Gender Differences in Perceived Family Involvement and Perceived Family Control during Emerging Adulthood: A Cross-Country Comparison in Southern Europe.

The aim of the present study was to explore gender differences in perceived parental involvement and perceived psychological and behavioral control during emerging adulthood in two Southern European countries (Spain and Portugal). Data were collected from 491 Portuguese and 552 Spanish undergraduate emerging adults (53.7 % women and 46.3 % men) aged between 18 and 29 years (M = 20.24 and SD = 2.12). Results indicated that women perceived higher levels of parental involvement than men in both countries, and men perceived more behavioral control than women in Portugal. Furthermore, gender was found to moderate the association between perceived parental involvement and perceived psychological and behavioral control differently in each country. Taken together, our findings suggest that gender-differentiated socialization patterns persist during emerging adulthood and that these patterns may be affected by the sociocultural context.

Relaciones familiares y ajuste psicológico en adultos emergentes universitarios españoles / Family relationships and psychological adjustment in Spanish undergraduate emerging adults

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la calidad de las relaciones familiares y su influencia sobre el ajuste de los jóvenes durante la adultez emergente. Se prestó especial atención a las diferencias de sexo y al hecho de vivir dentro o fuera del hogar familiar. En el estudio participaron un total de 1502 adultos emergentes de 18 a 29 años (M= 20,32; DT= 2,13) que cursaban estudios universitarios. Los principales resultados mostraron que chicos y chicas perciben como positivas las relaciones familiares. Sin embargo, ellas perciben mejores relaciones familiares que ellos. Sólo las chicas mejoran las relaciones familiares cuando viven fuera del hogar familiar. Las buenas relaciones familiares se relacionan significativamente con el bienestar de los jóvenes. Estos resultados apoyan la idea de que la calidad de las relaciones con padres y madres sigue siendo, al igual que durante la infancia y la adolescencia, un elemento esencial en el ajuste psicológico de los jóvenes durante su tercera década de vida

The aim of this study was to analyze the quality of family relationships and their influence on the adjustment of young people during emerging adulthood. Special attention was paid to sex differences and living inside or outside the family home. Our sample consisted of 1502 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 29 years (M= 20.32, SD= 2.13). Results showed that boys and girls perceive positive family relationships. However, girls perceive better family relationships than boys. Furthermore, girls perceive differences in family relationships depending on whether they live inside or outside the family home. Positive family relationships are significantly related to the high level of young people’s well-being. These results support the idea that, in addition to childhood and adolescence, the quality of the relationships with parents remains an essential element for psychological adjustment of young people during their thirties

Implicación en los estudios y consumo de drogas de adultos emergentes universitarios / No disponible

En las últimas décadas se han producido numerosas transformaciones en las sociedades industrializadas que han contribuido a que algunos investigadores determinen que ha surgido una nueva etapa en el desarrollo de los y las jóvenes llamada «adultez emergente». En este estudio, pretendemos conocer la implicación en los estudios, el consumo de drogas y el apoyo social percibido por los adultos emergentes. Asimismo, el objetivo principal de nuestro estudio es analizar en qué medida el apoyo social de la familia y los amigos percibido por los adultos emergentes se relaciona con su implicación en los estudios y su consumo de tabaco, alcohol y cannabis (hachís, marihuana…). Este estudio supone una investigación cuantitativa transversal de un grupo de 209 chicos y chicas adultos emergentes universitarios a los que se les administró cuestionarios relativos a apoyo social de la familia y los amigos, la implicación en los estudios y el consumo de alcohol, tabaco y cannabis. Los resultados señalan que los adultos emergentes de nuestra muestra perciben altos niveles apoyo social de la familia y de los amigos. Además, muestran un alto nivel de implicación en los estudios. Asimismo, conceden gran importancia a la familia, la cual se relaciona con su alta implicación en los estudios y su bajo consumo de hachís o marihuana. El trabajo presenta uno de los pocos estudios realizados en España sobre la adultez emergente y resalta la importancia del conocimiento y la intervención en esta etapa del ciclo vital para el campo de la Psicología

In recent decades there have been a lot of changes in industrialized societies that have contributed to some researchers determined that emergence of a new stage in the development of young people, it called «Emerging Adulthood». In this study, we pretend to know drug use, involvement studies and family and friend social support perceived by emerging adults. Besides, the main aim of our study is analysed how social support and friends perceived by emerging adults is related to this involvement studies and alcohol, tobacco and hashish and marijuana consumption. This study is a transversal quantitative research of a group of 209 boys and girls undergraduate emerging adults. Questionnaires about family and friend social support, involvement studies and alcohol, tobacco and hashish or marijuana consumption were applied. The results indicate that emerging adults perceive high levels of family support and friend support. Moreover, they show a high level of involvement in studies. Besides, they give great importance to the family which influences their involvement in studies and drug use hashish or marijuana consumption. This work is one of the few researches about emerging adulthood in Spain and underlines the importance of its knowledge and intervention in the field of Psychology on this life cycle stage

Influence of erectile dysfunction on health related quality of life of male kidney transplant patients.

The objective of the present study was to investigate if a psychological adaptation capacity exists in kidney transplant bearers, even with ageing, in relation to erectile dysfunction (ED). We studied ED using IIEF-5 and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using the SF-36 Health Survey, in a large sample of male renal transplant patients (n=242), searching for the influence of ED on HRQoL. Patients included 199 patients (82%); the median age was 52 y (43-62); 106 patients (54.9%) presented ED. These patients were divided into four groups according to median age. SF-36 scores were worse for ED vs non-ED patients in the first three age groups, but not in age group 4. SF-36 Mental Component Summary was similar for patients with ED and without ED in all age groups. We confirm the hypothesis that a psychological adaptation occurs in renal transplant patients in all age groups, when suffering ED.

Factors associated with erectile dysfunction in male kidney transplant recipients.

A transversal study was carried out in order to evaluate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in adult kidney transplant patients of our region (N=243), and to investigate the sociodemographic, analytic, and clinical factors associated with it. To evaluate ED, the Spanish five items version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) was employed. Sociodemographic, analytic, and clinical data, including 12 cardiovascular risk factors, were also collected. A total of 199 patients (82%) were included. The median age was 52 y (43-62 y); 106 patients (54.9%) presented with ED. Variables associated with ED were: higher age; longer time on dialysis prior to transplantation; higher comorbidity; presence of diabetes mellitus; had undergone prostatic surgery or peripheric artheriopathy; lower diastolic pressure; and some anti hypertensive drugs. Logistic Regression Model performed step by step showed (R(2)=0.52) that factors independently associated with ED were: age, time on dialysis previous to transplant, and peripheric artheriopathy.

Introducción / Introduction

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Introducción al VIII Simposio Internacional del Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigación Nefrológica / No disponible

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