Paola Herrera-Mercadal

University of Zaragoza | UNIZAR · Department of Medicine, Psychiatry and Dermatology

El envejecimiento poblacional se ha incrementado a nivel mundial, siendo un hecho biológico, social y cultural. En Aragón, se impulsan programas de envejecimiento activo que apoyan un envejecimiento en positivo y responsable. El yoga se encuentra reconocido dentro de estas actividades impartidas en los Hogares de Mayores. En este trabajo se busca e...

The importance of the affection we have towards ourselves and others and shame are the main contents of Module 5. A guide is provided to the following formal practices: “Give Affection to Friends and Neutral People,” “Giving Ourselves Affection,” “Reconciling with Parental Figures,” and “Repairing Shame.” The informal practices included in Module 5...

This chapter includes basic information on conceptualization and evidence of the attachment-based compassion therapy and the structure of the book. Furthermore, the chapter provides recommendations and advice on to how use the manual and how to adapt it to particular teaching contexts (spiritual, clinical, or psychoeducational). It also includes an...

Module 3 provides information on how compassion works, the figure of secure attachment, efficacy of compassion, and self-criticism. This content is implemented through the practices “developing the attachment figure,” “replacing the critical voice with the compassionate voice,” and “letter from the attachment figure.”KeywordsAttachmentCompassionSel...

Module 4 provides readers with information regarding the biological foundations of compassion, attachment patterns, guilt, and the importance of attachment patterns in daily life. The formal practices introduced in the module are “Become Aware of Our Attachment Pattern,” “Capacity to Receive Affection: Friends, Neutral People, and Enemies),” and “R...

This chapter (Module 0) introduces readers to the basics of the model, and the following theoretical components are explained and put into practice: what compassion is, contexts of application, structure of and rationale behind attachment-based compassion therapy, and meditation and compassion (formal and informal practice). It also offers practica...

The final module includes information on the importance of working in three perspectives (past, present, and future), envy, the usefulness of being our own attachment figure, difficulties in relationships, and how to keep up the practice of compassion throughout life. The formal practices provided in Module 7 are as follows: “Working with envy and...

Module 6 focuses on the following topics in order to facilitate understanding of the importance of forgiveness: the concept of forgiveness, phases of forgiveness, utility of forgiveness, basic forms of barriers to generating forgiveness, resources for generating forgiveness, and recapitulation (optional). The formal meditations that enable these th...

Module 2 includes the following theoretical components: a deeper understanding of compassion and mindfulness terms, compassion and related terms, and concerns about compassion. The formal practices included are “connecting with basic affection,” “developing a safe place,” “the compassionate gesture,” and “identify the attachment figure.” Recommende...

Module 1 focuses on how our brain works, the reality of suffering, the difference between primary and secondary suffering, and what compassion is and is not. The formal practices “compassionate breathing and compassionate body scan” and “compassionate coping with difficulties” are implemented and explained in Module 1. The module also explains the...

This study had the goal to examine factors that are associated with burnout and engagement among teachers from diverse educational stages. Among these factors, we analyzed socio-demographic aspects, such as gender, age and years of experience, and other psychological teacher-related variables like teacher´s selfefficacy and teacher-student relation...

Lucid dreaming, a specific phenomenon of dream consciousness, refers to the experience being aware that one is dreaming. The primary aim of this research was to validate a Spanish version of the Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams scale (LuCiD). A secondary aim was to explore whether meditation experience and mindfulness trait were related to LuCi...

Mindfulness in the educational field provides several benefits. The assessment of mindfulness is a fundamental previous step for evidence-based interventions. Therefore, the present study aimed to adapt and validate the Mindfulness in Teaching Scale (MTS) among Spanish teachers. This scale comprises 14 items on two dimensions: intrapersonal and int...

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The study of social cognition (SC) has emerged as a key domain of mental health, supporting the notion that poorer performance in SC tasks is linked to psychopathology, although most studies have primarily addressed only schizophrenia (SZ). Some recent studies have also shown deficits of SC in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients; however,...

Introduction: Little is known about the applicability of mindfulness-based interventions in Spanish adults with overweight/obesity. The objective of the present study protocol is to describe the methods that will be used in a cluster randomized trial (CRT) that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness eating (ME) programme to reduce emot...

BACKGROUND Compassion-based interventions delivered over the Internet are showing promising results for the promotion of psychological health and well-being. Several studies have highlighted their feasibility, acceptance and preliminary efficacy. However, this is an incipient field of research, and to the best of our knowledge, there is no data ava...

