Amaia Halty

Amaia Halty
Comillas Pontifical University | UPCO · Institute of Family

Doctor of Psychology

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Parental Reflective Functioning is considered a critical variable, both for the exercise of parenthood and for child development. For some years now, there has been a need for sufficiently sensitive and effective instruments to explore and evaluate Parental Reflective Functioning. This preliminary study presents the construction and validation of a...
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The parental attribution measure (PAM) is an instrument that assesses the attributions made by parents regarding their children's behavior, for both clinical and community samples. This research has aimed at evaluating the psy-chometric properties of the PAM in a community sample in Spain. Data were analyzed from several samples of fathers and moth...
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The quality of maternal care is one of the variables most related to child attachment and is, therefore, the target of many family interventions. The purpose of this study was to validate the Parental Responsiveness Quality (PRQ), a new observational measure that evaluates this variable. The analyses were performed on a sample of 50 participants. T...
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On March 14, 2020 one of the strictest confinements in Europe was imposed on the citizens of Spain. The online tool for parents, iCygnus, was designed to reduce the psychological impact generated by the pandemic on the child population (2–12 years of age) through automatic recommendations to parents based on individual responses about their parenti...
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Se trata de una guía para que las entidades de educación no formal sean entornos seguros para la infancia y desarrollen la prevención, sensibilización, detección y reacción frente a cualquier forma de violencia
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La herramienta online iENCUIST fue diseñada para reducir el impacto psicológico, tanto en la población confinada como en los profesionales que estaban a la vanguardia de la lucha contra la pandemia por Covid-19. En el primer estudio (N= 2.362) se muestran los resultados del test breve para realizar perfiles de personalidad, compuesto por 34 ítems q...
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The iENCUIST online tool was designed to reduce the psychological impact on both the confined population and on professionals who were at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic. In the first study (N= 2,362), the results are shown of the short test to perform personality profiles, made up of 34 items that show good psychometric properties....
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The quality of parental response is the most-studied variable in terms of a child´s attachment. This paper presents an d analysis of the evolution of Ainsworth´s construct since its origin (1969), as well as a deion of the most common ambiguities and misinterpretations in its use in the scientific literature. First, this paper offers an analysis of...
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This pilot study presents preliminary data on the efficacy of Strong Bonds, Strong Pikin (SBSP), a brief intervention program that aims to enhance sensitivity among mothers who care for their preschool children in a slum settlement in Freetown (Sierra Leone). SBSP adapts principles of attachment theory to intervention within a non‐Western cultural...
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Objetivo: Este estudio pretende identificar y analizar las medidas observacionales para evaluar el constructo de responsividad parental, con especial atención en los componentes que se evalúan, en las características de aplicación y en los criterios de uso. Método: Se llevó a cabo una revisión sistemática de la literatura de todos los instrumentos...
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La seguridad es clave para que el aprendizaje pueda llegar a darse y, en los primeros años de vida, esta viene dada por quienes nos acompañan y nos cuidan, por nuestras figuras de referencia. El programa Aprender Seguros: Escuelas que Cuidan forma a los profesionales del ámbito escolar para asegurar una transmisión descendente de los cuidados donde...
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El proyecto “Primera Alianza”, desarrollado en el Instituto Universitario de la Familia (Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid), se centra en la promoción de vínculos seguros entre adultos (padres y profesores) y niños, como estrategia para promover un desarrollo integral en estos. En este artículo explicamos por qué (y cómo) la seguridad en lo...
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In contexts of social exclusion, child-parent attachment relationships can be apotential bridge for the transmission of trauma. On the other hand, when these relationships are secure, they may promote resilience. Therefore, attachment-centered, preventive interventions constitute a fundamental tool of child protection. Primera Alianza is a brief, g...

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