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This study describes the cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS-3), which assesses 11 skills areas within three major adaptive domains: the conceptual, social, and practical. The translation was performed by two independent translators, which was followed by the synthesis of the translations by two experts and then an analysis of the synthesis by 33 specialists from the areas of health and education (three per subscale) who were experts in the domains evaluated by ABAS-3. Of the 1121 items of the five ABAS-3 forms, 82 (7.31%) needed revision. There was good agreement between the specialists in respect of most items, with only minor adjustments being required. There was good evidence of content validity and the adequacy of the adaptation in respect of the conceptual, idiomatic, and semantic aspects of the items of the instrument. This initial process of cross-cultural adaptation was necessary because adaptive behavior is strongly influenced by environmental factors such as socioeconomic status and culture.

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Background: Adaptive behavior is an important characteristic of people with intellectual disabilities, and it has been associated with a person's performance in social and work contexts. Indeed, adaptive behavior denotes what a person does independently, without help, support, reminders, or prompts. In Peru, available measures of adaptive behavior are commercial; thus, there is a need for an open-access tool to assess the adaptive behavior of people with intellectual disabilities. For this reason, the aim of the study was to design and develop a new Adaptive Behavior Test Battery for people from 13 to 60 years old with intellectual disabilities who have an interest in being part of the economically active population. Methods: A cross-sectional design was defined, starting with a qualitative approach to designing and constructing the item pool for the test battery. Then, quantitative indexes Aiken's V for content validity and Krippendorff's alpha for inter-observer reliability were estimated, resulting in a first version of the three subscales that comprised the test battery. The initial versions were tested on a sample of 566 persons with intellectual disabilities from two regions of Peru: Lima (Coast) and San Martín (Jungle). The internal structure was analyzed under a factor analysis approach, along with internal consistency measures of reliability. Further analyses of invariance regarding gender, region, and age were carried out. Results: Three observer subscales were proposed: Daily living activities (11 items), Instrumental skills (4 items), and Communication (9 items). All subscales showed excellent psychometric properties denoted by the Aiken's V coefficient, Krippendorff's alpha, factor analysis, internal consistency analysis, and invariance analyses. Conclusion: The developed a new Adaptive Behavior Test Battery is a useful tool for the measurement of adaptive behavior and the monitoring of social and labor inclusion programs for people with intellectual disabilities.

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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: During development, children face a number of demands and cognitive, behavioral, and social challenges necessary for growth. Cognitive skills make individuals competent and allow them to interact with their environment. OBJECTIVE: To identify the cognitive skills that promote better social insertion in children with autism spectrum disorder within 12 months. DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective cohort study METHODS: In this study, 21 children aged 3-12 years were assessed, and their mothers were interviewed. Children were enrolled in regular or special autistic schools. Twelve months after the first assessment, the same children participated in the second assessment. In individual interviews, mothers provided data by answering the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale. Each child was assessed individually using the fourth edition of the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale 4th Edition. RESULTS: In the first assessment, the Stanford Binet areas and total scores correlated with the communication domains, daily life abilities, socialization, and total score of the Vineland Scale. After 12 months, a correlation was observed between the Stanford Binet areas and the total and communication domains, daily life abilities, socialization, motor abilities, and total score on the Vineland Scale. CONCLUSION: Logic mathematics and memory promote better social insertion in children with autism spectrum disorder. General cognitive ability promotes communication.

