Mónica Teresa González-Ramírez

Autonomous University of Nuevo León | UANL · Facultad de Psicología

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el efecto de un taller en línea con el enfoque cognitivo-conductual y el centrado en soluciones para reducir el estrés por el desempleo o situación laboral incierta, consecuencia de la pandemia COVID-19, y fortalecer las habilidades para resolver problemas. Se utilizó un diseño preexperimental en un ta...

Studies regarding the cat-owner bond are quite rare, and several aspects merit more research, including personality trait differences in cats related to coat color and the cat-owner relationship. The objectives of the study were to describe, from the perspective of their owners, the personality traits of cats based on their coat colors and to evalu...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have implemented prevention and care measures, among which voluntary confinement stands out. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychological impact of the contingency response due to COVID-19 in Mexico, considering time and level of confinement, participation in pleasurable activities during...

El presente estudio evalúa un taller en línea basado en la terapia que integra el enfoque cognitivo-conductual y el centrado en soluciones para manejar el estrés y el miedo de contagio de COVID-19. Participaron 10 personas (1 hombre y 9 mujeres) de entre 19 y 60 años con un total de 5 sesiones semanales. Los resultados de las evaluaciones (escala d...

The study of human–animal interactions has increased, focusing on the dog–owner relationship, leaving a lag in research on the cat–owner relationship and practically a total absence of studies that compare the dog–owner relationship with the cat-owner relationship. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to make this comparison based on t...

The objectives of the study were to determine the psychometric properties of the Scale of Attitudes towards Statistics in Mexico. In this instrumental study, a non-probabilistic sample of 383 Mexican psychology students who responded to two attitude scales was analyzed. The bifactor model with three specific factors (safety, pleasure-usefulness, an...

Background: Dissatisfaction with the pregnancy experience can bring emotional repercussions on women due to the influence of cognitive and psychosocial factors around the maternal role and the stage of pregnancy. Objective: To evaluate the factorial structure of the Being a Mother scale in its spanish adaptation, as a measure of the emotional expe...

La cuarentena o el aislamiento social deficiente, pueden tener implicaciones negativas para la salud física y emocional de las personas. Por lo anterior, conocer las reacciones psicológicas y emocionales producto del aislamiento voluntario en función del motivo y número de salidas de casa, la rutina y la realización de actividades placenteras duran...

Antecedentes: La insatisfacción con la experiencia del embarazo, puede traer repercusiones emocionales en las mujeres por in uencia de factores cognitivos y psicosociales en torno al rol materno y la etapa del embarazo. Objetivo: Evaluar la estructura factorial de la escala Being a Mother en su adaptación al español, como medida de la experiencia e...

ResumenA pesar de que el inventario de crecimiento postraumático (PTGI) es un instrumento ampliamente utilizado para evaluar los cambios positivos después de un trauma, su estructura factorial no ha sido consistente en las validaciones hechas al español. Actualmente, no se cuenta con evidencia del estudio de sus propiedades psicométricas en poblaci...

Abstract: Objective. To assess levels of perceived stress and depression associated with first-time pregnant couples. Method. Cross-sectional correlational study with convenience sampling, using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Ninety-four first-time pregnant Mexican couples from a public health institu...

La actitud positiva hacia la estadística promueve el estudio y uso de esta disciplina fundamental para analizar datos; de ahí la relevancia de evaluar el nivel actitudinal y desarrollar estrategias que lo potencien. La Escala de Actitud hacia la Estadística (EAE-25) de Auzmendi es uno de los instrumentos más usados en español para medir esta actitu...

Background : The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between marital satisfaction, measured by the Relationship Assessment Scale and the perceived impact of confinement due to COVID-19 in different areas of people’s lives, in a Mexican sample. Method : 101 people living as a couple, with an average age of 41.2 years (SD = 10.7), 54.5...

Resumen Introducción y objetivos Las experiencias traumáticas son hechos relativamente frecuentes y no todas las víctimas desarrollan consecuencias psicológicas negativas. El propósito de este trabajo fue identificar los predictores del crecimiento postraumático en víctimas de distintos sucesos traumáticos. Materiales y métodos La muestra estaba...

