindfulness acts as a mediator in the relationship between psychological quality of life and stress. This finding implies that a propensity for mindfulness can play a protective role against stress. When investigating which specific facets of mindfulness exert a significant mediating effect, multiple mediation analysis indicated that the "non-judging" facet is the only trait mediating the relationship between psychological quality of life and stress. The results provide preliminary evidence highlighting the importance of mindfulness as a potential protective factor against psychological distress in the organizational environment.

Mental Toughness and Sport Motivation: What Matters Most in Predicting Sport-Related Anxiety Among Highly Active Adult Esport Players?

Pablo Christian González Caino — 2025-05-19

The present study examined the relationship between mental toughness, sport motivation, and sport anxiety in a sample of 106 highly active adult esports players (94 males and 12 females) with ages ranging from 18 to 30 years (M = 22.3, SD = 3.3), who engaged in games such as League of Legends. Participants completed the Mental Toughness Inventory (MTI), the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS), and the Sport Anxiety Scale-2 (SAS-2). The results of the correlation analysis indicated that mental toughness was negatively associated with concentration distraction. Intrinsic motivation showed a positive association with worry, whereas extrinsic motivation was positively related to concentration distraction. Moreover, amotivation sub-scale correlated with both increased somatic anxiety and concentration distraction. Furthermore, results of conducting regression analyses indicated that amotivation was the only significant predictor of somatic anxiety and concentration disruption, whereas intrinsic motivation was the only significant predictor of worry. Findings emphasize that motivational factors, rather than mental toughness, are more significant in accounting for sport-related anxiety among highly active esports players.

Internalized Homonegativity in Cisgender Homosexuals: Validation and Adjustment of the IHN-9 Model

Renzo Carranza-Benites — 2025-12-26

Internalized homonegativity is the internalized rejection of sexual orientation, may affect the well-being of cisgender homosexuals. This study examines the validity and reliability of the IHN-9 Model to measure this construct in cisgender homosexual men in Lima, Peru. The adapted Peruvian model of the Internalized Homonegativity scale was adjusted, eliminating an item with high modification to improve internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analyses were applied and the relationships with anxiety and personal flourishing were evaluated. The IHN-9 showed higher internal consistency (α=.82, ω=.82) and better fit compared to the previously proposed model. The IHN-9 Model proves to be a reliable and accurate tool for measuring internalized homonegativity in cisgender homosexual men. Its greater consistency and improved fit suggest that it is a more effective tool for assessing this construct and understanding its impact on psychological well-being.

Social skills and conflicts in young women's dating relationships

Adriana Benevides Soares — 2025-12-26

Social skills (SS) are essential in romantic relationships and can help reduce conflicts and, consequently, violence against women. The objective of this study was to examine the conceptions of young women between 18 and 29 years old about expectations, conflicts and SS in dating. The research was conducted through a Focus Group (FG) with eight women, using a script of 22 questions in a structured format, organized into three main categories: Expectations about dating, Conflicts in the relationship and Social skills in dating. The results showed six Classes: Dating expectations, Dating intention, Time management between partner, family and friends, Dealing with criticism and humiliation, Priorities outside of dating and Setting limits and activities and point to the relevance of a repertoire of SS in conflict management for a stronger emotional bond, aiming at reducing conflicts.

Between conditional inclusion and coercive exclusion: homophobic violence and objectification in lesbian and bisexual women in Lima, Peru

Rebeca Fabiola Costa Hidalgo — 2025-12-18

This research aimed to explore the experiences of objectification and homophobic violence in lesbian and bisexual women between 18 to 24 years of age in Metropolitan Lima. An exploratory qualitative model with a thematic analysis procedure was followed, and semi-structured interview guides were developed to address objectification and homophobic violence. Thirteen cisgender lesbian and bisexual women participated in the study (M= 21.23, SD=1.59). We obtained two main themes linked to six subcategories. For the objectification of women and diversity, experiences of objectification from birth, hypersexualization of lesbian and bisexual women, and responsibilization of women in their treatment as sexual objects were highlighted. For homophobic violence and violence against women, we highlighted the experience of lesbophobia and biphobia, explicit violence linked to the recognition of sex and sexual orientation, and the family as a coercive agent. In conclusion, lesbian and bisexual women share experiences related to their position of vulnerability and their gender, and differ in specific experiences related to their diversity, such as representativeness, inclusion, and situations of explicit violence. Therefore, these women experience a conditioned inclusion according to the possibility of objectification, and a coercive exclusion that is expressed in rejection, explicit acts of violence and coercion.

