PSYCHOLOGY (3)

Author: VERA GIMÉNEZ JESÚS.
Year: 2005.
University: PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA [www.upsa.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.

Author: VALDINA SALAS MARIA SONSOLES.
Year: 2005.
University: ALMERÍA [www.ual.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERÍA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERÍA.

Summary: The alteration and processing functions psychological or verbal is a relational phenomenon extensively studied across functions and areas of application. The experimental series that presents focuses on the study of the transformation of value fortifying the events through media relaciónales. Besides the impact at the level of basic research, the results of this series serves to draw some of the tracks possibly involved in the maintenance and chronic patterns of mental behaves observed in mood disorders and anxiety. The study comes as a continuation and extension of the line of inquiry initiated by Hayes, Kohlenberg and Hayes (1991) and succeeded by Whelan and Barnes-Holmes (2004) on the alteration of the value of fortifying the consequences through coordination frameworks , and compared opposition. In our series, fortifying the value of the result was defined as preferences for a series of geometric shapes, and was measured at tasks election with two response options. The series consists of three experiments organized into two blocs. In the first pilot unit, which consists of the Experiment 1 and Experiment 2, was assessed value fortifying the alteration of the consequences after their condition ing classic stimuli to be acquired or functions strengtheners aversivas verbal. The second pilot bloc, which consists of the Experiment 3, was assessed value fortifying the alteration of the consequences of participating in coordination relations with actual consequences. The outcome of the series, especially Experiment 3, show how events can be purchased functions previously neutral fortified or not by aversivas condition ing live but because of their membership in coordination frameworks with boosters or aversive stimuli. The experimental design used in Experiment 3 allows further isolate the control of the so-called Establishment Promotion (Michael, 1993), control by Augmenting (Hayes, Hayes and Gifford, 1998); and target processing functions such as verbal aspect responsible for the widespread disruption fortifying the value of the stimuli, as shown in transtomos as depression and stress postraumátíco.

Author: MONTESINOS MARÍN FRANCISCO.
Year: 2005.
University: ALMERÍA [www.ual.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERÍA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERÍA.

Summary: This work is centered around the character of cancer as a disease most feared, already widely recognized, and the implications of that nature with regard to the suffering and the adaptation of human beings living with the disease and its surroundings. The first chapter discusses the ways in which the company is approaching the phenomenon of cancer through language, and how people diagnosed and their living environment, they react and face their situation, how it affects cancer to healthy individuals, reviewed most effective psychological interventions that have been proposed to be applied to cancer patients, and finally is valued so criticizes the role of language in how it responds to our cultural context to the diagnosis of cancer. The second chapter presents a descriptive study that aims to determine the persistence of negative view of cancer in different population groups, and appreciates the effect on how this vision is made depending on the procedure used to pick it up. With a view to their subsequent application to cancer patients, the third chapter presents an experimental study that shows the effectiveness of a brief presentation focusing on the events and covert based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to intervene on fears and concerns persistent displayed by a group of university students. The application also successful in a clinical trial of this procedure to ill with cancer to treat fear of recurrence, one of the keys to the psychological impact of the disease is described in the chapter room.

Author: LEIRÓS LOBEIRAS LUZ ISABEL.
Year: 2005.
University: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA [www.usc.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.