Resumen Introducción y objetivos El apoyo social representa un factor protector para la mujer embarazada, contribuyendo al afrontamiento favorable de estresores. De ahí la importancia del apoyo social de la pareja, ya que su involucramiento propicia la adaptación de la mujer al embarazo, repercutiendo en su salud física y psicológica. El objetivo...

El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar el grado explicativo de las variables “influencia de la publicidad”, “mensajes verbales”, “modelos sociales” y “situaciones sociales” frente a la insatisfacción corporal, la preocupación por el peso y el malestar corporal en una muestra seleccionada por conveniencia de 206 mujeres mexicanas con promedio...

El diagnóstico adecuado del bruxismo incluye el análisis y la correlación de signos y síntomas con diferentes métodos de diagnóstico, siendo esencial la interpretación y evaluación de los síntomas que reporta el paciente. El presente es un trabajo inicial sobre las propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de bruxismo autoinformado (CBA). Particip...

In this study, we analyze the impact of living with a dog during childhood in relation to the social skills and violent behavior during youth. To do it, 112 young people of both sexes, between 15 and 25 years old, participated; 57 of them had lived with a dog at home for at least 5 years when they were between 2 and 13 years old. While the remainin...

Resumen Introducción y objetivos La tolerancia al estrés se define como la capacidad para experimentar y resistir estados psicológicos negativos. Recientemente ha sido estudiada en relación con diversos aspectos psicopatológicos, pero no de forma suficiente con otras variables no clínicas, entre ellas la edad. La presente investigación surge debid...

Compatibility in activity preferences refers to the shared enjoyment of daily activities, such as walking and interacting with others, and it is an indicator of the behavioral dimension of compatibility, which mainly refers to exercise and play. It has been found that individuals who are more compatible with their dogs have a better relationship wi...

Animal-assisted therapy aimed at improving individuals’ mental or physical health has been widely reported. However, the data on how a therapy dog could help control anxiety during dental procedures is scarce. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of dog-assisted therapy on people with a history of dental anxiety while receiving pre...

ResumenLa interacción con los animales de compañía ha resultado efectiva en la reducción de síntomas estrés postraumático, e depresión y ansiedad, consecuentes a la vivencia de un evento traumático; aunque las investigaciones sobre aspectos positivos diferenciales entre personas con y sin animales de compañía han mostrado resultados heterogéneos. E...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of the pet-owner relationship on the perceived stress and subjective happiness of the owner, using structural equation modeling. A sample of 483 residents of Mexico, men and women, owners of at least one dog participated in this study. Data collection included The Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scal...

Validation study of the Stress Coping Questionnaire with trans people from Mexico. The Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CAE) is one of the most used instruments to evaluate coping strategies and styles in diverse populations; however, there is no evidence of its application in trans people, although this population is often discriminated, stigmatiz...

This study was performed to identify differences between a group of 36 dog owners who reported separation-related behavioral problems in their dogs and a group of 40 dog owners who perceived their dogs as well behaved in their absence. The variables compared between these groups were attachment, trainability, human-dog relationship, owner-dog compa...

The Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CAE) is one of the most used instruments to evaluate coping strategies and styles in diverse populations; however, there is no evidence of its application in trans people, although this population is often discriminated, stigmatized, and presents social, occupational and health vulnerabilities. Therefor, the pre...

Resumen Con la finalidad de explicar la influencia de los factores psicosociales en las personas con bruxismo autoinformado, el presente trabajo evalúa un modelo explicativo, analizando el proceso estrés-emoción-manejo, basado en la teoría transaccional del estrés. Participaron 128 personas que autoinformaron síntomas de bruxismo. Las variables psi...

Bruxism is a jaw muscle activity that involves physio-pathological, psycho‑social, hereditary and genetic factors. The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between self‑reported bruxism, anxiety, and neuroticism personality trait with the rs6313 polymorphism in the gene HTR2A. A sample of 171 subjects of both sexes (14‑53 years o...

