Rocío Guil

Universidad de Cádiz | UCA · Department of Psychology

PURPOSE Pain is the second most frequent symptom reported in patients with cancer, due to its multidimensional characteristics involving cognitive and central sensitization mechanisms that require other intervention strategies. Modern pain neuroscience has improved the understanding of pain, including the role of sensitization in pain intervention...

Disruptive behaviors in the classroom are a cause of concern for schools and educational researchers because of their impact on the rhythm of the class, harming students and teachers. The literature links the use of different coping strategies with disruptive behavior, with controversy regarding the frequency in which boys and girls engage in them,...

Introduction: Emotional Intelligence (EI), defined as the ability to perceive, identify, understand, and regulate emotional states is related to health outcomes. In this line, some studies examined this personal resource in the cancer area and, specifically, in breast cancer. Also, the different models and measures have led to a categorisation cons...

El cáncer de mama es una afección médica considerada como un problema de salud pública, dada su elevada incidencia. Las personas que lo padecen ven afectadas diversas áreas de su vida cotidiana. En el plano psicológico, el miedo a las consecuencias derivadas de la enfermedad, a la muerte o los efectos secundarios de los tratamientos médicos, como,...

Introduction Pain is the second most frequent symptom reported in patients with cancer among the main reasons for consultation. The incorporation of educational modalities in pain intervention processes has been suggested. This study aims to examine the efficacy of neuroscience pain education (PNE) in relation to pain, biopsychosocial variables and...

Background The specialized literature shows that breast cancer (BC) survivors have a certain vulnerability to express anxiety about the changes that the disease entails in their lives. Breast cancer is a specific adverse circumstance, but women who have not experienced this disease may also be exposed to other anxiety-provoking life crises. In both...

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the role of emotion regulation and subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) in the work ability of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Methods: A total of 623 women, divided into two groups, BC survivors (N=43) and healthy controls (N=580), completed our online survey that included the Work Ability Index, the Trait-Meta-...

Objective: This study aimed to explore (1) the levels of quality of life (psychosocial, physical and sexual well-being) and breast satisfaction in breast cancer patients (BCP) after immediate reconstruction (IR), considering surgery reason and surgical technique, and (2) the explanatory and predictive capacity of psychosocial well-being on breast...

Psycho-oncology research suggests that positive personal changes can occur after experiencing breast cancer. These changes can be understood as post-traumatic growth (PTG) and seem to be determined by emotional self-efficacy perception. This study aims to investigate the existence of different profiles of PTG and perceived emotional intelligence (P...

Breast cancer is the malignancy with the highest incidence in women worldwide. The empirical evidence is inconsistent with the prevalence of depression among breast cancer survivors (BCS), pointing to emotional competencies as protective factors against affective disorders. However, the mechanisms through which these competencies favor a more adapt...

The restrictive measures put into place to control the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have prompted the need to study the possible health impacts in the middle term. Deprivation of the fundamental right to mobility results in an increase in affective disorders and the risks that they entail for the population. The goal of this study is to examine anxiet...

Background The aim of this manuscript is to analyze the degrees of responsibility for healing that psychotherapists attribute to a set of emotional variables of the therapist involved in the therapeutic process. Such variables, framed within the well-known common factors in psychotherapy, have been proven to be essential in making the therapeutic p...

The pandemic generated by COVID-19 is one of the most complex challenges humanity has faced in recent years. This study aims to explore the levels of dispositional optimism, resilience and psychological well-being in the sociodemographic and economic situation produced during the state of alarm and to investigate the resilience mediation between op...

Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common neoplasm in women worldwide, considered a global public health problem. Among BC women, some of the most common psychological symptoms in the adaptation to the disease are reduction in self-esteem and distorted body image (BI). Although there are numerous studies with the goal of promoting different psychologic...

Nowadays, students are experiencing difficult and stressful situations due to the Global Pandemic Alert. This changing world can evoke negative emotions that have been traditionally linked to higher anxiety. Researches have been focused on the positive outcomes of trait emotional intelligence (TEI) preventing psychological disorders. However, the p...

La psicología y el márketing del consumidor es una disciplina que se encuentra en constante evolución. El conocimiento y los gustos manifestados por los consumidores sobre pruebas de testeo o formatos relacionados con el branding han perfilado campañas publicitarias y de marketing de éxito en infinidad de productos. En España, y en el mundo vitivin...

Cancer is a chronic disease that causes the most deaths in the world, being a public health problem nowadays. Even though breast cancer affects the daily lives of patients, many women become resilient after the disease, decreasing the impact of the diagnosis. Based on a positive psychology approach, the concept of co-vitality arises understood as a...