Revisiter nos cadres d’intelligibilité : articulations entre la Psychologie Sociale Communautaire, les Épistémologies Féministes et la pensée décoloniale.

María Daniela Osorio Cabrera — 2025-12-18

Le contexte actuel de crise civilisationnelle nous pousse à revisiter nos cadres d’intelligibilité.
La pandémie de Covid-19 a exacerbé cette crise, tout en constituant une opportunité d’organisation collective pour répondre aux besoins émergents. Dans cet article, nous proposons une réflexion théorique sur ces processus collectifs que nous avons accompagnés dans ce contexte. Pour ce faire, nous estimons nécessaire d’articuler les apports de la Psychologie Sociale Communautaire avec les Épistémologies Féministes et la pensée décoloniale.

Ce dialogue nous permet de mettre en valeur les contributions de la Psychologie Sociale Communautaire dans cette conjoncture, tout en en identifiant les limites en ce qui concerne les horizons de compréhension qu’il devient nécessaire d’élargir. En même temps, il rend possible une relecture de nos manières d’habiter les processus de recherche et les méthodologies.

Nous partons d’un regard critique qui remet en question – et cherche à dépasser – les visions dichotomiques et hiérarchiques de la pensée moderne : raison/émotion, nature/culture, production/reproduction.
Ces déplacements nous conduisent à penser une pratique située, qui valorise des modes d’agir sensibles et responsables, en vue d’une connaissance collective des trames affectives et relationnelles qui soutiennent la vie en contextes de crise.

Social memory and decolonial challenges: reflections from a study on representations of historical personalities in Brazil and Portugal

Luiza Lins — 2025-05-19

In this paper, we aim to reflect on social memory and the decolonial challenges of the present by analysing a study on representations of historical personalities carried out in Brazil and Portugal. We conducted a survey in which participants were asked to freely evoke people or groups they considered to be the most important in national history, and to what extent they considered their impact on the country to be positive or negative. 260 people took part: 96 Brazilians (M= 34.6; SD = 11.8), mostly men (55.2%) and 164 Portuguese (M= 19.92; SD = 2.66), mostly women (78%). Among the results, we observed that there was not a single woman - androcentrism - among the 10 most evoked personalities in each country. We also observed a focus on politics, with an emphasis on individual agency to the detriment of collective agency - solipsism. This is particularly evident in the data collected in Portugal, where the emphasis is on kings, rulers, navigators and writers. Personalities associated with the ‘Discoveries’ were frequent, but there was almost no mention of personalities related to decolonisation. In the data from Brazil, on the other hand, ‘Indigenous’ and ‘Afro-descendants’ were among the most evoked. We discussed the implications of ‘rememberings’ and ‘forgettings’ for social memory and the decolonisation of thought as a crucial and particularly challenging task.

Mères vénézuéliennes réfugiées au Brésil : indicateurs de santé mentale

Cecilia Mira y Lopez — 2025-12-03

Actuellement, le pays qui occupe une place de premier plan sur la scène mondiale en matière de demande d’asile est le Venezuela, avec la demande d’un important contingent de personnes contraintes à émigrer. Au Brésil, selon les données enregistrées, il y avait un total de 477 493 réfugiés vénézuéliens (Plateforme R4V, 2023). Sachant que la migration peut avoir un impact sur la santé mentale (James et al., 2019). L'objectif de cette étude était d'étudier les indices de santé mentale des mères vénézuéliennes réfugiées au Brésil, dans le but d'identifier les indices de stress, d'anxiété et de dépression, à l'aide de l'instrument DASS-21. Vérifiez s'il existe une corrélation entre les indices de stress, d'anxiété et de dépression avec les données sociodémographiques concernant la tranche d'âge, l'état civil et le niveau d'éducation. Et analysez les résultats de l’échantillon vénézuélien avec les indicateurs de la population brésilienne. Le formulaire de consentement libre et éclairé a été signé dans le respect des aspects éthiques. Les données ont été analysées à l'aide du programme SPSS. Il en résulte des taux élevés d'anxiété (73 %), suivis de la dépression (56 %) et de faibles taux de stress (30 %). Par rapport aux indices de l'échantillon de la population brésilienne, les indices trouvés sont élevés, indiquant la nécessité de soins axés sur la santé mentale des personnes accueillies au Brésil.

