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Citation: Molina-Fernández, A.J.; Saiz-Galdos, J.; Arribas-Tiemblo, I.M.; Hansen-Rodríguez, G.; Sánchez-Iglesias, I.; Ayllón-Alonso, E.; Mena-García, B. Gender Perspective and Women Drug Users: Specific Needs in Relation to Substance Use Treatments. Psychiatry Int. 2024, 5, 939-948. https://doi.org/10.3390/ psychiatryint5040064 Academic Editor: Mar...
This study aims to examine the interactions of spiritual well-being with
different psychosocial and behavioral aspects that have been proposed in
the literature as pathways underlying the relationship of religiosity and
spirituality (R/S) with physical health, specifically in cancer patients (N =
351). Using a cross-sectional research design, a ser...
Citation: Molina-Fernández, A.J.; Saiz-Galdos, J.; Arribas-Tiemblo, I.M.; Hansen-Rodríguez, G.; Sánchez-Iglesias, I.; Ayllón-Alonso, E.; Mena-García, B. Special Needs in Substance Use Treatment for Women Who Use Drugs: Social and Mental Health Factors. Women 2024, 4, 406-415. https://doi.org/10.3390/ Abstract: Women who receive substance use treatm...
El objetivo de este estudio es aportar evidencias psicométricas de la versión en español del Aging Perceptions Questionnaire Short Version (APS-S), en población mayor española. Se aplicó el cuestionario a 201 personas españolas de 65 años o más que viven en comunidad. La consistencia interna de las subescalas fue aceptable o buena (α=.766-.864; ω=....
Background: Based on our team's professional and teaching experience, we aim to enhance the academic training of Social Psychology and Master of Social Psychology students, bolstering their professional and personal skills with practical insights. Our project seeks to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world practice, providing stude...
There is a growing body of evidence on the effects of subjective aging on health, well-being and quality of life. This review aims to synthesize findings about the link between subjective aging and cognition and cognitive decline. Furthermore, it provides an examination of variation sources such as subjective aging construct, cognitive domains, mea...
Este texto es un artículo original breve, que pretende generar reflexión en torno al ejercicio de la investigación en Rehabilitación Psicosocial, los diferentes tipos de investigaciones posibles, así como sus repercusiones. Comienza describiendo algunos elementos introductorios, tales como el paradigma de Investigación-Acción-Participación, una epi...
RESUMEN La salud mental ha sido la gran olvidada a lo largo de la historia por parte de la sociedad, esto se debe entre otras cosas a la estigmatización que existe de las enfermedades mentales. Sin embargo, la llegada de la pandemia provocada por la Covid-19 ha propiciado que adquiera relevancia dentro del debate social, pues se ha dado un aumento...
During the last decade, gambling (online and offline) regulation has become a social and epidemiological problem all around Europe. The aftermaths of this addiction have increased since the so-called “responsible gambling law”, in the second decade of the 21st century. The Overton window (OW) strategy is a political theory that describes how the pe...
Inferential analysis using null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) allows accepting or rejecting a null hypothesis. Nevertheless, rejecting a null hypothesis and concluding there is a statistical effect does not provide a clue as to its practical relevance or magnitude. This process is key to assessing the effect size (ES) of significant result...
Gaming is increasingly prevalent among young people, and Gaming Disorders are a growing concern. Maladaptive cognitions related to gaming may affect the psychological development of young people. We examined psychometric properties of the Dysfunctional Cognitions Gaming (DCG) Scale in Spanish adolescents and young adults. We applied 16 items of the...
p> Background: Social stigma towards people with mental health problems, homeless people or people with intellectual disabilities leads to a significant restriction of their human rights. Such stigma, which is associated with different conditions of vulnerability, has been assessed over time through surveys. However, intersectional stigma due to ge...
El cáncer es una de las principales causas de morbi mortalidad del mundo (SEOM, 2022), afectando física, mental, social y espiritualmente a quienes lo sufren. En los últimos años, la literatura sobre la relación entre religión, espiritualidad y salud de los pacientes de cáncer ha crecido enormemente, centrándose parte de la investigación en la salu...