Summary: Experimental evidence supports the existence of two modes of selection atencinal depending on the type of representation on which operates: space (Cave and Bichot, 1999) and based on objects (Scholl, 2001). Attention space (EA) amplifies stimuli located in regions of the visual scene previously selected, decreasing its resolution from the center to the contour of the same (Dowing and Pinker, 1985; Eriksen and St. James 1986, Posner, Synder and Davison , 1980). Attention-based objects (ABO) selects objects or groups perceptive, resulting from the application of laws gestálticas segmentation and organization, regardless of space they occupy (Duncan, 1984, Egly, Driver and Rafal, 1994, Neisser and Becklen, 1975 , O'Craven, Dowining and Kanwisher, 1999). This thesis investigates the attention to stimuli in motion. Thus, separate the effects of factors related to the area of those relates to non-space characteristics of the object (eg color). The problem was whether planted tracking atencional (without eye movement) of objects is dynamic in nature or are based on spatial representations of the object. In the experiments conducted by the observer had to meet a group of eight circles of different colors, which moved steadily and unpredictable for 20 minutes. A variable number of them on the basis of experiments and / or experimental group that was assigned to the observed appeared in the same color (red) and the rest in different colors. At irregular intervals, is a target stimulus (a sloping line) in the interior of any of the circles. The observer was teres indicate the direction of that line. To handle the attention, observers were informed that the probability of the stimulus presentation order was greater in the red circles (objects relevant) than any other circles (objects irrelevant). It was expected that the distribution of attention was biased toward locations and / or relevant objects. The results can be summarized in three points: 1. In the first two experiments manipulate the number of dynamic objects that had to be addressed (between one and four red circles). The data suggest that when a task requires respond to non-space characteristics (eg targeting) of moving objects, we can only select one of them, just like when we work with static objects (Ducan, 1984). 2. In experiments 3 and 4 manipulate factors space and clustering between objects relevant. The results showed that when we select an object also select its position, which allows us to serve more of a moving object when we can regroup perceptivamente (eg In a polygon virtual Yantis 1992). Therefore, performance monitoring atencional of dynamic objects is modulated by factors such as by factors of space object. 3. In the four experiments studying the possibility that the attention sostendia objects worsening with the passage of time. However, we did not see significant changes in performance over the task. Data from this dissertation support the idea that the EA and ABO working in an integrated way within the visual system. It is subject to the EA influence on visual processing, improving the discrimination of stimuli presented in positions atendiadas, while the ABO affect the organization of the visual field, or helped guide the EA distributed to the regions occupied by objects atenidos (Hanker , 2004 Moore and Egeth, 1998, Montter, 1994).

Author: CASTILLO MORENO M. ESTHER.
Year: 2005.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.

Summary: The overall objective of the research on which the theory is based on the study of the meaning and importance of work for a sample of a few hundred people living in Puebla, in the light of the rich and complex cultural heritage Mexican and within the changes in the contemporary world of work and industrial relations in Mexico. In the first part, he examines the development of the culture of work in Mexico from precolonial times to the emergence of neo-liberalism in the socioconomía Mexican. In the second, looks basically the responses of collective research to the questions that are raised through a comprehensive questionnaire paper and pencil. Analysis of the information obtained show the high importance of work in Mexico (especially as instrumental value) and the close relationship between employment status on the one hand and the meaning given to work, the impact of work experience and psychological wellbeing secondly.

Author: QUINTANILLA QUINTANILLA PEDRO.
Year: 2005.
University: MURCIA [www.um.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA.

Summary: Using the technique of "priming" masked in order to investigate the role of the syllable recognition tasks in visual words has produced inconsistent results. The syllable was regarded as a unit pornunciación by Ferrand, Segui and Geainger (1996) since the filing of the initial syllable of the word produced an effect only in-house work for the pronunciation of stimuli, however, Schiller 1998 won an effect of segmental duplication. Moreover, the frequency of syllables and inhilbe decisions lexical (carreiras, Alvarez and Vega 1993, Perea and Carreiras, 1998). This work aims to bring new empirical evidence to help determine the real role of the syllable in porcesamiento the written word, collating empirical assumptions and segmental syllabic, help define the nature of the reperesntaciones silábicas and comporbar to what extent the effects of "priming" and often syllabic are independent. This thesis reports on the six experiments that yielded an effect only in the syllabic words lexical, emplando the technique of "priming" syllabic masked. In the first experiment, it earned a syllabic effect only in the words of VC type. Similar results were achieved in the task of dicisión lexical the second experiment, suggesting that the syllable can also act as a unit of lexical access, and also repeat the words diluted the effect syllabic. On the other hand, we have seen that the effect of "priming" silávico is independent of the frequency of the initial syllable of the word, both in the task of reading (Experiments 3 and 6) in the lexical decision (Experiment 4 ). In the fifth experiment failed to obtain the effect of "priming" syllabic, which could be achieved by increasing the exposure time of stimulus "prime" (sixth experiment). The result supports the intervencón the syllable on visual recognition of words, while they are incossitentes with the hypothesis of overlapping segmental Schiller. The data discussed in a special way, depending on the model bimoral activation interactive Grainger and Ferrand (1996).

