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Experiencias de victimización y polivictimización en una muestra clínica de menores: Internalización, externalización y sintomatología psicopatológica general
(Fundació Orienta, 2013-04) Pereda Beltran, Noemí; Abad i Gil, Judit; Guilera Ferré, Georgina
El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la incidencia de victimización en una muestra clínica de adolescentes y evaluar el impacto de la polivictimización en su salud mental. La muestra la integraron 133 adolescentes de entre 12 y 17 años referidos a 13 centros de salud mental infantil y juvenil. Los resultados muestran que los adolescentes atendidos en servicios de salud mental tienen un nivel elevado de victimización, así mismo, ponen de manifiesto que la polivictimización se encuentra significativamente relacionada con el nivel de malestar psicológico, mostrando un impacto mayor que los tipos específicos de victimización.
Brain structure and function related to cognitive reserve variables in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
(Elsevier B.V., 2009-07) Solé Padullés, Cristina; Bartrés Faz, David; Junqué i Plaja, Carme, 1955-; Vendrell i Gómez, Pere; Rami González, Lorena; Clemente, Immaculada; Bosch Capdevila, Beatriz; Villar, Amparo; Bargalló Alabart, Núria; Jurado, Ma. Ángeles (María Ángeles); Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa; Molinuevo, José Luis
Cognitive reserve (CR) is the brain's capacity to cope with cerebral damage to minimize clinical manifestations. The 'passive model' considers head or brain measures as anatomical substrates of CR, whereas the 'active model' emphasizes the use of brain networks effectively. Sixteen healthy subjects, 12 amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 16 cases with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) were included to investigate the relationships between proxies of CR and cerebral measures considered in the 'passive' and 'active' models. CR proxies were inferred premorbid IQ (WAIS Vocabulary test), 'education-occupation', a questionnaire of intellectual and social activities and a composite CR measure. MRI-derived whole-brain volumes and brain activity by functional MRI during a visual encoding task were obtained. Among healthy elders, higher CR was related to larger brains and reduced activity during cognitive processing, suggesting more effective use of cerebral networks. In contrast, higher CR was associated with reduced brain volumes in MCI and AD and increased brain function in the latter, indicating more advanced neuropathology but that active compensatory mechanisms are still at work in higher CR patients. The right superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) and the left superior parietal lobe (BA 7) showed greatest significant differences in direction of slope with CR and activation between controls and AD cases. Finally, a regression analysis revealed that fMRI patterns were more closely related to CR proxies than brain volumes. Overall, inverse relationships for healthy and pathological aging groups emerged between brain structure and function and CR variables.
Structural brain changes and cognition in relation to markers of vascular dysfunction
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-05) Miralbell Blanch, Júlia; Soriano Raya, Juan José; Spulber, Gabriela; López Cancio, Elena; Arenillas, Juan Francisco; Bargalló Alabart, Núria; Galán, Amparo; Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa; Cáceres, Cynthia; Alzamora, María Teresa; Pera, Guillem; Kivipelto, Miia; Wahlund, Lars-Olof; Dávalos, Antoni; Mataró Serrat, Maria
The aim was to investigate the relationship between blood markers of vascular dysfunction with brain microstructural changes and cognition. Eighty-six participants from the Barcelona-Asymptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis (AsIA) neuropsychology study were included. Subjects were 50–65 years old, free from dementia and without history of vascular disease. We assessed correlations of blood levels of inflammatory biomarkers (C-reactive protein [CRP] and resistin) and fibrinolysis inhibitors (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 [PAI-1] and A-lipoprotein (Lp (a)) with fractional anisotropy (FA) measurements of diffusion tensor images (DTI), regional gray matter (GM) volumes and performance in several cognitive domains. Increasing levels of C-reactive protein and PAI-1 levels were associated with white matter (WM) integrity loss in corticosubcortical pathways and association fibers of frontal and temporal lobes, independently of age, sex and vascular risk factors. PAI-1 was also related to lower speed and visuomotor/coordination. None of the biomarkers were related to gray matter volume changes. Our findings suggest that inflammation and dysregulation of the fibrynolitic system may be involved in the pathological mechanisms underlying the WM damage seen in cerebrovascular disease and subsequent cognitive impairment.
