
Diego Gomez-BayaUniversity of Huelva | UHU · Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Diego Gomez-Baya
PhD
Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology
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Introduction
Diego Gomez-Baya works at the Department of Social, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad de Huelva. Diego does research in Developmental Psychology and Positive Psychology.
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Publications (188)
Relational developmental systems theory integrates a positive youth development (PYD) perspective on the transition to adulthood. Meanwhile, the developmental assets (DAs) model describes the personal and contextual resources that nurture PYD. This study examined the fulfillment of DAs and experience of social contribution in a sample of 23 Spanish...
Critical thinking is a skill that is of great importance in our current and future society. This value is beyond all theoretical doubt although it does not have its practical realization to the same extent, especially in terms of coordinated and evidence-based approaches. It seems that the principle that life is made by living also applies to criti...
Resumen El presente trabajo reflexiona sobre la evolución del acceso en la educación superior a nivel mundial desde el siglo pasado hasta la actualidad. A partir de una búsqueda y análisis documental queda en evidencia que si bien la matriculación ha ido en permanente evolución hay regiones que han tenido mayor expansión que otras. Se concluye que...
(1) Background: Literature to date has shown some contradictory findings regarding the associations between empathy and mental health. Thus, the Caring component of Positive Youth Development has been related to more mental health symptoms, while positive empathy seems to have a positive impact on psychological adjustment. The present study aimed t...
La obesidad infantil es un problema sanitario en auge, pues está aumentando de forma significativa en diferentes países desarrollados últimamente. Hay estudios que consideran esta problemática la pandemia actual de nuestra sociedad. A su vez, está asociada a una serie de consecuencias negativas que afectan tanto a la salud física como a la salud me...
El objetivo de este trabajo fue realizar una revisión sistemática sobre programas de prevención de la violencia de género en la adolescencia. La violencia de género es un problema de salud pública que afecta a, aproximadamente, un tercio de las mujeres a nivel global. Por ello, intervenir en esta etapa resulta esencial, pues es cuando los jóvenes e...
Kozina, A. (Ed.) (2024). Empowering teachers across Europe to deal with social and emotional diversity-related challenges. Volume I: Experimentation perspectives. Waxmann. ISBN 978-3-8309-4859-9 Reseña realizada por Diego Gómez Baya, Profesor Titular del Departamento de Psicología Social, Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Huelva, España
Resumen El pensamiento crítico se considera una competencia necesaria hoy en día para prevenir los problemas del mañana y tratar los de hoy. En la intervención psicosocial es un valor fundamental para favorecer el cambio positivo de las personas más allá de las modas y los modos de vida. Que la información pugna por el protagonismo con la comunicac...
The prevalence of prenatal tobacco exposure remains high in many countries, particularly in southern Europe. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of smoking among pregnant women in a southern Spanish city (Seville) and to identify the associated sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics. In a descriptive, cross-sectional stud...
Background: The use of online questionnaires to assess common mental disorders such as perinatal anxiety has spread due to the proliferation of Internet-based psychological interventions and research. This study analyses the validity and reliability of the online version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) in a sample of pregnant and post...
Introduction
Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a strength-based perspective that focuses on the resources to promote a successful transition to adulthood, derived from the Relational Developmental Systems theory. In this line, the Developmental Assets (DA) model focuses on describing the personal resources (Internal Assets) and contextual resourc...
El absentismo escolar es un fenómeno extendido en el mundo y de graves consecuencias. Este estudio pretende: 1) estimar la prevalencia del absentismo en la población escolarizada de 12 a 16 años de edad en una ciudad española (Huelva); 2) describir su variabilidad sociodemográfica; y 3) establecer una tipología de perfiles del alumnado en relación...
Truancy is a widespread phenomenon in the world with serious consequences. This study aims to: 1) assess the prevalence of truancy among the population of schoolchildren between 12 and 16 years of age in a Spanish city (Huelva); 2) describe its sociodemographic variability; and 3) establish a typology of student profiles in relation to this problem...
Introduction
The Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework is a strengths‐based approach to adolescence that states that adolescents will thrive if nurtured by the right developmental assets. The family is one of the most important developmental assets, but studies about the relationship between family dynamics and the overall PYD of adolescents a...
The aim of this study was to analyse the role of the 5Cs of Positive Youth Development (PYD) in the relationship between physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), in a sample of adolescents enrolled at public secondary schools in both rural and urban environments in Huelva (Spain). The sample comprised 418 adolescents (Mean...