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Background: Social abilities include interpersonal skills, interaction, and social responsibility. The nature of these abilities has not been explored in young people with Down syndrome (DS) during the social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The aim of this online study was to describe the social profile of a group of 30 Mexican people with DS, with a chronological age of 15-29 years, and explore the variables related to their psychosocial profiles. A sociodemographic questionnaire, mental age examination, and socialization battery were applied. Social behavior was analyzed in domains that facilitate socialization (leadership, joviality, social sensitivity, respect/self-control), in domains that disrupt socialization (aggressiveness/stubbornness, apathy/withdrawal, anxiety/shyness), and on a global scale. Results: Participants' scores in the facilitative domains were above average, and their scores in the disruptive domains were below average, as expected. Scores on the respect/self-control scale were associated with chronological age (CA), and those on the global scale with mental age (MA). Discussion: No impairments were found in the social skills of young people with DS according to the parameters of the scale. The development of the social profile with CA and MA stimulates cognition and promotes independence, autonomy, and proactivity. Parents' role in regulating children's behavior was an important factor in managing their social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Throughout the progress of epidemic scenarios, individuals in different health classes are expected to have different average daily contact behavior. This contact heterogeneity has been studied in recent adaptive models and allows us to capture the inherent differences across health statuses better. Diseases with reinfection bring out more complex scenarios and offer an important application to consider contact disaggregation. Therefore, we developed a nonlinear differential equation model to explore the dynamics of relapse phenomena and contact differences across health statuses. Our incidence rate function is formulated, taking inspiration from recent adaptive algorithms. It incorporates contact behavior for individuals in each health class. We use constant contact rates at each health status for our analytical results and prove conditions for different forward-backward bifurcation scenarios. The relationship between the different contact rates heavily influences these conditions. Numerical examples highlight the effect of temporarily recovered individuals and initial conditions on infected population persistence.

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La presente investigación tuvo por objetivo describir las diferencias e influencia de las regiones colombianas en las Habilidades Adaptativas Específicas y Dominios de la Conducta Adaptativa en niños colombianos entre 0-15 años, sin alteraciones en el neurodesarrollo y sin etiología de daño cerebral. Participaron padres y profesores de 2081 niños, divididos por 4 regiones geográficas: Andina, Caribe, Orinoquía y Pacífico. Se aplicó el cuestionario de conducta adaptativa ABAS-II en sus versiones Infantil padres a los padres de niños de 0 a 1,11 años, y las versiones escolar padres y escolar profesores a los padres y profesores de niños de 2 a 15 años. Los resultados indicaron que existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los menores de las diferentes regiones, siendo los resultados más altos los de la región Pacífico y los más bajos los de la región Orinoquía. Con estos resultados se considera que es importante tener en cuenta los aspectos culturales, sociales, ambientales e históricos de cada región del país para la evaluación de su conducta adaptativa, entendiendo que estas diferencias no marcan o indican mayor susceptibilidad a patología, sino variaciones culturales dentro de los términos considerados como lo esperado.

The present research aimed to describe the differences and influence of Colombia geographic regions on Specific Adaptive Skills and Domains of Adaptive Behavior in Colombian children between 0-15 years of age without neurodevelopmental alterations and without etiology of cerebral disease. 2081 Colombian children´s parents and teachers participated, divided into 4 regions: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquía and Pacific. The ABAS-II questionnaire was applied the chindren´s parent version to parents of children from 0 to 1,11 years and the school parents`and school teachers` versions to parents and teachers of children from 2 to 15 years of age. The results indicated that there are statistically significance differences between the children of the different regions, the highest results being those of the Pacific region and the lowest those of the Orinoquía region. It is considered with the results that it is important to take into account the cultural, social, environmental and historical aspects of each region of the country for the evaluation of their adaptive behavior; these differences do not mark or indicate greater susceptibility to pathology, but rather cultural variations within of the terms considered as the expected.

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Current persistent outbreak of COVID-19 is triggering a series of collective responses to avoid infection. To further clarify the impact mechanism of adaptive protection behavior and vaccination, we developed a new transmission model via a delay differential system, which parameterized the roles of adaptive behaviors and vaccination, and allowed to simulate the dynamic infection process among people. By validating the model with surveillance data during March 2020 and October 2021 in America, India, South Africa, Philippines, Brazil, UK, Spain and Germany, we quantified the protection effect of adaptive behaviors by different forms of activity function. The modeling results indicated that (1) the adaptive activity function can be used as a good indicator for fitting the intervention outcome, which exhibited short-term awareness in these countries, and it could reduce the total human infections by 3.68, 26.16, 15.23, 4.23, 7.26, 1.65, 5.51 and 7.07 times, compared with the reporting; (2) for complete prevention, the average proportions of people with immunity should be larger than 90%, 92%, 86%, 71%, 92%, 84%, 82% and 76% with adaptive protection behaviors, or 91%, 97%, 94%, 77%, 92%, 88%, 85% and 90% without protection behaviors; and (3) the required proportion of humans being vaccinated is a sub-linear decreasing function of vaccine efficiency, with small heterogeneity in different countries. This manuscript was submitted as part of a theme issue on "Modelling COVID-19 and Preparedness for Future Pandemics".