Purpose This study aimed to explore work ability (WA) in breast cancer (BC) survivors and to examine the mechanism by which perceived emotional intelligence (PEI) acts as a covitality factor that preserves WA and promotes the return to work in this clinical population. Methods The sample was composed of 622 women divided into two groups: BC surviv...

Alcohol consumption in young people is a public health problem. Due to the harmful consequences and the large population using alcoholic substances, it would be important to determine the biological, psychological, and social factors associated with alcohol use and abuse. The main object of this study is to explore which components of impulsivity,...

La psicología y el márketing del consumidor es una disciplina que se encuentra en constante evolución. El conocimiento y los gustos manifestados por los consumidores sobre pruebas de testeo o formatos relacionados con el branding han perfilado campañas publicitarias y de marketing de éxito en infinidad de productos. En España, y en el mundo vitivin...

Resilience is of great importance in the prevention of psychological or emotional difficulty in adverse situations. In order for people to develop the ability to resist and emerge strengthened after suffering traumatic situations, existence of these adverse events is necessary. Authors are agree on the relationship between resilience and psychologi...

The prevalence of mental disorders in primary care has been the subject of numerous studies and is between 24 and 30% in our environment. However, only between one third and half of the cases are correctly recognized by the Primary Care physician, no differences were found in attitudes or knowledge between Primary Care physician with training via M...

Breast cancer diagnosis involves, in many cases, a traumatic event experience that increases vulnerability to suffer mental disorders such depression. However, despite the suffering, women are more strengthened and resilient after overcoming with disease. The purpose of this study was: 1) To explore depression and resilience in women survivors of b...

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG now on) can be understood as the positive change that an individual experiences as a result of a traumatic event. Breast cancer can be considered as a traumatic situation due both to the diagnosis impact and to the administered treatments. However, regardless of suffering a serious illness, all people face traumatic situa...

Emotional intelligence and anxiety in women. The Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women (United Nations, 1995) declares the right to enjoy full physical and mental health, understood as a state of emotional, social and physical well-being. Following these principles, the Womens Foundation of Cádiz Government promotes different activities to...

Anxiety is one of the psychological disorders more registered in general population and with a greater presence in the university area (Agudelo, Casadiegos & Sánchez, 2008). The new demands, the competitiveness and the vertiginous changes threaten the mental health of many undergraduate students (Martínez-Otero, 2014). Thus, the objective of this r...

Resilience as a predictor of depression in women with breast cancer. Breast cancer diagnosis involves, in many cases, a traumatic event experience that increases vulnerability to suffer mental disorders such depression. However, despite the suffering, women are more strengthened and resilient after overcoming with disease. The purpose of this study...

Entendemos por Crecimiento Postraumático (CPT en adelante) el cambio positivo que un individuo puede llegar a experimentar tras un suceso traumático. Padecer cáncer de mama constituye una experiencia traumática, tanto por el impacto del diagnóstico, como por los tratamientos administrados. No obstante, toda persona vivencia momentos traumáticos a l...

RESUMEN La resiliencia presenta una gran importancia en la prevención del malestar psicológico o emo-cional ante situaciones adversas. Para que las personas desarrollen la capacidad de resistir y salir fortalecidas tras haber sufrido situaciones traumáticas, es necesario la existencia de estos aconte-cimientos adversos. Son varios los autores que c...

Breast cancer is the most common neoplasia in women worldwide. Medical advances in prognosis and treatments have improved survival rates, however, many women report physical and psychological problems derived from the impact and the administered treatments that can undermine breast cancer survivors’ workability. Given that breast cancer occurs at w...

The current study analyzed how trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) mediates the relationship between self-esteem and state anxiety and trait anxiety. The sample was composed of 153 undergraduate students from the University of Cádiz, Spain (71.9% women and 28.1% men). Students completed measures of self-esteem, state anxiety, trait anxiety, and...

Gray (1970, 1981, 1987) proposed a behavioral motivation theory (Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, RST), which describes the Behavioral Activation/Approach System (BAS) and the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS). Some studies relate higher activation of BAS to positive affect, whereas BIS activation is linked to negative affect, particularly to hig...

En este trabajo presentamos una guía para elaborar programas específicos destinados a desarrollar la inteligencia emocional (en adelante IE) en infantes de 0 a 3 años por considerar que, antes de aplicar programas para edades superiores, resulta fundamental entender cómo se han realizado los aprendizajes previos. El estudio se fundamenta en tres cu...

