Artículos científicos sobre comunidades y bienestar juvenil

Esta sección reúne una amplia selección de artículos científicos en los que participan investigadores de Imhay y que abordan distintas dimensiones del bienestar juvenil en relación con sus comunidades, territorios y contextos sociales y culturales.

En conjunto, estos trabajos ofrecen evidencia actualizada sobre factores asociados al bienestar psicosocial, intervenciones para promover la salud mental, desafíos en comunidades educativas, rurales e indígenas, así como el impacto de los entornos digitales, la participación juvenil y el estigma. Sus hallazgos contribuyen a comprender cómo fortalecer el desarrollo positivo de adolescentes y jóvenes y cómo promover entornos más inclusivos, resilientes y saludables para las nuevas generaciones.

Buenconsejo, J. U., Ferrer-Wreder, L., Dimitrova, R., Pavlova, I., Bosnar, K., Bartoluci, S., Katović, D., Prot, F., Sultana, M. S., Islam, M. S., Michałek-Kwiecień, J., Skrzypińska, K., Kazmierczak, M., Lewandowska-Walter, A., Borchet, J., Buzea, C., Stefenel, D., Page, D. T., Luden, M. K., Jovanović, V., … Gaete, J., … Altansukh, S. (2025). Global Profiles of Positive Youth Development: A Person-Oriented Analysis among Emerging Adults Living in 21 Countries. Journal of youth and adolescence, 10.1007/s10964-025-02174-z. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02174-z

Vergara, R. C., Khoury, B., & Langer, Á. I. (2025). Self-report characterization of meditation practice as a predictor of dispositional mindfulness, interpersonal mindfulness, and mental health. Mindfulness, 16, 895–917.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02532-9

Barrera-Herrera, A., Leal-Paredes, N., Cid-Penroz, A., Huerta-Espinoza, M. J., Riffo-Álvarez, C., Vallejos-Barrera, L., & Raipán-Gómez, P. (2024). Revisión narrativa del modelo de desarrollo positivo para adultos emergentes chilenos. Universidad y Salud, 26(2), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.242602.324

Ramírez, S.Gana, S., Garcés, S., Zúñiga, T., Araya, R., & Gaete, J. (2021). Use of Technology and Its Association With Academic Performance and Life Satisfaction Among Children and Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.764054

Steinebach, C., Langer, Á. I., & Nowak, V. (2021). Resilienz und achtsamkeit: Konzepte und angebote für organisationen in zeiten der veränderung. En  V. Schulte, C. Steinebach, K. Veth (Ed.), Achtsame Führung. Schlüsselelemente für das Management im 21. Jahrhundert (pp 111-128). Schäffer-Poeschel.

Schmidt C., Reyes G., Barrientos M., Langer A., & Sackurf J. (2019). Meditation focused on self-observation of the body impairs metacognitive efficiency. Consciousness and Cognition, 70, 116-125.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.03.001 Descargar

Krogh E., Medeiros S., Bitran M., & Langer A. (2019). Mindfulness y la relación clínica: pasos hacia una resiliencia en medicina. Revista Médica de Chile, 147(5), 618-627. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872019000500618 Descargar

Crockett, M. A., Núñez, D.Martínez, P.Borghero, F., Campos, S., Langer, Á. I., Carrasco, J., & Martínez, V. (2025). Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma in Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Network Open, 8(1), e2454730. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54730

Méndez, E., Figueroa-Barra, A., Martínez, C., & Durán, E. (2024). Exploring stigma towards people with schizophrenia in mass media and their private discourses. Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2022.08.003 

Núñez, D.Martínez, P.Borghero, F.Campos, S., & Martínez, V. (2021). Interventions to reduce stigma towards mental disorders in young people: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045726

Crockett, M. A., Núñez, D.Martínez, P.Borghero, F., Campos, S., Langer, Á. I., Carrasco, J., & Martínez, V. (2025). Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma in Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Network Open, 8(1), e2454730.  https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54730

Parra-Cardona, R., Fuentes-Balderrama, J., Cantizano Rioseco, L., Monreal Arcil, F. J., Correa Molina, M. L., Martic Guazzini, D., Ford Narváez, A., Neira González, A., Sánchez Ahumada, M., Chacón Sandoval, A., Marín Montecinos, J., & Gaete, J. (2023). Building bridges through cultural adaptation: Examining the initial impact of a culturally adapted parent training intervention for the Chilean context. Family Process, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12855

Medeiros, S., Langer, A., I., & Stolzenbach, S. (2023). Contemplation of nature to promote mental health and prevent depression in youth. En V. Martínez & C. Miranda-Castillo (Ed). Prevention and early treatment of depression throught the life course (pp 75-95). Springer

Vergara, R. C., Baquedano, C., Lorca-Ponce, E., Steinebach, C., & Langer, Á. I. (2022). The Impact of Baseline Mindfulness Scores on Mindfulness-Based Intervention Outcomes: Toward Personalized Mental Health Interventions. Frontiers in Psychology13https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.934614

Núñez, D.Martínez, P.Borghero, F.Campos, S., & Martínez, V. (2021). Interventions to reduce stigma towards mental disorders in young people: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045726

Langer, Á. I., Medeiros, S., Valdés-Sánchez, N., Brito, R., Steinebach, C., Cid-Parra, C., Magni, A., & Krause, M. (2020). A qualitative study of a mindfulness-based intervention in educational contexts in Chile: An approach based on adolescents’ voices. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 6927. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186927