En esta investigación se analiza la estructura factorial de la Escala de Funciones Espirituales de las actividades de tiempo libre/pasatiempos (Spiritual Functions of Leisure Scale), en una muestra de 202 adultos pertenecientes a los estados de Nuevo León y Yucatán, México, con una edad media de 28 años (DE=9.57). Su validez convergente fue obtenid...

En este trabajo se analiza el uso de actividades artísticas (dibujo) como una forma de regulación del estrés psicológico y las emociones asociadas. Para ello 216 alumnos de una facultad de Odontología del norte de México, participaron en un estudio bajo una de seis condiciones experimentales, donde recordaron y trabajaron dibujos relacionados a sus...

The following is a theoretical integration of two important topics: positive psychology and body image, in which tools of positive psychology and the importance of prevention based on it are detailed. Also, the concepts of body image in the population that is currently most vulnerable to this issue, adolescent women and young adult women, are highl...

Findings in human-animal interaction often includes the benefits of the relationship; however, pet relinquishment persists as a core issue within the field. Considering mismatches could be an explanation about relinquishment, this study was performed with the aim to design and to evaluate psychometric properties of the dog-owner compatibility index...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study has been to test the ability of variables of a psychological model to predict antiretroviral therapy medication adherence behavior. METHODS We have conducted a cross-sectional study among 172 persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), who completed four self-administered assessments: 1) the Psychological Variables...

Resumen Existe una literatura variada sobre los efectos de la terapia asistida con animales sobre la salud física y psicológica de los humanos. Sin embargo, no todos los resultados han sido claramente comprendidos, en parte por las formas de evaluación utilizadas. Este trabajo documenta una serie de limitaciones que se presentaron en el desarrollo...

The aim of this study is to analyze the variables stress, symptoms of anxiety and neuroticism traits, across two generations of a family that self-report symptoms of bruxism. Stress scores obtained vary between expected to low, the results show a positive and strong correlation between scales: perception of bruxism with stress (r s = .652), and the...

p>El objetivo de este estudio fue generar un instrumento cuya validez y confiabilidad permitan evaluar el desarrollo de habilidades centradas en la solución de problemas mediante el uso de técnicas y material artístico dentro del espacio terapéutico. En una muestra de 216 participantes se validó una escala de 14 ítems con formato Likert. A partir d...

Problematic behaviors in dogs can negatively affect dogs’ welfare and the welfare of their owners. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Mexican version of the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ), and identify the variables associated with behavioral problems. The study involved 48...

This study aimed to assess and compare sexual abuse (SA) rates in female and male Mexican American college students (N = 514) and 2 samples of Mexican college students (N = 161 and N = 227). Participants responded to the Sexual Experiences Survey Victim Form (SES-SFV). SA prevalence and frequency rates were compared between sample groups for 3 cate...

The principles of operant conditioning are often applied in canine training. Their correct application requires a good timing, well-defined criteria and a proper rate of reinforcement. Few studies have compared the types of markers of canine training events; the most used are the clicker and the voice. Objective: to compare the number of reinforcer...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between subjective happiness, perceived stress and number of stressors, and to identify which of the latter have greater influence on subjective happiness and perceived stress. It was a transversal study carried out with 238 women and 52 men from the general population with an age range from...

Resumen La acción prosocial media las acciones positivas dirigidas a otros en relación a distintos motivantes; sin embargo, su estudio no solo la considera comportamiento, sino también rasgo de personalidad. La batería de personalidad prosocial (PSB) fue elaborada para evaluar una amplia gama de estas acciones en adultos. El objetivo del presente t...

Las actividades del tiempo libre, distintas al trabajo o la escuela, aportan recursos para la salud. Este estudio propone el dibujo para afrontar el estrés percibido. Participaron 216 alumnos universitarios (53 hombres, 163 mujeres) sin diagnóstico de depresión o ansiedad. Se dividieron en 6 grupos experimentales por sus instrucciones: dibujo con o...

