Abstract

QUINTANA P., Alberto et al. Efectos de un modelo de entrenamiento en autovalía sobre la conducta resiliente y violenta de adolescentes. Rev. Investig. Psicol. (Online) [online]. 2007, vol.10, n.2, pp. 43-69. ISSN 1609-7475.

We study the effectiveness of a model training autovalía to promote resiliente behaviors and prevent violent behavior in a group of young (between 14 and 16 years). This made the arrangements with educational institutions that allowed researchers access to a group of 115 adolescent girls, which were evaluated with standardized psychológical instruments in order to know the extent to which show resiliente behaviors and attitudes violent. Then was selected at random to 25 of them, which were given a workshop autovalía derived from the rational-emotive therapy of Albert Ellis, for two weeks. Endign the workshop, the resiliente behaviour and violent attitudes of workshop participante were assess. The resulte were analyzed with statisticians not Parameter "Tau_b" Kendall, "Rho" Spearman and "Ranges sign with" Wilconxon, with the help of SPSS 16. Getting as result in the testing of the hypothesis proposal, that is to say, that the qualification group of autovalia statistically produces a significant development of the resiliente conduct and a reduction, although of minor cuantía, also Statistically significant, of the violent attitudes in participant young.

Keywords : Young people; Violence; Resilience; Autovalia.