Quality of scientific evidence for the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire: a systematic review

Laura Catalina Londoño Velásquez — 2025-07-15

Since its publication, the psychometric structure of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire has been replicated, adapted to different populations and languages, and shortened into abbreviated versions. This study aims to evaluate the quality of the scientific evidence regarding the questionnaire's validation processes. An exploratory systematic review was carried out to determine. To this end, a search was conducted in the following databases: PubMed, Virtual Health Library, Scopus, Google Scholar, SciELO, Redalyc, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and LILACS. The methodological quality of the selected articles was assessed using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) scale. A total of 20 articles met the inclusion criteria. The properties of internal consistency, construct validity, cross-cultural validity, criterion validity, and responsiveness received high-quality ratings. It is concluded that the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire can be used as a valid tool in different populations.

Applying Liberation Psychology for an Anti-Hegemonic Supervision Praxis

José Francisco Avilés-Acosta — 2025-12-03

Although American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines encourage clinical supervisors to integrate diversity into all aspects of practice and supervision, dominant models perpetuate hegemonic systems such as white Eurocentric imperialism and individualism, that foster a one-size-fits-all approach. Therefore, reimagining an anti-hegemonic approach to supervision that is focused on shifting power to the unique social locations of the supervisory triad is imperative. The present paper aims to offer readers an application of liberation praxis to supervisory relationships. Liberation psychology offers a guide to developing a supervision praxis through cultivating one’s critical consciousness of oppressive systems. In this paper, the authors propose a framework that (a) humanizes the wholeness of interlocking experiences of clients, supervisees, and supervisors; (b) invites collaboration through interrogation of power dynamics; and (c) engages in problematization (i.e., oppositional consciousness, deideologizing, and denaturalization) designed to recover historical memory, and revise dominant ideologies to match the lived experiences of minoritized groups, including the Global Majority. The authors aim to challenge existing supervisory models that perpetuate colonialism, and thereby advance practices that disrupt the traditional methods of psychotherapy training.

Perceptions Racistes sur les Femmes Noires dans les Relations Amoureuses

Thais de Sousa Silva — 2025-12-18

Les femmes ont toujours rencontré des difficultés culturelles et sociales, limitant leurs droits et opportunités. L'infra-humanisation, une théorie sociale, explique comment certains groupes perçus comme « inférieurs » se voient attribuer moins d’émotions et de pensées humaines. Cette étude a analysé le rôle de l'infra-humanisation dans l’attribution du racisme dans les relations amoureuses, en utilisant la photographie d’une femme noire. 108 étudiants universitaires, de tous sexes et filières, ont participé volontairement. L’expérience comprenait un scénario manipulé avec deux photos (femme noire et femme blanche), les Échelles de Sexisme Ambivalent et de Racisme Moderne, ainsi qu’un questionnaire sociodémographique. L’analyse statistique a été réalisée avec Jamovi. Les résultats ont révélé une relation entre la condition expérimentale (femme noire), le sexisme, les émotions primaires et secondaires, et le racisme. Les médiations doubles ont montré un effet indirect des émotions primaires (B = 0,31 ; SE = 0,11 ; IC95% 0,25–0,53 ; p = 0,001) et secondaires (B = 0,12 ; SE = 0,04 ; IC95% 0,03–0,21 ; p = 0,00), indiquant qu’elles jouent un rôle de médiation entre la condition expérimentale et le racisme. Ainsi, cette recherche confirme que l’infra-humanisation influence la perception des femmes noires et contribue à la légitimation du racisme moderne.

