This work studies the emotional and behavioural difficulties and the personal wellbeing of adolescents under protective measures. The sample is made up of 151 adolescents in residential care between 11 and 17 years of age. The instruments used were the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI). The results indicate that a high percentage of adolescents have emotional and behavioural difficulties. We found a greater presence of behavioural rather than emotional problems in the adolescents. Similarly, we also found that females showed more emotional difficulties than the males. As for personal wellbeing, the results indicate that the adolescents are dissatisfied in several areas of their life, they feel insecure and have a pessimistic view of their future and of their achievements. Furthermore, those adolescents who were admitted to residential care due to something other than child abuse have a greater prosocial behaviour. It can be concluded that the more difficulties the adolescents experience (emotional, behavioural and with their peers), the lower the perception of their personal wellbeing will be. This study allows us to design interventions aimed at promoting psychological wellbeing among these adolescents.

Chronic pain can develop without tissue damage, injury, or underlying illness. There are several intervening biological, psychological, and social factors involved in its appearance that significantly affect the activities of daily life. It is also associated with significant emotional anxiety and/or functional disability. This review systematically analyses works published in the last five years that evaluate the psychopathological symptomatology and neuropsychological disorders of chronic primary musculoskeletal pain (CPMP). A bibliographic search was carried out to identify articles published in English between January 2018 and March 2023 using the Medline, Scopus, PsycInfo, and Pubmed databases. Twenty articles were obtained using the PRISMA selection method. The main results of this study provided evidence of the presence of moderate and severe chronic pain in patients suffering from musculoskeletal pain. This increase in the intensity of pain correlates with greater psychopathological symptomatology, such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, lack of attention, and hyperactivity/impulsiveness, as well as the use of maladaptive coping strategies. Furthermore, there exists dysfunction in the cerebral structures related to attention and the processing of pain in patients with CPMP. This review may help to develop and optimise the multidisciplinary treatments adapted to the deficits caused by this illness.

Animal abuse is an instrumental form of violence used in intimate partner violence and domestic violence. These two realities coexist in today’s society, leaving the victims with psychological scars. The main objective was to analyse the presence of animal abuse in cases of intimate partner and domestic violence, and to analyse the extent to which the affective relationship the victims have with their pets can influence the decision to leave their homes, fleeing from the aggressor. The work carried out using the Prisma Methodology consisted of a systematic review of scientific articles extracted from the Web Of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, Pubmed and Google Scholar databases from the last ten years, measuring their quality with the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The results obtained were grouped into two tables with references, on the one hand, to the principal data concerning the reviewed articles and, on the other, to the characteristics and consequences of the abuse. These results provide relevant information concerning the presence of animal abuse in situations of violence, as a strategy of indirect harm towards the victim.

The research analyzed the cognitive styles, sexist attitudes and social competencies that hinder gender equality in secondary education students. It identified sexist attitudes, cognitive styles and social skills that hinder change towards gender equality; explored significant differences in sexist attitudes and cognitive strategies and social attitudes by age; studied the relationship between sexist attitudes and cognitive and social strategies that perpetuate gender inequality; and analyzed how age may predict the use of these strategies. A total of 1034 students aged 11 to 18 participated in a cross-sectional study. The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory for Adolescents and the Questionnaire of Attitudes and Cognitive Social Strategies were administered. The results indicate that young people exhibit moderate levels of cognitive and social strategies that hinder the change in sexist behaviors. At ages 12–14, the acceptance of ambivalent and benevolent attitudes such as paternalism and heterosexual intimacy increases. We found greater aggressiveness–stubbornness, apathy–withdrawal, impulsivity, and rigidity of thought at ages 15–17. Age explains a small proportion of the variance in sexist attitudes, cognitive styles, and social competencies that hinder gender equality. The study highlights the need for coeducational measures that ensure equal cognitive and socio-emotional development in women and men.

Background/Objectives: Digital technologies have transformed how young adults in romantic relationships communicate, develop intimacy, and manage control. Although these technologies facilitate connection, they may enable surveillance, control, and aggression. This study examined associations of psychological distress and romantic love myths with digital dating violence while controlling for problematic social media use. Methods: This observational, cross-sectional study included 336 university students aged 18–25 years. Participants completed the Cyber-Violence in Adolescent Couples Scale, adapted for young adults (Cib-VPA), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21), the Scale of Myths of Romantic Love (SMRL), and the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS). Differences between men and women, partial correlations, pooled regression models testing the Sex × DASS-21 × SMRL interaction, and sex-stratified regression models were examined. Results: Women reported higher levels of anxiety, depression, stress, psychological distress, cybercontrol victimization, cyberaggression victimization, cybercontrol perpetration, and total victimization. Men showed stronger endorsement of romantic love myths. Formal pooled comparisons indicated that the DASS-21 × SMRL interaction differed by sex for victimization–cyberaggression, perpetration–cybercontrol, and total victimization. Sex-stratified models showed significant interactions for several dimensions of digital dating violence. Simple slopes showed that psychological distress was positively associated with total perpetration among men and women and with total victimization among women when romantic love myth endorsement was high. Conclusions: Psychological distress and romantic love myths appear to be associated with digital dating violence. Prevention programs should support psychological well-being, challenge romantic love myths, and improve recognition of cybercontrol as a form of intimate partner violence.

Background: This study examines whether participation in STEAM-based educational activities is associated with improvements in executive functions (EFs) and cognitive skills in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Methods: A total of 60 children diagnosed with ADHD (mean age = 8 years) participated, with 30 following a traditional educational approach and 30 engaged in STEAM-based activities. Executive functions and cognitive abilities were assessed using standardized instruments (BRIEF, WISC-V, CARAS-R), and data were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics 25. Results: Children in the STEAM group outperformed the control group across several domains, showing statistically significant gains in inhibition, planning and organization, verbal comprehension, visuospatial skills, processing speed, total IQ, efficiency, and the Impulsivity Control Index (ICI). Conclusions: These findings suggest that STEAM-based educational experiences may support neurodevelopmental growth and enhance cognitive and executive functioning in children with ADHD, although causal inferences cannot be drawn due to the cross-sectional design.