Elena Rocío Serrano-Ibáñez

Elena Rocío Serrano-Ibáñez
University of Malaga | UMA

Doctor of Psychology

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The primary aim was to investigate how respiration rate and inhalation/exhalation ratio influence self‐reported state anxiety during a single slow diaphragmatic breathing exercise session. Eight hundred and twenty‐eight participants completed the study at two separate geographical locations (Poland and Spain). Participants performed a 10‐min online...
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Chronic pain conditions are frequently comorbid with anxiety problems. The controlled diaphragmatic breathing technique has been applied in both conditions. However, few studies have examined its efficacy in reducing perceived pain and state anxiety in the population with both pathologies. Thus, the study objective was to investigate the immediate...
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Objectives The Pain Responses Scale and its short form (PRS-SF) were recently developed to assess the affective, behavioural, and cognitive responses to pain based on the Behavioural Inhibition and Behavioural Activation Systems (BIS-BAS) model of chronic pain. The purpose of this study was to provide additional tests of the psychometric properties...
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This international multicenter randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) distraction with an identical non-VR game in reducing needle-related pain and anxiety in children undergoing venous blood draw. The study involved 304 children aged 5-9 years undergoing a blood draw procedure, randomly allocated to...
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Background The negative consequences of prescription opioid misuse and opioid use disorder make it relevant to identify factors associated with this problem in individuals with chronic pain. This cross‐sectional study aimed at identifying subgroups of people with chronic pain based on their psychological profiles, prescription opioid misuse, cravin...
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Background Children and adolescents with chronic pain are a vulnerable population who often lack the resources to manage their condition. Due to high personal, social, and economic consequences, proper management in its early stages is key to reducing disability. The aim of this project is to co-develop a digital intervention for pediatric chronic...
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Purpose] Non-invasive and drug-free interventions for pain are being developed. One of them is ANF (which stands for “Amino Neuro Frequency”) Therapy®, which consists in the application of carbonized metal devices on a patient’s skin. We aimed to: 1) test perceived changes in pain intensity after ANF application, 2) record frequency and severity of...
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Healthcare workers have been a vulnerable group during the pandemic. Even today, they continue to deal with the virus and its consequences. Such sustained stress over time has led to the development of mental health problems that may still be present in this population. These may be related to the coping strategies that are being implemented to man...
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Empathy in healthcare professionals is associated with better treatment outcomes and higher satisfaction among patients with chronic pain. Activity patterns play an essential role in the adjustment of these patients and, as a pain behaviour, may have a communicative function and elicit distinct empathic responses. This study investigated whether th...
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Objectives: To analyse the empathetic response of future health professionals toward people diagnosed with chronic pain differentiated by the degree of visibility and credibility of symptoms. Methods: A total of 203 undergraduates performed an experimental task using vignettes depicting different diagnoses of chronic pain and completed questionn...
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Healthcare professionals were especially vulnerable to pandemic, both to become infected and to develop a psychological problem. The aim of this systematic review is to analyze the effectiveness of psychological interventions for healthcare professionals in reducing the experienced psychological impact. From the 405 identified studies, 10 were incl...
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Psychological variables can be used to predict the risk of prescription opioid abuse. The aim of the present study was to analyse the predictive value of a set of these variables. Specifically, we analysed the association between the potential abuse and misuse of opioids and self-affirming mood, neuroticism, extraversion, anxiety and/or depression...
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People with chronic pain often change the way they carry out their daily activities according to different patterns, among which are pacing strategies. Cross-sectional studies on the association between pacing and affect show contradictory results. The study aim was to experimentally test whether the induction of positive affect vs negative affect...
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in women with non-malignant chronic pain, and to determine whether women exposed to traumatic situations prior to the outbreak would be at a higher risk of negative health impacts. Methods: A total of 365 women were divided into three subgroups according...
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Objective: There is an ongoing debate on the use of long-term high-dose medically prescribed opioid analgesics for patients with chronic noncancer pain. Such use is elevated when there is comorbid pain and PTSD, which is quite prevalent. Therefore, it is relevant to investigate the psychological variables that may explain opioid misuse in this pop...