It is examined if the relationship empirically demonstrated between health and face-to-face social interactions is confirmed when it is virtual. The objective is to know if the perception of psychological well-being and receiving social support would explain the frequency of participation in virtual social networks (VSN). An ex-post-facto design wa...

RESUMEN Los informes de la OMS sobre la salud de jóvenes de 20 a 24 años, indican numerosos factores de riesgos sanitarios que aumentan las cargas de morbilidad, siendo además esta actual cohorte de jóvenes la mayor que ha existido jamás en el mundo. Entre estos factores, se citan los trastornos psicopatológicos de ansiedad y depresión, alteracione...

La Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica (SEOM, 2017) señala que el cáncer de mama es la neoplasia más frecuente en mujeres españolas. En las últimas décadas ha aumentado el número de estudios desde una óptica salutogénica. Así, la resiliencia, enmarcada dentro de la psicología positiva, es la capacidad de las personas para resistir y sobreponerse...

La gestión emocional se plantea como uno de los retos emergentes en la sociedad actual. Eneste sentido, el ámbito educativo se presenta como uno de los pioneros en el diseño e implementación de programas que promueven su desarrollo, favoreciendo en el alumnado sus competencias sociales y personales (Guil y Gil-Olarte, 2007). De acuerdo con la norma...

Los informes de la OMS sobre la salud de jóvenes de 20 a 24 años, indican numerosos factores de riesgos sanitarios que aumentan las cargas de morbilidad, siendo además esta actual cohorte de jóvenes la mayor que ha existido jamás en el mundo. Entre estos factores, se citan los trastornos psicopatológicos de ansiedad y depresión, alteraciones alimen...

University life is full of stressful stimuli that can contribute to psychological distress and lower performance levels. Despite academic demands, university students also face new stressors, such as different social networks, financial changes, and adaptation to new family and social roles that may have a negative impact on their mental health (Pi...

El uso de las Terapias de Tercera Generación se ha intensificado en todos los ámbitos de la psicología relacionados con la salud. La Atención plena (Mindfulness) se ha postulado como una de las principales opciones elegidas de entre los profesionales, volviéndose una práctica de uso ascendente en el ejercicio clínico y el desarrollo de una buena sa...

La diabetes tipo 1 (DT1) es la enfermedad crónica más común en la infancia y adolescencia. El tratamiento de esta enfermedad es complejo y requiere de inyecciones diarias de insulina, controles rutinarios del nivel de glucosa, hábitos dietéticos específcos, y realización de ejercicio físico para mantener así los niveles de glucosa lo más ajustado p...

Earlier research has identified a remarkable number of related factors to resilience during adolescence. Historically, theoretical treatments of resilience have been focused almost exclusively on psychosocial levels of analysis to derive explanatory models. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of emotion regulation explaining co...

It is necessary that Psychology continues to devote efforts to map psychosocial risks in different occupations, as well as to facilitate the understanding of the relationship between risks and consequences, including the role of vulnerability and protective factors. This study brings as a novelty the evaluation of psychosocial risks in a group that...

La diabetes tipo 1 es una de las enfermedades crónicas más comunes en la infancia y la adolescencia según la American Diabetes Association (2009). Requiere un tratamiento complejo que implica la atención constante por parte de los cuidadores principales, que suelen ser las madres (Garcia-Campayo, Sanz-Carrillo, & Tazon-Ansola, 2009). Esto a su vez...

Introducción: El cáncer de mama es el tipo de neoplasia más frecuente en mujeres de nuestro país, según la Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica (SEOM, 2016), provocando un gran número de muertes al año. Además, esta enfermedad presenta unas peculiaridades específicas que hacen que ejerza una influencia, tanto por el impacto del diagnostico, por lo...

La recomendación del ejercicio físico como estrategia de prevención y promoción de la salud se ha establecido tanto en el ámbito sanitario como en el psicológico. A pesar del aumento del flujo de investigación en los últimos años, se es consciente de la necesidad de incrementar el respaldo empírico de las relaciones entre la actividad física y la c...

La impulsividad y la búsqueda de sensaciones son elementos esenciales en los estudios psicológicos interesados en contribuir a la salud y bienestar de las personas ya que se encuentran relacionados con conductas poco saludables (adictivas, disruptivas y antisociales). La juventud es una etapa que se caracteriza por una mayor frecuencia de comportam...

People are constantly perceiving and paying attention to innumerable details about verbal and non-verbal language. Such information is processed and analyzed, although the interpretation may be inaccurated (Andrzejewski, 2009). We would be talking about Social Sensitivity (or Interpersonal Sensitivity) which is the ability to feel, perceive and giv...