Author: PALOMARES CARRASCOSA ANTONIO.
Year: 2005.
University: MURCIA [www.um.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.

Summary: The aim of the thesis was to study the role of mentoring on the effects generated in the treatment program "Intervention Adolescents with FS." To that end, the work was divided into two parts, one technical and one thumb. In the theoretical part covered the following topics: review of the concept of Fobia Social from the first historical references who know of that concept, through recognition of the disorder by the scientific community, to the currently accepted definition in the same. It is aimed at design in the adolescent population noting also epidemiological data available so far to make this work. Below is a review of the different models and theories explanatory disorder, with particular emphasis on models that have sought the Fobia Social adolescence. It then describes the different instruments, both general and specific, that have been used to carry out the evaluation of the subjects presented this disorder, making a special mention in those used in adolescent population. The evaluation develops paragraph d of psychological treatments and psicofarmacológicos. Here, as in the paragraph of explanatory models, makes a special mention of the programs Treatment Multicomponente aimed at the adolescent population. In the empirical part, after an introduction, defines the objectives of Work (detection of adolescents with Fobia Social IAFS implementation of the selected sample and study the effectiveness of IAFS depending on the number of sessions tutoring) and makes appropriate hypothesis (statistical significance with comparisons intergroups and intragrupos and clinical significance with reference to the 100% total and partial of 75% to 99%). He then described the three stages of the discovery process and recruitment of the sample, together with the characteristics of the final sample and the three experimental conditions of work and the experimental design used. Of the five phases of assessment identifies assessment tools used in each of them. It then describes the results of both statistical significance (of intergroup comparisons of self-report measures and evidence observation) and clinical significance (of the effectiveness of 100% and 75% to 99%). Finally, we show the conclusions of work (confirmed or reject the assumptions that had been made) and outlines some future lines of inquiry in the light of the results obtained in this work

Author: FERNÁNDEZ GUERRERO MARÍA JOSÉ.
Year: 2005.
University: PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA [www.upsa.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.

Summary: As the title of this work, "Study of the historical and dynamic disorder limit of borderline personality" has addressed this mental disturbance from different angles, trying to conduct a review as exhaustive as possible ome on its basic characteristics using a methodology and theoretical literature review. It has been divided into six chapters that represent different premiums under which contemplate the disorder border. In Chapter I, as an introduction to the basic theme, it undertakes a review of you personality disorders in general. Chapter II, in addressing the historical study of the concept, is one of the pillars of the current investigation, dividing history into three periods. Precursors or stage predescriptiva (1984-1938), Rise of psychoanalysis 1938-1980 trip to the descriptive 1980 to the present. Chapter III conducted a descriptive study and sintomatológico disorder, along with some comments on differential diagnosis. In the IV is hincapíe in the prevailing confusion regarding the name of the disorder and to the concept that encompasses proposing another nomenclature (personality disorder insetable), and referring to some related concepts. Chapter V, one of the pillars of the present investigation deals with the study psicoldinámico disorder limit, placing the emphasis on the etiological hypotheses and the description of the dynamic behind schedule. Finally, Chapter VI undertakes a small study bibliométrico where, in a manner visually displays the status of the literature on the border alteration from a psychoanalytic covering two periods. 1910-1969 and 1990-2003. Thus, the fundamental purpose of this thesis has been the deepening of the concept, in its history, trying to discriminate what is not what is the limit of personality disorder, aiming to banish his conceptción diagnostic "trash".

Author: VELASCO ALONSO CARMEN.
Year: 2005.
University: PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA [www.upsa.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.