Trauma, Repression, and Resistance: A Critical Psychological Lens on Puerto Rico's Colonial Past

Aileen Torres — 2025-12-18

This paper examines the psychological effects of U.S. colonial repression in Puerto Rico through a historical trauma lens, framing resistance history as a trauma narrative that shapes identity, collective memory, and mental health. Drawing on decolonial psychology, liberation psychology, and trauma-informed frameworks, the analysis traces how events such as the Ley de la Mordaza, FBI surveillance (“Las Carpetas”), forced sterilization campaigns, and the persecution of nationalist leaders have contributed to fear-based self-censorship, internalized colonial oppression, and intergenerational psychological distress.

By situating symptoms like anxiety, depression, and identity conflict within the sociopolitical context of colonial domination, the paper critiques the ahistoricism of traditional Eurocentric psychological models and emphasizes the need for culturally relevant interventions. Empirical studies are reviewed that demonstrate how practices like decolonial naming and historical education in therapy can improve outcomes for Puerto Rican clients by reframing pathology as resistance to systemic oppression.

The paper concludes with implications for psychology practitioners, researchers, and policymakers, calling for therapeutic approaches that validate cultural identity, historicize trauma, and promote collective healing. Future research directions include the development of clinical models that incorporate resistance narratives, community healing practices, and culturally grounded understandings of political trauma. By centering the Puerto Rican experience, this paper contributes to broader efforts to decolonize psychology and amplify Indigenous and colonized voices within global mental health discourse.

Effects of Sociocultural and Academic Factors on the Mental Health of College Students: A Systematic Review

Elainy Camilo Loiola — 2025-05-19

Mental disorders among college students, especially in the medical field, are a rising public health concern and can impede academic progress. Despite their prevalence, the impact of sociocultural and academic factors on students' mental health across diverse disciplines and academic levels remains under-explored. Our systematic review sought to understand how factors, including gender identity, ethnicity, racial background, sexual orientation, housing status, economic conditions, course specifics, academic performance, and field of study, influence depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation. We screened five databases, prioritizing longitudinal, cross-sectional, and case-control studies, excluding intervention-based or qualitative research, reviews, theses, and editorials, or those without validated tools. From the studies, 32, representing 642,893 students, were pertinent. A noteworthy finding from our review was the pronounced prevalence of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among these students. Risks were particularly heightened for females and individuals from marginalized sexual, racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. Given the growing importance and diversity of student populations, our review emphasizes the urgent need for further research and mental health initiatives that cater to students' vast array of sociocultural and economic backgrounds.

Brief Mindfulness and mental health in people exposed to recent stressful events: A randomized controlled trial with follow-up after 6 months

Felipe Eduardo García — 2025-12-26

Stressful events regularly affect people throughout their lives. Mindfulness-based interventions can be used to prevent the negative consequences of these events. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of a brief mindfulness intervention, measuring its effects on depressive symptomatology, life satisfaction, cognitive rumination and emotional regulation, in adults living in Chile, who have experienced a recent stressful event. An experimental design was used, through a randomized controlled trial of two groups, one experimental and one wait-list control, with pre, post and follow-up measurement of all study variables, using the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Event-Related Rumination Inventory (ERRI) and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Results show that the intervention decreased levels of depressive symptomatology and intrusive rumination, increasing levels of life satisfaction. No intergroup changes in emotional regulation were observed. It is concluded that brief mindfulness could be an effective intervention to prevent depressive symptomatology and cognitive rumination and promote life satisfaction in people experiencing a recent stressful event.

Décolonisation vs occidentalisation dans le conseil

Edil Torres Rivera — 2025-09-21

Les auteurs de ce manuscrit ont effectué une analyse du contenu de la littérature disponible sur le counseling, en particulier les articles publiés dans des revues de counseling qui traitent de la décolonisation et du counseling. La première recherche a été effectuée à l’aide de Google Scholar, puis affinée par les articles publiés uniquement dans des revues de conseil. Cela a donné un total de 21 articles. La phase d’analyse de contenu a été réalisée à l’aide d’AskPDF (AskPDF, 2024) pour trouver les principaux thèmes des articles, suivie d’une autre analyse qualitative des thèmes et des citations dans les articles pour trouver des chercheurs des pays du Sud, à l’aide de la version 4.5.6 d’HyperResearch (2023). Les résultats ont indiqué que seuls onze articles mentionnaient des personnes de couleur, tandis qu’un seul citait des universitaires du Sud.

