Martes, 28 de Noviembre de 2006
One out of four children involved in a divorce and custody litigation undergoes the so-called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
One out of four children involved in a divorce and custody litigation undergoes the so-called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), consisting of the manipulation of children by the custodial parent, who incessantly tries to turn them against the other parent by arousing in them feelings of hatred and contempt for the target parent, as explained in the book Marital Conflicts, Divorce, and Children’s Development (Conflictos matrimoniales, divorcio y desarrollo de los hijos, edited by Pirámide), by (...)
Martes, 21 de Noviembre de 2006
The UGR sets up an international project for the genetic identification of disappeared children
Incorrect identification of people – especially children – or the lack of it creates a series of legal problems in civil law. Unfortunately, this also happens in criminal law, in which crimes such as traffic of human beings and false adoption, together with sexual and economic children exploitation, are universal concerns. Such concerns are particularly frequent in developing countries, but they are also present in the developed world when adoptions - both legal and (...)
Martes, 14 de Noviembre de 2006
A study of the UGR analyses the adaptation of European companies to strategic change processes
The dynamic and stormy character in the companies’ environments, the technological change and the constant increase of customers’ demands require the continuous updating of the companies’ organisation. All companies must constantly renew their management techniques, the processes or technologies that they use and the products and services that they offer. Ignacio Tamayo Torres, researcher of the Department of Strategic Management and Organization of the University of Granada, has analysed in his doctoral thesis the (...)
Martes, 07 de Noviembre de 2006
A study confirms the importance of sexual fantasies in the experience of sexual desire
Scientists of the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada) have studied how some psychological variables such as erotophilia (positive attitude towards sexuality), sexual fantasies and anxiety are related to sexual desire in human beings.The researcher Juan Carlos Sierra Freire states that there are very few reliable and valid instruments in Spain to evaluate sexual desire. Due to this vacuum, the researchers have adapted the Sexual Desire (...)
Martes, 31 de Octubre de 2006
Nowadays cartoons are less male chauvinist and to find a husband is not important for their characters
Women are as intelligent, agile, attractive, strong, and heroic as their male mates…or more. The profile of women who are the main characters of the most watched cartoons from the Walt Disney corporation has noticeably changed in the last few decades. Women, who are not necessarily human, have nothing to do with mythical characters such as Snow White, Cinderella, or Minnie. A study carried out by Pilar Casares García, who is a teacher of the (...)
Martes, 24 de Octubre de 2006
Company managers in Granada choose integrity and personal hygiene over knowledge when hiring employees
The existing fierce competence in the current labour market is causing company managers to be increasingly more demanding when filling a specific job. Moral, social, intellectual, aesthetic, and personal values of the applicants are thoroughly analysed by company owners when hiring new employees, according to the study by Gabriel Carmona Orantes and Pilar Casares García, professors in the Department of Pedagogy of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada). Their work reveals that the trait (...)
Jueves, 19 de Octubre de 2006
A study reports on the “immense legal vacuum” surrounding the activities carried out by new religious movements
Under the scientific name of “new religious movements,” this is a phenomenon which has quickly spread throughout Spain. The religious groups are known generally as cults. Many, more or less organized groups with a variable number of followers, extend to the Spanish cities without controlling their activities or the relationships they have with their members.María del Mar Ramos Lorente, professor of the Department of Sociology (departamento de Sociología) of the University of Granada is the (...)
Martes, 17 de Octubre de 2006
Researchers of the Universidad de Granada develop a pioneering system to make communication possible between autistic children and their environment
Communication ability of children who are intellectually disabled or have communication limitations (such as autism, down syndrome, or cerebral palsy) may soon be improved thanks to a research group of the University of Granada. SC@UT, which stands for Augmentative and Adaptive Communication System, has been created by the following researchers: 13 professors of the ETSI, ASPROGRADES association and a team of psychologists, psycho-pedagogues, and speech therapists. All are directed by José Juan Cañas Delgado, professor (...)
Martes, 19 de Septiembre de 2006
A research study reveals that students from rural areas earn higher grades than student from urban areas
Are there specific reasons which influence the academic performance and the companionship among students from rural areas? What is the difference between the education received by a child living in a village and by one living in a big city? Antonio Bustos Jiménez, researcher at the Department of Didactics and School Organisation of the Universidad de Granada, has tried to answer these questions in his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Los grupos multigrado de Educación Primaria en (...)
Sábado, 16 de Septiembre de 2006
SCImago Research Group presents the first Ibero-American scientific production ranking
The ranking drawn up by SCImago Research Group analyses the scientific production carried out by hundreds of universities and research institutions from seven Latin American countries, plus Spain and Portugal, along a 15-year period – from 1990 to 2004. With this purpose, researchers from the Group selected the 621 institutions publishing more than 100 scientific articles in journals indexed in the Thomson Scientific (ISI) database.SCImago Research Group envisages increasing the number of countries analysed as (...)