Sectas y psicopatología.

The purpose of this study is review the relationship between psychopathology and destructive cults. We provide data about to the incidence and kind of psychopathology, comparing between mental disorder and psychological suffering. Evidence is structured on the basis to the different stages of the link between the individual and the organization: before, during and which appears with the abandonment of the cult.El objetivo de este estudio es revisar la relación entre sectas y psicopatología. Se presentan datos sobre la incidencia y el tipo de psicopatología, diferenciando entre trastorno y malestar psicológico. La evidencia esta estructurada de acuerdo a las diferentes etapas de vinculación entre la persona y la organización: antes de entrar, la desarrollada durante la permanencia y la que surge con el abandono de la secta

Evaluación pericial de la guarda y custodia de los hijos de familias bajo situación sectaria.

A continued increase in the intervention of forensic psychologists in our country, together with the spectacular rise in divorce rates, has made it increasingly common for forensic psychologists to intervene in family procedures, in particular to evaluate and assess the most appropriate system of custody for the children involved. The central issue in an assessment of child custody is to try to delineate the option that best meets their interests. In cases where one parent in litigation for the custody is immersed in a cult, the complexity of the evaluation will be higher. In this article we reviewed some of the factors involved, they will have to consider psychologists in these interventions and specific considerations for the conduct of the evaluation are offered.A medida que la intervención de los psicólogos forenses se ha ido consolidando en nuestro país y con la influencia del espectacular aumento de las tasas de divorcio, resulta cada vez más cotidiana la participación del psicólogo forense en procedimientos de familia, especialmente, para ofrecer valoración y asesoramiento sobre el sistema de guarda y custodia más adecuado para los menores implicados. La cuestión central en una evaluación de custodia de los niños consiste en tratar de delimitar la opción que responde a su mejor interés. En los casos en que uno de los progenitores en litigio por la custodia se encuentra inmerso en una secta, la complejidad de la evaluación resultará mayor. En el presente articulo se revisan algunos de los factores implicados, que tendrán que considerar los psicólogos en estas intervenciones y se ofrecen consideraciones especificas para la realización de la evaluación

Child court hearing in family cases: Questionnaire to assess the child needs during the juddes exploration

The basis of family law is the child's interest. This is related to the right to be listened to, but not as an obligation. As a consequence, there is a necessity for the judge to conduct a judicial exploration of the child. But, in general, the judges are not trained in this type of explorations, and they may consequently obtain erroneous information in their exploration. Therefore, in this work, we present the generation of a questionnaire that explores the judicial agents' necessities during judicial exploration of children. Five expert researchers in the subject participated in creating the questionnaire; five family judges participated in the pilot test; and in the final study, 63 family judges answered the final questionnaire. Global reliability was adequate (.858), as was the reliability for interviewer's skills, but it was not for the other areas of the questionnaire. An exploratory factor analysis showed a factor structure consisting of 5 factors that accounted for 46.12% of the total variance, but these five factors don't correspond to the factors provided by experts. But construct validity validated the structure provided by the experts (X^2 /df = 1.35; BBNNFI = .873; CFI = .879; IFI = .881; RMR = .139; SRMR = .153; RMSEA = .075). To sum up, we can say that the questionnaire could be improved, but the best areas are the stages of the interview and the interviewer's skills

Child court hearing in family cases: Questionnaire to assess the child needs during the juddes exploration

The basis of family law is the child's interest. This is related to the right to be listened to, but not as an obligation. As a consequence, there is a necessity for the judge to conduct a judicial exploration of the child. But, in general, the judges are not trained in this type of explorations, and they may consequently obtain erroneous information in their exploration. Therefore, in this work, we present the generation of a questionnaire that explores the judicial agents' necessities during judicial exploration of children. Five expert researchers in the subject participated in creating the questionnaire; five family judges participated in the pilot test; and in the final study, 63 family judges answered the final questionnaire. Global reliability was adequate (.858), as was the reliability for interviewer's skills, but it was not for the other areas of the questionnaire. An exploratory factor analysis showed a factor structure consisting of 5 factors that accounted for 46.12% of the total variance, but these five factors don't correspond to the factors provided by experts. But construct validity validated the structure provided by the experts (X^2 /df = 1.35; BBNNFI = .873; CFI = .879; IFI = .881; RMR = .139; SRMR = .153; RMSEA = .075). To sum up, we can say that the questionnaire could be improved, but the best areas are the stages of the interview and the interviewer's skills