Covering an introductory chapter, a commentary and nine full chapters published as protocol, experimental, theoretical, or empirical studies, this publication depicts the voices, perceptions, experiences and developmental outcomes of adolescents and emerging adults from countries located in four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America....
Covering an introductory chapter, a commentary and nine full chapters published as protocol, experimental, theoretical, or empirical studies, this publication depicts the voices, perceptions, experiences and developmental outcomes of adolescents and emerging adults from countries located in four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America....
Los nuevos escenarios globales conllevan la necesidad de un replanteo permanente de propuestas, conceptualizaciones, prácticas que aporten a consolidar una mirada social inclusiva, creativa y crítica.
Este trabajo se enmarcar en el Proyecto de Innovación Docente: Promoción de la competencia crítica y la capacidad de afrontar las situaciones estres...
There are numerous recognized benefits of breastfeeding; however, sociocultural, individual, and environmental factors influence its initiation and continuation, sometimes leading to breastfeeding rates that are lower than recommended by international guidelines. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a group intervention led by...
Background: Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in Central America and suffers from high rates of social inequality and violence. In addition to the negative impact that two years without attending school has had on Guatemalan children due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this unfavourable socioeconomic context poses a risk...
Background: There are numerous recognized benefits of breastfeeding,however, sociocultural, individual, and environmental factors influence its initiation and continuation; sometimes leading to breastfeeding rates during the postpartum period that are lower than recommended by international guidelines.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effec...
Critical thinking is a competence that is recommended to be learned with increasing emphasis from different national and international organizations in the fields of education and employability. The aim of this study was to analyze and describe the beliefs that Argentine and Spanish teachers who have received training in socioeducational interventi...
Postpartum depression is a significant health issue affecting both mothers and newborns during the postpartum period. Group support interventions during this period have proven effective in helping women cope with depression and improving breastfeeding rates. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a midwife-led breastfeeding support group...
In the last 20 years, evidence has been found that supports the "5Cs" of the Positive Youth Development (PYD) model developed by Lerner and his colleagues in the United States. This model considers adolescents as active elements who may acquire the resources and strengths to develop positive relationships with others. However, few studies have focu...
Background: : The use of online questionnaires to assess common mental disorders such as perinatal anxiety has spread due to the proliferation of Internet-based psychological interventions and research. This study analyses the validity and reliability of the online version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) in a sample of pregnant and po...
Postpartum depression is a significant health issue during the postpartum period and not only affects the woman but also has important repercussions for the newborn. Group support interventions during the postpartum period have proven effective in helping women cope with depression and improving breastfeeding rates. The aim of this study was to ass...
The positive youth development (PYD) model is a strength-based conceptualization of the transition to adulthood, in which the relationships that individuals establish within this context are essential. These adaptive contextual–individual interactions allow youths to acquire better psychological adjustment and greater social participation. The PYD...
1) Background: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a major concern, particularly in Europe and North America. Its prevalence has so far been under-researched. In most studies, the determination of this consumption may be underestimated, as it is based on the information obtained from questionnaires rather than from biomarkers, which will provid...
During the pandemic, assisted reproductive treatments suffered from major disruptions in their terms due to the restrictions imposed. The objective of this study is to evaluate the level of anxiety of women whose treatments were either suspended or delayed. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted between April and May 2020. The State-T...
Autores:
Equipo de investigación (Fundación ETEA- Instituto de Desarrollo de la Universidad Loyola Andalucía; Departamento de Psicología y Departamento de Educación de la Universidad Loyola Andalucía):
Joaquín A. Ibáñez Alfonso, Pablo Rodríguez Prieto, Ian Simpson
Diego Gómez Baya, Desireé Ruiz Aranda, Rosalba Company Córdoba, Claudia García de la...
Positive Youth Development (PYD) emerged as a holistic and strength-based perspective that focuses on the fact that young people may have the internal and external resources for healthy and successful development through five dimensions (5Cs) that empower them: Perceived Competence, Confidence, Character, Connection, and Caring. The aim of this stu...
Purpose
We examine an integrative model associating entrepreneurial motivation and job satisfaction with basic psychological needs satisfaction and the psychological well‐being (PWB) and health problems of European entrepreneurs. In contrast with previous literature that focuses mainly on hedonic well‐being, this study examines well‐being by using...
Introduction-Health system (HS) health organizations are complex and are in constant dynamic interaction with multiple elements, including political, environmental, societal, legal, and organizational factors, along with human components, such as human resources, patients, and other stakeholders. Objective-This research aimed to study three HS orga...