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Firefighters are repeatedly exposed to work-related potential traumatic events and have an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the mechanisms implicated in this relationship are not clear. The aim of this study was to analyse the risk and protective factors related to the development of PTSD in firefighters....
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Background The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a considerable increase in the psychopathology of COVID-19 patients and among the general population. This study aims to conduct the psychometric analysis of the scale of concern about COVID-19 in the Spanish population and to estimate the level of concern and dysfunctional anx...
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Objective Substantial empirical evidence has shown that intolerance of uncertainty is a central transdiagnostic feature in psychopathology and it has been suggested to be a pain-related psychological factor contributing to the experience of chronic pain. However, research in this area is virtually nonexistent. The objective of this study was to inv...
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There is a growing interest in improving the teaching–learning process at all levels of education, including higher education. In recent years, university institutions have been taking action to renew and modernize the way in which they teach and learn, making the process more dynamic and closer to the current social reality. Competencies such as t...
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Introduction: Accurate assessment of the risk of opioid abuse and misuse in people with noncancer chronic pain is crucial for their prevention. This study aimed to provide preliminary evidence of the diagnostic and predictive capacity of the Spanish versions of the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) and the Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pai...
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El propósito del monográfico es presentar un compendio de estudios que muestran cómo la pandemia por la COVID-19 ha impactado la salud mental de diversos sectores de la población de países iberoamericanos. Nueve artículos analizan la soledad a causa del confinamiento, el estrés postraumático derivado de la exposición al coronavirus y sus consecuenc...
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El presente trabajo desarrolla una aproximación desde la perspectiva de género de los factores de relacionados con la trata de personas con ines de explotación sexual y la prostitución. En primer lugar, se realiza un abordaje histórico y cultural de la construcción social por la cual estos fenómenos afectan de manera significativa y desproporcionad...
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Durante siglos se ha ocultado la menstruación, a pesar de ser una experiencia cotidiana en la vida de las mujeres. Todavía hoy la menstruación se considera algo repugnante, insalubre, una suciedad contagiosa o algo vergonzante. Las mujeres ocultan sus compresas y evitan por todos los medios que alguien vea una mancha en su ropa o sus sábanas y, en...
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Background: The PASS-20 is a general measure of pain-related anxiety and fear. The aim of the present study was to adapt the questionnaire for use in Spanish-speaking populations. Methods: Sample 1 comprised 216 individuals with chronic spinal pain (114 women and 102 men); sample 2 comprised 85 individuals with acute spinal pain (62 women and 23...
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Experiential avoidance, dissociation, and guilt have been shown to be associated with trauma exposure and to play an important role in explaining the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress symptoms. However, there is a lack of studies that simultaneously address the relationship between these variables, which has never been studied wit...
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Traumatic experiences have consistently been linked to poor health and well-being, particularly in women. Psychological factors have been theorized to directly affect the reporting of physical symptoms and perceptions of general health. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been proposed as a major pathway through which trauma affects health and...
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La violencia sexual es un fenómeno victimológico presente en todas las sociedades y estratos socioeconómicos (Dikmen y Cankaya, 2020), lo que implica un carácter pandémico de necesario abordaje desde la salud mental y las políticas públicas (Delegación del Gobierno Contra la Violencia de Género, 2019; El-Khoury et al., 2020). A este respecto cabe d...
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Objectives The COVID-19 crisis is a significant stressor worldwide. The physical and emotional condition of individuals with pain sensitization syndromes who are experiencing the pandemic may worsen. This study investigated the contribution of life changes due to the coronavirus to emotional distress in individuals with a diagnosis of chronic centr...
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PurposeThe quality of life of individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain partly depends on their capacity to adjust their personal goals. Vignettes have been rarely used to assess this ability. Therefore, this study aimed to test the relationships between vignettes assessing different goal strategies and chronic pain adaptation (i.e., daily func...
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Longitudinal research is needed to determine predictive factors of healthcare utilization and medication intake in people with non-specific spinal pain. This study aims to prospectively examine the predictive value of sex, age, work status, pain intensity, pain acceptance, disability, depression, pain anxiety, and catastrophizing in relation to hea...
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This longitudinal study explored whether activity patterns change over time in a sample of 56 individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain over a 15-day period. Once a day, the participants recorded their level of pain intensity and the degree to which they had engaged in several specific activity patterns. Linear mixed models with random coeffici...