Psychometric properties of measures assessing paternal involvement in breastfeeding: a systematic review

Aline Da Silva Gonçalves — 2025-12-03

Research highlights the importance of paternal involvement in breastfeeding and its implications for these practices. This systematic review sought to identify and analyze the psychometric properties of instruments used to assess this context. To achieve this objective, searches were conducted across ten databases without restrictions regarding language or publication period, with a specific extraction method developed to evaluate the psychometric quality of the selected studies. A total of 4,542 records were identified, of which 12 met the eligibility criteria. Most of the selected studies exhibited psychometric limitations, particularly concerning the definition of the constructs measured by the instruments. Psycho-affective and cognitive aspects emerged as central to understanding paternal participation in breastfeeding, which is essential for the child’s development. The findings highlight the importance of developing public policies and support programs that foster paternal involvement in the parenting context. The application of the psychometric data extraction method developed for this review proved to be a valuable tool to support the development and adaptation of psychological instruments. This review expanded the understanding of instruments that assess paternal involvement in breastfeeding, thereby enriching knowledge of the father’s role in this vital process of human development.

Preuve de validité basée sur le contenu de la batterie d'évaluation des fonctions exécutives de l'enfant (BAFE-inf)

Andriely Cordeiro — 2025-12-27

L'objectif de l'étude était d'analyser la validité basée sur le contenu de la batterie d'évaluation des fonctions exécutives de l'enfant, composée de trois instruments informatisés qui évaluent l'inhibition, la mémoire de travail et la flexibilité cognitive, en plus d'une échelle basée sur la perception des parents des difficultés des enfants en matière de fonction exécutive. Sept experts et 22 personnes de la population cible ont participé (15 enfants âgés de six à dix ans et sept parents). Ils ont évalué la clarté, la pertinence et la conception/disposition des éléments. La collecte de données s'est faite à distance avec des experts et en personne avec les enfants et les parents. L'application était individuelle. Les données ont été analysées de manière descriptive et en estimant la concordance et la validité du contenu, avec des pourcentages de concordance et des coefficients appropriés, supérieurs à 0,90 et 0,80, respectivement. Des suggestions et des modifications aux instruments ont été discutées, il a été conclu que la batterie démontrait des preuves adéquates de validité du contenu, et cette étude se distingue par la présentation transparente du premier et fondamental processus d'analyse de validité, qui est essentiel pour que l'instrument passe aux étapes suivantes et parvienne à une application efficace à l'avenir.

Psychology, human rights and democratic values: foundations for a critical discipline in the building of a big peace in Colombia

Jean Nikola Cudina — 2025-12-27

The aim of this paper is to establish an analytical and critical discussion on the role of Colombian psychology in the process of transition to peace. To this end, it proposes an articulation between the scope of the human rights approach and democratic values in the professional work of psychologists in the country. A decade after the signing of the 2016 Peace Accords, it is argued that the call for a “big peace” in Colombia requires, in addition to institutional transformations, a cultural and subjective reconfiguration, where psychology can play a strategic role. The central thesis argues that a psychology free of value judgments is not possible in post-conflict scenarios. In the face of the aftermath of the armed conflict -trauma, exclusion, distrust, stigmatization-, psychological practice acquires a necessary ethical and political commitment: to contribute to the dignification of victims, the reconstruction of the social fabric and the prevention of new forms of violence. In this framework, it is proposed that democratic values -equality, justice, freedom and participation- should be assumed as guiding principles of professional ethics as conditions of legitimacy of the discipline in transitional contexts. The article is inscribed in a critical perspective, heir to Latin American liberation psychology, and proposes that psychological science should be recognized as situated, evaluative and transformative, oriented towards the strengthening of critical citizenship and the construction of a culture of peace.