Summary: Doctoral Thesis: Joge Perelló: Contributions to the Phoniatry and Logopeadia (1943-1999) Author: Carmen Velasco Alonso evaluate the relevance and significance of the scientific and professional work of Jorge Perelló has had on the development and evolution of the pathology of Communication in Spain and Language In order to contextualize his work, we have developed two lines of inquiry. On the one hand, we reconstructed the history of Logopeadia and Phoniatry in Spain (during this period), through related developments: associations, foundations, magazines, courses, schools, laws â |, and on the other hand, we look the quantity and quality of work of Perelló, assessing their impact on the national and international scientific community. We stress the role of the author in the delimitation of two time periods in the history of Logopeadia and Foniatria in Spain: the Initial Period (1943-1960), being the protagonist momentum of both disciplines, and the Period of Evolution and Development (1960-1980), leading to their scientific contributions (Theory Mucoondulatoria, contributions to the rehabilitation of disfonías functional erigmofonía, etc..), and their contributions to professional initiative (associations, training, intervention centers, magazines ..) a model of multi-disciplinary and multi intervention in the pathology of communication and language.

Author: QUILES MARCOS YOLANDA.
Year: 2005.
University: MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ DE ELCHE [www.umh.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ.

Summary: Introduction: One of the areas of greatest interest in behavioral disorders food (TCA) is the investigation of those variables that are deemed to influence their development and maintenance, with few jobs that have evaluated the role of certain variables such as psychosocial representation of the disease, coping and / or social support, of which the available literature, confirmed as these three variables have an impact on the adjustment and adaptation to chronic illness. However, despite how important it is to know the contribution of each of these variables in the process of disease ACTs, which is of particular interest is to raise a joint assessment that allows approach to know the relationship between these variables and determinants and mechanisms involved in health outcomes and adaptation. In this regard, the Model Self - Leventhal is defined as an optimal proposal to try to identify and establish an integrated way these relations. OBJECTIVES: To define the profile sociodemographic, clinical and psychological patients with a TCA. To assess the representation of the disease, coping strategies and the use of social support in these patients, to identify the type of relationship established with respect to these variables and their emotional responses and adaptive health. To check the implementation of the Model Self - Leventhal in these patients, as well as the provision of social support to this model. METHODS: We interviewed 98 patients diagnosed of a TCA (60 anoréxicas; 27 bulimic; 11 TCA unspecified) being served at the Food Disorders Unit at the University Hospital in San Juan, and 62 relatives of these patients. The instruments used were: Perceptions Questionnaire Revised (IPQ-R) (Moss-Morris et al., 2002) adapted for patients and their families, the questionnaire Strategies Afrontamiento (AEC) (Rodríguez-Marín et al, 1992), Scale Perceived Social Support (EASP) (Terol et al., 2000), Psychosocial Adjustment Questionnaire (PAIS) (Derogatis 1977, 1986), Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) (Zigmond and Snaith, 1983). RESULTS: Patients with a TCA perceive that their illness has serious consequences, and a long duration. However, believe they have control over it and that following a treatment is possible recovery. They attribute as a result of psychological (mental attitude, personality, etc.) their disorder, and present a high emotional representation. The perception that their families have is similar. With regard to coping strategies are common autoculpa and thoughts of desire, as well as emotional expression and accounting advantages. The supplier is receiving more support his mother, and receive more support informative instrumental and emotional. Both the cognitive representation as predicted emotional strategies afrotnamietno. And the social support showed relations with the representation of the disease and coping. The three variables considered showed direct links with health outcomes. As for the model to explain the causal selected health outcomes in TCA provides the direct effect of representation on the cognitive and emotional health without coping.

Author: Pina Coronado Emilio Miguel.
Year: 2005.
University: MURCIA [www.um.es].
Place of defense: DpTO.Psicología Básica Metodología.
Place of preparation: Facultad de Psicología.