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The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Defensive Pessimism Questionnaire. A sample of undergraduate students (N = 539) was measured on defensive pessimism using the Defensive Pessimism Questionnaire (DPQ), optimism and pessimism using the Life Orientation Test (LOT), positive and negative affect using the Positive and Nega...
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Background: The literature suggests that there is a high degree of co-occurrence between chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). An association has been found between PTSD and substance abuse. PTSD is a severe disorder that should be taken into account when opioids are prescribed. It has been found that the prevalence of opioid use...
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Background: The variables that underlie comorbid chronic pain and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are not yet clearly established. Objective: The aim of the present study was to analyse the role of the behavioural inhibition system (BIS), behavioural approach system (BAS) and experiential avoidance (EA) in pain adjustment (i.e. pain intensity,...
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Background: The behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral activation system (BAS) are two neu-ropsychological systems hypothesized to underlie response to cues signaling potential reward and punishment, respectively, also in patient responses to chronic pain. Objectives: The aim of this study was to test these hypotheses by evaluating the r...
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Gray's Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory postulates two distinct neurophysiological systems that underlie thoughts, emotions, and behavior: the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and the Behavioral Approach System (BAS). Preliminary research suggests that both systems may play relevant roles in the adjustment of individuals with chronic pain. Howeve...
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Gray's Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory postulates two distinct neurophysiological systems that underlie thoughts, emotions, and behavior: the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and the Behavioral Approach System (BAS). Preliminary research suggests that both systems may play relevant roles in the adjustment of individuals with chronic pain. Howeve...
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Background Chronic pain directly or indirectly interferes with valued personal goals. Goal adjustment plays a central role in patients’ adaptation. Studies on the relationship between optimism and goal regulation have shown that people with high dispositional optimism adjust their goals in a flexible way, and that flexible goal adjustment promotes...
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Interpersonal forms of trauma are among the most commonly reported traumas. These types of traumas are more damaging to well-being than noninterpersonal forms. They have also been strongly associated with somatic symptoms and more general physical health problems. Nevertheless, the results of trauma studies are mixed and suggest that pathways may v...
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Background: Current literature shows that posttraumatic stress disorder and complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms differ. Although the psychological treatments available for posttraumatic disorder are well established, little is known about the effectiveness of those aimed at the treatment of complex posttraumatic stress. Objective: To ev...
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Objective Activity patterns are the product of pain and of the self-regulation of current goals in the context of pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between goal management strategies and activity patterns while taking into account the role of optimism/pessimism and positive/negative affect. Methods Two hundred and thir...
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Background: One of the most frequently used instruments to assess posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents is the Child PTSD Symptom Scale. However, there has been limited evaluation of its construct validity in the Spanish language despite Spanish being one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Objective: To provide data on the...
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The Flourishing Scale was developed by Diener based on recent theories of psychological wellbeing. This article tested some of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Flourishing Scale (FS-SV). Participants were 545 university students (Sample 1) and 111 patients with chronic back pain (Sample 2). Participants completed a battery...
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Perspective: It is useful to distinguish profiles on the basis of various activity patterns. In contrast to profiles characterized by avoidance, profiles characterized by high persistence and low avoidance were associated with adaptive results. Patients with this profile also showed a high level of optimism and a good balance between goal value, e...
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Flourishing (plenitud in Spanish) is a concept related to psychological well-being. This study aimed to know on flourishment and resilience role in patients' wellbeing and adjustment to their chronic pain. Participants were 111 patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Correlation analyses showed that flourishing had a significant relationship wi...
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ABSTRACT Theoretical Framework: Background. Prior studies have analyzed coping strategies in the setting of chronic pain. However, no study has investigated the role of humor in adjustment to chronic pain. Purpose. To investigate the role of humor-coping strategies in adjustment to chronic pain. Methods. In total, 111 patients with chronic pain wer...
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Unlabelled: Several self-report measures were used to identify 6 activity patterns in chronic pain patients: pain avoidance, activity avoidance, task-contingent persistence, excessive persistence, pain-contingent persistence, and pacing. Instruments for assessing pacing should include 3 pacing behaviors (breaking tasks into smaller tasks, taking f...

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