(1) Background: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a major concern, particularly in Europe and North America. Its prevalence has been so far under researched. In most of the studies the determination of this consumption may be underestimated, as it is based on the information obtained from questionnaires rather than from biomarkers, which will...
Resumen El pensamiento crítico se ha constituido como fuente de estudio y reflexión permanente, en especial por su trascendencia al momento de encontrar respuestas a las nuevas demandas y desafíos de la sociedad. Esta investigación se centra en reconocer las opiniones de estudiantes universitarios acerca de dimensiones del pensamiento crítico media...
For a long time, the transition to adulthood was seen as a troubled period where good development was synonymous with the absence of problems. Positive Youth Development (PYD) emerged as a holistic and strength-based perspective that focuses on the fact that young people may have the internal and external resources for healthy and successful develo...
During the pandemic, assisted reproductive treatments suffered from major disruptions in their terms due to the restrictions imposed. The objective of this study is to evaluate the level of anxiety of women whose treatments were either suspended or delayed. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted between April and May 2020. The State-T...
Aims/Background
This research aimed to identify the sources of social support and its relationship with perinatal depression (PPD) during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Design/Methods
We carried out a cross-sectional study with a sample of 3,356 women during perinatal period living in Spain. We used five items from the Spanish version of the...
Background
Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in the American continent and suffers from high rates of social inequality and violence. Among other potential disadvantages, this unfavourable socioeconomic context poses a risk to children’s emotional and cognitive development (1, 2). In addition to the negative impact that two years witho...
Background: Guatemala remains one of the poorest countries in central America and suffers from high rates of social inequality and violence. Among other disadvantages, this unfavourable socioeconomic context poses a risk to children’s emotional and cognitive development. In addition to the negative impact that two years without attending school has...
1) Background: The aim of the present study is to analyze subjective happiness in relation to leisure time in 10-year-old boys and girls from Brazil, Chile and Spain and to determine which leisure time activity has a greater effect on their subjective happiness and whether there are differences according to gender. (2) Methods: Data from the third...
La competencia crítica es necesaria para todos en nuestras sociedades multicomplejas y
cambiantes como las nuestras; sin embargo, en
determinados perfiles profesionales no resultaría
saludable desarrollar programas de aprendizaje
de dicha competencia sin el desarrollo de programa complementarios que refuercen el bienestar
de dicho profesional. En e...
Background
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an increase in perinatal depression. The aim of this research was to identify which sociodemographic variables are related to the increase in perinatal depression due to the pandemic. In addition to estimating to what extent they predict perinatal depression, differentiating the prenatal and...
Resumen En la actualidad la universidad orienta sus esfuerzos a una formación de calidad que sea capaz de dar respuestas a la complejidad del presente en forma crítica y con autonomía de pensamiento. Frente a esta realidad, el artículo que se presenta, enmarcado en el Proyecto de Innovación Docente de la Universidad de Huelva (España), denominado P...
Background:
Prior research has documented the protective role of the 5Cs of Positive Youth Development (PYD) on adjustment problems, such as depressive symptoms. Nonetheless, more research is needed, especially in non-US contexts. The main objective of the present study was to assess associations between the 5Cs and depressive symptoms in Peru and...
Revuelta, F., y Calvo Poyato, J. (2022). Aprender y no olvidar. Reflexiones acerca de los desastres. Editorial Tecnos.
La educación superior es un derecho fundamental de los individuos y de las sociedades que persiguen empoderar a las personas; siendo, al mismo tiempo, facilitador de una sociedad inclusiva, sostenible y ontológicamente solidaria con la bondad del individuo en la sociedad. Los autores, en el presente ensayo, haciendo un estudio comparativo del acces...
The influence of perceived emotional intelligence (EI) and self-esteem on depression by gender is important to study, due to the negative impact of this disorder mainly in the female population. Therefore , the aims of the study were to analyze the relationship between EI, self-esteem, and depression, to study gender differences in these variables...
The study of health and well-being based on the analysis of risk and protective factors throughout development has received greater attention in recent decades. Recently, developmental science has been more focused on the promotion of compe-tences and the development of resilience than on the study of risk and psychopathology. Resilience is the pot...
Society today, so global and so local at the same time, revolves around multiple forces, many of them contradictory, which demand answers in the immediate now but also without forgetting the future. The university is no stranger to this situation, and it is no longer enough to transmit knowledge, much less information , but must assume an ontologic...
The research protocol of the project “Positive Youth Development in Spanish Undergraduates: Analysis of Developmental Assets related to Health, Psychological Wellbeing and Social Contribution” (FEDER Andalusia Program 2014-2020, UHU-1259711) is presented. The general aim of this project was to analyze to what extent the dimensions of positive youth...