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Coastal flood risk is expected to increase as a result of climate change effects, such as sea level rise, and socioeconomic growth. To support policymakers in making adaptation decisions, accurate flood risk assessments that account for the influence of complex adaptation processes on the developments of risks are essential. In this study, we integrate the dynamic adaptive behavior of homeowners within a flood risk modeling framework. Focusing on building-level adaptation and flood insurance, the agent-based model (DYNAMO) is benchmarked with empirical data for New York City, USA. The model simulates the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and frequently proposed reforms to evaluate their effectiveness. The model is applied to a case study of Jamaica Bay, NY. Our results indicate that risk-based premiums can improve insurance penetration rates and the affordability of insurance compared to the baseline NFIP market structure. While a premium discount for disaster risk reduction incentivizes more homeowners to invest in dry-floodproofing measures, it does not significantly improve affordability. A low interest rate loan for financing risk-mitigation investments improves the uptake and affordability of dry-floodproofing measures. The benchmark and sensitivity analyses demonstrate how the behavioral component of our model matches empirical data and provides insights into the underlying theories and choices that autonomous agents make.

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OBJECTIVE: To characterize the longitudinal natural history of disease progression in pediatric subjects affected with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IIIB. STUDY DESIGN: Sixty-five children with a confirmed diagnosis of MPS IIIB were enrolled into 1 of 2 natural history studies and followed for up to 4 years. Cognitive and adaptive behavior functions were analyzed in all subjects, and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging analysis of liver, spleen, and brain, as well as levels of heparan sulfate (HS) and heparan sulfate nonreducing ends (HS-NRE), were measured in a subset of subjects. RESULTS: The majority of subjects with MPS IIIB achieved an apex on both cognition and adaptive behavior age equivalent scales between age 3 and 6 years. Development quotients for both cognition and adaptive behavior follow a linear trajectory by which subjects reach a nadir with a score <25 for an age equivalent of 24 months by age 8 years on average and by 13.5 years at the latest. All tested subjects (n = 22) had HS and HS-NRE levels above the normal range in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma, along with signs of hepatomegaly. Subjects lost an average of 26 mL of brain volume (-2.7%) over 48 weeks, owing entirely to a loss of cortical gray matter (32 mL; -6.5%). CONCLUSIONS: MPS IIIB exists along a continuum based on cognitive decline and cortical gray matter atrophy. Although a few individuals with MPS IIIB have an attenuated phenotype, the majority follow predicted trajectories for both cognition and adaptive behavior. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers NCT02493998, NCT03227042, and NCT02754076.

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RESUMO: Deficiência intelectual (DI) é definida como limitações na capacidade de aprendizagem, no comportamento adaptativo e no conjunto de habilidades conceituais, sociais e práticas. A avaliação desse comportamento visa delimitar o perfil e as necessidades de apoio que a pessoa com DI precisa para desenvolver atividades. O objetivo deste artigo foi identificar as estratégias de avaliação e de intervenção realizadas nas escolas regulares e especializadas de Minas Gerais, para desenvolvimento de competências e de autonomia em alunos com DI. A coleta de dados foi quantitativa e qualitativa, por questionário online. A parte quantitativa baseou-se na adaptação do Progress Assesment Chart e possibilitou investigar se professoras têm avaliado habilidades relacionadas às áreas do desenvolvimento: comunicação, cuidados pessoais, socialização e ocupação. A parte qualitativa compôs-se por questões abertas sobre avaliação, intervenção e envolvimento da família. Os resultados mostraram que escolas têm desenvolvido práticas inclusivas previstas nas políticas públicas. A avaliação do comportamento adaptativo tem ocorrido nas escolas, embora nem sempre de forma sistemática. Identificou-se, por um lado, que ainda há necessidade de repensar práticas pedagógicas que, muitas vezes, estão pautadas na compreensão do modelo individual da deficiência. Por outro lado, observou-se o surgimento da compreensão da pessoa com DI como sujeito de direitos e de possibilidades. Limites da pesquisa e desdobramentos práticos foram indicados.

