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The objective of this study was to analyze if there are emotional, personality, neuropsychological, neurobiological and immunological differences between men who have sex with men with low and high risk sexual behaviors. Methodologies and theories of behavioral sciences, neurosciences and traditional procedures were applied at the cellular and molecular level with a group of 30 HIV-negative participants from Medellín, Colombia. The participants were classified into two smaller groups according to the frequency of sexual partners in the last three months. Results: The main finding of this study was to have detected some psychological differences between the two groups. Depression, stress and neuroticism showed differences between the high-risk group and the low-risk group. None of the other psychological, neuropsychological, neurobiological or immunological variables showed differences between the groups. Conclusions: certain psychological characteristics that differentiated both groups (particularly negative emotionality) were identified, but there were no differences in the neuropsychological or immunological profiles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research was to prepare a documentary review in an exhaustive way on the different articles found in psychological journals and repositories at national level on occupational stress in Colombia (2013-2018). It analyzed and highlighted from a psychosocial approach the concept of occupational stress, the main models that try to explain this phenomenon, the causes and harmful consequences that originate in the individual and in the organization. A great number of articles on the subject were found in repositories, since in total there were 29 out of 55 data. Based on the results, it could be observed that 2014 and 2017 were the two years where more journals on occupational stress were obtained and the cities where most of the journals found that referred to the investigated topic were Medellin and Bogota, equivalent to 69.09 % of the total data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]