Cognitive patterns in relation to biomarkers of cerebrovascular disease and vascular risk factors
(Karger, 2013-10) Miralbell Blanch, Júlia; López Cancio, Elena; López-Olóriz, Jorge; Arenillas, Juan Francisco; Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa; Soriano Raya, Juan José; Galán, Amparo; Cáceres, Cynthia; Alzamora, María Teresa; Pera, Guillem; Toran, Pere; Dávalos, Antoni; Mataró Serrat, Maria
Background: Risk factors for vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) are the same as traditional risk factors for cerebrovascular disease (CVD). Early identification of subjects at higher risk of VCI is important for the development of effective preventive strategies. In addition to traditional vascular risk factors (VRF), circulating biomarkers have emerged as potential tools for early diagnoses, as they could provide in vivo measures of the underlying pathophysiology. While VRF have been consistently linked to a VCI profile (i.e., deficits in executive functions and processing speed), the cognitive correlates of CVD biomarkers remain unclear. In this population-based study, the aim was to study and compare cognitive patterns in relation to VRF and circulating biomarkers of CVD. Methods: The Barcelona-AsIA Neuropsychology Study included 747 subjects older than 50, without a prior history of stroke or coronary disease and with a moderate to high vascular risk (mean age, 66 years; 34.1% women). Three cognitive domains were derived from factoral analysis: visuospatial skills/speed, verbal memory and verbal fluency. Multiple linear regression was used to assess relationships between cognitive performance (multiple domains) and a panel of circulating biomarkers, including indicators of inflammation, C-reactive protein (CRP) and resistin, endothelial dysfunction, asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), thrombosis, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), as well as traditional VRF, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance (homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance index). Analyses were adjusted for age, gender, years of education and depressive symptoms. Results: Traditional VRF were related to lower performance in verbal fluency, insulin resistance accounted for lower performance in visuospatial skills/speed and the metabolic syndrome predicted lower performance in both cognitive domains. From the biomarkers of CVD, CRP was negatively related to verbal fluency performance and increasing ADMA levels were associated with lower performance in verbal memory. Resistin and PAI-1 did not relate to cognitive function performance. Conclusion: Vascular risk factors, and markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction predicted lower performance in several cognitive domains. Specifically, cognitive functions associated with CRP are typically affected in VCI and overlap those related to VRF. ADMA indicated a dissociation in the cognitive profile involving verbal memory. These findings suggest that inflammation and endothelial dysfunction might play a role in the predementia cognitive impairment stages.
Tract-specific fractional anisotropy predicts cognitive outcome in a community sample of middle-aged participants with white matter lesions
(International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2014-05) Soriano Raya, Juan José; Miralbell Blanch, Júlia; López Cancio, Elena; Bargalló Alabart, Núria; Arenillas, Juan Francisco; Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa; Cáceres, Cynthia; Toran, Pere; Alzamora, María Teresa; Dávalos, Antoni; Mataró Serrat, Maria
Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) have been consistently related to cognitive dysfunction but the role of white matter (WM) damage in cognitive impairment is not fully determined. Diffusion tensor imaging is a promising tool to explain impaired cognition related to WMLs. We investigated the separate association of high-grade periventricular hyperintensities (PVHs) and deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMHs) with fractional anisotropy (FA) in middle-aged individuals. We also assessed the predictive value to cognition of FA within specific WM tracts associated with high-grade WMLs. One hundred participants from the Barcelona-AsIA Neuropsychology Study were divided into groups based on low- and high-grade WMLs. Voxel-by-voxel FA were compared between groups, with separate analyses for high-grade PVHs and DWMHs. The mean FA within areas showing differences between groups was extracted in each tract for linear regression analyses. Participants with high-grade PVHs and participants with high-grade DWMHs showed lower FA in different areas of specific tracts. Areas showing decreased FA in high-grade DWMHs predicted lower cognition, whereas areas with decreased FA in high-grade PVHs did not. The predictive value to cognition of specific WM tracts supports the involvement of cortico-subcortical circuits in cognitive deficits only in DWMHs.
