MEMBERS - Ps. J. Carola Pérez Ewert, Ph.D.

Education

1993 Psychologist, Universidad de Concepción
2007 Master in Clinical Psychology, Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC).
"Profesora Planta", Universidad Santo Tomás Talca, Chile.
2007  Ph.D. in Psychology, Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC).

Research lines

Family and adolescence
Change processes in psychotherapy
Self-management and self-care for people with health problems

Research:

2011 - 2013 Co-researcher. Project "Verbal and Nonverbal aspects of mutual regulation in relevant episodes of the therapeutic processes, and it's relation with change process" Project FONDECYT 1110361. Principal Researcher: Claudio Martínez, Co-researchers: Tomicic, A., Krause, M., Altimir, C., Pérez, J.C.

2010 - 2012 Principal Researcher. Project "A model of remote care for people with pre-diabetes". Project FONIS SA10I20017. Co-researchers: Bustamante, C., Medina, M., Lange, I., Campos, S., Alcayaga, C., Sanchez, H., & Urrutia, M. Nursing School of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Corporación Municipal de Educación, Salud y Recreación de la Florida.

2010 - 2011 Coordinator. "Mobile telephony: a tool for the diagnosis and self-care support for people with type 2 diabetes". Project financed by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Director: Ilta Lange. Nursing School of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Corporación Municipal de Educación, Salud y Atención de Menores de Puente Alto.

2008-2011 Statistical consultant in FONDECYT N o 1080136 Project, "Therapeutic interaction, expression of emotions and therapeutic alliance: Study of the essential ingredients for psychotherapy change", Principal Researcher: Mariane Krause, Co-researchers: De la Parra, G., & Vilches, O. Santiago, Chile.

2007-2009 I Collaborated in FONDECYT N° 1070836 Project, "Evaluation of medium-term effects of intervention programs for teenage mothers. A study of cost-effectiveness", Principal Researcher: Marcela Aracena, Co-researchers: Krause, M., Undurraga, C., & Bedregal, P. Santiago, Chile.

2007-2010 Doctoral thesis student of FONDECYT No 1070852 Project, "Factors of individual and family relationships that promote the development of autonomy in adolescence", Principal Researcher: Patricio Cumsille, Co-researcher: Martínez, M. L.

2003 - 2004 I collaborated in FONDECYT No 1030476 Project, "Health education: a proposal for the prevention of teen pregnancy and health promotion for adolescents and their children. A study of cost-effectiveness. Principal Researcher: Marcela Aracena, Co-researcher: Krause, M.

Journal Articles

Pérez, J.C. & Jaramillo, A. (2011). Mi hijo y sus hermanos: la experiencia de primera maternidad al interior de familias simultáneas chilenas. [My child and his siblings: Chilean women's experience of first maternity in a stepfamily]. Universitas Psychologica, 10 (2) (accepted for publication).

Altimir, C., Krause, M., de la Parra, G., Dagnino, P., Tomicic, A., Valdés, N., Pérez, J.C., Echávarri, O. & Vilches, O. (2010). Clients', therapists', and observers' agreement on the amount, temporal location, and content of psychotherapeutic change and its relation to outcome', Psychotherapy Research, 20 (4), 472 - 487.

Lange, I., Campos, S., Urrutia, M., Bustamante, C., Alcayata, C., Tellez, A., Pérez, J.C., Villarroel, L., O`Connor, A., & Piette, J. (2010). Efecto de un modelo de apoyo telefónico en el auto-manejo y control metabólico de la Diabetes tipo 2, en un Centro de Atención Primaria, Santiago, Chile. [Effect of a tele-care model on self-management and metabolic control among patients with type II diabetes in primary care centers in Santiago, Chile]. Revista Médica de Chile, 138 (6), 729-737.

Valdés, N., Dagnino, P., Krause, M., Pérez, J. C., Altimir, C., Tomicic, A., Ramírez, I. & de la Parra, G. (2010) Analysis of the verbalized emotions in the psychotherapeutic dialogue during change episodes. Psychotherapy Research, 20 (2), 136 -150.  

Aracena, M., Krause, M., Pérez, J. C., Méndez, M. J., Salvatierra L., Soto, M., Pantoja, T., Navarro, S., Salinas, A., Farah, C., & Altimir, C. (2009). A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers. Journal of Health Psychology, 14 (7),878-887.

Echávarri, O., González, A., Krause, M., Tomicic, A., Pérez, J. C., Dagnino, P., De la Parra, G., Valdés, N., Altimir, C., Vilches, O., Strasser, K., Ramírez, I., & Reyes, L. (2009). Cuatro Terapias Psicodinámicas Breves exitosas estudiadas a través de los Indicadores Genéricos de Cambio [Four successful and brief psychodynamic therapies studied through the Generics Change Indicators]. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 18 (1), 5-19.

Tenorio, S., Satelices, M. P., & Pérez J. C. (2009). Apego, sensibilidad paterna y patrón de interacción del padre con su primer bebé [Attachment, sensitivity's fathers and the pattern of interaction between father and his first baby]. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 18 (1), 51-58.

Pérez, J. C., & Jaramillo, A. (2009). The myth of motherhood and the role of stepmothers: An Outlook of women who have delayed their motherhood. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 50, 206-219.

Campos, S., & Pérez, J. C. (2007). Autoeficacia y conflicto decisional frente a la disminución del peso corporal en mujeres [Self-efficacy and decisional conflict facing the diminution of corporal weight in women]. Revista Chilena de Nutrición, 34 (3), 213-218.

Morales, G., Pérez, J. C. & Menares., A. (2003). Procesos emocionales de cuidado y riesgo en profesionales que trabajan con el sufrimiento humano [Health care of emotional processes and risk in professionals working with human suffering]. Revista de Psicología de la Universidad de Chile, 12(1), 9-25.

Contact

Nursing School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Vicuña Mackenna 4860. Santiago
Phone: (56-2) 354 7021
e-mail: jcperez1@uc.cl