Background: Covid-19 remains a pandemic that most countries in the world are still
dealing with. This is study aims to report the psychological impact of Covid-19 over time
on the Spanish population.
Methods: A longitudinal study (N = 1041) was carried out with two measurements:
after 2 and 5 weeks starting from the declaration of the state of emer...
In recent years, the literature on the relationship between religion and spirituality (R/S) and the health of cancer patients has been flourishing. Although most studies focus on mental health, many study the physical health of these individuals. In order to summarize the findings of these studies, we reviewed the most recent research on this subje...
Resumen: La pandemia de Covid-19 ha tenido un grave impacto en la salud mental de la
población, que además ha visto mermado su acceso a atención psicológica por diversas barreras. El objetivo del presente estudio es comparar el estado de salud mental de la población española al inicio del confinamiento (N = 3480) y 12 meses después (N = 550), y des...
Trust in God implies the conviction that God looks after a person’s own interests. The
first evidence of a relationship between this construct and people’s psychological and emotional health dates back several centuries. However, the literature on this is limited, especially for people with physical health conditions, such as cancer. Therefore, the...
a) Introducción: los programas basados en recuperación de conductas adictivas han evolucionado desde las comunidades terapéuticas tradicionales hasta las intervenciones actuales, integradas en las redes sanitarias y sociales, desarrolladas por equipos multidisciplinares profesionales. Esa evolución no ha sido sistemática hasta el siglo XXI, con la...
a) Introduction: addictive behaviours recovery-oriented programmes have advanced from
traditional therapeutic communities to actual interventions integrated in social and health networks and developed by multidisciplinary professional staff. This evolution has not been systematic until XXIst century, with the beginning of “Science of Recovery”. b)...
This research aims to analyze age-related differences in the psychological impact of the Covid-19 confinement situation in a Spanish sample. A longitudinal study (N= 1,041) was conducted through an online survey with two measurements: at two and five weeks after the declaration of the alarm state in Spain. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anx...
The Latin American immigrant population in Spain is growing year after year. The aim of this study is to describe how religious coping mechanisms, religiosity, acculturation and social support act in the prediction of happiness within the group of Latin American immigrants with Christian beliefs in Spain. Previous studies indicate that religious pr...
Background:
This study aims to longitudinally assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the general Spanish population. It uses four assessment points: two weeks after the start of confinement, one month after, two months after, and one year after the first evaluation.
Methods:
Evaluations were conducted through an online surve...
The aim of the current research is trying to fill in the gap that exists in regard with the lack of knowledge about the psychological status of social care professionals who worked in an emergency social service for homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study measured work sastisfaction, burnout, fatigue, depression, and anxiety sympto...
Boletín Asociación Madrileña de Rehabilitación Psicosocial
Trust/Mistrust in God have turned out to be two constructs that have great relevance in the study of the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health. In Spain, there are no instruments adapted to measure trust/mistrust in God, which limits the work of researchers interested in these aspects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to valid...
The study aim was to assess the effects of the health emergency and the stay-at-home restrictions on loneliness variables in the Spanish population during the initial stage of COVID-19. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey of 3480 people. From March 14, 2020, screening tests were used to evaluate sociodemographic and COVID...
The COVID-19 lockdown has had a massive psychological impact on mental health in the
general population, with increases in anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Spiritual well-being, specifically peace and meaning, has already been identified as one of the main protective factors for these disorders in the COVID-19 context. The a...
In a cohort of 82,898 participants from 60 countries, this study examined attitudes towards suicide among five religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and other non-specific religions), while simultaneously considering two different dimensions of religiosity: subjective religiosity and religious practices. At the national level, religio...
In this study we intend to understand the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent stay-at-home orders, on the Spanish population's sense of belonging at three moments in time: at the beginning of the lockdown, after one month of lockdown and with the return to the ''new normality''. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online s...