ABSTRACT: Intellectual disability (ID) is defined as limitations in learning ability, adaptive behavior and conceptual, social and practical skill sets. Assessment of this behavior aims to define the profile and support needs that the person with ID needs to develop activities. Te objective was to identify evaluation and intervention strategies carried out in regular and specialized schools in Minas Gerais, Brazil, for the development of competences and autonomy in students with ID. Data collection was quantitative and qualitative, using an online questionnaire. Te quantitative part was based on the adaptation of the Progress Assesment Chart and made it possible to investigate whether teachers have assessed skills related to the areas of development: communication, personal care, socialization and occupation. Te qualitative part consisted of open questions about assessment, intervention and family involvement. Te results showed that schools have developed inclusive practices foreseen in public policies. Assessment of adaptive behavior has taken place in schools, although not always in a systematic way. On the one hand, it was identified that there is still a need to rethink pedagogical practices, which are often guided by the understanding of the individual model of disability. On the other hand, there is the emergence of the understanding of the person with ID as a subject of rights and possibilities. Research limits and practical developments were indicated.

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Diferentes trabalhadores estão sujeitos a acidentes com material biológico, que geram não apenas agravos físicos, mas, sobretudo, psicológicos. O coping ocupacional é a tentativa individual de adaptação às situações estressantes no ambiente de trabalho. O estudo analisou as estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas pelos trabalhadores da área da saúde que se acidentam com material biológico. Adotou como método o estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, realizado por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com dez trabalhadores da área da saúde que trabalham em hospitais e sofreram acidente com exposição a material biológico recentemente, selecionados a partir da estratégia de bola de neve. As entrevistas foram gravadas, transcritas e organizadas, e, para análise do conteúdo, foram utilizadas as etapas da técnica propostas por Bardin. Os resultados mostraram que a estratégia de enfrentamento mais representativa para os trabalhadores pesquisados foi o controle por meio da busca de mudança de atitudes em relação às rotinas de trabalho e do aperfeiçoamento técnico. A metodologia utilizada proporcionou a identificação, ainda, de outras estratégias, caso da autoculpabilização e a da interação social. Aponta para a importância da formação integrada e continuada no espaço de trabalho como forma de prevenção e de condução dos acidentes de trabalho.(AU)

Diverse workers are subject to accidents involving biological material, which cause not only physical injury but, above all, psychological damage. Occupational coping is the individual's attempt to adapt to stressful situations in the workplace. The study analyzed the coping strategies of health professionals who suffered accidents involving biological material. It adopted a descriptive method, with a qualitative approach, carried out by using semi-structured interviews with ten health professionals working in hospitals and who had recently suffered accidents involving exposure to biological material, selected with a snowball sampling strategy. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and organized, and for the analysis of the content, the technique of content analysis proposed by Bardin was used. The results showed that the most common coping strategy for the workers surveyed was control by seeking a change of attitudes regarding work routines and technical improvements. The methodology also identified other strategies, such as self-blaming and social interaction. These findings point to the importance of integrated and continuous workplace training as a way to prevent and manage workplace accidents.(AU)