Understanding social cognition in children with cerebral palsy: exploring the relationship with executive functions and the intervention outcomes in a randomized controlled trial
(Springer Verlag, 2024-09-01) García-Galant, María; Blasco, Montse; Moral‑Salicrú, Paula; Soldevilla, Jorge; Ballester Plané, Júlia; Laporta-Hoyos, Olga; Caldú i Ferrús, Xavier; Miralbell Blanch, Júlia; Alonso Curcó, Xènia; Toro Tamargo, Esther; Meléndez Plumed, Mar; Gimeno, Francisca; Leiva Ureña, David; Boyd, Roslyn; Pueyo Benito, Roser
Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) experience Social Cognition (SC) difficulties, which could be related to executive functioning. While motor interventions are common, there is limited knowledge about the impact of cognitive interventions on SC in this population. This study examined the relationship between SC and Executive Function (EF) skills and the effectiveness of an EF intervention that included some SC tasks for improving SC in children with CP. SC and EF domains were assessed in 60 participants with CP (30 females; 8–12 years). The relationship between SC and EF baseline scores was analyzed by bivariate correlations and contingency tables. Participants were matched by age, sex, motor ability, and intelligence quotient and randomized into intervention or control groups. The intervention group underwent a 12-week home-based computerized EF intervention. Analysis of covariance was used to examine differences in SC components between groups at post-intervention and 9 months after. Significant positive correlations were found between the SC and EF scores. The frequencies of impaired and average scores in SC were distributed similarly to the impaired and average scores in EFs. The intervention group showed significant improvements in Affect Recognition performance post-intervention, which were maintained at the follow-up assessment, with a moderate effect size. Long-term improvements in Theory of Mind were observed 9 months after. Conclusions: This study highlights the association between SC and EFs. A home-based computerized cognitive intervention program improves SC in children with CP. Including SC tasks in EF interventions may lead to positive short- and long-term effects for children with CP.
Decent Work dimensions as a demand and or a resource: Association with workers’ risk behaviours
(European Commission, 2025-12) Bellu, Alice Persefone Monteiro; Pais, Leonor; Mónico, Lisete S.M.; Berger, Rita, 1959-; da Costa, Maria Clara; dos Santos, Nuno Rebelo
Decent Work (DW), the 8th Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, encompasses seven dimensions, reflecting people’s work aspirations. Using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, this study explores how DW dimensions can simultaneously function as resources (when adequately met) and demands (when requiring significant effort to address deficits). Using a non-experimental, cross-sectional design, with data collected through standardized questionnaires from active workers in Spain (n=1313) and Portugal (n=494), this study explores configurations of DW dimensions as demands and/or resources and their association with self-reported risk behaviours like alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical inactivity. A two-step cluster analysis identified four Decent Work Demands and Resources (DWDaR) profiles: Demanding, Resourceful, Rich, and Poor DW. "Adequate working time and workload" included the highest demand, while "Fundamental principles and values at work" showed the highest resource. The profiles showed significant differences in risk behaviours. The Demanding DW profile was associated with lower alcohol consumption and physical activity compared to the Resourceful DW profile. Participants in the Poor DW profile exhibited lower physical activity than those in the Resourceful DW profile. No significant differences in smoking behaviours were observed among the profiles. This study integrates JD-R theory with DW, offering practical and theoretical implications for policymakers, organizations and future research.