El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar la relación entre la ansiedad y el manejo inadecuado de las emociones negativas en personas con síntomas de bruxismo, en una muestra de 192 participantes, separados en grupos sin bruxismo (n = 64) y bruxismo (n = 128), dividido este en los subgrupos bruxismo de sueño (n = 26), bruxismo en vigilia (n = 52) y br...

This article introduces a Spanish-language assessment tool for the evaluation of behaviors that are indicative of attachment to aid research into human-animal interaction. The psychometric properties of the adapted scale to simultaneously quantify the attachment are presented. A confirmatory factor analysis and a convergent analysis with the Mexica...

Since its creation, the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) has been the most frequently used instrument to evaluate subjective happiness. Although the original version has been translated and validated into several languages around the world, including Spanish, there are not enough studies in Latin American countries that evaluate its psychometric pr...

Diurnal cortisol rhythm has been altered in patients with cancer. Factors such as disease progression and stress levels are regarded as possible causes to explain this condition, however results are not clear. The aim of this study was to assess and determine whether there are differences in cortisol levels in women with breast cancer in different...

The present study evaluated instructions in graphic and expressive writing tasks as stress and emotion regulation activity aids. Six experimental groups were composed of thirty university students. Effects were measured with the Mexican versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). The groups we...

Resumen La ansiedad a hablar en público es común entre los universitarios y limita el desarrollo de esta competencia. La integración de la terapia cognitivo-conductual y el enfoque centrado en soluciones ha mostrado resultados positivos en su tratamiento. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar si la participación de perros de terapia...

The aim is to compare the degree of stress in patients with epidermolysis bullosa (eb) to their chronic diseases and explore the relationship between age of onset and the stress and evaluate their quality of life. This is a descriptive study, in which self-report questionnaires were used. Perceived stress scale was applied and the Spanish version o...

Resumen La acción prosocial media las acciones positivas dirigidas a otros en relación a distintos motivantes; sin embargo, su estudio no solo la considera comportamiento, sino también rasgo de personalidad. La batería de personalidad prosocial (PSB) fue elaborada para evaluar una amplia gama de estas acciones en adultos. El objetivo del presente t...

Enfrentarse a una lesión grave en los hijos resulta una de las experiencias más devastadoras que los padres y madres pueden enfrentar. El presente estudio exploró el rol de la resiliencia en padres y madres de niños con quemaduras, el TBSA quemado, la edad al momento de la quemadura y el tiempo desde la quemadura, sobre la sintomatología del trasto...

La presente investigación se propone para analizar el efecto de la combinación entre la terapia cognitivo conductual y la terapia centrada en soluciones en el tratamiento para el manejo del estrés en estudiantes foráneos de una Universidad del norte de México La intervención terapéutica tuvo modalidad de taller, el cual constó de 7 sesiones con 13...

Enfrentarse a una lesión grave en los hijos resulta una de las experiencias más devastadoras que los padres y madres pueden enfrentar. El presente estudio exploró el rol de la resiliencia en padres y madres de niños con quemaduras, el TBSA quemado, la edad al momento de la quemadura y el tiempo desde la quemadura, sobre la sintomatología del trasto...

Identifying factors of adjustment in pediatric burn patients may facilitate appropriate mental health interventions postinjury. The aim of this is study was to explore the roles of both the patient's and caregivers' resilience and posttraumatic stress in pediatric burn survivor adjustment. For the purposes of the study, "51 patient-parent/guardian"...

Este libro destaca las aportaciones de las actividades de tiempo libre para la salud psicológica. Incluye datos de investigaciones encaminadas a descubrir sus beneficios, las creencias que se relacionan con su práctica, las situaciones que las originan y las hacen permanecer como parte importante de la vida cotidiana. Incluye avances teóricos, prop...

En este trabajo se analizan las propiedades psicométricas de la versión española (Sanz, Navarro & Vázquez, 2003) del Inventario para la Depresión de Beck, BDI-II (Beck, Steer & Brown, 1996) en muestras mexicanas no clínicas: 474 estudiantes universitarios y 478 personas de población general. La consistencia interna resultó satisfactoria en ambas mu...

