Ecological models of violence center on systems (micro, meso, and macro) surrounding personal history of violence, but few studies properly assess the effects of personal history on the likelihood of victimization. Using ...

Personality traits may play an important role in the smoking habit. This study aimed to investigate differences in personality traits among college smokers and nonsmokers. The sample was composed by 93 students from private ...

Depression vulnerability in children seems to be connected with cognitive and interpersonal vulnerability, like pessimistic thinking and insecure attachment to their parents (DesJardin, 2003; Richaud, 2006a). Negative ...

Context: Research in the contemplative field has focused on trainable capacities that foster self-regulation and integration. From a psychological perspective, mindfulness and personality research has largely grown with a ...

The present study aimed to understand how personality functioning is related to dispositional mindfulness. We hypothesized that a patient's personality structure (strength and vulnerability), correlates with dispositional ...

© 2017 Leighton, Botto, Silva, Jiménez and Luyten.Research on the potential role of gene-environment interactions (GxE) in explaining vulnerability to psychopathology in humans has witnessed a shift from a diathesis-stress ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, due to its high level of infection, imposed the need for physical distance, among other readaptations in the way of working, studying, and in leisure. In addition to the justified concern with physical ...