Background: Compassion-based interventions delivered over the internet are showing promising results for the promotion of psychological health and well-being. Several studies have highlighted their feasibility, acceptance, and preliminary efficacy. However, this is an incipient field of research, and to the best of our knowledge, there are no data...

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent and highly disabling chronic pain syndrome. However, differences among patients regarding how pain impacts on daily life are remarkable. The main aim of this study was to identify clinical and pain-related cognitive variables characterizing patients reporting high adaptability despite experiencing severe...

Introduction Depressive, anxiety and adjustment disorders are highly prevalent among mental health outpatients. The lack of funding for mental health problems produces inefficient results and a high burden of disease. New cost-effective group interventions aimed at treating these symptoms might be an appropriate solution to reduce the healthcare bu...

Background: Researchers have studied for decades workplace stress and burnout to identify their relationship to health and wellness. This research has focused on stress levels in people, as well as on environmental and personal factors that contribute to experiencing stress or burnout. In addition to the burnout measurement questionnaires (MBI-GS)...

Thought control ability is a vulnerability factor implicated in the etiology and maintenance of emotional disorders. This manuscript aims to systematically review the use and psychometric performance of the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ), designed to assess people's ability to control unwanted thoughts. Three electronic databases were...

Mindfulness and social cognition skills in the prediction of affective symptomatology in schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and nonclinical participants. The aim of the study was to investigate significant predictors of affective symptomatology in schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and healthy controls. The sample was of 91 part...

La violencia escolar o bullying constituye una preocupación creciente en la sociedad actual. En los últimos años, ha proliferado la investigación sobre los factores que influyen en esta realidad y las medidas de prevención e intervención llevadas a cabo para hacerle frente. En relación a esto, los resultados sugieren que los programas antibullying...

Employees working in the hospitality industry are constantly exposed to occupational stressors that may lead employees into experiencing the burnout syndrome. Research addressing the interactive effects of control, community and value congruence, to alleviate the impact of workplace demands on experiencing burnout is relatively limited. The present...

Background: Many attempts have been made to abbreviate mindfulness programmes in order to make them more accessible for general and clinical populations while maintaining their therapeutic components and efficacy. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) programme and a 4-week abbreviated ve...

Background: There are few studies devoted to assessing the impact of meditation-intensive retreats on the well-being, positive psychology, and personality of experienced meditators. We aimed to assess whether a 1-month Vipassana retreat: (a) would increase mindfulness and well-being; (b) would increase prosocial personality traits; and (c) whether...

Almost one-third of our lives is spent in the workplace, where much of our interaction with others takes place and where we are exposed to stressful situations. Work-related stress has consequences for the individual's physical and mental health. Stress and professional burnout syndrome are the main consequences of work situations characterized by...

Resumen Las personas invertimos casi un tercio de nuestra vida en el lugar de trabajo, donde se desarrollan gran parte de las relaciones interpersonales y las situaciones de tensión. El estrés laboral asociado a estas conlleva consecuencias para la salud física y mental de las personas. El estrés laboral y el síndrome del profesional quemado (burno...

Mindfulness-based interventions, such as Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) originated in the United States in the 1970s. They were developed in the context of private health care, for patients with a high cultural and socio-economic level and who were highly motivated to practise them. Moreover, the use of mindfulness techniques has mainly...

Background Boredom, which is a common problem in the general population, has been associated with several psychiatric disorders. The Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS) was developed, based on a theoretically and empirically grounded definition of boredom, to assess this construct. The aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric...

Background: One-quarter of the world’s population will suffer from depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Mental health services in developed countries are overburdened. Therefore, cost-effective interventions that provide mental health care solutions such as Web-based psychotherapy programs have been proposed. Objective: The intent of t...

Background: One-quarter of the world’s population will suffer from depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Mental health services in developed countries are overburdened. Therefore, cost-effective interventions that provide mental health care solutions such as Web-based psychotherapy programs have been proposed. Objective: The intent of t...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent and disabling chronic disease. Recent studies have found elevated levels of glutamate in several brain regions, leading to hypotheses about the usefulness of glutamate blocking drugs such as memantine in the treatment of FM. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of memantine in the treatment of pain and...

AimTo evaluate the efficacy of memantine on metabolite levels in different areas of the brain and to determine whether changes in metabolite levels correlate with clinical variables in Fibromyalgia (FM) patients.Methods Doubled-blind parallel randomized controlled trial. Twenty-five patients diagnosed with FM were enrolled in the study. Patients we...

Background: Interest in mindfulness has increased exponentially, particularly in the fields of psychology and medicine. The trait or state of mindfulness is significantly related to several indicators of psychological health, and mindfulness-based therapies are effective at preventing and treating many chronic diseases. Interest in mobile applicat...