Two ways of art-making (distraction and expression of the event) are examined as a form of stress and mood regulation activity in undergraduate students (n=20). A present stressful situation is recalled by the participants as an induced situation and the assigned to one of four conditions. Stress and affect were mesured before and after de assigned...

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la relación entre la fatiga, la sintomatología de depresión y la calidad de sueño con indicadores de cortisol y determinar cuáles son las variables que explican la fatiga en mujeres con cáncer de mama. Participaron 17 mujeres con cáncer de mama previo al tratamiento de quimioterapia, las cuales proporcionaron...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between fatigue, depressive symptomatology, sleep quality and cortisol measurement and identify variables that explain the fatigue in women with breast cancer. Seventeen women with breast cancer were evaluated prior to chemotherapy treatment, they provided 12 samples of saliva during two consec...

The NEO PI-R is a major scale to examine the personality, and the Brief COPE is a little known instrument in Brazil to examine the coping. As this cross-sectional study with Brazilian sample aims to: evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brief COPE; examine its relationship with the NEO PI-R, and evaluate gender differences in the NEO PI-R an...

The Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS) is perhaps the most widely used instrument to assess human emotional attachments to pets and is suitable for both dog and cat owners. However, this instrument has not been translated into Spanish. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Mexican version of the Lexington...

Due to the inconclusive findings of research regarding the health benefits of pet ownership, we compared perceived health, stress, life satisfaction, happiness, and psychosomatic symptoms in dog owners and non-dog owners. As an attempt to overcome some earlier, methodological issues, the sample consisted of 602 individuals from Mexico aged 18 years...

Recent models emphasized the importance in research of beliefs and its appraisal in the etiology and maintenance of OCD. The aim of the present study is the development and validation of a short form of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ, Belloch et al. 2003) in Mexican population. This topic was addressed through two different studies. Study...

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the social support from parents and friends scale (AFA-R). Using a non random sample of students, internal consistency was analyzed and the factor structure of the AFA-R. Internal consistency was adequate (α=.918) and factor analysis corroborated the bi-factor structure, explaining...

Burn injuries are considered one of the most traumatic injuries a child or adolescent may experience and their consequences go beyond the physical problems, therefore the knowledge of positive adjustment after a burn is important. The aims of this study were to identify the levels of resilience in a group of pediatric burn survivors and to evaluate...

Resumen Los pasatiempos, vistos como actividades que fomentan el desarrollo de habilidades, aptitudes y redes sociales, fuera de la escuela o el trabajo, presentan opciones físicas, intelectuales y económicas, capaces de apoyar el desarrollo personal y el manejo del estrés en todo tipo de poblaciones. Por ello, este estudio analiza las propiedades...

El presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario Leisure Coping Strategy Scale (LCSS) en población mexicana, nombrada como LCSS-M. Método: La escala se analizó con una muestra de 141 adultos. Su validez convergente fue obtenida mediante la Escala de Estrés Percibido (PSS) y el Inventario de Satisfacción con la Vida. La est...

The present study tested the psychometric properties of the Leisure Coping Strategy Scale (LCSS), named as LCSS-M, in Mexican population. Method: Survey in a sample of 141 adults. Evidence of convergent validity was obtained with the PSS and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The factor structure of the three subscales were examined through an explorato...

Resumen: El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar las propiedades psicométricas, confirmar la estructura factorial y construir baremos diferencia-dos por sexo del ISRA-B en una muestra de Méxi-co de 1,651 participantes de ambos sexos, con un rango de edad de 18 a 55 años (M = 34.2; DT = 10.9). Los resultados confirman la estructura facto-rial...

Resumen El NEO PI-R es una escala base para examinar la personalidad y el Brief COPE es un instrumento, poco difundido en Brasil, para examinar el afron- tamiento. Por ello, el presente estudio transversal con muestra brasileña tiene como objetivos evaluar las propiedades psicométricas del Brief COPE, examinar su relación con el NEO PI-R, así como...