Los trabajadores están sujetos a accidentes con material biológico, los cuales ocasionan no solo agravios físicos, sino también psicológicos. El coping ocupacional es el intento individual de adaptación a las situaciones estresantes en el ambiente de trabajo. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar las estrategias de enfrentamiento utilizadas por los trabajadores del área de la salud que sufrieron accidentes con material biológico. El método que se utilizó fue el estudio descriptivo, de naturaleza cualitativa, a partir de la aplicación de entrevistas semiestructuradas a diez trabajadores del área de la salud en hospitales y que sufrieron accidentes con materiales biológicos recientemente, seleccionados por la estrategia de bola de nieve. Las entrevistas fueron grabadas, transcritas y organizadas, y para el análisis del contenido se utilizaron las etapas de la técnica propuestas por Bardin. Los resultados mostraron que el control fue la estrategia de enfrentamiento más utilizada mediante la búsqueda de cambio de actitud con relación a las rutinas de trabajo y al perfeccionamiento técnico. La metodología permitió identificar otras estrategias, como la autoculpabilización y la interacción social. Cabe destacar la importancia de la formación integrada y continua en el espacio de trabajo como medio de prevención y de manejo a accidentes de trabajo.(AU)

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A Deficiência Intelectual (DI) é caracterizada por limitações de inteligência e comportamento adaptativo, que se originam no período desenvolvimental. O comportamento adaptativo (CA) representa o conjunto de habilidades conceituais, sociais e práticas que são aprendidas e executadas por pessoas em suas atividades diárias. Este estudo teórico objetiva discutir a importância do exame do CA na avaliação psicológica de pessoas com DI. É abordado o papel desse exame no diagnóstico, na classificação de gravidade e no planejamento de intervenções e são fornecidas orientações sobre procedimentos e ferramentas de avaliação do CA. As considerações finais situam o conhecimento sobre o CA como uma ferramenta indispensável ao psicólogo que trabalha com a avaliação psicológica da DI e aponta a necessidade de pesquisas de adaptação ou construção de medidas de CA validadas para o Brasil. (AU)

Intellectual Disability (ID) is characterized by limitations of intelligence and adaptive behavior originating in the developmental period. Adaptive behavior represents the set of conceptual, social and practical skills learned and used by people in their daily activities. This theoretical study aims to discuss the importance of examining adaptive behavior in the psychological assessment of people with ID. The role of this examination in the diagnosis, severity classification, and intervention planning is also addressed. Guidance on procedures and tools for assessing adaptive behavior is provided. Final considerations place knowledge about adaptive behavior as an indispensable tool for the psychologist that works evaluating ID and emphasize the need for adaptation or construction of validated adaptive behavior measures for Brazil. (AU)

La Discapacidad Intelectual (DI) se caracteriza por limitaciones de inteligencia y conducta adaptativa (CA) que se originan en el período de desarrollo. La CA representa el conjunto de habilidades conceptuales, sociales y prácticas que las personas aprenden y realizan en sus actividades diarias. Este estudio teórico tiene como objetivo discutir la importancia de examinar la CA en la evaluación psicológica de las personas con DI. Se discute el papel de este examen en el diagnóstico, la clasificación de la gravedad y la planificación de la intervención; asimismo, se proporciona orientación sobre procedimientos y herramientas para evaluar la conducta adaptativa. Las consideraciones finales sitúan el conocimiento sobre la CA como una herramienta indispensable para el profesional que trabaja con la evaluación psicológica de la DI y señala la necesidad de investigación de la adaptación o construcción de medidas de CA validadas para Brasil. (AU)

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Ecological theory recognizes the importance of the variety of species for maintaining the functioning of ecosystems and their derived services. We assert that when studying the effects of shifts in biodiversity levels using mathematical models, their dynamics must be sensitive to the variety of species traits but not to raw species numbers, a property that we call order-invariance. We present a testing procedure for verifying order-invariance of ecological network models -with or without trait adaptation- expressed as ODEs. Furthermore, we applied our test to several influential models used for evaluating biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning. In most of the surveyed studies the equations failed our test. This raises doubts about the validity of previous results and calls for revisiting the theory derived from these studies. Our results foster the creation of artifact-free models, a necessary step towards building a more robust theory of biodiversity-driven ecosystem functioning.