The effectiveness of a third-generation cognitive behavioral therapy intervention program on psychological well-being for nursing professionals

Carlos Patiño — 2025-05-19

Nursing professionals (NPs) play a crucial role in public health by providing direct care and maintaining the quality of health services. However, they face emotional challenges that can affect their psychological well-being (PW). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the implementation of a Dialectical Behavioral Skills Training (DBT) program could increase PW levels among NPs in healthcare centers in the Northern Cuenca District of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP). The present research is an experimental study employing a two-group randomized design with pre- and postintervention measures. The instruments used were a sociodemographic instrument and the Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale. The study included 83 nursing professionals (NPs) from health centers in Cuenca. Nonprobabilistic convenience sampling was used due to Ministry of Health restrictions. A minimum sample of 30 participants (27 female, 3 male) aged 20-65 years ensured statistical accuracy while considering workplace demands and resources. The results indicated that the contextual therapy intervention program significantly improved the psychological well-being (PW) of nursing professionals (NPs), offering an effective strategy to address the emotional challenges they encounter in their work. This study emphasizes the importance of implementing targeted interventions, such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), to increase the psychological well-being of healthcare professionals.

Cross-national invariance of the Spanish version of the 8-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF) in people who experienced the death of loved ones from four South American countries

Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez — 2025-05-19

Post-pandemic, there is concern about the increase in mental health problems associated with grief due to COVID-19. Recent studies have identified positive outcomes that may have emerged in the face of adversity, which can lead to positive psychological changes, such as posttraumatic growth. The aim of the study was to evaluate the transnational measurement invariance of the 8-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form (PTGI-SF) in individuals who experienced the death of loved ones during the post-COVID-19 period. A total of 1,820 individuals were recruited from four South American countries (Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia) using non-probabilistic snowball sampling. The highest average age of participants was observed in Colombia (M = 35.8; SD = 12.5 years), while the lowest was recorded in Bolivia (M = 28.4; SD = 10.5 years). Similarly, a higher proportion of women (>57%) was found across all countries. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) methods were used. The results indicated that a model for measuring posttraumatic growth across the five countries was supported, encompassing four factors: relating to others, appreciation of life and opportunities, personal strength, and spiritual change. Furthermore, the four-factor structure showed sufficient strict invariance across the five countries. Similarly, the PTGI-SF-8 items demonstrated adequate discrimination and difficulty parameters. The findings provide initial evidence to consider the PTGI-SF-8 as a psychometric instrument for assessing posttraumatic growth.

Conséquences du féminicide sur les enfants orphelins : une revue intégrative de la littérature

Geidson de Sousa Santos Jacinto Serra — 2025-12-03

Femicide persists as a global health issue. The death of the maternal figure represents an impact on everyone in her social environment, including her children. Therefore, this integrative review study aims to analyze what national and international scientific literature presents regarding the consequences of femicide on orphaned children. An integrative literature review was conducted on studies related to the mentioned topic. The search strategy resulted in 28 articles for final qualitative analysis. The results point to various groups of consequences for orphans, mainly divided into individual, familial, and social consequences. Thus, it is concluded that there is an urgent need to implement reception and protection policies aimed at supporting these individuals in vulnerable conditions.

Intersexuality and Psychology: systematic review of theses and dissertations

Maria Laura Barros da Rocha — 2025-12-26

The article aims to reflect on the conceptions of intersexuality in Brazilian theses and dissertations, aiming to contribute to discussions on the subject and highlight its relevance. This is a Systematic Review, carried out through five stages: exploration, cross-referencing, refinement, description and interpretation. Seven descriptors were inserted (Intersex); “Intersex”; “Intersexuality”; “Genital Ambiguity”; “Sex Differentiation Disorder”; “Sex Differentiation Disorder”; “Ambiguous Genitalia”) in the “Catálogo de Teses e Dissertações da CAPES”, without time frame or filters. The search indicated 328 productions; after the cross-referencing and refinement process, only 14 met the inclusion criteria. The results indicate that the productions are concentrated between 2007 and 2023, in states of the Southeast, Northeast and South. There is a prevalence of case studies, case reports and theoretical studies. There is a small number of postgraduate studies on intersexuality, which highlights the need for expanded studies. There is a prevalence of studies that highlight the importance of clinical psychology with intersex people and the use of depathologizing perspectives. The panorama indicates the importance of professionals prepared to provide humanized and welcoming care, allowing intersex people access to health services and psychological care without suffering stigma and discrimination.

Transnational Colombian Adoptee Resilience Through the Lens of Liberation Psychology

Susan Branco — 2025-12-18

The Colombian transnational adoptee diaspora is a marginalized subgroup of the Latine community seldom acknowledged yet growing in solidarity. As evidence of the illicit Colombian transnational adoption practices have intensified so have the efforts to support adoptee social justice rights. This article outlines how Liberation Psychology principles serve to facilitate action to address historical injustices promulgated by illicit adoption practices. The mental health consequences impacting adult Colombian transnational adoptees are described. Implications for psychologists and mental health providers are discussed.

