Background: Adolescence is a critical stage for the development of behaviours related to problematic Internet and social media use, as well as for the experience of cybervictimisation. The literature highlights the need to examine these types of adolescent behaviours. Method: A field study was designed to analyse the prevalence of problematic Internet and social media use, as well as cybervictimisation, sexting, and grooming. In total, 666 Spanish adolescents participated, 55.4% females and 44.6% males, with an age range between 14 and 18 years (M = 15.27, SD = 1.01). Results: The results showed that 15.8% of the participants were diagnosed as at risk for Internet and social media addiction; 27.2% of the participants were diagnosed as cyberbullying victims; 14.7% of the sample engaged in sexting behaviours, and 34.7% engaged in grooming behaviours. Additionally, significant gender differences were found in cybervictimisation behaviours, with females scoring higher. Conclusions: The findings are discussed in relation to the need to develop preventive and educational strategies that promote the safe and responsible use of the digital context.

The planning and execution of manual actions can be influenced by concomitant processing of manual action verbs. However, this phenomenon manifests in varied ways throughout the literature, ranging from facilitation to interference effects. Suggestively, stimuli across studies vary randomly in two potentially relevant variables: verb motility and effector quantity (i.e., the amount of movement and the number of hands implied by the word, respectively). Here we examine the role of these factors during keyboard typing, a strategic bimanual task validated in previous works. Forty-one participants read and typed high and low motility items from four categories: bimanual, unimanual, and non-manual action verbs, as well as minimally motoric verbs. Motor planning and execution were captured by first-letter lag (the lapse between word presentation and first keystroke) and whole-word lag (the lapse between the first and last keystroke). We found that verb motility modulated action planning and execution, both stages being delayed by high (relative to low) motility verbs. Effector quantity also influenced both stages, which were facilitated by bimanual verbs relative to unimanual verbs and non-manual verbs (this effect being confined to high motility items during action execution). Accordingly, motor-language coupling effects seem sensitive to words’ implied motility and number of evoked limbs. These findings refine our understanding of how semantics influences bodily movement.

Background: Adolescence is a critical stage for development of behaviours related to problematic Internet and social media use, as well as for the experience of cybervictimization. The literature highlights the need of examine these types of adolescent behaviours. Method: A field study was designed to analyze the prevalence of problematic Internet and social media use, as well as cybervictimization, sexting, and grooming. A full of 666 Spanish adolescents participated, 55.4% females and 44.6% males, with an age range between 14 and 18 years (M = 15.27, SD = 1.01). Results: The results showed that 15.8% of the participants were diagnosed as at risk for Internet and social media addiction; 27.2% of the participants were diagnosed as cyberbullying victims; 14.7% of the sample engaged in sexting behaviours, and 34.7% engaged in grooming behaviours. Additionally, significant gender differences were found in cybervictimization behaviours, with female scoring higher. Conclusions: The findings are discussed in relation to the need of develop preventive and educational strategies that promote safe and responsible use of the digital context.

Las palabras que usamos en la narración de situaciones conflictivas influyen en cómo codificamos, entendemos y valoramos estas situaciones. Sin embargo, el estudio de estas narrativas presenta desafíos debido a la complejidad semiótica y multidimensional del lenguaje. Este estudio examinó las características psicolingüísticas de 372 relatos de disputas entre iguales (amigos/compañeros), revelando que la mayoría ocurrían entre personas del mismo sexo, que el 85% se originaba a partir de acciones ejercidas por la otra persona (p. ej. mentir), y que el resto se producían por omisiones (p. ej. no ayudar). Además, a pesar de que los participantes valoraron negativamente a la otra persona con la que tuvieron el conflicto, mostraron una baja intención de castigo y cierta capacidad de perdón. Se analizaron los verbos utilizados en estos relatos vividos para comprender su papel en la estructuración y percepción de dichas situaciones. Este análisis mostró que se utilizaban verbos con alta intensidad emocional, tanto positivos como negativos, lo que concuerda con las teorías sobre la memoria emocional.

Introducción: Investigadores y profesionales clínicos que trabajan en el proceso del perdón requieren instrumentos de medida fiables y válidos que permitan evaluarlo, adaptados al contexto y a la población de interés. Por ello, se diseñó un estudio para la adaptación a la población peruana del Enright Forgiveness Inventory (EFI-30). Método: Un total de 373 adolescentes peruanos respondieron a la traducción española del EFI-30, adaptada al contexto peruano, así como a una medida de deseabilidad social y de bienestar eudaimónico. Resultados: Los resultados apoyaron una escala compuesta por 30 ítems con una alta fiabilidad (α = .934; ω = .982) y evidencias de validez de constructo (CFI = .91, TLI = .90, RMSEA = .075, SRMR = .06), confirmando la estructura factorial original de seis factores: afecto positivo, afecto negativo, comportamiento positivo, comportamiento negativo, cogniciones positivas y cogniciones negativas. Adicionalmente, se obtuvieron evidencias de validez convergente y discriminante, tanto interna como externa. Asimismo, la medida mostró sensibilidad a las diferencias en función del género y de la etapa de la adolescencia, lo que aporta evidencia de validez predictiva. Finalmente, se presentan los resultados de baremación. Conclusiones: Se ha validado y estimado la fiabilidad de una medida del perdón para adolescentes peruanos.