Summary: From a reflection on the process of constructing mathematical skills in children that arises in children as the product of social construction personal competition is introduced construct mathematical defined as the ability of individuals to express mathematical relationships and apply in troubleshooting of everyday life. To determine what factors will construct the rest goes to the development of a test: the questionnaire mathematical skills; it touches on the content (concepts, procedural and attitudinal)'s own curriculum framework in the area of First Cycle Primary Education. The wording of the items that comprise it reflect situations usual apprenticeship or problematic situations from real life. The questionnaire was put to a test for judges, and collecting their input as to the items or its presentation, as well as the adequacy of the same. In determining the sample is part of the population of students of the stage and level of Murcia region, conducting a proportional distribution with respect to a sample of 1250 students theoretical and assigning it the number of units caring for localities that when unless, it has representatives from each of the counties. In the statistical analysis is used Exploratory Factor Analysis to determine if there are dimensions to explain the covariance between items, built the matrix of correlations tetracóricas and conducting an analysis of main components. The scree-plot of Cattell shows three components explaining the dimensionality of the test-Operative, Estimativo and Domain Local. For the estimation of parameters is used to Item Response Theory, using the model of 2-p for components Operative and Domain Local, and the model 3-p in Estimativo. It checks the invarianza the parameters regarding sex and environment obtaining very significant and high correlations for each of the components and subsamples.

Author: MOLERO MAÑES ROSA JOSEFA.
Year: 2005.
University: VALENCIA [www.uv.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGIA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGIA.

Summary: The present work is focused on fostering family educator as a measure of protection for minors at risk or abandoned and born of concern, interest and sensitivity to this resource of the people who have decided to implement it. With this investigation we wanted, first, to tackle from the theoretical explanation, the result of the reviewed literature and the Europeans, the issue of family in the development of children, child abuse, families in crisis, children in risk and helplessness, system resources for the protection of children and finally, fostering family educator. To give evidence of this, we thought about the concept of family, the change in the societies and families, functions and duties family relationships that are established in this field, the importance of early experiences even the mental representation own parents about their relationship early, as a framework explanatory behavior and behavior of juveniles housed and socialization processes of families. All this in an attempt to analyze the context understood as a principal for early childhood development. And also from standard situations, have addressed what is meant by family multiproblemática and what factors might be at the base of their problems, what are the rights and needs that must be met to ensure a proper evolution, which are situations unprotected, while defining what is meant by risk for neglect, is reviewed briefly the historical journey on child abuse and the responses to it, contains a record of the explanation of domestic violence from the model ecosystem and addresses prevention abuse as a guarantee of non-occurrence. Another interesting aspect that we have collected, has been linked with the resources to protect children and, based on the recent history, we come to listing and explanation of existing ones, focusing as expected in fostering family educator , which makes a tour of its history, explains the modalities and objectives pursued and ends with a reference to the different stages of the process of care, which we would like to make known what aspects descriptive of the process, its aims and tasks All of this assuming that the focus is the youngest and the gear that moves the action consists, in addition to the necessary material resources, the child's biological family, family educator, technicians connected and knowledgeable partially or total case and its direct protagonists: minors. The second claim of this study represents an approach metodológigo of the item, where it is important to mention that the difficulty has been focused precisely on the assumption of this resource as a process that develops over time and that its development affects and is affected by all systems involved (family educator, biological, minor professional). To respond coherently structured, has been divided exposure and analysis of data in several phases. In the first phase of the process, the period prior to the reception, has been described and analyzed the dissemination of the resource, training, evaluation and selection of families eligible for families and educators issues related to the assignment of cases, that is how a child goes to the family suitable for him. Once these issues addressed prior, he realizes, with the result of our sample, the profile of the friendly adults, families and educators received minor. In the second phase of the process, which is about the period of cohabitation, concerns the status of a minor, ie which produced the reception, where appropriate, type acogimientoâ |, s 8 and has ten 733 gone into account attitude of the family educator and has received special treatment the subject of visits by its complexity and difficulty. The evolution of the minor during the reception, integration into the family educator, and outreach on the part of the minor, are other issues which expose the data, as well as some relationships between different variables that have been considered relevant and interesting to understand and give better answers to this resource. We have included a section that we called and valuations, on the one hand, the rating takes into account the development of the foster care done by the technical experts, who demonstrated the making of families and educators, on the other, educators are families who reflecting on the period of foster care and provide us with their input about what needs and / or problems considered most important and what are his proposals to solve them. Obviously, our exposure not only gives an account of the results or findings, but tries to reflect and draw conclusions that may serve to optimize resource for their responses.