Langer, A.I., Steinebach C., García-Rubio, C., Andreu C & Torres-Díaz, L (2019). Looking for a broad framework for the integration of mindfulness-based interventions in the educational system. In Steinebach, C. & Langer, A.I.  (Eds). Enhancing resilience in youth: mindfulness-based interventions in positive environments (pp. 3-17). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25513-8_2

Steinebach, C., Langer, A.I.& Minh, T. (2019) Enhancing resilience in youth: Sustainable systemic effects in different environments. In Steinebach, C. & Langer, A.I.  (Eds). Enhancing resilience in youth: mindfulness-based interventions in positive environments (pp. 19-35). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25513-8_1

Barrera-Herrera, A., Salinas-Venegas, F., González-Maldonado, V., Núñez, L., & Riffo-Álvarez, C. (2024). Adaptación cultural de los instrumentos del Modelo Desarrollo Positivo en adultos emergentes chilenos. Interdisciplinaria. Revista de Psicología y Ciencias Afines, 41(2). https://doi.org/10.16888/1226

Cáceres, C.Altamirano, J. I.Benitez, V.Concha, M.Mac-Ginty, S., & Langer, Á. I. (2022). Instrumentos para evaluar bienestar en adolescentes en Chile: Una revisión exploratoria. Summa Psicológica UST, 19(1), 36-44. https://summapsicologica.cl/index.php/summa/article/view/510

Silva, M., & Pavez, I. (2025). Life histories of Indigenous STEM Graduate Students from Chile: A Culturally Coexistent Learning Approach of Academic and Ethnic Identities. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2025.2507659

Silva, M., & Sanzana, P. (2022). ¿Puedo ser científica? Mujeres indígenas estudiando ciencia. Arcano IV.

Pavez, I., Novoa-Echaurren, A., & Salinas-Layana, A. (2024). Teachers’ situated knowledge: Addressing digital exclusion in rural contexts. Digital Education Review, 45, Article 45.  https://doi.org/10.1344/der.2024.45.171-178

Pavez, I., & Farías, C. (2022). A mother’s voice and a child’s view: revisiting the constructed role of women in rural Chile. Gender, Place & Culturehttps://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2118243

Silva Fernández, M., Berríos, W., Sanzana, P., & Sigerson, A. L. (2023). Life stories of graduate students in Chile and the United States: influences on becoming a scientist from childhood to adulthood. International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2022.2161858

Pavez, I., Novoa-Echaurren, A., & Salinas-Layana, A. (2024). Teachers’ situated knowledge: Addressing digital exclusion in rural contexts. Digital Education Review, 45, Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1344/der.2024.45.171-178

Silva, M., & Pavez, I. (2025). Life histories of Indigenous STEM Graduate Students from Chile: A Culturally Coexistent Learning Approach of Academic and Ethnic Identities. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2025.2507659

Langer, Á. I., Medeiros, S., Valdés-Sánchez, N., Brito, R., Steinebach, C., Cid-Parra, C., Magni, A., & Krause, M. (2020). A qualitative study of a mindfulness-based intervention in educational contexts in Chile: An approach based on adolescents’ voices. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 6927.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186927

Langer, A.I., Steinebach C., García-Rubio, C., Andreu C & Torres-Díaz, L (2019). Looking for a broad framework for the integration of mindfulness-based interventions in the educational system. In Steinebach, C. & Langer, A.I.  (Eds). Enhancing resilience in youth: mindfulness-based interventions in positive environments (pp. 3-17). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25513-8_2

Akuetteh, T., Brossi, L., Day, E., Farthing, R., Golin, J., & O’Neill, B. (2025). Digital policy trends: Regulations, interventions, and policy solutions. En D. A. Christakis & L. Hale (Eds.), Handbook of children and screens (pp. 469–476). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_64

Pavez, I., Novoa-Echaurren, A., & Salinas-Layana, A. (2024). Teachers’ situated knowledge: Addressing digital exclusion in rural contexts. Digital Education Review, 45, Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1344/der.2024.45.171-178

Brossi, L., Ibáñez, M. J., Hoffmann, T., Castillo, A. M., & Cortesi, S. (2022). Youth, media and public discourse during the pandemic in Chile. HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America, 7. https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/hciaswp/article/view/91565/86279

Alvarado, C. (2023). «El taller de las libres»: construcción de memorias sobre el teatral escolar como espacio de agencia de jóvenes estudiantes en tiempos de la dictadura cívico-militar en Chile. Clepsidra. Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios sobre Memoria, 10(19), 134-151. https://ojs.ides.org.ar/index.php/Clepsidra/article/view/517

Carrasco, J. & Reinoso-Fica, A. (2022). Experiencia de participación política en un programa de rehabilitación psicosocial en el sur de Chile. TOG (A Coruña), 19(3), 115-124. 

Reyes, M. J., Olivari, A., Arensburg, A., & Caviedes, P. (2022). La juventud y el pasado reciente de Chile: La (des) politización como política de memoria cotidiana. Psicologia & Sociedade, 34. https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-0310/2022v34252029

Krogh, E., Epstein, R., Langer, Á. I., & Steinebach, C. (2023). Clinical resilience: toward a unified definition. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 35(2).  https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzad025

Fuentes-Ferrada, R. (2024). Jóvenes que no han dejado de creer, pero que creen distinto: Reflexiones en torno a la religiosidad juvenil en Chile. Última década, 32(62), 247-259.  https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-2236.2024.74938