- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Aging, Health, and Disability
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Disaster Response and Management
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Nursing care and research
- Psychological Treatments and Disorders
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Educational Outcomes and Influences
- Health, Education, and Physical Culture
- Social Skills and Education
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx
2015-2025
Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21
2023
Technology and Management Services (Switzerland)
2021
Poor quality of life in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) and persistent high rates readmission highlight the necessity developing interventions to optimize treatment outcomes. ECHOMANTRA is a novel online intervention based on for carers (Experienced Carers Helping Others, ECHO) patients (Maudsley Model Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Adults, MANTRA) nervosa. The objective this paper describe study protocol randomized control trial (RCT) aimed at evaluating efficacy an adaptation AN inpatients...
The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is one the main theoretical models in study different variables, which influence practise physical activity. aim this was to develop a questionnaire based on TPB activity context providing evidence for validity obtained measures. instrumental project included three independent studies. first entailed construction and qualitative assessment items. In second study, analysis factorial structure performed by means exploratory measures, it showed that...
Abstract Objective The current study is based on the framework of Self‐Regulatory Model Illness (SRM). aim this work was to examine perception illness in eating disorder (ED) patients and investigate whether related psychosocial adaptation these patients. Method A total 98 female ED completed specific disorders Spanish version Revised Perception Questionnaire (IPQ‐R) a range adjustment variables including Psychosocial Adjustment Scale (PAIS) Hospital Anxiety Depression (HAD). Results...
The aim of this study is to assess social support dimensions (providers, satisfaction and different actions) in patients with eating disorders (ED), looking at diagnosis, socio-demographic clinical characteristics, self-concept. Method : A total 98 female ED were recruited. ages participants ranged from 12 34 (Mean=20.8 years old, SD=5.61). Patients have a primary DSM-IV-R diagnosis anorexia nervosa (61.2%), bulimia (27.6%) or an unspecified disorder (11.2%). Social was assessed using the...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences between adolescents with a high or low risk developing an eating disorder (ED) in different health behaviors (eating habits, physical activity and consumption substances) per gender. EAT-40 Inventory Behavioral Health Scholars were applied 2142 middle school students from Alicante (Spain), whom 52.8% girls 47.2% boys, average age 13.92 years old (Sd = 1.34). Results indicated that ED consumed fewer meals, ate unhealthy foods, followed...
This study aims to examine the relation between degree of dissimilarity in patients' and relatives' perception eating disorders (ED) patient adjustment. Sixty ED patients their relatives were interviewed. They completed Spanish version for Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R). Patients who agreed with that illness was highly distressful, a chronic condition high identity, showed higher psychological distress than did not agree relatives. When had fairly positive perceptions...
In addition to coping strategies, social comparison may play a role in illness adjustment. However, little is known about the of contrast and identification adaptation fibromyalgia.To evaluate through path analysis sample fibromyalgia patients, association between comparison, catastrophising specific health outcomes (fibromyalgia impact psychological distress).131 Spanish outpatients (mean age: 50.15, SD = 11.1) filled out questionnaire.We present model that explained 33% variance by direct...
The aim of this study was to assess the dimensions perfectionism that are linked risk eating behaviors in a representative sample Spanish adolescents both genders, and analyze differences these between with high low disorder risk. Method: 2142 from Alicante (1130 girls 1012 boys), mean age 13.96 years (SD = 1.34), completed version Child Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS) EAT-40.Results: Self-Oriented Socially Prescribed were positively associated EAT-40 total score, different factors...
The literature points to the importance of distinguishing between positive and negative emotional eating in relation overeating binge eating. aim this study was evaluate Spanish version Positive-Negative Emotional Eating Scale (PNEES) a community sample. sample consisted 628 participants. mean age 27.5 ( SD = 12.7) 70.1% them were women. participants completed PNEES, measures anxiety depression (HADS), disorder-related scales (TFEQ-R18, BULIT-R, EAT-26) that selected examine convergent...
Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments for Children and Adolescents: State of the Art.The empirical evidence accumulated on efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency psychotherapeutic treatments in children adolescents calls an update. The main goal this paper objective was to carry out a selective review empirically supported psychological variety common disorders problems childhood adolescence.A carried different social-emotional or behavioral adjustment child-adolescent population...
Eating Disorders (ED) are serious and potentially lifethreatening illnesses that affect the physical, emotional, social development of those suffering from condition.Taking care someone with ED can produce considerable stress strain on family functioning.It also generate a number dysfunctional changes in organization interactions (Coomber & King, 2013;MacDonald, Murray, Goddard, Treasure, 2010).Two systematic reviews have highlighted how problems associated this illness impact negatively...
Eating disorders have serious physical, mental and social consequences that can affect the quality of life sufferer. This study aimed to evaluate relationship between severity ED-related psychopathology clinical impairment in adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) as well their perception health-related life. Eighty-six Spanish young women AN completed a set questionnaires assessing eating disorder pathology, impairment, The included following instruments: Disorder Examination Questionnaire,...
Abstract Eating disorders (ED) usually involve hospital admission and a high relapse rate, with the return home being critical moment for patients their families. After home, they often have trouble incorporating guidelines learned into daily context. ECHOMANTRA intervention program aims to facilitate this transition by offering psychological strategies that both families carers. Specifically, ECHO is aimed at relatives of these patients. The present study analyze efficacy adding usual...
Se describen las estrategias de afrontamiento que utilizan pacientes con TCA, y su relacion otras variables psicosociales, valorando sus efectos sobre la salud. revisaron los estudios empiricos psicosociales clinicas en TCA ultimos 20 anos, utilizando bases datos: Psyclit, Medline, Psicodoc, IME e ISOC, combinando por pares el descriptor seleccionados para muestra estudio. Los resultados sugieren estas evitativas centradas emocion, menor medida aproximativas problema. Este tipo tambien es...
ResumenEste trabajo tuvo un doble objetivo, en primer lugar, la adaptación a población adolescente española de Social Support Scale for Chidren (SSSC) Harter (1985), y el estudio sus propiedades psicométricas. Y segundo estudiar apoyo social percibido los adolescentes, analizando las diferencias función edad género. Se administró dicha escala una muestra representativa 648 adolescentes escolarizados entre 11 16 años del municipio Elche (Medad = 13.38; DT 1.70). Los resultados análisis...
This study examined the Social Comparison Scale in Spanish chronic illness context and analyzed its psychometric properties. The article presented results of two studies. first explored test’s dimensional structure a sample 202 patients range several illnesses. second instrument’s 186 with specific illness. replicated original scale proved to be valid for use optimum reliability.
Literature suggests that families may accommodate patients' symptoms in attempts to alleviate family conflict and stress. These accommodating enabling behaviours have a negative impact on carers those they care for. There are no self-report questionnaires validated Spanish measure accommodation among relatives of patients with an eating disorder. The aim this study was examine the psychometric properties version Accommodation Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders (AESED-S) disorder patients. A...
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the level expressed emotion and psychological distress in caregivers patients with an eating disorder, considering differences terms sociodemographic clinical characteristics. Fifty-three disorder participed. 39.6% were men 60.4% women, aged between 23 69 years old. questionnaire used assess Spanish version Level Expressed Emotion (LEE) for assessing Hospital Anxiety Depression scale (HADS) General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). results showed...
Abstract Different psychosocial variables are related to disordered eating attitudes in adolescents, especially girls. But some studies show that the involved disorders may be different boys and The aim of this study was analyse profile adolescents both sexes, separately. Method: a cross-sectional conducted 1630 Spanish 890 whom were girls with an average age 14 (SD = 1.34) selected from secondary schools province Alicante through random sampling stratified by school year. Results: cluster...