RESUMEN Family and school adolescent communicative context, and sexual behaviour. La adolescencia es considerada como un periodo especialmente sensible en el proceso evoluti-vo del ser humano. Es en este periodo donde se van a adquirir determinados comportamientos denominados de riesgo para el adolescente. El objetivo fundamental se centra en anali...

RESUMEN La finalidad del estudio fue examinar la regulación emocional en jóvenes deportistas, integran-tes de un equipo de fútbol masculino entre 16 y 17 años, ante situaciones desfavorables en com-petición. Primero, se analizaron las relaciones entre diferentes aspectos psicoemocionales: Inteligencia Emocional medida con la Trait Meta-Mood Scale-2...

RESUMEN La impulsividad y la búsqueda de sensaciones son elementos esenciales en los estudios psico-lógicos interesados en contribuir a la salud y bienestar de las personas ya que se encuentran rela-cionados con conductas poco saludables (adictivas, disruptivas y antisociales). La juventud es una etapa que se caracteriza por una mayor frecuencia de...

RESUMEN El cáncer de mama es una de las tipologías de cáncer más frecuente en España. La mayoría de los estudios en Psicooncología se centran en el abordaje de la psicopatología commorbida, como la ansiedad y la depresión. Varios autores han informado de relación entre variables como el optimis-mo disposicional y la resiliencia, respecto al bienest...

RESUMEN: Desde que la Inteligencia Emocional (IE) fue desarrollada en 1990 (Salovey y Mayer, 1990), era cuestión de tiempo que se desarrollaran aplicaciones como en la educación, entre otros. De hecho, proliferaron programas específicos de IE, de menor temporalidad y de complicada incardinación en los proyectos de centro. Sin embargo, hay una alter...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common childhood diseases. Parents or caregivers of children who suffer this disease have to carry out a reorganisation in their everyday habits. As a consequence, the disease generates a significant level of stress, affecting the psychological well-being of parents and children. Consequently, this h...

Internet y móvil son TIC de gran incidencia a nivel social. Aunque proporcionan innumerables ventajas, también pueden complicarnos la vida si se hace un uso inadecuado de las mismas. Los objetivos del estudio fueron caracterizar el posible uso problemático de Internet y móvil y las posibles relaciones con factores psicológicos. Para ello, se recogi...

Internet y móvil son TIC de gran incidencia a nivel social. Aunque proporcionan innumerables ventajas, también pueden complicarnos la vida si se hace un uso inadecuado de las mismas. Los objetivos del estudio fueron caracterizar el posible uso problemático de Internet y móvil y las posibles relaciones con factores psicológicos. Para ello, se...

Attentional lapses are usually defined as temporary and often brief shifts of attention away from some primary task to unrelated internal information processing. This study addressed the incidence of attention lapses and differences in attentional functioning in 30 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 26 healthy children,...

Emotional intelligence (EI) stands at the nexus between intelligence and emotion disciplines, and we outline how EI research might be better integrated within both theoretical frameworks. From the former discipline, empirical research focused upon whether EI is an intelligence and what type of intelligence it constitutes. It is clear that ability-b...

A poorly understood aspect in deaf people is their cognitive emotion information processing abilities. Deaf people have more difficulties to distinguish the tone, intensity and rhythm of the language that listener people. When deaf people that they acquired deafness oral communication system, so they achieve a greater development of self and unders...

Emotional intelligence (EI) stands at the nexus between intelligence and emotion disciplines, and we outline how EI research might be better integrated within both theoretical frameworks. From the former discipline, empirical research focused upon whether EI is an intelligence and what type of intelligence it constitutes. It is clear that ability-b...

In this response to the critiques of Fontaine (2016) and Hughes and Evans (2016), we touch on main points of consensus and contention, and offer some suggestions for future programs of research.

Con el propósito de analizar el papel de la inteligencia emocional en la resiliencia educativa en alumnado de Educación Secundaria de centros educativos ubicados en contextos de vulnerabilidad social de la provincia de Cádiz, se realizó un estudio en una muestra de 185 estudiantes de secundaria (entre 14 y 16 años). Para evaluar la capacidad cognit...

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between Perceived Psychological well-being, Optimism and Resilience in women survivors of breast cancer. Method: The sample was composed of 30 women diagnosed with breast cancer who were undergoing adjuvant treatment in Oncology Units General Hospital of Jerez de la Frontera and the University Hospital Puerta...