Milagrosa Sánchez-Martín

Universidad Loyola Andalucía · Department of Psychology

Body illusions could serve as valuable tools to identify individuals who are most likely to benefit from therapies due to their heightened body-image flexibility. However, little is known about the association between body-image flexibility and key psychological factors related to eating disorder (ED) symptomatology such as hypersensitivity and def...

Individuals with subthreshold symptoms of Eating Disorders (ED) present problems in integrating auditory signals related to body weight into their body. However, it remains unclear whether these impairments are specific to auditory bodily signals or if they extend to other auditory signals. Here we investigated the "auditory Pinocchio illusion," wh...

This study aims to present a test to assess spelling competence (TCORT) in incoming Spanish university students and to obtain validity evidence to support its use. The starting point was a bank of 73 items covering the most relevant spelling areas of the Spanish language, and the 37 most representative items were selected from the information provi...

Individuals with subthreshold Eating Disorder (ED) symptomatology and anorexia nervosa experience difficulties in integrating auditory-signals related to body weight into their body perception. However, it is unclear whether these impairments are specific to auditory bodily signals or extend to any auditory signals. We used the "auditory Pinocchio...

The factor structure of the MBSRQ is under debate due to the limitations of previous research methods such as principal component analysis (PCA). Although the four-dimensional 38-item version of the MBSRQ is widely used in Spain, recent studies suggest a more efficient two-factor 15-version item. However, no studies have directly compared both vers...

Objective: The general objective of this study is to analyze the change in mental health and post-traumatic symptoms over 6 months during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish community sample, with a particular focus on individual differences in longitudinal change in symptoms and its predictors. Method: This longitudinal prospective study surveye...

Background Bodily illusions can be used to investigate the experience of being in a body by manipulating the underlying processes of multisensory integration. Research suggests that people with eating disorders (EDs) may have impairments in visual, interoceptive, proprioceptive, and tactile bodily perception. Furthermore, people with EDs also show...

Background Experimental research based on bodily illusions suggests that people with eating disorders (EDs) might have impairments in visual, interoceptive, proprioceptive, and tactile perception, potentially underpinning altered multisensory integration processes. Along this line, research indicates that people with EDs show abnormalities in integ...

Background: Many technological interventions designed to promote physical activity (PA) have limited efficacy and appear to lack important factors that could increase engagement. This may be due to a discrepancy between research conducted in this space, and software designers' and developers' use of this research to inform new digital applications...

The aim of this research was to study the mediation of motivational regulations on the relationship between body image and physical activity (Preliminary Work)

Se presenta un modelo de las competencias necesarias para un ejercicio positivo y responsable de la parentalidad. En concreto, a lo largo de estas páginas se describe, en primer lugar, la definición del constructo de competencias parentales, y, en segundo lugar, el modelo elaborado y validado empíricamente en el proceo de construcción de la Entrevi...

Background Recent research indicates that patients with anorexia (AN) show specific eye movement abnormalities such as shorter prosaccade latencies, more saccade inhibition errors, and increased rate of saccadic intrusions compared to participants without AN. However, it remains unknown whether these abnormal eye movement patterns, which may serve...

Background: Recent research indicates that patients with anorexia (AN) show specific eye movement abnormalities such as shorter prosaccade latencies, more saccade inhibition errors, and increased rate of saccadic intrusions compared to participants without AN. However, it remains unknown whether these abnormal eye movement patterns, which may serve...

Background: Recent research indicates that patients with eating disorders (ED) show specific eye-movement abnormalities namely square wave jerks (SWJs), which are involuntary, sporadic, horizontal, saccadic intrusions that interrupt fixation. As such, SWJs have the possibility to serve as potential biomarkers for an early diagnosis of EDs and preve...

Purpose: Previous research reported adequate psychometric properties of the BQPA, which was developed based on barriers detected in the overweight population. To increase its generalizability, to the general population, the BQPA was revised based on a non-restricted literature review (BQPA-G). This study analyses the reliability, factor structure a...

The World Health Organization declared a pandemic due to COVID-19 on 11 March 2020 and remarked on the relevance of studying its consequences on mental health. A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the immediate psychological response to the pandemic and quarantine in Spain.

1.-Introduction: AN are among the mental illnesses with the highest mortality rates and the worst therapeutic outcomes. Earlier treatment response is essential to later symptom remission. Eye-tracking studies show that AN is linked to specific eye movement patterns (shorter latencies or larger inhibitory errors, e.g., Phillipou, et al., 2016), bein...