El presente artículo es un estudio correlacional con diseño ex post facto, cuyo propósito es examinar la relación entre los puntajes obtenidos por docentes universitarios en la evaluación de su desempeño con el grado de estrés percibido y con la presencia de indicadores del síndrome de Burnout. Para ello se plantearon los siguientes objetivos: 1) a...

The present article is a correlational study with an ex post facto design. Its purpose was to examine the relationship between scores obtained by university teachers at an evaluation of their perceived stress degree and the presence of Burnout syndrome indices. To accomplish that, the next objectives were established: 1) Analyze the relation betwee...

Objetivo: El presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario Leisure Coping Strategy Scale (LCSS) en población mexicana, nombrada como LCSS-M. Método: La escala se analizó con una muestra de 141 adultos. Su validez convergente fue obtenida mediante la Escala de Estrés Percibido (PSS) y el Inventario de Satisfacción con la Vi...

Background: To assess the psychometric properties and the factor structure of the Spanish version of the Scale of Body Connection (SBC) in a community population of meditators and non-meditators and to investigate the relationships among mindfulness, body awareness and body dissociation. Methods: Design. Validation study. Sampling. An internet-b...

Objective: The present study tested the psychometric properties of the Leisure Coping Strategy Scale (LCSS), named as LCSS-M, in Mexican population. Method: Survey in a sample of 141 adults. Evidence of convergent validity was obtained with the PSS and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The factor structure of the three subscales were examined through a...

El presente artículo es un estudio correlacional con diseño ex post facto, cuyo propósito es examinar la relación entre los puntajes obtenidos por docentes universitarios en la evaluación de su desempeño con el grado de estrés percibido y con la presencia de indicadores del síndrome de Burnout. Para ello se plantearon los siguientes objetivos: 1) a...

El presente artículo es un estudio correlacional con diseño ex post facto, cuyo propósito es examinar la relación entre los puntajes obtenidos por docentes universitarios en la evaluación de su desempeño con el grado de estrés percibido y con la presencia de indicadores del síndrome de Burnout. Para ello se plantearon los siguientes objetivos: 1) a...

En este trabajo se comparan las encuestas de poblacion objetivo de informacion aplicadas en Mexico en relacion a las conductas problema de los adolescentes (alcohol, tabaco, drogas, sexo desprotegido, accidentes y habitos alimenticios), comparandolas con el Cuestionario de Conductas Problema mismo que mide la presencia o ausencia de las conductas p...

Based on a psychological model, a cross-sectional study was carried out with the participation of fifty-four HIV persons under antiretroviral medication in Michoacán, Mexico, who answered three self-administered questionnaires: psychological variables and adherence behaviors, perceived social support, and depression. For data analysis a set of stru...

Burn injuries are considered one of the most traumatic injuries a child or adolescent may experience and their consequences go beyond the physical problems, therefore the knowledge of positive adjustment after a burn is important. The aims of this study were to identify the levels of resilience in a group of pediatric burn survivors and to evaluate...

This correlational study aimed to: know the perception of students about the performance of their teachers, investigate perceived stress and role stress on teachers, analyze the levels of burnout, identify the levels at which the characteristics of burnout are presented, investigate what aspects of institutional disorganization are seen more freque...

Este estudio plantea similitudes y diferencias entre los niveles de estrés percibido y factores de Burnout en personas que realizan distintos tipos de pasatiempos. Como método, se utiliza la Escala breve de Burnout (MBI, Moreno, Bustos, Matallana & Miralles, 1997) y el Cuestionario de Estrés Percibido (Cohen, Kamarak & Mermelstein, 1983), en su ver...

Recently, the use and research of social networks have increased, however, to know if people perceived enough social support from their contacts in social networks, adequate questionnaires are required to measure perceived social support received from social networks. Thus, we designed and tested a scale to assess social support through social netw...

In this article differences and similarities within perceived stress index and burnout factors are established between persons who practice a range of different leisure activities. A sample of 70 mexican participants from Monterrey’s metropolitan area were survey using the short questionnaire of burnout (Moreno, et al., 1997) and the perceived stre...