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Healthy ageing means optimizing opportunities that allow older individuals to participate actively in society without discrimination. Learning adaptive behaviors (AB) may be extremely important for individuals for all stages of life. The goal of this study was: (a) to create a scale for self-perceived adaptive behavior, and (b) propose percentiles for evaluating AB in older adult women. A self-perception scale was created to measure adaptive behavior. Anthropometric and physical fitness variables for 192 older Chilean women (ages 60 to 88) were collected and evaluated. Content validity reflected agreement from 0.75 to 1.0. Construct validity carried out with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulted in 11 dimensions with 62 items in groups. Saturation oscillated between 0.62 and 0.85 with the explanation of variation as 46.27%. Cronbach's Alpha was r = 0.83. The results indicated that the scale developed was valid and reliable for the Chilean women studied. This scale may be used to measure self-perception of AB patterns in older women. Furthermore, the percentiles allow for classification of the AB by age and anthropometric indices.

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ABSTRACT Purpose To verify indicators of cognitive development, receptive language skills and adaptive behavioral patterns in toddlers with Williams syndrome (WS). Methods The sample comprised 8 children of both sex, aged between 48 and 72 months with WS. Instruments of data collection were Denver Developmental Screening Test II; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale; Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½-5and 6 to 18; Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS), and Behavior Problems Inventory-01. Results The major developmental impairments were associated with fine motor skills and personal care abilities. Deficits in receptive language and communication skills were reported according to the PPVT and Denver II, respectively. The caregivers reported behavioral and emotional problems associated to anxiety and depression, and attention problems scales of CBCL. Conclusion The toddlers demonstrated deficits in adaptive functioning and behavioral, motor and cognitive difficulties such as inattention and hyperactivity, stereotypies and aggressive behavior.

RESUMO Objetivo Verificar indicadores de desenvolvimento cognitivo, habilidades de linguagem receptiva e padrões comportamentais adaptativos em pré-escolares com Síndrome de Williams (SW). Método A amostra foi composta por 8 crianças de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 48 e 72 meses com SW. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados utilizados foram Denver Developmental Screening Test II; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Escala de comportamento adaptativo Vineland; Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) para as idades 1½-5 e 6 a 18; Inventário de Problemas de Comportamento (BPI-01) e Escala de Maturidade Mental Columbia. Resultados Os principais prejuízos de desenvolvimento foram associados a habilidades motoras finas e habilidades de cuidados pessoais. Os déficits em linguagem receptiva e habilidades de comunicação foram relatados de acordo com o PPVT e Denver II, respectivamente. Os cuidadores relataram problemas comportamentais e emocionais associados às escalas de ansiedade e depressão e de problemas de atenção do CBCL. Conclusão Os pré-escolares demonstraram déficits no funcionamento adaptativo e dificuldades comportamentais, motoras e cognitivas, como desatenção e hiperatividade, estereotipias e comportamento agressivo.

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Until recently, social blushing was rarely discussed in the medical literature. It was usually considered only a normal and occasional physiological reaction associated with emotions such as embarrassment brought on by social situations. This has changed in recent years with attention increasingly being paid to blushing, either in the context of social anxiety disorder or in its own right. Some argue that blushing has adaptive value, so it may not make sense to treat people for blushing, a view we do not agree with since the blushing experience is not the same for everyone and those who seek medical help do so because their blushing impairs their quality of life. Furthermore, the fact that a symptom is adaptive does not place it beyond the scope of medical treatment. Quite the contrary: physicians treat many symptoms that cause discomfort, e.g. pain and vomiting, which may be regarded as adaptive, yet few doubt the value of treating such problems. The same is true for blushing. Recognizing its potential adaptive value does not mean that it should not be treated. The distress of those who blush easily and seek help justifies attempts to find ways to help them. This article underlines the need to distinguish between normal social blushing and pathological social blushing and, at the same time, reviews current available treatments for individuals who seek help for this condition.

