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 In this article we make a review of the concept of resilience and its main implications for practice. We carried out an analysis of different intervention programs for parents with preadolescent and adolescent children to broaden our understanding about the practical implications of this concept. Given the absence of interventions based on promoting parental resilience, we present a program for the prevention and promotion of parental competencies to support positive parenting and promote in parents an improvement in their level of resilience and emotional well-being. The main objectives of this program are: the development of strategies to manage the adverse situations that arise in the daily life related to the task of educating children; to promote parental skills that enable families to effectively respond to children's behavioral problems, to facilitate good emotional management of behavior problems, and to be able to recover from the impact caused. The program follows an experiential methodology, families are active agents in the process of change, and is accompanied by a rigorous implementation and evaluation to analyze the changes that occur as the intervention progresses.

School bullying, whether it manifests as bullying or mobbing, constitutes a violent and intentional behavior, aimed at causing damage, of a verbal and physical nature to another person who is perceived as a victim, on which a submission is exercised that perpetuates its evolution violent and its incidence. The problem occurs in various countries and cultures and in Colombia 8,981 cases have already been registered this year throughout the country. In the district of Barranquilla, the phenomenon has a prevalence of 1,330, which led to the research approach, which aimed to study the effects of a social acceptance program based on resilience in a group of students. The methodology was proposed with a quantitative approach and with a longitudinal quasi-experimental design, with observation before (pre-test) and observation after (post-test) the intervention of the program. An intentional sampling was carried out with the participation of 26 students, 13 made up the controlgroup and 13 the experimental group, from grade 8 of elementary school with coexistence problems registered by the school administration.The ICD-Abbreviated scale was applied to them. The results revealed that the intervention carried out significantly reduced aggressive behavior among peers and rejection behaviors that maintained bullying and mobbing. Social inclusion, positive participation within the group and coexistence were intensified. Statistical analysis was carried out with the application of the Student's T test.

This article focuses on the fundamental requirements that forensic psychologists who prepare forensic psychological reports in the family environment, in custody and parental rights cases, must meet in order to guide good practice and prevent ethical sanctions in the professional exercise. Emphasizing that the welfare of the children prevails over the individual interests of the parents. In addition, it highlights the psycho-emotional consequences that arise from marital breakdowns, both for children and parents, and introduces a model of an expert report in the forensic psychological evaluation of custody and parental authority

Since 1991, when bariatric surgery was recognized by the NIH as the most effective treatment for morbid obesity, the number of these procedures continues to grow. The psychologist is a fundamental part of this multidisciplinary team, and the cognitive behavioral therapy has been the most used therapy. However, a wide variety of CBT tactics and resources applied to bariatric surgery patients is observed and the objective of this work is to clarify the effectiveness of these different resources and identify patterns of resources focused on bariatric surgery patients. The method employed is a systematic review of scientific studies of CBT for patients of bariatric surgery. The results were the comparative analysis of individual, group and online therapy strategies, success and non-success factors in the different modalities and analysis of the effects of psychological comorbidities on the prognosis of surgery. The CBT strategies presented unlike benefits to bariatric surgery patients. For a correct choice of CBT resources to be applied to these patients, some variables must be considered individually, such as the psychological comorbidity of the patient, their social environment, self-esteem and ability to adapt to the postoperative period. Equally important to the choice of strategy, is to respect the time and period of therapy throughout this context.

The main objetive of the present study is to describe the experience of families with a member living with diabetes mellitus type 2, revealing the meanings they construct while living the health-illness process, including their expectations towards the treatment and quality of life, and to describe the changes that occur within the family that’s facing the diagnosis and treatment of this chronic disease.

Restorative methods of conflict resolution are tools that are fully used in Justice and in the various fields of activity in the society in which we live. In this article, its specific use for managing intra-family conflicts in cases involving Parental Alienation is addressed, bringing to light the Parental Alienation Syndrome. The theoretical line adopted is in line with the current that assumes the existence of both Alienation, as well as the Syndrome, however respecting contrary opinions, the following methods being selected: Arbitration, Restorative Circles, Conciliation, Restorative Conferences, Systemic Constellation, Mediation, Negotiation and Transaction. Systematic literature review was carried out in scientific papers in electronic scientific research databases on the internet through Google Scholar. Sixty-one (61) academic works in the last 3 (three) years were selected, whose reading elucidated the recommendations of the Author(s) regarding the specific recommendation of the methods in cases of Parental Alienation in Brazil. It was found that more than 60% of the papers recommend Mediation as a way forward, which suggests a conditioning of professionals in the field of Parental Alienation, by pointing out, in the majority, Mediation. Most likely, influenced by existing legislation, leaving aside the other methods, which can be configured as excellent options, depending on the stage of the Alienation. These possibilities of application of Restorative Conflict Resolution Methods based on these stages are presented, with the help of a typology identified in the Literature, to provide new options for an effective and efficient support to intra-family conflicts in cases of Parental Alienation.