Implementación del Programa Héroe para favorecer la empatÃa, las emociones positivas, las actitudes de perdón y la conducta prosocial en adolescentes mexicanos.
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El programa Héroe es una intervención virtual con evidencia empÃrica para favorecer el desarrollo psicosocial positivo de los adolescentes. El presente estudio tenÃa como objetivo evaluar su eficacia en un contexto nunca antes explorado, como los adolescentes mexicanos. Los objetivos de este trabajo eran determinar si el programa Héroe era efectivo para incrementar la conducta prosocial, la empatÃa, las emociones positivas y el perdón en adolescentes mexicanos. Para este fin, se constituyó una muestra de 241 participantes de ambos géneros (50.2% eran mujeres y el 49.8%, varones). Todos los participantes eran estudiantes mexicanos de secundaria de entre 12 y 15 años de edad, pertenecientes a dos escuelas secundarias. Los resultados arrojaron que el programa fue eficaz para promover conducta prosocial hacia los extraños, la empatÃa (en su dimensión cognitiva y emocional), las emociones positivas y el perdón. Estos hallazgos señalan que la combinación de la psicologÃa y la tecnologÃa, a través del desarrollo de sistemas y aplicaciones, pueden contribuir a que los adolescentes desarrollen su potencial.
Palabras claves: Héroe; programa virtual; conducta prosocial; emociones positivas; adolescentes; perdón; empatÃaÂ
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The Hero program is one of the few virtual scientific interventions that demonstrated empirical evidence to favor the positive psychosocial development of adolescents. The present study aimed to evaluate its efficacy in a context never explored before, such as Mexican adolescents. The objectives of this work were to determine if the Hero program was effective in increasing prosociality, empathy, positive emotions and forgiveness in Mexican adolescents. A sample of 241 participants of both gender was constituted (50.2% were women and 49.8% were men). All the participants were high school students between ages of 12 and 15. The adolescents belonged to two secondary schools in Mexico. The results showed that the program was effective in promoting prosocial behavior towards strangers, empathy (in its cognitive and emotional dimension), positive emotions and forgiveness. These findings indicate that the combination of Psychology and technology, through the development of systems and applications, can contribute to adolescents developing their potential.
Keywords: Hero; virtual Program; prosocial behavior; positive emotions; adolescents; forgiveness; empathy
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