Chronic stress in Western society may currently be characterized as a public health concern at pandemic levels and may be at risk of crossing a tipping point, as evidenced by major societal unrest. While evolutionarily, activation of the body’s sympathetic nervous system (SNS) exists to protect the individual by triggering the ‘fight or flight’ res...
Mental illness remains highly stigmatized, which hinders the recovery process of
individuals who experience mental health conditions. This study seeks to evaluate
five different strategies to reduce stigma towards individuals with persistent
mental disorders. This study also examined the effect of high schools’ proximity
to a psychiatric hospital i...
Background: The aim of this study is to analyze several psychosocial factors such as gender, legal or illegal substance use (alcohol and cocaine use), age, employment and social support to determine models of recovery.
Methods: quantitative research. Data from 2179 people receiving recovery treatment were extracted from EuropASI surveys, collected...
Religion and spirituality (R/S) serve as coping mechanisms for circumstances that threaten people’s psychological well-being. However, using R/S inappropriately to deal with difficulties and problems in daily life may include the practice of Spiritual Bypass (SB). SB refers to avoiding addressing emotional problems and trauma, rather than healing a...
Perceived social support is a determinant of well-being in old age and few scales evaluate the social support received and the reciprocity in this exchange. This study examines the psychometric properties of the Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (PSSQ) for a multi-ethnic sample of 800 Chilean older adults. In addition, construct validity and e...
People diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) face multiple vulnerabilities, including when seeking employment. Among SPMI patients, studies show that a stronger sense of spirituality can help to reduce psychotic symptoms, increase social integration, reduce the risk of suicide attempts and promote adherence to psychiatric treat...
COVID-19 disease control efforts and consequences are likely to be complicated by the impact of fear and stigmatization of the novel coronavirus. These complications may also worsen due to the potential compounding of COVID-19 related stigma with stigmatization associated with previously diagnosed conditions. This exploratory study analyzes the exp...
Background:
Stigma and discrimination have been associated with different diseases and pandemics, with negative consequences for the people who suffered them and for their communities. Currently, COVID-19 has become a new source of stigmatization.
Aims:
The aim of the present study is to analyze longitudinally the evolution of intersectional perce...
Aims
The objective is to conduct a longitudinal analysis of the effects of the pandemic and alarm situation on the mental health of the general population at three points in time: two weeks after beginning the confinement, after a month, and after two months, when the lockdown was lifted and the country returned to the new normality.
Methods
The e...
The impact of religiosity and spirituality (R/S) on mental health and the importance of incorporating R/S in mental health treatment have been previously explored. However, clarification is needed regarding the effects of R/S in the process of recovery from persistent mental disorders (PMDs). This study identifies how different R/S factors correlat...
Background: Covid-19 remains a pandemic that most countries in the world are still dealing with. This is study aims to report the psychological impact of Covid-19 over time on the Spanish population.
Methods: A longitudinal study (N = 1041) was carried out with two measurements: after 2 and 5 weeks starting from the declaration of the state of emer...
Background:
The vulnerability of drug users in treatment increases their risk of social exclusion. Psychosocial interventions aim to solve or minimise this risk, increasing social integration for individuals in treatment. In this study, the effectiveness of various European drug recovery programmes was studied by examining psychosocial interventio...
The pandemic caused by Covid-19 has been an unprecedented social and health emergency worldwide. This is the first study in the scientific literature reporting the psychological impact of the Covid-19 outbreak in a sample of the Spanish population. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey of 3480 people. The presence of depres...
In the United States, heart failure (HF) affects approximately 6.5 million adults. While studies show that individuals with HF often suffer from adverse symptoms such as depression and anxiety, studies also show that these symptoms can be at least partially offset by the presence of spiritual wellbeing. In a sample of 327 men and women with AHA/ACC...
First spanish Handbook on what an open conception of Social Psychology can offer us to describe, assess, explain, understand, and intervene on social problems.