Interview: Aroldo Rodrigues

Renato Sampaio Lima — 2025-07-15

Aroldo Rodrigues offered relevant contributions in Social Psychology, especially in his country of origin – Brazil, promoting important reflections for Latin American Social Psychology. Born in 1933, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, he graduated in the first class of the first graduate Course in Psychology in Brazil, at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), in 1956. He worked in institutions such as PUC-Rio, the Instituto de Seleção e Orientação Profissional (ISOP), Universidade Gama Filho (UGF) and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). In 1993, he became a professor at the Department of Psychology at the California State University (UCLA) in Fresno – USA, where he remained until his retirement in 2013. It is worth mentioning that, during the period he remained in Brazil, he was one of the main promoters of Social Psychology with a cognitive and experimental perspective. He was president of the Latin American Association for Social Psychology (ALAPSO) in 1973, and in 1976 he was president of the Interamerican Society of Psychology (SIP). The interview was conducted in the second semester of 2021. The questions were provided to the interviewee in advance, who reviewed them and then accepted the invitation to respond.

Représentations sociales de la maternité en contexte pandémique

Layane Souza Silva — 2025-09-21

This study aimed to identify the social representations of motherhood among primiparous and multiparous women during the COVID-19 pandemic. This descriptive and exploratory study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, was conducted with 60 Brazilian women who were pregnant or had been pregnant since the beginning of the pandemic. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Free Word Association Technique, and semi-structured interviews were used, with textual analysis using IRAMUTEQ software. The results revealed representations anchored in four thematic classes: challenges and family support; gestational phase; motherhood responsibilities; and emotions experienced during the pandemic. Ambivalence of feelings was identified, marked by fear and anxiety, but also by love and fulfillment. Primiparous women expressed greater insecurity, while multiparous women demonstrated resilience anchored in previous experience. The pandemic redefined central elements of motherhood, challenging traditional discourses and favoring the emergence of more complex representations. The anchoring process revealed a reinterpretation of cultural values in light of the pandemic's contingencies. It can be concluded that motherhood, experienced in this context, was a subjective and unique experience, requiring recognition of its specificities in care policies and practices.

Changes in Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance before and after an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention among Latine Adults Who Smoke: Results from a Pilot Study

Virmarie Correa-Fernández — 2025-12-26

Background. Smoking cessation presents unique challenges for Latine adults who face specific cultural and socio-economic barriers to quitting. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a promising intervention to address these challenges because it targets underlying mechanisms implicated in smoking cessation, including mindfulness and distress tolerance. The primary objective of this study was to assess the changes in mindfulness and distress tolerance before and after an ACT-based treatment. Method. Participants were 23 English-speaking Latine adults who participated in a culturally relevant ACT-based intervention. Mindfulness was measured with the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and distress tolerance was measured via the Distress Tolerance Scale. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess changes in mindfulness and distress tolerance scores at three different timepoints: baseline, one week post end of treatment (EOT), and two-months post EOT. Results. Results showed changes in mindfulness and distress tolerance in the expected direction, whereas both scores increased after the intervention. The facets of mindfulness and subdimensions of distress tolerance revealed different patterns. Conclusion. Findings suggest the potential for ACT-based interventions to influence mindfulness and distress tolerance constructs among Latine people who smoke and have psychological distress and may guide hypotheses testing for larger scale studies focused on treatment effects stratified by smoking status.

Differential analysis of competitive anxiety and psychological skills predictive of the result in a softball championship

Jesús Ríos Garit — 2025-12-03

The aim of this research is to determine the relevant psychological variables for obtaining highly competitive results in a national women's softball championship. A cross-sectional and correlational study was carried out in which 90 high-performance athletes distributed in 6 teams from different provinces of Cuba participated. The female softball players had an average chronological age of 22.91 years and 10.83 years of sports experience. The Competitive Anxiety Inventory and the Psychological Inventory of Sports Performance were applied to evaluate anxiety in competition and the psychological skills associated with sports performance in the first week of the competition. The data were analyzed using descriptive, inferential, and correlational statistics. In general, the athletes presented high levels of competitive anxiety, being higher in the younger and less experienced ones. A higher level of competition anxiety was related to lower negative coping and attention control. The athletes from the teams that achieved better results had greater self-confidence, control of negative coping, attention, and motivational level. These variables positively predict the greatest competitive result, which shows the importance of psychological preparation for competition to achieve success.

