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Montes, Silvana Andrea; Ledesma, Rubén Daniel; García, Natalia Mariana; Poó, Fernando Martín – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
The purpose of this study was to provide evidence of validity for the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale scores in an Argentine sample (Spanish-language version). Results indicated satisfactory psychometric properties (a one-factor structure, good item discrimination, high reliability, and significant correlations with additional measures). This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention, Measures (Individuals), Test Validity
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Ison, Mirta S.; Greco, Carolina; Korzeniowski, Celina; Morelato, Gabriela – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: Attentional Efficiency (AE) is defined as the accuracy with which a child discriminates, from a group of similar stimuli, those which are identical to a model, within a certain time period. Various factors may be associated with a higher or lower AE, among which is socioeconomic context. The goals of this study were: 1) To describe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Control, Gender Differences, Age Differences
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Demagistri, Maria Silvina; Richards, Maria Marta; Canet Juric, Lorena – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: Reading comprehension is a complex cognitive skill that has been associated with executive functions such as working memory (WM) and inhibition. Given that the development of these abilities continues through late adolescence, this study seeks to explore the role that both processes play with respect to varying levels of reading…
Descriptors: Incidence, Reading Comprehension, Executive Function, Short Term Memory
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Cote, Linda R.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Haynes, O. Maurice; Bakeman, Roger – Infancy, 2008
Cultural variation in durations, relations, and contingencies of mother-infant person- and object-directed behaviors were examined for 121 nonmigrant Latino mother-infant dyads in South America, Latina immigrants from South America and their infants living in the United States, and European American mother-infant dyads. Nonmigrant Latina mothers…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Cultural Differences
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Richaud de Minzi, Maria Cristina – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2006
In this study, the author analyzed the relationship between (a) parenting and attachment and (b) self-competence, loneliness, and depression in children aged 8-12 years. The author administered (a) the Argentine Scale of Perception of the Relationships with Parents (M. C. Richaud de Minzi, 2004), (b) the Kerns' Security Scale (K. A. Kerns, L.…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Early Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Profiles