Deep versus periventricular white matter lesions and cognitive function in a community sample of middle-aged participants
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2012) Soriano Raya, Juan José; Miralbell Blanch, Júlia; López Cancio, Elena; Bargalló Alabart, Núria; Arenillas, Juan Francisco; Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa; Cáceres, Cynthia; Toran, Pere; Alzamora, María Teresa; Dávalos, Antoni; Mataró Serrat, Maria
The association of cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) with cognitive status is not well understood in middle-aged individuals. Our aim was to determine the specific contribution of periventricular hyperintensities (PVHs) and deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMHs) to cognitive function in a community sample of asymptomatic participants aged 50 to 65 years. One hundred stroke- and dementia-free adults completed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery and brain MRI protocol. Participants were classified according to PVH and DWMH scores (Fazekas scale). We dichotomized our sample into low grade WMLs (participants without or with mild lesions) and high grade WMLs (participants with moderate or severe lesions). Analyses were performed separately in PVH and DWMH groups. High grade DWMHs were associated with significantly lower scores in executive functioning (−0.45 standard deviations [SD]), attention (−0.42 SD), verbal fluency (−0.68 SD), visual memory (−0.52 SD), visuospatial skills (−0.79 SD), and psychomotor speed (−0.46 SD). Further analyses revealed that high grade DWMHs were also associated with a three- to fourfold increased risk of impaired scores (i.e.,<1.5 SD) in executive functioning, verbal fluency, visuospatial skills, and psychomotor speed. Our findings suggest that only DWMHs, not PVHs, are related to diminished cognitive function in middle-aged individuals. (JINS, 2012, 18, 1–12)
Tractography of sensorimotor pathways in dyskinetic cerebral palsy: Association with motor function
(American Neurological Association, 2024-10) Caldú i Ferrús, Xavier; Reid, Lee B.; Pannek, Kerstin; Fripp, Jurgen; Ballester Plané, Júlia; Leiva Ureña, David; Boyd, Roslyn; Pueyo Benito, Roser; Laporta-Hoyos, Olga
Objectives: Neuroimaging studies of dyskinetic cerebral palsy (CP) are scarce and the neuropathological underpinnings are not fully understood. We delineated the corticospinal tract (CST) and cortico-striatal-thalamocortical (CSTC) pathways with probabilistic tractography to assess their (1) integrity and (2) association with motor functioning in people with dyskinetic CP. Methods: Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance images were obtained for 33 individuals with dyskinetic CP and 33 controls. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) for the CST and the CSTC pathways were compared between groups. Correlation analyses were performed between tensor metric values and motor function scores of participants with dyskinetic CP as assessed by the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), the Bimanual Fine Motor Function (BFMF), and the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS). Results: White matter integrity in both the CST and the CSTC pathways was reduced in people with dyskinetic CP. The GMFCS, MACS and, less commonly, the BFMF were associated with FA and, particularly, MD in most portions of these pathways. Interpretation: The present study advances our understanding of the involvement of white matter microstructure in sensorimotor pathways and its relationship with motor impairment in people with dyskinetic CP. Our results are consistent with well-described relationships between upper limb function and white matter integrity in the CST and CSTC pathways in other forms of CP. This knowledge may ultimately help prognosis and therapeutic programmes.
Navigating identity dilemmas in protest: Everyday discursive strategies of engagement in the Catalan independence movement
(Wiley, 2025-05-22) Pradillo Caimari, Cristina
Over the past decade, large-scale protests have been pivotal in shaping institutional dynamics and triggering societal change. Despite increased academic attention, the understanding of participants' experiences remains limited. This paper argues for adopting an actor-centered perspective to gain novel insights into protest dynamics. Specifically, we focus on the everyday dilemmas of protest participation. We present the Catalan pro-independence protest cycle (2012–2020) as an instrumental case illustrating lay participants' engagement in mass demonstrations. Drawing on 30 open-ended interviews with ordinary actors, we conducted a discursive and rhetorical analysis. Our results show that, when faced with dilemmatic experiences, ordinary participants adopt various discursive strategies that allow them to both engage with and distance themselves from (part of) the movement's collective identity. Four main patterns were identified: avoiding identification with independentism, rejecting the stigmatized characterization of pro-independence participants, framing participation as non-political, and engaging in heterodox participation. Finally, we discuss the role of dilemmas in protest involvement.
On (National) Citizenship and (De)Politicised Nations: Everyday Discourses about the Catalan Secessionist Movement
(PsychOpen, 2023-01-13) Pradillo Caimari, Cristina; Di Masso, Andrés, 1981-; Andreouli, Eleni
This paper examines the Catalan independentist movement understood as a paradigmatic case of secessionist politics in a European context. Drawing on recent rhetorical-psychological studies on citizenship and nationhood, we explore how constructions of citizenship and national identity interweave to shape, warrant, and contest opposing arguments about Catalan independence and Spanish sovereignty. We conducted a discursive-rhetorical analysis of thirty open-ended interviews and one focus group with Catalan residents that held different positions towards independence. The analysis shows that arguments for independence construct secession demands as a citizenship right that, in turn, assumes different versions of the Catalan national community. Arguments against independence reify the Spanish national identity by constructing it as a political community where all citizens have the same rights. Both argumentative poles position “the nation” as a core element in political citizenship discourses. Specifically, we argue that a diversity of citizenship formulations stressing democratic rights, practices, and political traditions, rhetorically work both to support and to challenge otherwise explicitly ethnic, cultural, and civic understandings of nationhood. The article advances a historically situated approach of citizenship and national categories attending to their specific rhetorical mobilisations in current independentist conflicts.
