BackgroundThe Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for children (CERQ-k) is a useful clinical and research tool to identify cognitive patterns of emotion regulation that predict the presence of emotional symptomatology. This study aimed to validate the Spanish version of the CERQ-k (the CERQ-Sk) using a sample of children from Spain, which is not available.MethodsThe sample consisted of 582 children (48.6% girls) aged between 7 and 12 years (Mage = 9.49; SD = 1.2) recruited from Alicante, Spain. Cognitive emotion regulation strategies, anxiety and depressive symptomatology were self-reported evaluated. Factor structure, internal consistency, temporal stability with the Spanish version for children were examined. Convergent validity was evaluated using Spearman correlations to examine the relationships between the CERQ-k and measures of anxiety (trait anxiety subscale of STAI-C) and depression (CDI).ResultsThe Spanish version of CERQ-Sk had the same nine factors proposed in the original version. Ordinal alpha of the total scale was excellent (.88), and moderate indexes were found for each subscale (.56 to .75). The 8-week test-retest coefficient was adequate for the total scale (ICC = .74) and moderate for the subscales (.54 to .70). Evidence of convergent validity was provided through correlations with the CDI (depression) and trait anxiety subscale of the STAI-C (anxiety). Cognitive strategies such as Rumination, self-blame, catastrophizing, and other-blame were significantly and positively related to depressive and anxiety symptoms. Moreover, positive refocusing and planning seemed to act as strategies that have a positive effect on the prevention of depression in children.ConclusionsResults suggest that the CERQ-Sk is a reliable and valid tool that can be useful for researchers and clinicians to identify maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation patterns that may increase the risk of emotional problems, and orient treatment and prevention of mental health problems in children from Spanish-speaking countries.

Background: This study compares the self-concept of students that have motor disabilities with that of students in the normative group. It also considers whether there are EI (emotional intelligence) profiles based on combinations of EI components (attention, clarity, and mood repair). Finally, it analyzes whether there are statistically significant differences in self-concept based on the EI profiles found. Method: 102 university students with motor disabilities participated. The age range was 19–33 (M = 20.22, SD = 4.36). The Escala de Autoconcepto Forma 5 (Self-Concept Scale Form 5, AF5) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24 (TMMS-24) were administered. Results: The scores for self-concept were lower in the sample of students with reduced mobility. The cluster analysis also identified three different EI profiles: one group of young people with high general EI scores, one group with high scores for clarity and mood repair, and a last group of students with low EI scores. Finally, the ANOVA showed better self-concept in the group with high scores in the three EI dimensions. The results suggest that better self-concept is associated with a high EI profile. Conclusions: It would be interesting to provide programs that consider EI in more depth to strengthen these students’ self-concept.

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Background: Admitting an older adult to a nursing home involves significant adjustment efforts by the family. Our goal was to prepare an assessment instrument for this, given that there was none to date. Method: Participants—134 relatives from different nursing homes in the region of Murcia. Instruments—structured interview for socio-demographic information, satisfaction with the nursing home, well-being and health self-assessment, Radloff’s Depression Questionnaire (CES-D), and the first version of CAFIAR. Results: A 15-item instrument with three factors was obtained: Factor 1 (Unease due to admitting an older adult to a nursing home), Factor 2 (Relief), and Factor 3 (Nostalgia and concern for the older adult), in addition to a general adjustment index, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.74. The general adjustment index and the subscales that demonstrate poor adjustment were significantly correlated with depression and a worse health self-assessment, while the Relief subscale, which indicates better adjustment, was significantly correlated with well-being and a positive health self-assessment. Conclusions: The family adjustment in admitting an older adult to a nursing home questionnaire (CAFIAR) has adequate psychometric properties to assess family adaptation in admitting an older adult to an institution.

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Resumen: El Inventario de Depresión Rasgo-Estado (IDERE) fue diseñado para evaluar la depresión como estado y como rasgo. Este trabajo se propuso estudiar su utilidad para identificar casos en los que se estima depresión clínica de acuerdo a los criterios del DSM-IV. La muestra estuvo constituida por 1984 sujetos de cuatro países: 503 españoles, 330 cubanos, 477 colombianos y 674 mexicanos. Se utilizó la Escala del Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos de la Depresión (CES-D) para estudiar la validez concurrente y el Inventario de Síntomas Depresivos de Riquelme para identificar casos que cumplieran criterios del DSM-IV para diagnóstico de un episodio depresivo. El análisis de las curvas ROC por grupos edades y géneros, así como para Cuba, México y España, mostró que ambas subescalas tenían buena precisión, sin embargo para la muestra colombiana ninguna de las subescalas obtuvo resultados aceptables. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en puntuaciones del IDERE atribuibles a sexo, país, edad; y a la interacción entre estas variables. Ambas subescalas obtuvieron correlaciones significativas y positivas con el CES-D. Los resultados hablan a favor de la validez de criterio y convergente del IDERE y de su valor para la identificación de personas con posible depresión en países iberoamericanos. Palabras clave: Depresión; psicodiagnóstico; estudio transcultural; IDE-RE.Title: Usefulness of the State-Trait Depression Inventory (IDERE) for clinical diagnosis. A study containing samples from four Iberian-American nations. Abstract: State-Trait Depression Inventory (IDERE) is a self-evaluating inventory designed to evaluate depression as a state and as a trait. This work set a goal to study its usefulness to identify cases in which clinical depression -based on the DSM-IV criteria-are estimated. The sample was made up of 1984 individuals from four countries: 503 Spaniards, 330 Cubans, 477 Colombians and 674 Mexicans. The Scale of the Center for Epidemiological Studies on Depression (CES-D) was used in an effort to assess the concurrent validity and the Riquelme Inventory of Depressive Symptoms to pinpoint cases that comply with the DSM-VI criteria for the diagnosis of a depressive episode. The analysis of the ROC curves by age and gender groups, as well as for Cuba, Mexico and Spain, showed good accuracy rate in both scales. However, for the Colombian sample none of the subscales yielded acceptable outcomes. Significant differences were found in terms of gender, country, age and the interaction among these variables. Both subscales produced significant and positive correlations with CES-D. The results speak in favor of the validity of criteria and convergence with IDERE, as well as its value for the identification of people suffering from possible depression in Hispanic American countries. Key words: Depression; psychodiagnosis; IDERE; transcultural studies. IntroducciónLa depresión es un estado con una elevada prevalencia en la población, con una baja tasa de detección en el ámbito de los sistemas de salud y con un im...

ResumenObjetivos: Evaluar la eficacia de la actuación de una pareja de Payasos de hospital sobre la respuesta de miedo en pacientes de la Unidad de Oncohematología antes de la aplicación de un procedimiento médico doloroso (punción lumbar o el aspirado medular).Pacientes y método: 30 niños de 3 a 11 años de edad (M=6,93, DT=2,78) sometidos a punción lumbar o aspirado de médula ósea en el hospital "Virgen de la Arrixaca". La evaluación consistió en la administración de: Escala facial de 5 caras, escala de observación "modified-Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale" (m-YPAS) y medidas fisiológicas de pulso y tensión arterial media.Resultados: En el análisis intersujetos, se obtuvo diferencias estadísticamente significativas en todas las medidas, a excepción de la escala de caras, tras la actuación de los payasos de hospital. Tras la marcha de los payasos de hospital los grupos se igualaron en las puntaciones. En el análisis intrasujetos se alcanzaron diferencias significativas entre el pretest y el postest para el grupo control en todas las medidas.El análisis del tamaño del efecto indica valores en la escala de caras se obtiene un valor