Editorial for volume 35, number 2, year 2016.
Posts Categorized: Volúmen 35, N° 2
The Challenge of Constructing a Critical Developmental Psychology in Inhospitable Societies
[Article in spanish] Carlos I. Orellana Central American University José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador Abstract Developmental Psychology is a field of knowledge whose existence is taken for granted in the academic imagination of Salvadoran psychology. However, there is a mainstream Developmental Psychology that is reproduced in texts, lectures and discourses, while a different… Read more »
“Sophistication” as a Dimension of Change in Developing a Personal Epistemology
[Article in spanish] Constanza Ruiz-Danegger, Yolanda Fernández-Acevedo and José Eduardo Moreno Nacional University of Salta – CONICET, Argentina Abstract This work aims to refine the notion of “developmental change” by studying its dimensionality, i.e., the whole of its dimensions or aspects. In that context, “sophistication” would be the dimension usually seen as synonymous with… Read more »
Vocabulary, narration and argumentation during the first years of infancy and childhood. A research review
[Article in spanish] Celia Renata Rosemberg, Alejandra Menti, Alejandra Stein, Florencia Alam and Maia Migdalek National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina Abstract We present a research review of studies about children’s psycholinguistic performance regarding vocabulary as well as narrative and argumentative discourse. Within the framework of a wide array of research studies on the… Read more »
Psychological well-being and life satisfaction in Mexicans at early and mid-adolescence
[Article in spanish] Blanca E. Barcelata Eguiarte and Diego J. Rivas Miranda National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Abstract Based on the Positive Development of Youth perspective, the aim of this study was to analyse the contribution of psychological well-being and its dimensions on life satisfaction in early and middle adolescence. Participants were 572… Read more »
From Neuroplasticity to Applied Proposals: Early Stimulation and Its Implementation in Costa Rica
[Article in spanish] Johanna Sibaja-Molina, Tracy Sánchez-Pacheco, Mijail Rojas-Carvajal and Jaime Fornaguera-Trías University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica Abstract The discussion about environmental influence on ontogeny has fueled the question about how much context manipulation can regulate individuals’ characteristics. Today, scientific evidence from different fields (e.g., developmental psychology, neuroscience) describes not only how environment can… Read more »
Father’s Perceptions of their Role and Involvement in the Family: A Qualitative Study in a Colombian Sample
Sonia Carrillo University of Los Andes, Colombia Milton Bermúdez Pontifical Xavierian University, Colombia Liliana Suárez, María Camila Gutiérrez and Ximena Delgado University of Los Andes, Colombia Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore fathers’ perceptions about their role in the family, and the characteristics of their involvement in their children’s lives in the Colombian context. The sample… Read more »