Gentrificación y desposesión de lugar: dinámicas subjetivas del desplazamiento simbólico y la micro-segregación
(Universitat de Barcelona, 2022-05-09) Di Masso, Andrés, 1981-; Berroeta, Héctor; Pradillo Caimari, Cristina; Aleu-Barnadas, Laia
La gentrificación es un proceso de transformación urbanística que provoca desplazamientos excluyentes de la población residente y su sustitución progresiva por grupos sociales de mayor poder adquisitivo. A la expulsión directa o indirecta de población se añade el desplazamiento simbólico de quienes continúan residiendo en el lugar. El desplazamiento simbólico se define por un conjunto de afectaciones y malestares psicosociales asociados a la ruptura, debilitamiento o pérdida sentidas del vínculo personal, socio-afectivo y comunitario de la persona con su entorno de vida, es decir, por un proceso simbólico de desposesión de lugar. Este artículo examina algunas de las principales dinámicas subjetivas que articulan la desposesión de lugar, a partir de un estudio cualitativo de caso basado en entrevistas en movimiento a residentes y ex residentes en un barrio de Barcelona. Desde un enfoque micro-político que interpreta el desplazamiento simbólico como expresión en el plano ‘psi’ de prácticas capitalistas de des/re-subjetivación para la revalorización del capital, destacamos tres dinámicas simbólicas: dislocaciones de la identidad de lugar que debilitan el sentimiento de agencia; rearticulaciones del apego al lugar que psicologizan el vínculo afectivo con el entorno; y micro-segregaciones como expulsiones interiores que representan al mismo tiempo la vulneración y la expresión del derecho a habitar. El artículo pretende aportar elementos ‘psi’ útiles para la crítica y la politización del malestar en la gentrificación.
The lived experience of class cleansing: reshaping sense of place in a gentrified neighbourhood
(Routledge, 2025-12-01) Pradillo Caimari, Cristina; Aleu-Barnadas, Laia; Balinhas, Daniel; Di Masso, Andrés, 1981-
Gentrification is a capitalist urban transformation process whereby working-class residents are progressively replaced by wealthier ones, affecting the people-place bonds of those who manage to stay. In a process known as class cleansing, new cultural codes reshape the urban landscape redefining class identities. Drawing on this argument, we explore everyday class experiences in the gentrified neighbourhood of El Poblenou (Barcelona) conducting a reflexive thematic analysis attuned to discursive dynamics through 22 walking interviews. We develop three themes. The first theme examines the relation between class identities and the neighbourhood’s economic model. The second addresses commercial displacement. The third investigates the (re)creation of iconic spaces. Results reveal participants’ diverse and ambivalent experiences of place, catalysed by the blurring of El Poblenou’s working-class identity, and how residents manage their sense of place. We offer a critical social-psychological approach to examining the spatial arrangement of everyday socioeconomic inequalities.
La subjetivación política en la protesta: una aproximación psicopolítica al procés catalán
(Universitat de Barcelona, 2022-05-09) Pradillo Caimari, Cristina; Di Masso, Andrés, 1981-
En este artículo nos aproximamos al movimiento catalán del Procés desde una perspectiva psicopolítica explorando la imbricación de las dimensiones psicológica y política. A través de las tensiones fundamentales de la noción de subjetivación política (agencia-estructura y reproducción-transformación) analizamos la experiencia cotidiana de este movimiento sociopolítico nacionalista ilustrando la expresión subjetiva de las dinámicas ideológicas y globales. En concreto, focalizamos en el potencial transformador de la reproducción de la lógica estatal sirviéndonos del concepto bourdeasiano de habitus. Argumentamos que la óptica de la subjetivación política nos ofrece una comprensión situada de los constructos “psi” destacando su papel fundamental en los movimientos sociopolíticos reconociendo tanto su carácter dilemático como su potencial transformador.