Author: Navarro Pardo Esperanza.
Year: 2005.
University: VALENCIA [www.uv.es].
Place of defense: Facultad de Psicología.
Place of preparation: Facultad de Psicología.

Summary: INTRODUCTION The importance of self-esteem is indisputable, it is a psychological concept Central, which explains or relate to various areas of psychology, such as clinical, educational, organizational, industrial, etc.. Specifically, the self-esteem and sense of Autoeficacia have been condiderados traditionally as key elements in the correct child's emotional development. The research to develop the thesis part of a multidimensional model of self-image and self-esteem, composed of factors that relate differentially to various areas of human behavior. For this, two samples are considered different but complementary ways: the first, consisting of psychiatric patients, and the second, normal population. It is studying self-esteem in both groups, through specific instruments of measurement, and clinical data of the subjects, coded according to the DSM-IV, and biographical data and social. OBJECTIVES Expand the existing knowledge about self-esteem and their relationships with relevant variables as indicators of psychological health in children and adolescents. In particular, revise and integrate the most recent methodological developments produced in the field of parent multirrasgo-multimétodo (considering effects of the method) and explore relationships between measures of self-esteem and clinical diagnoses of the patients and some of these variables socio-biográficas. Another area of concern is addressing the differentiation between statistical significance and substantive, once made prior to the analysis and conclusions to be drawn. This objective is in a critical area of research with economic and social repercussions as important as those of intervention in health centers. As a result, be achieved both methodological and clinical objectives. Among the first highlights objectify the factorial structure of the scales used, analysis of the reliability and validity criterial. Among the objectives clinical highlight comparisons with the general population predicting the degree of Autoeficacia depending on the type of psychiatric pathology.

Author: FONT PLANELLS MIREIA.
Year: 2005.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE MEDICINA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE MEDICINA.

Summary: SCENARIOS FOR WORK The auditory verbal hallucinations (AAV) endogenous patients esquizofrenía associated with the activation of brain areas specialized in the perception of foreign language such as primary and secondary auditory cortex, the Broca and Wernicke, the complex amígdalo - hipocampal, and the previous cingular cortex. GENERAL PURPOSE assess regional cerebral metabolism by PET F18 -FDG in a homogeneous group of patients with schizophrenia in his first psychotic episode and AAV prominent basalmente during the acute disease (AD) after remission of symptoms and hallucinatory (CR) after stimulation auditivo-lingüstica (EAL). CONCRETE TARGETS 1-Identify the brain areas that are particularly active in schizophrenic patients with auditory hallucinations prominent. 2-Examine functionalism brain of schizophrenic patients in response to the EAL comparing the brain regions activated during the EAL with activated during auditory hallucinations generated endógenamente. METHOD prospective longitudinal study, open unicéntrico, comparative, repeated measures of clinical and PET -F18- FDG. Assessments were conducted clinics and psychopathological with special emphasis on listening and activity hallucinatory exploration of functional neuroimaging through PET-F18 -FDG in three situations: basal (AD), during clinical remission (CR) after treatment antispicótico and during auditory stimulation - lingüstica (EAL) cases through bilateral mimetizaban contents of the auditory hallucinations experienced during the first PET. It used a tomocámara model Advance Nxi of GEMS. We performed a realinamiento intrasujeto, spatial normalization and statistical analysis of PET images using SPM2. Differences between EA-RC and EAL-RC were evaluated statistically with a size of voxel greater than 20 and a t higher than 2.9 and a p greater 0.01 to assess changes in the regions most significant in attracting F18- FDG. RESULTS During the state alucinatorio, patients noted a significant bilateral activation in the supplementary motor area, cíngulo previous medial superior frontal area and cerebellum, and in the top left frontal area, right temporal pole and right orbitofrontal region. During the EAL there is an increased uptake of FDG in the temporal cortex middle and upper left and right and left hippocampus region parahipocampal. Conclusion Our study shows a pattern of regional cerebral glucose metabolism during different AAV during activation physiological auditivo-lingüstica. This fact does not support the hypothesis that the initial AAV schizophrenic patients in acute reflect an abnormal activation of the cortex auditivo-lingüstico, and may suggest the involvement of cortical regions involved in the generation of language inside or inmer speech.

