PISA 2012: Age at Immigration and the Spanish Education System

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Esperanza Bausela Herreras Universidad Pública de Navarra, España   Abstract: Introduction. Immigrants arriving at school at younger ages have lower educational achievement than those who arrive at adolescence. Aims. Analyze risk and / or probability of immigrant students having low performance in skills assessed in PISA 2012, considering their age of arrival into the Education System…. Read more »

Socio-demographic Characteristics and Consultation Motives of Persons Attending the Psychological Services Center at the University of Costa Rica (2004-2013)

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Adriana Maroto-Vargas Lucía Molina-Fallas Jorge Esteban Prado-Calderón Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica   Abstract: This study aimed to systematize the socio-demographic information and consultation motives of those persons who attended the School of Psychology Psychological Services Center (CAP) at the University of Costa Rica. For this purpose, 743 files of patients who attended the… Read more »

Factors Related to Workplace Stress among Costa Rican Correctional Officers

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Tatiana María Blanco-Álvarez, MSc., Megan A. Thoen, Ph.D. Texas Tech University, Estados Unidos de América   Abstract The aim of this study was to establish whether a sample of correctional officers in Costa Rica experience workplace stress and if workplace stress is related to the presence of stress, depression, anxiety, burnout and other various personal… Read more »

Differences in Fatherhood Sensitivity According to Socio-demographic Variables

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Lilliana Nieri Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, Argentina   Abstract For decades, various researchers were in agreement that the role of the father was only as an economic provider. Nevertheless, with the historical changes during the last decades, many psychologists became interested in discovering what are the father´s roles and what happens to the father… Read more »