Hasta hace poco tiempo, rara vez se debatía sobre el sonrojo social en la literatura médica. Se le consideraba solo una reacción fisiológica normal y ocasional, provocada por situaciones sociales. Esto ha cambiado en años recientes pues se le presta cada vez mayor atención, ya sea en el contexto del trastorno de ansiedad social o por derecho propio. Algunos argumentan que sonrojarse tiene valor adaptativo y que por lo tanto no tiene sentido tratar a las personas que se sonrojan, visión que no compartimos porque la experiencia de ruborizarse no es igual en todos los individuos y porque los que consultan lo hacen debido a que las sucesivas experiencias de rubor van minando su calidad de vida. Más aún, el que un síntoma sea adaptativo no lo pone fuera del ámbito de la medicina. Al contrario: hay numerosos síntomas que tratamos los médicos, desagradables para el individuo -el dolor y los vómitos son buenos ejemplos-, los cuales pueden considerarse adaptativos y sin embargo pocos podrían en duda la legitimidad de tratarlos. Lo mismo es válido para el sonrojo. Reconocer su potencial valor adaptativo no hace ilegítimo su tratamiento. El sufrimiento de aquellos que se sonrojan fácilmente y buscan ayuda por ello, justifica los intentos de encontrar modos de ayudarlos. Este texto subraya la necesidad de distinguir entre el sonrojo social normal y el sonrojo social patológico y, a la vez, revisa los tratamientos actualmente disponibles para las personas que consultan por esta condición.

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Esta investigación se enfoca en la caracterización de la conducta adaptativa en escolares con y sin discapacidad intelectual de la Región de La Araucanía, Chile. Se utilizó el Inventario para la Planificación de Servicios y Programación Individual (ICAP), aplicado a padres y/o tutores legales de 22 niños con discapacidad intelectual y 33 niños sin discapacidad. Las edades fluctuaron entre los 6 y 12 años, con un diseño no probabilístico en conglomerados. El método utilizado es descriptivo-comparativo. Los resultados señalan que existen diferencias de las conductas adaptativas, donde los escolares sin discapacidad presentan un mayor nivel de desarrollo, además ambos grupos poseen un perfil heterogéneo en las destrezas que componen el funcionamiento adaptativo, donde las destrezas motoras son las más altas, mientras que las destrezas de la vida en comunidad son las más bajas. Se concluye que las diferencias encontradas se ven afectadas por la presencia de discapacidad intelectual y por el contexto educativo. Esta investigación se enmarca en el proyecto de investigación DI12-0077 denominado Propiedades psicométricas de la versión española del Inventario para la planificación de servicios y la programación individual (ICAP), en escolares de la ciudad de Temuco.

This investigation focused on the characterization of adaptive behavior in students with or without intellectual disabilities in the Araucanía Region in Chile. The Inventory for Service Planning and Individual Programming (ICAP) was used with a sample of parents or legal tutors of 22 children with intellectual disabilities and 33 children without disabilities. The ages of the students ranged between 6 and 12 years, with a non-probabilistic cluster sampling design, with descriptive-comparative methods for analysis. Results show differences in adaptive behavior between the assessed groups, where students without disabilities show a higher level of development. Also both groups exhibit heterogeneous skill profiles, with motor skills being the most developed, and life skills in community being the least developed. These differences might have been affected by the presence of intellectual disabilities and by the educational contexts. This study is associated to the DI120077 research project entitled "Psychometric Properties of the Spanish version of the inventory for service planning and individual programming (ICAP), in students of the city of Temuco".

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Funcionamento adaptativo se refere a habilidades conceituais, sociais e práticas que permitem adaptação ao ambiente. Este estudo objetivou uma revisão da literatura a partir do SciELO e realização de novas análises estruturais com o Abas-II, um dos principais instrumentos de avaliação do construto. Os resultados mostraram que estudos nacionais são recentes, mas crescentes nos últimos anos, com concentração na área multidisciplinar. Dos 46 artigos levantados, identificaram-se 13 instrumentos utilizados, porém há carência de estudos que investiguem suas qualidades psicométricas, apontando a avaliação como importante problemática na área. Foram realizadas análises estruturais alternativas às indicadas no manual, considerando as matrizes de correlação apresentadas neste estudo. Os resultados evidenciam melhor adequação dos dados a um modelo bifatorial, composto por um fator geral e fatores específicos, quando comparado aos modelos de único fator e três fatores. A relevância do tema contrasta com a incipiência dos estudos e a carência de instrumentos no contexto nacional.