El presente estudio se realiza a los fines de contribuir al análisis y reflexión de los procesos de formación desde el comienzo del profesorado y sus implicancias para la búsqueda permanente de la mejora calidad educativa. En el año 2022, se aplicó un estudio a cincuenta estudiantes del profesorado de educación física de una universidad nacional lo...
Background: The prevalence of peripartum depression (PPD) has increased substantially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To reduce the probability of contagion, hospitals had to adapt their care protocols, including the care of women in the perinatal period. Method: A cross-sectional study was used in a total sample of 3,356 women, 1,402 in...
La gamificación hace referencia al uso del juego y elementos propios del juego en contextos no lúdicos como por ejemplo el colegio. El logro docente persigue el interés en el alumnado para conseguir una educación significativa y al mismo tiempo motivadora. Este proyecto de investigación analiza las actitudes del profesorado hacia la gamificación. A...
La gamificación hace referencia al uso del juego y elementos propios del juego en contextos no lúdicos como por ejemplo el colegio. El logro docente persigue el interés en el alumnado para conseguir una educación significativa y al mismo tiempo motivadora. Esta investigación analiza las actitudes del profesorado hacia la gamificación. Además, conoc...
Leisure time activities in childhood may have a crucial role in the development of subjective well-being. Nevertheless, more research is needed with cross-national samples concerning the differential effects of lifestyles on life satisfaction. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyze the associations between the frequency of playing spo...
Marco teórico: El envejecimiento ha sido una fuente creciente de mayores oportunidades generadas por la longevidad, pero también una fuente creciente de preocupación, particularmente con respecto a la salud mental y el bienestar de las personas mayores. Como tal, es muy importante tener una mejor comprensión de la relación entre los factores psicos...
La función docente en la educación superior es una tarea compleja que demanda una reflexión por sus alcances relacionados con la mejora de la calidad de vida de la sociedad. El dominio de conocimientos por parte de los responsables de formar y la capacidad de transmitir los mismos y tomar decisiones con responsabilidad requiere de un análisis perma...
The COVID-19 pandemic affected daily life routines and lifestyles of pregnant and postpartum women and increased their stress and risk of suffering from mental health problems. The aim of this study was to analyse which sociodemographic variables, COVID-19 exposure variables and lifestyles to cope with stress variables predicted anxiety, depression...
En el marco del Proyecto de Innovación Docente de la Universidad de Huelva
dirigido por Francisco José García Moro, denominado La argumentación y la
intercomunicación como fundamentos de un pensamiento crítico en la enseñanza
universitaria, se presenta el siguiente libro, fruto de la coordinación de trabajos realizados
por docentes, investigado...
During COVID-19 pandemic, the use of internet in adolescent population has increased. A growing research interest has been developed about the consequences of internet use for adolescent development. Despite most studies have examine the impact of internet use in some indicators of psychological maladjustment, few studies have addressed the detrime...
Resumen En el presente artículo se reflexiona sobre el pensamiento crítico como competencia destinada a colaborar en la transformar de realidades personales y coyunturales. A partir de un análisis de lo desarrollado desde el campo teórico, se observa un acuerdo en la importancia de la formación en el pensamiento crítico a los futuros psicólogos des...
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychological disorders during emerging adulthood. Some consistent gender differences have been reported in anxiety with women suffering more anxiety than men, which has detrimental consequences in most life spheres in the youth and later life stages. The understanding of the development of anxiety in emergi...
Objective: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused an increase in perinatal depression. The aim of this research was to identify which sociodemographic variables are related to the increase in perinatal depression due to the pandemic. In addition to estimating to what extent they predict perinatal depression, differentiating the prenatal and post...
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused an increase in perinatal depression. The aim of this research was to identify which sociodemographic variables are related to the increase in perinatal depression due to the pandemic. In addition to estimating to what extent they predict perinatal depression, differentiating the prenatal and pos...
Literature to date has well supported the detrimental consequences of bullying and school exclusion in different countries, with negative outcomes in school adjustment or child psychological adjustment, among others. However, more research is needed to understand the effects on positive indicators of psychological well-being in children as subjecti...
El cáncer es una de las principales causas de muerte en el mundo. Son conocidas sus consecuencias negativas en la salud mental de las personas que la padecen. Uno de los más comunes en la sociedad es el cáncer de colon. Los pacientes con este tipo de cáncer reciben mayoritariamente atención médica y farmacológica para sus síntomas físicos. El objet...