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The impact that the labor activities can have in the development and quality of life of the worki... more The impact that the labor activities can have in the development and quality of life of the working minors is worrisome, especially when these activities initiate from early age. The working minors in Toluviejo realise different
economic activities, participating, among others, in the calcareous rock operation since they were 7 years old. With the aim of knowing and comparing the quality of life in health and the positive mental health in the minors who
work with minors who do not do it, were intentionally selected 191 minors
of the school of the town of which 18% indicated to work in their free time. The results threw lower indicators in the working minors, but with little significant results, which indicates that more than the work, the greater
problem is the precarious conditions in which the minors live.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between the cognitive process... more The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between the cognitive processes and the academic performance by a non-experimental correlational study with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 60 students between 14 and 17 years old, who were randomly selected from high school tenth grade without a history of personality disorder or intellectual disability. Academic performance was evaluated from the school average reported by educational documents. Cognitive processes measured were: focused and sustained attention, cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control, delayed visual memory, auditory verbal learning and delayed auditory verbal memory, visualconstructive praxis, naming function of language and verbal fluency. A neuropsychological battery was used for that purpose. According to the Rho Spearman, the results indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between the two following cognitive processes and academic performance: sustained attention (p=0.01) and the naming function of language (p=0.05).
The impact that the labor activities can have in the development and quality of life of the worki... more The impact that the labor activities can have in the development and quality of life of the working minors is worrisome, especially when these activities initiate from early age. The working minors in Toluviejo realise different
economic activities, participating, among others, in the calcareous rock operation since they were 7 years old. With the aim of knowing and comparing the quality of life in health and the positive mental health in the minors who
work with minors who do not do it, were intentionally selected 191 minors
of the school of the town of which 18% indicated to work in their free time. The results threw lower indicators in the working minors, but with little significant results, which indicates that more than the work, the greater
problem is the precarious conditions in which the minors live.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between the cognitive process... more The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between the cognitive processes and the academic performance by a non-experimental correlational study with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 60 students between 14 and 17 years old, who were randomly selected from high school tenth grade without a history of personality disorder or intellectual disability. Academic performance was evaluated from the school average reported by educational documents. Cognitive processes measured were: focused and sustained attention, cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control, delayed visual memory, auditory verbal learning and delayed auditory verbal memory, visualconstructive praxis, naming function of language and verbal fluency. A neuropsychological battery was used for that purpose. According to the Rho Spearman, the results indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between the two following cognitive processes and academic performance: sustained attention (p=0.01) and the naming function of language (p=0.05).