What is so good about walking interviews? Expanding the geo-indexical virtues of making meaning on the move
(Routledge, 2025-02-12) Di Masso, Andrés, 1981-; Santoro Lamelas, Valeria; Vivas Elías, Pep; Pradillo Caimari, Cristina; Aleu-Barnadas, Laia; Berroeta, Héctor; Solano-Molina, Raúl
Mobile methods allow unveiling or better grasping often “hidden” aspects of social processes and subjective dimensions of the human experience of place. Specifically, they demand nuanced attention to the geosemiotic, assembled, and intersubjective nature of the units at play when researching social and subjective worlds on the move. Based on the existing literature and empirical work conducted in different contexts by the co-authors of this article, we aim to provide new insights on the situated “kinetics” of meaning construction with three main contributions to qualitative place research in psychology. First, we briefly summarize the methodological strengths of “walking interviews” according to existing literature. Second, we advocate an interpretive approach to meaning-making in WI grounded on geo-indexicality and place-assemblage as their main onto-epistemological lenses. Finally, we provide a conceptual reorganization and integration of the methodological strengths of walking interviews according to five overarching geo-indexical dimensions: eductive, epistemic, ethical-political, performative, and metonymic.
Proposing Necessary but not Sufficient Conditions Analysis as a Complement of Traditional Effect Size Measures with an Illustrative Example
(MDPI, 2022-07-31) Greco, Ana Martina; Guilera Ferré, Georgina; Maldonado‑Murciano, Laura; Gómez Benito, Juana; Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa
Even though classic effect size measures (e.g., Pearson’s r, Cohen’s d) are widely applied in social sciences, the threshold used to interpret them is somewhat arbitrary. This study proposes necessary condition analysis (NCA) to complement traditional methods. We explain NCA in light of the current limitations of classical techniques, highlighting the advantages in terms of interpretation and translation into practical terms and recognizing its weaknesses. To do so, we provide an example by testing the link between three independent variables with a relevant outcome in a sample of 235 subjects. The traditional Pearson’s coefficient was obtained, and NCA was used to test if any of the predictors were necessary but not sufficient conditions. Our study also obtains outcome and condition inefficiency as well as NCA bottlenecks. Comparison and interpretation of the traditional and NCA results were made considering recommendations. We suggest that NCA can complement correlation analyses by adding valuable and applicable information, such as if a variable is needed to achieve a certain outcome level and to what degree.
Cognitive conflicts in major depression: Between desired change and personal coherence
(Wiley, 2014-04-16) Feixas i Viaplana, Guillem; Montesano del Campo, Adrián; Compañ, Victoria; Salla Martínez, Marta; Dada, Gloria; Pucurull, Olga; Trujillo, Adriana; Paz, Clara; Muñoz Cano, Dámaris; Gasol, Miquel; Saúl Gutiérrez, Luis Ángel; Lana, Fernando; Bros, Ignasi; Ribeiro, Eugénia; Winter, David A., 1950-; Carrera Fernández, María Jesús; Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan, 1958-
Objectives: The notion of intrapsychic conflict has been present in psychopathology for more than a century within different theoretical orientations. However, internal conflicts have not received enough empirical attention, nor has their importance in depression been fully elaborated. This study is based on the notion of cognitive conflict, understood as implicative dilemma (ID), and on a new way of identifying these conflicts by means of the Repertory Grid Technique. Our aim was to explore the relevance of cognitive conflicts among depressive patients. Design: Comparison between persons with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and community controls. Methods: A total of 161 patients with major depression and 110 non-depressed participants were assessed for presence of IDs and level of symptom severity. The content of these cognitive conflicts was also analysed. Results: Repertory grid analysis indicated conflict (presence of ID/s) in a greater proportion of depressive patients than in controls. Taking only those grids with conflict, the average number of IDs per person was higher in the depression group.In addition, participants with cognitive conflicts displayed higher symptom severity. Within the clinical sample, patients with IDs presented lower levels of global functioning and a more frequent history of suicide attempts. Conclusions: Cognitive conflicts were more prevalent in depressive patients and were associated with clinical severity. Conflict assessment at pre-therapy could aid in treatment planning to fit patient characteristics. Practitioner points: Internal conflicts have been postulated in clinical psychology for a long time but there is little evidence about its relevance due to the lack of methods to measure them. We developed a method for identifying conflicts using the Repertory Grid Technique. Depressive patients have higher presence and number of conflicts than controls. Conflicts (implicative dilemmas) can be a new target for intervention in depression. Cautions/Limitations: A cross-sectional design precluded causal conclusions.The role of implicative dilemmas in the causation or maintenance of depression cannot be ascertained from this study.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS : Academic Performance and Factors Among Spanish Students