Development and validation of a semantic ontology in Spanish based on a transdiagnostic model for detection of anxiety symptoms in written narratives

Eliana Ortiz Garzón — 2025-12-03

This exploratory research aims to develop, validate, and implement a semantic ontology in Spanish for the detection of anxiety symptoms in written narratives by young Colombians aged 18 to 30. 430 young people responded to a questionnaire on sociodemographic data, six open-ended questions, and the DASS-21 scale, in an online form. A mixed methods design was used, implementing a text analysis study using natural language processing, a semantic ontology of anxiety symptomatology, and agile software development methodology. The procedure included six phases: 1) development and validation of open-ended questions on anxiety symptomatology to collect information from narrative texts, 2) data collection, 3) ontology construction, 4) ontology validation through interjudge analysis, 5) software development and application, and 6) Efficacy of software for automatic symptom identification. The software developed in this project proved to be effective in its intended task of accurately identifying symptoms in both clinical and non-clinical participants, with more than 80% agreement with clinical experts. The results showed that the majority of symptoms had higher percentages in clinical participants compared to non-clinical participants.

Évaluation de l'efficacité de la psilocybine dans le traitement des personnes souffrant d'un trouble dépressif majeur : une revue systématique

David Tavares de Sousa — 2025-09-21

Le trouble dépressif majeur (TDM) présente des aspects neurobiologiques, cognitifs et comportementaux compromis. Environ un tiers des personnes atteintes de dépression majeure développent une dépression résistante au traitement (TRD), caractérisée par une absence de réponse aux antidépresseurs à une dose et pendant une durée appropriées. Par conséquent, les traitements de référence, tels que les inhibiteurs sélectifs de la recapture de la sérotonine (ISRS), présentent des limites telles que la résistance, le risque de rechute et une faible adhésion. De nouveaux traitements tels que la psychothérapie assistée par la psilocybine (PAP) sont à l'étude afin de garantir un effet rapide et durable. Dans ce contexte, l'objectif de cet article était de rassembler des preuves sur l'utilisation de la PAP pour le traitement des personnes souffrant de TDM. À cette fin, une analyse systématique a été réalisée dans les bases de données MEDLINE, PubMed, Scopus, CENTRAL et EMBASE. Les essais cliniques ont montré que le traitement à la psilocybine, à partir de la deuxième semaine, réduisait les scores de l'échelle de dépression et améliorait les symptômes dépressifs. En outre, une rémission de ces symptômes a été observée, ainsi que des réponses durables chez les personnes ayant pris de la psilocybine par rapport au placebo. En conclusion, bien que la PAP se soit révélée efficace pour le traitement de la dépression majeure, d'autres études devraient être menées pour garantir la robustesse méthodologique et l'obtention de résultats significatifs.

Invisibility of black women with sickle cell disease and their care itineraries in public health: a qualitative approach

Eliana Costa Xavier — 2025-12-26

Analyzing the care pathways for black women with sickle cell disease requires that the historical-cultural process in which they develop be made explicit. With the aim of understanding and analyzing the access of these black women to public health policies, this study investigated how markers of race, gender, and social class intersected in their therapeutic pathways. Nine black women with sickle cell disease participated in the study, and their interviews were explored through critical discourse analysis. The Boomerang pathway revealed intersectional movements in access to care for sickle cell disease and health inequities in the analytical axes. In health care, the diagnosis of the disease was relevant, but it did not guarantee care by health services. The care possibilities outlined by black women were permeated by institutional racism, the great challenge in offering equitable and quality health care. Care for sickle cell disease must consider all the specificities that affect the care process for black women with sickle cell disease and consider elements demarcated by race and social class. The women's statements illustrated racism, a fundamental element that has historically constituted the asymmetrical power relations in Brazilian society that have made black women invisible in public health.