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Relación entre el bienestar subjetivo y el bienestar psicológico en niños y niñas de 10 y 12 años: el rol de los afectos 

Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2025-07-31)

ENG- Subjective well-being (SW) and psychological well-being (PH) constitute complex psychosocial phenomena that are undergoing conceptual and empirical development, which is reflected, among other things, in the lack of ...

Estudio de las actitudes, el síndrome de burnout y los factores psicológicos en profesionales de apoyo a personas con discapacidad intelectual 

Ramírez Berengué, Ramon (Date of defense: 2025-07-21)

ENG- This work focuses on how the personal characteristics of support professionals — including attitudes, burnout, empathy, personality, and health — influence the quality of life of individuals with intellectual disabilities. ...

Recursos psicométricos para la evaluación del funcionamiento familiar y de la interacción de niños ecuatorianos con sus figuras de apego 

Ramírez Morales, Karina Rosibel (Date of defense: 2025-07-03)

ENG- This doctoral thesis focuses on the validation of psychometric instruments to assess family functioning and the quality of interaction between preschool-aged children and their attachment figures in the Ecuadorian ...

Les habilitats i satisfacció vital dels adolescents en acolliment residencial: aprenentatges a partir del joc 

Gallardo-Masa, Coral (Date of defense: 2025-04-11)

ENG- Residential care for children and adolescents is a protective measure that offers an alternative form of care outside the family environment when it cannot ensure the well-being, safety, or proper development of ...

Trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad y su relación diagnóstica con el trauma complejo infantil. Una propuesta de diagnóstico diferencial 

Aguirre Sanchez, Miguel (Date of defense: 2025-05-22)

ENG- This doctoral thesis primarily focuses on the bidirectional relationship between ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and complex childhood trauma. Some errors during the evaluation and diagnosis of ADHD ...

Analysis of the influence of dance movement therapy inspired by Marian Chace in the improvement of somatic and mental symptoms of individuals suffering from anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder in times of crisis 

Karimi, Maryam (Date of defense: 2025-05-23)

ENG- In recent years, the interconnection between body psychology and affective neuroscience has been offering new therapeutic approaches and a renewed perspective on understanding emotional disorders. One of the approaches ...

Discursos que (des)hacen cuerpos e identidades: análisis psicosocial crítico en torno a la clínica transexual y sus patologizaciones. 

Roselló Peñaloza, Miguel (Date of defense: 2014-07-01)

ENG- Embedded in Critical Social Psychology and in feminist and queer studies on gender and sexualities, this research explores the clinical approach to transsexualism, with the objective of analyzing its psychopathologizing ...

Hábitos de actividad física en adolescentes chilenos: el papel del bienestar subjetivo y de la regulación emocional 

Fuentealba Urra, Sergio Alejandro (Date of defense: 2025-03-05)

ENG - This work is carried out through the following specific objectives: 1) Analyze the physical activity habits of adolescents and their relationship with sociodemographic variables, 2) Analyze the relationship between ...

Experiencias adversas en la infancia y factores de riesgo asociados a la conducta violenta en adolescentes condenados por delitos violentos 

Riera Campillo, Andrea (Date of defense: 2025-02-25)

ENG- Aggressive and violent behavior in adolescents is a complex phenomenon that requires a broad understanding. Individual variables, such as personality and temperament, interact with biographical variables, such as ...

Bienestar subjetivo de niños, niñas y adolescentes que participan en programas ambulatorios del Servicio Nacional de Protección Especializada en la Niñez y Adolescencia de Chile 

Salazar Muñoz, Miguel Omar (Date of defense: 2025-02-04)

ENG- The objective of this research was to know the subjective well-being of children and adolescents from 10 to 18 years old, who receive professional support in outpatient programs of the National Service for Specialized ...

Discursos y prácticas educativas en tres modelos educativos flexibles de una institución estatal rural de Cali-Colombia y su contribución al mejoramiento de la inclusión educativa 

Sánchez, José Eduardo (Date of defense: 2024-12-16)

ENG- In this doctoral thesis, the educational discourses and practices developed around three flexible educational models (FEM) in a public educational institution in Cali, Colombia, are identified and analyzed, considering ...

Flexibilidad psicológica: un factor protector ante el estrés académico en estudiantes universitarios de Ecuador 

Ponce Zambrano, María Cristina (Date of defense: 2024-07-19)

ENG- The transition to college presents significant mental health challenges for students due to stress from various demands, impacting academic performance and completion. In Ecuador, while educational institutions offer ...

Cognitive challenges in captive chimpanzees: behavioral and welfare implications and influence of personality 

Padrell Dalmau, Maria (Date of defense: 2024-05-29)

The majority of chimpanzees living in captivity will remain in this situation for life. Reintroducing them to their natural habitats is extremely challenging, even in rescue and rehabilitation centers in their countries ...

El model de recuperació i la seva aplicació als serveis de rehabilitació comunitària: una aproximació qualitativa des de la perspectiva dels usuaris i professionals 

Palomer Roca, Eduard (Date of defense: 2024-02-02)

Introduction Recovery as a concept and as a goal towards which to orient health services is being implemented in the Anglo-Saxon world. In our context, this new paradigm still has little weight but it is beginning to ...

Welfare promoting environments: assessment and management in sanctuary chimpanzees 

Crailsheim, Dietmar (Date of defense: 2024-02-02)

Due to the curiosity and interest humans show towards great apes such as chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), we can find large numbers of captive chimpanzees all over the world housed in a wide array of living conditions. ...

Processos de construcció de la identitat d'aprenent: anàlisi del discurs de les interaccions a l'aula 

Lázaro, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-11-22)

This work aims at analysing the discursive forms by which various processes and resources that configurate the learner identity are constructed through interpersonal interactions in the classroom. For this purpose, we have ...

La intervenció educativa en l'alumnat amb dificultat de regulació del comportament. Anàlisi dels factors de risc i de protecció 

Balart, Imma (Date of defense: 2023-10-26)

Introduction: Children and adolescents diagnosed with Conduct Disorder present a repetitive and persistent pattern of disruptive behaviour with difficulties to accept and follow the social norms or rules appropriate to ...

Seguridad alimentaria y bienestar subjetivo de niños y niñas participantes del programa familias en Chile 

Dauvin Herrera, Cristóbal (Date of defense: 2023-07-14)

The research aims to examine the relationship between food security and subjective well-being of girls and boys participating in the Families Program of the Metropolitan Region in Chile. A cross-sectional explanatory ...

L’impacte de l’aproximació dels fons de coneixement en les relacions família-escola. Un estudi qualitatiu 

Machancoses Puchades, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-07-14)

The present doctoral thesis is part of a large number of research studies that have highlighted the benefits of good family-school relationships in the development and learning processes of children (Blasco, 2018; ...

Factores asociados al bienestar subjetivo en docentes chilenos 

Herrera Barros, Camilo Alfredo (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

Teachers are one of the main pillars of our society, multiple studies indicate that their subjective well-being is essential for a good performance of their duties. This research aims to identify the main protective and ...