Author: URZUA MORALES ALFONSO.
Year: 2005.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA.

Summary: In order to evaluate the relationship between quality of life and coping styles, under a design-type cross, not experimental and descriptive correlational, is assessed at 440 people, 220 of them with a chronic medical condition, the city of Barcelona in Spain and Antofagasta, Chile. The average age in the Chilean sample was 54 years, 52 years in Spain, 59.4 years for the sample of chronic and 44.2 years for controls. The 50% of the sample were women in the sample were Chilean, and 62% for Spanish, a 52% for the sample of chronically and 56% for controls. Broadly speaking, there are differences between the two samples, correlating the style of coping with the quality of life only at the level of the sample Chilean. It also evaluates other variables and their relationship to the quality of life such as life satisfaction and health, the objective and subjective social support, the balance of effects, and characteristics of the pathology. Socio-demographic variables such as age and sex were not linked to the Quality of Life.

Author: ALVAREZ ARENAL TERESA.
Year: 2005.
University: LEÓN [www.unileon.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y LETRAS.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACION.

Summary: In this paper we raised neuropsychological assessment to school between 8 and 11 years old, who have no demonstrable brain and neurological disturbance that despite a cognitive ability within normal apparent learning difficulties. We have echoed the need to address the study of these children, assuming the design and neuropsychological Luria methods for the evaluation and therefore obtaining subtypes of school children with learning problems. We start from the neuropsychological assessment by Battery Luria-DNI; believe complementary: we evaluate cognitive skills through WISC-Ry data on behavioral aspects that we bring the Child Behavior Scales ECI. We have obtained different subtypes or both conceptually derived priori or a posteriori and empirically, detailing as much as possible to allow their profiles characteristic adjust the educational intervention and subsequent follow-up to the needs expressed.

Author: ROS GUASCH JOAN ANTON.
Year: 2005.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGIA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGIA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA.

Summary: The overall aim of the thesis is to provide a better understanding of the behavior of role do people when they are involved in work teams in organizations, and that investigators have linked to the effectiveness of the work team. The research focuses on: I) to identify a set of behaviors that occur during the development of teamwork. II) differentiate the different roles of team behaviors, III) describe and redefine the role of these behaviors to be observed by anyone who has to plan or lead teams. The first part is a review of the literature and the theoretical framework of teamwork, structured in four chapters. En el primer capitulo se realiza una revisión de las diferentes teorías de la organización, para contextualizar lo que supone el trabajo de los grupos, desde una perspectiva critica, en cuanto a los factores que favorecen o inhiben el trabajo en equipo. The second chapter focuses on a review of the extensive literature, which deals with the concept of operating construction equipment, trying to think about what is meant by teamwork. In the third chapter, he examines the concept of role, and addresses the various theories about the roles of team. Finally, the fourth chapter is a review on the management skills, covering various models proposed by the current research, in order to focus our interest in the competence of teamwork. The second part defines the strategies and the design of the research, based on a qualitative methodology, and an observational, in a universe of 584 people who have participated in 22 sessions of teamwork, during the period 2000-2005. For the quantitative analysis of the corpus visual (unusual in the social sciences), has used a computer-type CAQDAS, more specifically the Atlas-ti, which has been tried to explain in as much detail as possible, as during the investigation has proceeded. The research provides a template observation, shaped by 51 behaviors observable, configured in nine roles, people who work in a dynamic working group and contributing to teamwork. For each of these behaviors, there is a detailed description of it, and it gives some illustrative examples derived from the research. These behaviors have been demonstrated, so appellant over the period analyzed, regardless of people and the working sessions, which are easily observable in an organizational context, even by non-experts in psychology. They are therefore more one-sided attitudes, which offer less room for interpretation. This template observation brings knowledge of professionals usually designed and leading teams, enabling them to work more efficiently, to take advantage of contributions from people working together. As for management skills, this research provides some evidence more clear and qualitative, on how competition develops teamwork. Finally, the thesis raises future lines of inquiry: the adequacy of each of these behaviors at different stages crossing equipment; ideal combination of roles team depending on the modalities of groups (GTA, Quality Circles , Tasck Force, Committees, etc.). its implementation within Balanced Scorecard (indicators effect) to induce and assess the implementation of collective product by the teams, a more quantitative research of these behaviors in certain situations and / or tasks.