Descripción descriptiva de los predictores de no éxito en la inserción laboral de personas con enfermedad mental severa atendidos en dos ´Centros de Rehabilitación Laboral de la Red Pública de Servicios Sociales
The aim of this paper is to describe possible signs of burnout in
mental health professionals, while testing the impact of a Balint
group in this problem. For this, a control and a Balint group with
professionals of the Public Network of Social Care far people
with severe and chronic mental illness of the Madrid were
constituted. Three evaluations...
In the present article, the authors examine the reliability and validity of an instrument that, having previously been used in other populations, was considered to be of special interest for people with severe mental disorders. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) might be useful for the planning and implementation of inte...
Introduction
“Viaje del Parnaso” is a volunteering project developed at the Day Center Aranjuez2 (CD2) for helping adults with SMI to get a satisfactory and responsible occupation through their implication in a volunteering work in the community, while involved in the maintenance of a green area in the city of Aranjuez.
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The aim of...
Introduction
Stigma towards people with mental illness can have very negative consequences for the persons that experience it. So, it becomes strongly necessary to combat this problem.
Objectives/Aims
Evaluate the effectiveness of multiple interventions to reduce stigma against mental illness in a group of high school students.
Methods
Quasi-expe...
The present study aims to determine the existence of attitudes and / or stigmatizing behaviors in young people in the south of the region of Madrid. Method. Sample of 257 people who were administered a battery of questionnaires (Questionnaire CRL Aranjuez); including the AQ-27, EMC and an open question (Do you think that people with mental illness...
Introduction. In recent years they have appeared different publications that bring a new model to conceive and explain mental illness. This new model requires that the consumers cease to be conceptualized as patients, to turn it into agents of their own change process. This study is part of this new concept, and focuses on the study of functional a...
RESUMEN Introducción. En los últimos años han aparecido diferentes publicaciones que aportan un modelo nuevo de concebir y explicar las enfermedades mentales. Este nuevo modelo obliga a cambiar la concepción del usuario como paciente, para convertirlo en agente de su propio proceso de cambio. El presente trabajo se enmarca dentro de esta nueva conc...
Objectives: The aim of this research is to study the relationship between knowledge about mental illness and stigma towards people with schizophrenia in high school students younger than 20 years old.
Methods: This is a descriptive study. It includes a sample of 303 students from 3 Spanish institutes. The age range of the sample was 15-19 years old...
Objetivo: Describir la relación que guardan los valores personales y los rasgos de personalidad en pacientes consumidores de cocaína y conocer su especificidad en la explicación de diferentes constructos. Método: Se realizó un estudio en el que se exploró la relación entre estas variables en un grupo de 230 participantes que se encontraban en trata...
To describe the relationship between personal values and personality traits in cocaine-using patients and analyze their specificity in the explanation of different types of constructs.
A study was carried out to explore the association between these variables in a group of 230 patients receiving treatment for cocaine dependence. The Portrait Values...
Objetivo: Analizar la relación entre la asistencia a un tratamiento de drogodependencia y los valores de Apertura al cambio (Autodirección, Estimulación y Hedonismo) y Conservación (Tradición, Conformidad y Seguridad) de Schwartz en sujetos consumidores de cocaína. Método: El presente estudio, de naturaleza cuasi-experimental, se realizó sobre una...
To analyze the relationship between participation in a drug addiction treatment program and Schwartz's values of Openness to change (Self-direction, Stimulation and Hedonism) and Conservation (Tradition, Conformity and Security) in cocaine users.
The present quasi-experimental study was carried out on a sample of 411 adult cocaine users, grouped ac...
Objetivo: Explorar empíricamente la presencia de determinados factores como elementos de riesgo para el consumo de cocaína. Método: Estudio transversal que compara las puntuaciones obtenidas en un conjunto de ítems que miden las variables de la Teoría de la Conducta Planificada (actitud, norma subjetiva, control conductual percibido e intención con...