Adaptive behavior refers to conceptual, social and practical skills, which allow adaptating to the environment. This study aims to do a scientific literature review from the SciELO and to conduct further structural analysis with the ABAS-II, one of the main instruments to evaluate the construct. The results showed that Brazilian studies are recent, but they have been increasing in previous years, mainly concentrated in the multidisciplinary area. We identified 13 instruments in 46 articles, but there is a lack of studies investigating their psychometric qualities, pointing its evaluation as an important problem in the area. Alternative structural analysis to the ones presented in the original manual were performed considering the correlation matrices. The results showed a better adequacy of the data to a bi-factor model, consisting of a general factor and specific factors when compared to single-factor and three-factor models. The theme relevance contrasts with the incipiency of studies and the lack of instruments in the Brazilian context.

Funcionamiento adaptativo se refiere a las habilidades conceptuales, sociales y prácticas que permiten la adaptación al entorno. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo revisar la literatura partiendo del Scielo y la aplicación de nuevos análisis estructurales con el ABAS-II, una de las principales herramientas para la evaluación del constructo. Los resultados mostraron que estudios nacionales son recientes, mas muestran crecimiento en los últimos años, con concentración en el área multidisciplinar. De los 46 artículos analizados, se identificaron 13 instrumentos utilizados, pero se constató la falta de estudios de investigación de sus cualidades inherentes a la psicometría, señalando la evaluación como un problema importante en el área. Análisis alternativos a los presentados en el manual, fueron realizados, considerando las matrices de correlación. Los resultados muestran mejor la adecuación de los datos a un modelo de dos factores, que consiste en un factor general y los factores específicos en comparación con los modelos de uno y de tres factores. La relevancia del tema contrasta con la escasez de estudios y falta de instrumentos en el contexto nacional.

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A large theoretical and empirical literature documents the central role of familismo (i.e., a strong emphasis on family) in the functioning of Latino youth. Few studies, however, have examined its association with early childhood functioning. The present study explored the potential risk and protective effects of maternal familismo on the adaptive and mental health functioning of 4 - 5 year old Latino children. A sample of 205 Mexican and 147 Dominican immigrant families was recruited from New York City. Mothers reported on their level of familismo, and acculturative status. Mothers and teachers rated child adaptive behavior and internalizing and externalizing problems. Findings suggest that maternal familismo is not uniformly associated with positive or negative early developmental outcomes but that its effects are moderated by child gender, family poverty and cultural (e.g., maternal ethnic and US American identity) characteristics. In addition, different mechanisms were identified for each ethnic group. Familismo was associated both positively (for boys) and negatively (for poor children) with adaptive behavior in the Mexican American sample. In the Dominican American sample, familismo showed a wide range of positive, albeit moderated, effects. Prevention efforts that help parents critically evaluate the impact of familismo on family processes, and preserve those manifestations of familismo that are protective, may best promote Latino child well-being.

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The characid fish species Astyanax mexicanus offers a classic comparative model for the evolution of sensory systems. Populations of this species evolved in caves and became blind while others remained in streams (i.e. surface fish) and retained a functional visual system. The flow-sensitive lateral line receptors, called superficial neuromasts, are more numerous in cavefish than in surface fish, but it is unclear whether individual neuromasts differ in sensitivity between these populations. The aims of this study were to determine whether the neuromasts in cavefish impart enhanced sensitivity relative to surface fish and to test whether this aids their ability to sense flow in the absence of visual input. Sensitivity was assessed by modeling the mechanics and hydrodynamics of a flow stimulus. This model required that we measure the dimensions of the transparent cupula of a neuromast, which was visualized with fluorescent microspheres. We found that neuromasts within the eye orbit and in the suborbital region were larger and consequently about twice as sensitive in small adult cavefish as in surface fish. Behavioral experiments found that these cavefish, but not surface fish, were attracted to a 35 Hz flow stimulus. These results support the hypothesis that the large superficial neuromasts of small cavefish aid in flow sensing. We conclude that the morphology of the lateral line could have evolved in cavefish to permit foraging in a cave environment.

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