Miriam Cruvinel

A construção de uma escala de estratégias de aprendizagem para alunos do ensino fundamental

Although learning strategies are important tools for schooling process, there is a lack of national instruments to evaluate their knowledge by brazilian students. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to describe the steps necessary for the construction of a scale to evaluate the learning strategies for basic education students and to present the preliminary study of its psychometric properties. It is also discussed the utility of this instrument for diagnosis, intervention and prevention in school and educational psychology.

Depressão infantil: uma contribuição para a prática educacional

Atualmente nao existe duvida quanto a existencia de depressao em criancas em idade escolar. A incidencia de sintomas depressivos nesta faixa etaria esta em torno de 1,8 %, no entanto, quando se fala da incidencia desses sintomas em criancas com dificuldades de aprendizagem essa taxa aumenta consideravelmente. A depressao infantil tem sido investigada por alguns autores da literatura estrangeira, no entanto, na populacao brasileira, os estudos ainda sao escassos. Dados revelam que existe uma estreita relacao entre sintomas depressivos e rendimento escolar, mas permanece ainda a necessidade de se sistematizar conhecimentos sobre a natureza mais especifica dessa relacao, pois tanto os sintomas da depressao podem contribuir para prejudicar a aprendizagem do aluno, quanto o baixo rendimento escolar pode tambem conduzir ao surgimento de sintomas depressivos. Assim sendo, o presente estudo teve como objetivo rever criticamente a literatura acerca da depressao infantil. Tem-se em vista contribuir para uma melhor compreensao, por parte dos professores e educadores, no que concerne a relacao entre depressao infantil e desempenho escolar de criancas.

Sintomas depressivos em crianças: estudos com duas versões do CDI

The objective this study was to identify the prevalence of depressive sintomatology in two samples of public school basic education students of campinas. Two instrumennts were employed: the validated and reduced version of the child Depressive Inventory (CDI) and its original and translated version. The sample consisted of 169 from 3rd, 4th and 5th grades (study 1) and of 157 from 3rd and 4th grades (study 2). The prevalence of depressive sintomatology was 3, 55% in study 1 and 17% in study 2. No significant relationships emerged between demographic variables (age, gender, school grade, school retention) and depressive sintomatology in both studies As an increase in the rates of prevalence of this sintomatology has been evinced, there is a need for investigations with larger samples of basic education students, for directing efforts towards identifying risk and protection factors associated with the development of this disease, and towards refining its measurement instruments.The objective this study was to identify the prevalence of depressive sintomatology in two samples of public school basic education students of campinas. Two instrumennts were employed: the validated and reduced version of the child Depressive Inventory (CDI) and its original and translated version. The sample consisted of 169 from 3rd, 4th and 5th grades (study 1) and of 157 from 3rd and 4th grades (study 2). The prevalence of depressive sintomatology was 3, 55% in study 1 and 17% in study 2. No significant relationships emerged between demographic variables (age, gender, school grade, school retention) and depressive sintomatology in both studies As an increase in the rates of prevalence of this sintomatology has been evinced, there is a need for investigations with larger samples of basic education students, for directing efforts towards identifying risk and protection factors associated with the development of this disease, and towards refining its measurement instruments.

Regulação emocional em crianças com e sem sintomas de depressão

Emotional regulation in children with and without depressive symptoms. The purpose of the present study is to exame the emotional regulation of children with and without depressive symptoms. The sample was composed of 54 Basic Education students of 3 rd and 4 th grades. Of the total sample, 27 presented depressive symptoms (G1) and 27 did not (G2). Data was collected through Child Depressive Inventory - CDI (Kovacs, 1992) and an interview with questions to evaluate the emotional regulation of basic education pupils – EPRE (Cruvinel & Boruchovitch, 2004). Results evinced that both groups employ similar emotional regulation strategies. However, students with depressive symptoms not only reported more sadness and anger feelings, but also demonstrated more difficulty to identify their sadness, happiness and fear. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of implementing programs, not only devoted to prevent depression in childhood and adolescence, but also aimed at improving basic students well-being and emotional regulations strategies.

Emotional regulation in children with and without depressive symptoms

Emotional regulation in children with and without depressive symptoms. The purpose of the present study is to exame the emotional regulation of children with and without depressive symptoms. The sample was composed of 54 Basic Education students of 3 rd and 4 th grades. Of the total sample, 27 presented depressive symptoms (G1) and 27 did not (G2). Data was collected through Child Depressive Inventory - CDI (Kovacs, 1992) and an interview with questions to evaluate the emotional regulation of basic education pupils – EPRE (Cruvinel & Boruchovitch, 2004). Results evinced that both groups employ similar emotional regulation strategies. However, students with depressive symptoms not only reported more sadness and anger feelings, but also demonstrated more difficulty to identify their sadness, happiness and fear. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of implementing programs, not only devoted to prevent depression in childhood and adolescence, but also aimed at improving basic students well-being and emotional regulations strategies.