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Análisis de propuestas de intervención para la mejora del acoso escolar: una revisión bibliográfica

2021 , Cristina Méndez Aguado , Ana Manzano León , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , Juan Miguel Fernández Campoy , Ana Belén Barragán Martín , África Martos Martínez , María del Mar Molero Jurado , María del Mar Simón Márquez , María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes

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Victims of Cyberbullying: Feeling Loneliness and Depression among Youth and Adult Chileans during the Pandemic

2022 , VARELA TORRES, JORGE JAVIER , Cristóbal Hernández , Rafael Miranda , Christopher P. Barlett , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE

In Chile, during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of cyberbullying victimization increased for adolescents and younger adults. Research has shown that cyber-victims—adolescents and young adults alike—are at greater risk for mental health problems such as depression as a result of this negative type of aggression. Yet, a paucity of research has examined the individual mechanisms germane to cyber-victim depression. We focused on loneliness for the current study. We hypothesized that cyber-victimization would be positively related to depressive symptoms through increased fears of loneliness and that this effect would differ between adolescents and younger adults. Thus, we examined a sample of 2370 participants from all main regions of Chile aged from 15 to 29 years. Moderated mediation results showed a negative effect of cyberbullying on depression, which was mediated by increased fears of being alone. The effect of frequency of cyberbullying on fear of loneliness was stronger for younger adults compared to adolescents. Our results suggest different mechanisms for both age groups, which can inform prevention programs and their specific activities.

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Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

2023 , VARELA TORRES, JORGE JAVIER , PÉREZ EWERT, JANET CAROLA , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , CHUECAS JOFRE, MARIA JOSEFINA , Javiera Romo Neira

IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents had to deal with a range of mental health problems that has increased social media addiction levels with adverse effects on life satisfaction. Previous studies have explored coping mechanisms to deal with this addiction problem, but did not consider the need to simultaneously cope with different dimensions. Therefore, our study aimed to examine the moderating effect of various coping mechanisms on the relationship between social media addiction and adolescent life satisfaction.MethodsSelf-report questionnaires were applied to 1290 secondary school students (age mean = 16.03, SD = 1.27, range: 14 to 19; and 57% female). An exploratory and a confirmatory factor analysis were performed to determine the factor structure of the Brief-Cope 28 scale. Then, a descriptive and correlational analysis of the variables and a multiple linear regression analysis was performed.ResultsWe found that the social media addiction risk was negatively associated with life satisfaction, adaptive strategies were positively correlated to life satisfaction, and maladaptive strategies were negatively correlated to it. Also, a moderation model was evaluated in which four stress management strategies, namely acceptance and perspective-taking, seeking socio-emotional support, active coping, and maladaptive strategies all conditioned the relationship between social media addiction risk and life satisfaction after controlling for demographic variables and the specific strategies of using comedy, religion and substance use. Results indicate additive and multiplicative effects of management strategies for stressful situations in the studied relationship. Seeking socio-emotional support and active coping were positively related to life satisfaction and maladaptive strategies were negatively associated with it. Multiplicative effects indicate that the relationship between the social media addiction risk and life satisfaction depends only on the acceptance and perspective taking that adolescents report. When adolescents reported having low or average levels of acceptance and perspective taking, there was a negative correlation with general life satisfaction, a connection that grew markedly stronger. In contrast, no connection between social media addiction and life satisfaction was detected for adolescents who report higher levels of acceptance and perspective-taking.DiscussionAbuse of social media and the use of maladaptive stress coping strategies were risk factors that decreased life satisfaction among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

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Experience of university health students publishing in an undergraduate academic journal [Experiencia de estudiantes universitarios de salud al publicar en una revista académica de pregrado]

2022 , DANIELA FUENTES OLAVARRIA , MARCELO FELIPE LIZANA OVALLE , PEREZ ACUÑA, CLAUDIA VERONICA , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , GISELLE FRANCE RIQUELME HERNANDEZ

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Programa de estimulación cognitiva en personas mayores a través de juegos de mesa

2021 , Jose Miguel Rodríguez Ferrer , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , Juan Miguel Fernández Campoy , Laura Molina Alonso , Ana Manzano León , Cristina Méndez Aguado , Isabel Damiana Alonso López , Rocío Collado Soler

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Life Satisfaction, Bullying, and Feeling Safe as a Protective Factor for Chilean and Brasilian Adolescents

2021 , VARELA TORRES, JORGE JAVIER , Andrés O. Muñoz-Najar Pacheco , CHUECAS JOFRE, MARIA JOSEFINA , Maria Angela Mattar Yunes , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , Paulina Guzmán

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Programas socioeducativos para paliar el estigma hacia las personas con trastorno mental grave ¿una herramienta inclusiva?

2021 , Laura Molina Alonso , Ana Manzano León , Juan Miguel Fernández Campoy , Cristina Méndez Aguado , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , Isabel Damiana Alonso López , José Miguel Rodríguez Ferrer

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EFECTOS DEL CONTACTO ELECTRÓNICO VÍA VIDEOCONFERENCIA EN LA REDUCCIÓN DEL ESTIGMA HACIA LAS PERSONAS CON ENFERMEDADES MENTALES

2021 , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE , JOSÉ MIGUEL RODRÍGUEZ FERRER , ISABEL DAMIANA ALONSO LÓPEZ , JUAN MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ CAMPOY , LAURA MOLINA ALONSO , ANA MANZANO LEÓN , CRISTINA MÉNDEZ AGUADO , ROCÍO COLLADO SOLER

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User satisfaction in psychiatry: levels and associated factors

2023 , Bolados-ávila, Mónica , Fuentes-Olavarría, Daniela , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE

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Measuring school social climate in Latin America: the need for multidimensional and multi-informant tests – A systematic review

2023 , Mónica V. Bravo-Sanzana , VARELA TORRES, JORGE JAVIER , Oscar Terán-Mendoza , RODRIGUEZ RIVAS, MATIAS ENRIQUE

IntroductionSchool social climate is central to understanding learning experiences in education environments. Previous studies describe various conceptual and operational definitions around the construct; however, there are no records of reviews focused on Latin America.AimThis study sought to analyze the available evidence and the quality of school social climate measures in Latin America through a systematic review of the literature based on the PRISMA methodology and the COSMIN checklist to assess the psychometric properties of the instruments.MethodologyThe Web of Science, Scopus, Psycinfo, and SciELO databases were consulted. A total of 582 records was identified, of which 27 fulfilled the inclusion criteria and methodological quality to be included in the systematization.ResultsThe results show that the country with the greatest scientific production on the topic is Chile, the measures are centered mainly on the students’ perspective and the most used instrument is the CECSCE. In addition, a common aspect to all the records is that they were not sufficient to capture the complexity of school social climate.ConclusionMultidimensional and multi-informant measures are needed to adequately assess the construct.