Author: ESTRADA ARANDA BENITO DANIEL.
Year: 2005.
University: PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA [www.upsa.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA.

Summary: SUMMARY In the theoretical part are reviewed various aspects of deafness, Deaf people and their mental health as well as the context of the psychological care of this group. The objective is to dig deeper into the population to which we turn our thesis. In the present two empirical studies. In Study 1 creates a version of the Inventory for the Beck Depression, BDI-II (Beck, Steer and Brown, 1996) adapted to the population of Deaf people deep prelocutivas Spanish translated into Spanish Sign Language, made video adapted and written format. We offer normative data reliability and factorial validity of our version (BDI-IIAS), obtained in a sample of 144 people Deaf deep prelocutivas. The reliability of internal consistency of BDI-IIAS is significant, reaching a coefficient alpha of 0.88. The factorial analysis indicated that BDI-IIAS measured dimension general depression formed by two factors that relate in a significant way. There is greater intensity of depressive symptoms who registered in the general population listener. Discusses the usefulness of BDI-IIAS as a tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of treatments in this population. In Study 2, employs a design study group of cases, using the Brief Therapy Focus Solutions (TBCS) Three Deaf people deep prelocutivas presenting different levels of depression. Two instruments were used to measure therapeutic change, BDI-IIAS adapted and validated for this group in Study 1 and Question Scale Progress (Shazer, 1988). In BDI-IIAS were conducted pre measures, and the intra-and post-Scale Question Progress was applied at each session. In all meetings attended by a professional interpreter of sign language and a therapist trained in TBCS. The treatment was applied using a manual treatment and monitored their integrity. The average number of meetings is 6. The results of all three cases confirm the hypothesis that TBCS has been effective warning significant changes in the level of depression of the three patients. It concludes that the TBCS can be effective with deaf patients profound prelocutivos and discussed future lines of inquiry.

Author: HERVÁS TORRES GONZALO.
Year: 2005.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA, UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID.

Summary: This paper investigates the role of two factors motivational -sensibilidad to reward and castigo- and a factor emotional -desregulación anímica- in the processes of vulnerability to depression, in an integrative framework. Five studies with different methodologies to confirm the hypothesis raised. The results show the importance of sensitivity to rewards and punishment in various processes associated closely with depression such as style rumiativo, cognitive biases or a low tendency to regulation. In addition, it was observed that the decreases in self-esteem by inducing effect of a negative mood appeared associated with decreases in sensitivity to reward and increases sensitivity to the punishment. Finally, in one study-type longitudinal also noted that a pattern characterized by low sensitivity to reward and a high sensitivity to the punishment after the induction of a negative mood were predicting a significant change in depressive symptoms at 7 weeks. Finally, we discuss the possible lines of future research and the implications to be drawn from the results obtained in terms of interfacing with other current models, and wing better understanding, assessment and treatment of mood disorders. Keywords: Regulatory emotional, cognitive biases personality.

Author: MONTSERRAT BOADA CARME.
Year: 2005.
University: GIRONA [www.udg.es].
Place of defense: D'EDUCCIÓ I PSICOLOGIA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAT D'EDUCACIÓ I PSICOLOGIA.

Summary: The importance that acogimientos in extended family have acquired in the last decade in the child protection systems in most Western countries, in contrast to both the low and recent scientific research and with few resources for children and adolescents who are admitted. The overall objective derla thesis has been to deepen the conocimineto and understanding of this phenomenon within the system of child protection in Catalunya