Introduction: Physical activity (PA) has significant health benefits. However, a third of the adult population across Europe is physically inactive and numbers are on the rise. To address this problem, a large body of the literature has tried to identify the variables influencing the adherence to PA (barriers or facilitators). Consequently, it is k...

Background: Current research has pointed out an increased risk of mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in women compared to men, however the reason for this difference remains unclear. The aim of this research is to study early psychological responses to the pandemic in the Spanish general population, focusing on gender differences....

Background: The World Health Organization has highlighted the importance of studying the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. The aim of this study is to examine the role of age in the early psychological responses to the pandemic in a Spanish community sample, focusing on how different generations coped with it. Method: An on...

Objective: This study aimed to develop the BQPA and evaluate its psychometric properties, which covers all the relevant barriers for Physical Activity (PA) reported in the literature. Method/Design: A cross-sectional study was performed in 2019 through a dedicated online panel. A sample of 610 participants was selected using a stratified random sam...

Se presenta la Entrevista para la evaluación de Competencias Parentales (ECP-12). Se trata de un instrumento que permite evaluar las competencias parentales de los/as adultos/as responsables de la crianza y la educación de niños, niñas y adolescentes, y está especialmente diseñado para que constituya un recurso de utilidad para los y las profesiona...

BACKGROUND Physical inactivity is a main risk factor of death worldwide, and contributes to psychological and physical problems, including obesity. Physical activity (PA) is critical to preventing health deterioration. Many technological interventions designed to promote PA have limited efficacy as some critical variables affecting PA are not consi...

Being a housewife may already be a psychosocial risk factor leading to chronic stress and burnout, and this may be aggravated when the housewife must also become the caregiver of a family member with Alzheimer’s. The burnout syndrome and how it can affect general health and the presence of emotional disorders were studied in housewives who were fam...

Aproximación a la definición de la identidad del espectador fan Abordagem para a definição da identidade de um fã espectador This study is based on a sample of Spanish viewers of audiovisual fiction, seeking to understand behavior associated with fan identity. A quantitative method was used to explore the characteristics shared by viewers who defin...

Background: Emotional exhaustion causes adverse effects in those who suffer from it. Housewives are not excluded. Domestic and care chores, which are considered to be sources of stress, increase when taking on the role of caregiver for a family member with Alzheimer's disease. Objective: To analyse the influence of emotional exhaustion, somatic...

The valid assessment of the impact of transplantation on psychological well-being is highly relevant to optimize treatment. However, to date there is no standardized instrument available in Spain. The Transplant Effects Questionnaire (TxEQ) evaluates the specific problems associated with organ transplantation, such as worry about transplant, guilt...

Many studies have linked audiovisual entertainment to hedonia. Recently, also to eudaimonic happiness. The Eudaimonic Spectator Questionnaire is proposed as a new tool to explore eudaimonic motivations that are linked to the consumption of audiovisual entertainment. The new questionnaire groups these eudaimonic motivations into two factors: the cul...

Hoy existen múltiples estudios que abordan el análisis de las culturas participativas y, más específicamente, el espectador fan de películas o series de televisión. Henry Jenkins, huyendo del estereotipo de brainless consumers y social misfits que dedican su vida a cultivar un “conocimiento inútil”, marca un punto de inflexión al plantear un perfil...

Los dispositivos móviles (teléfonos y tablets) se han convertido ya en el principal medio de acceso a internet en España. Este cambio profundo en la forma de acceder a la Red supone lógicamente un cambio en la forma en que el público se informa e interactúa con los contenidos informativos. En esta investigación se analiza cómo afecta este cambio en...

Background/Objective: The evidence on efficacy of cognitive-behavioral interventions in Eating Disorders (ED) still shows inconclusive results with respect to the role of purging behaviors, more so in uncontrolled situations. Evolution of ED patients with and without purging behavior was studied 30 months after start of a multicomponent treatment....

Objetivo: Analizar la satisfacción percibida por las gestantes y sus acompañantes en relación con el contenido de las sesiones del Programa de Educación Maternal y su utilidad respecto al proceso de embarazo, parto y crianza. Personas y métodos: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal y ampliado con metodología cualitativa, realizado en el...