In view of both the current need to formulate a comprehensive treatment for severe chronic mentally ill patients and the increasing tendency to outpatient care, this paper presents a theoretical review of two acknowledged socio-community based approaches –the assertive community treatment and the therapeutic accompanying. First, a definition of “se...
Tomando en cuenta la actual necesidad de formular un tratamiento integral para enfermos mentales graves y crónicos, así como la reciente tendencia a la intervención fuera del ámbito institucional, aquí desarrollamos una revisión teórica de dos aportaciones sumamente reconocidas de intervención socio-comunitaria con este tipo de pacientes: el Tratam...
To explore empirically the presence of certain To explore empirically the presence of certain factors as risk elements for cocaine consumption.
Analysis of the data obtained in a set of items that measure the variables of the Planned Behavior Theory (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and behavioral intention) in three groups:...
Cocaine use in Spain is understood to be a serious problem, and this article reports two methodologically contrasting studies of the phenomenon. The first measures differences in eight variables (personality traits, personal values, attitudes towards cocaine consumption, subjective norms, behavioral perceived control, behavioral intention and socio...
Esta tesis surge de la preocupacion del autor por los niveles de consumo de cocaina tan alarmantes que existen hoy en Espana. Como se vera mas adelante, la cocaina es una droga estimulante cuyo aumento no ha cesado en los ultimos anos (OED, 2005), siendo nuestro pais, de hecho, el que mayor porcentaje de consumo de cocaina demuestra en todo el mund...
Tomando en cuenta que en España el consumo de cocaína se está constituyendo como un problema social de gran envergadura, la tesis emplea dos estudios de naturaleza metodológica diferente para estudiarlo. En el primero se analizan las diferencias en rasgos de personalidad, valores personales, actitudes hacia el consumo de cocaína, norma subjetiva, c...
The drugs consumption is a personal and social problem that has been boarded from numerous fronts and different perspectives. The studies about the risk and protection factors of the use and drug abuse are abundant and, whereas at the beginning the researchers focused in only few factors, at the moment it is being used a more integral and synthetic...
Dado el consumo tan alto de cocaína que existe en España, resulta impostergable contribuir también desde la psicosociología a la explicación y solución de este problema. A continua-ción se ofrece una revisión teórica del «estigma del drogadicto», así como una investigación descriptiva de la forma en cómo este estigma se establece, se desarrolla e i...
The drugs consumption is a personal and social problem that has been boarded from numerous fronts and different perspectives. The studies about the risk and protection factors of the use and drug abuse are abundant and, whereas at the beginning the researchers focused in only few factors, at the moment it is being used a more integral and synthetic...
Nuestras representaciones de la mujer hunden sus raíces en los mitos del pasado. De acuerdo con Jung, los mitos son la expresión del inconsciente colectivo, el cual se manifiesta a través de los arquetipos. Los arquetipos son imágenes que pasan de una generación a otra, instrumentos del pensamiento colectivo. Los arquetipos principales tratados en...
Nuestras representaciones de la mujer hunden sus raíces en los mitos del pasado. De acuerdo con Jung, los mitos son la expresión del inconsciente colectivo, el cual se manifiesta a través de los arquetipos. Los arquetipos son imágenes que pasan de una generación a otra, instrumentos del pensamiento colectivo. Los arquetipos principales tratados en...
El consumo de cocaína en España continúa en ascenso y está alcanzando unos niveles alarmantes. Este es un estudio des-criptivo y correlacional, en el cual se realiza un análisis transcul-tural, utilizando una muestra de 62 países diferentes. El objetivo del artículo es comparar las influencias que variables macroso-ciales, culturales y económicas p...
Cocaine consumption in Spain continues to rise and is reaching an alarming level. This is a descriptive and correlational study in which a transcultural analysis is made with a sample of 62 different countries. The aim of this study is to compare the influence of macrosocial, cultural and economic variables on the behaviour of cocaine abuse. Thus,...
