A5029537949- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychological Treatments and Disorders
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences and Policies
- Aging, Health, and Disability
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Social Skills and Education
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Health, Education, and Physical Culture
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health and Medical Education
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Universitat de Barcelona
2004-2023
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
2012
Marymount University
2010
There is evidence that virtual reality (VR) pain distraction effective at improving pain-related outcomes. However, more research needed to investigate VR environments with other goals. The main aim of this study was compare the differential effects two on a set and cognitive variables during cold pressor experiment. One these aimed distract attention away from (VRD), whereas designed enhance control (VRC). Participants were 77 psychology students, who randomly assigned one following three...
The main goal of this work was to explore the relationship between coping styles and predisposition eating disorders in a sample adolescent girls.The comprised 186 females (mean age 15.91 years) questionnaires used were Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2) Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS).The regression analyses indicated that strategy most closely linked develop an disorder intropunitive avoidance, which explained following percentage variance: 29% total EDI-2 score, 23% personal factor, 28%...
Abstract The main goal of this study was to analyse the relationship between coping styles and predisposition eating disorders in a sample adolescent boys. comprised 171 males (mean age 15.74 years) questionnaires used were Eating Disorders Inventory‐2 (EDI‐2) Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS). results indicated that self‐blame, scale dimension intropunitive avoidance, characterized by self‐blaming excessively face problems, strategy most closely linked disorders. This accounted for 18 per cent...
The objective of this study was to assess the association between external eating style and food craving experienced during exposure cues in virtual reality (VR) environments both clinical non-clinical samples. According externality theory, people with experience higher reactivity when exposed cues, which turn increases probability overeating. Forty patients disorders (23 bulimia nervosa 17 binge disorder) 78 undergraduate students were 10 different four VR (kitchen, dining room, bedroom,...
The aim of this study was to establish whether virtual reality (VR) exposure food cues is able produce craving levels consistent with state-craving and trait-craving as assessed by the Spanish Italian versions State Trait Food Craving Questionnaires (FCQ-T/S). results were compared in 40 patients eating disorders (17 binge disorder, 23 bulimia nervosa) 78 healthy control subjects without disorders. Controls higher both showed a greater desire eat during VR exposure. Results also that trait...
Abstract Objectives To analyze the dimensionality of three versions Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) in adolescent girls. Method The sample comprised 738 participants. Spanish adaptation EDI‐2 was used. contains 64 items EDI and has same as EDI‐3. dimensional structures hypothesized by Garner for were assessed via a series Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFAs). Results CFA did not confirm Garner's proposed structure any versions. Consequently it decided to perform Exploratory (EFA) EDI‐3 try...
The aim of the study was to administer Barber suggestibility scale a clinical population in Spain and examine its psychometric properties therein. reliability factor structure adapted compared with that original (American) data from two other versions (British Puerto Rican samples). Sex differences were also analyzed. administered (without preliminaries) sample 283 patients (130 women, 153 men) range diagnoses: anxiety disorder (33.9%), substance-related addictive (25.8%), mood (12.7%),...
Background:Training programmes for clinical psychologists should include evidence-based teaching methods that enable trainees to learn therapeutic skills.Here we compared the perceived utility of role-playing vs. peer counselling.In counselling, one student recounts a personal experience other, who thus has opportunity act as therapist in relation real situation.Given sharing such experiences may provoke discomfort students, also examined this aspect.Method: Trainees (n=202) were given both...
Tonic immobility (TI) is a possible reaction to danger that facilitated by intense fear, physical restraint and perceived inability escape. Other variables could affect TI, such as the type characteristics of traumatic events personal have been little or no studied. The present study evaluated power these predict TI in sample 273 college students who had experienced at least one event. Of sample, 7.7% 13.2% responded with according two stricter definitions adopted. Most were significantly...
Coping styles and vulnerability to eating disorders in adolescent girls, by ageEstrategias de afrontamiento y vulnerabilidad a los trastornos la conducta alimentaria, en chicas adolecentes, función
This paper presents the Behaviour Therapy Unit (BTU) of University Barcelona (UB). The BTU was born in 1985 with will to train new graduates on Psychology professional practice from cognitive-behavioural model. Also develop a clinical service School that would allow an improvement quality teaching and research through psychological assistance people inside outside UB so requested. In we describe detail training program offered psychologists as well undertaken by undergraduate students who...
Abstract The application of advanced embodied technologies, particularly virtual reality (VR), has been suggested as a means to induce the full-body illusion (FBI). This technology is employed modify different facets bodily self-consciousness, which involves sense inhabiting physical form, and influenced by cognitive inputs, affective factors like body dissatisfaction, individual personality traits suggestibility. Specifically, VR-based Mirror Exposure Therapies are used for treatment...