Objective: To analyze the satisfaction of pregnant women and their partners regarding the content and level of usefulness of Maternal Education in order to improve the process of pregnancy and childbirth. Methodology: Transversal descriptive study between November 2010 and November 2013, with qualitative methodology added, in the Health Center of L...

The methodological quality of primary studies is an important issue when performing meta-analyses or systematic reviews. Nevertheless, there are no clear criteria for how methodological quality should be analyzed. Controversies emerge when considering the various theoretical and empirical definitions, especially in relation to three interrelated pr...

The aim of this study was to test a structural model designed to determine how perceived parenting styles (rejection, emotional warmth, and overprotection) may, in women with eating disorders (ED), affect their personal development (low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction) and the emotional disturbances (anxiety and depression) they experience, an...

The main objective of this study is to get a representative first portrait robot from movies and television series spectator fan in Spain. We will analyze their social-demographic profile, favorite leisure activities and audiovisual consumption habits. Also, it is envisaged to do a comparison between fan and non fan spectator in order to identify v...

Spanish Adaptation of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery for Children and Adolescents NEPSY-II (Korkman et al.). Member of the Experts Panel. Pearson Educación, 2014.

The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of the main two elements of perfectionism (CM, concern over mistakes and PS, personal standards) on eating disorders risk factors in dancers. Based on the literature, we tested the role of CM and PS over diet and mood related symptoms, and the function of performance anxiety and body dissati...

The main objective of this study is to get a representative first portrait robot from movies and television series spectator fan in Spain. We will analyze their social-demographic profile, favorite leisure activities and audiovisual consumption habits. Also, it is envisaged to do a comparison between fan and non fan spectator in order to identify v...

In the field of education, specific or standard models of quality management are usually performed. Both alternatives have their advantages and disadvantages, but most educational organizations prefer to implement standard models which usually include some mismatches during their implementation. To address this situation, we propose an instrument t...

Medicina del Deporte (CAMD) 3 RESUMEN: El riesgo de desarrollar trastornos de conducta alimentaria (TCA) es mayor en mujeres que en hombres de muestras comunitarias. Sin embargo, no existen datos suficientes que reflejen que esta diferencia también se mantenga en poblaciones especiales como por ejemplo, los bailarines/as. En este estudio se compara...

A procedure commonly used to obtain empirical evidence in content validity studies is the calculation of the Osterlind index after gathering the expert opinions about the adequacy of the items to measure a particular dimension of the tool. The aim of this work is to compare the results obtained when experts score the degree of suitability item-dime...

Background: Nowadays, the confronting dichotomous view between experimental/quasi-experimental and non-experimental/ethnographic studies still exists but, despite the extensive use of non-experimental/ethnographic studies, the most systematic work on methodological quality has been developed based on experimental and quasi-experimental studies. Th...

Body dissatisfaction in adolescence is one of the factors predisposing to the development of eating disorders (ED). The dancers are a risk group for ideal physical characteristics and aspiration of “dominating her body" turning the body into a working tool and a midst of artistic expression. Objetive: To analyze the degree of body dissatisfaction a...

Introduction: Dance is a high risk activity for eating disorders (Ed). It seems that there is a lack of studies focused on the analysis of Ed risk among dance genres. Method: 176 female dancers from different genres (aged 12-20) from a professional dance conservatoire take parte in the study. The Eating Attitudes Test, 26 was administered. Results:...

A procedure commonly used to obtain empirical evidence in content validity studies is the calculation of the Osterlind index after gathering the expert opinions about the adequacy of the items to measure a particular dimension of the tool. The aim of this work is to compare the results obtained when experts score the degree of suitability item-dime...

Se describe la experiencia que un grupo de profesores noveles ha tenido con la participacion activa en el Programa de Formacion del Profesorado Novel (PFPN) impartido por el Instituto de Ciencias de la Educacion (ICE) de la Universidad de Sevilla en el curso 2009-10. Con objeto de mejorar la actuacion docente, se siguieron tres pasos: (1) analisis...

Criteria to assess the needs in order to plan training programs are not usually defined explicitly in organizational contexts. We propose scaling methods as a feasible and useful procedure to set priorities of training programs; also, we propose the most suitable method for this intervention context. 404 employees from a public organization complet...

Los criterios para priorizar las necesidades que justifican las acciones formativas a implantar no se suelen explicitar a priori en los programas de formación continua en contextos organizacionales. En este trabajo se proponen los métodos de escalamiento como procedimiento factible y útil para identificar criterios explícitos de priorización de nec...