(Congrés Internacional de Docència Universitària i Innovació (CIDUI), 2025-11-30) Yingying, Chen; Suárez, Maria del Mar; Sánchez, Alberto; Calderón Garrido, Caterina; Gustems Carnicer, Josep; Oriola Requena, Salvador; Selvam, Rejina Mary; Romeo Delgado, Marina; Fuentes Moreno, Concha; Masanet, Maria-Jose
This was a cross-sectional, prospective, exploratory study that combined descriptive and correlational methodologies by means of questionnaires. The sample consisted of 610 students undertaking the early childhood education degree, primary education degree or double degree at the University of Barcelona. Using descriptive and correlational methods, the study found a moderate level of academic engagement. Academic performance (average grade) and the subscales of vigour, dedication and absorption (as facilitating variables) were identified as being involved in the development and maintenance of academic engagement.The findings aim to inform and enhance tutorial action plans to improve student engagement in teacher training programs.
Good Practices in the Assessment of Victimization: The Spanish Adaptation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire
(American Psychological Association, 2018-01-01) Pereda Beltran, Noemí; Gallardo-Pujol, David; Guilera Ferré, Georgina
Objective: To provide the first validity evidence for the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ) under the causal indicators approach, using lifetime experiences of victimization in a community sample of adolescents, and to explore the associations between polyvictimization and psychopathological symptoms. Method: The final sample comprised 804 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years (M = 14.52, SD = 1.76) and recruited from 7 secondary schools in northeastern Spain. Victimization experiences and psychopathological symptoms were assessed through the JVQ (Finkelhor, Hamby, Ormrod, & Turner, 2005) and the Youth Self-Report (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001). Results: There were low correlations between JVQ items, indicating that victimization events tend to be independent. The causal indicators model for causing psychological distress fitted the data, explaining up to 38% and 40% of the variance in internalizing and externalizing symptoms, respectively. Conclusions: An inappropriate approach to validation can have important consequences for applied research into victimization. Using a causal indicators approach it can be concluded that the JVQ is a valid assessment instrument that can obtain relevant information regarding victimization directly from children and adolescents. This information can be used to help tailor clinical interventions to the needs of child and adolescent victims.
Spanish Version of the Netherlands Empowerment List: Adaptation, Psychometric Validation, and Gender Differential Item Functioning Analysis
(Springer Verlag, 2025) Sampietro, Hernán María; Guilera Ferré, Georgina; Berrío Beltrán, Ángela; Barrios Cerrejón, M. Teresa; Rojo Rodés, José Emilio; Boevink, Wilma; Kroon, Hans; Gómez Benito, Juana
There is a lack of valid instruments to measure empowerment in Spanish-speaking populations. This study aimed to adapt the Netherlands Empowerment List (NEL), a 40-item scale, into Spanish and to test its psychometric properties examining its dimensional structure, internal consistency, temporal stability, relationships with other variables, and differential item functioning by gender. Participants were 406 users of mental health community rehabilitation services (52.5% male), with a mean age of 47.8 years. Results confirmed a six first-order factor structure of the scale. Internal consistency was excellent for the total score and ranged from excellent to adequate for subscale scores. Temporal stability was excellent for four subscales and good for the remaining two. The analysis of relationships between the Spanish NEL with other variables (i.e., empowerment, recovery, hope, perceived social support) provided additional evidence of its validity. Although four items showed uniform differential item functioning by gender, the effect size was negligible. The Spanish NEL yields valid and reliable scores, and it may be used to assess empowerment in Spanish-speaking countries.

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