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Psychological treatments to improve quality of life in cancer contexts: A meta-analysis
This study aimed to analyze the effects of psychological treatments on quality of life among cancer patients and survivors. Additionally, it was explored the moderating influence of some medical- and treatment-related features on these effects. Scientific studies published between 1970 and 2012 were analyzed. Seventy-eight studies were included in a meta-analysis. Concerns related to samples, interventions, and standard of methodological evidence were explored across the studies. A significant overall effect size of psychological interventions was revealed (g =.35). Clinical state and use of adjuvant psychological treatmen...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - August 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychometric properties of a Spanish-version of the Schizophrenia Objective Functioning Instrument (Sp-SOFI)
Publication date: Available online 25 August 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Susana Al-Halabí, Pilar A. Sáiz, Marlén Garrido, Gonzalo Galván, María José Casares, María Teresa Bobes-Bascarán, Eva M. Díaz-Mesa, Patricia Burón, Leticia García-Álvarez, Javier Suárez-Álvarez, José Muñiz, M. Paz García-Portilla, Julio Bobes The Schizophrenia Objective Functioning Instrument (SOFI) is an interviewer-administered scale designed to objectively assess the actual level of patient functioning and to measure community functioning related to co...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - August 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Predictors of response to cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder
This study examined demographic, symptomatic and cognitive predictors of outcome in 79 participants undertaking individualised cognitive-behavioural therapy for OCD. After investigating differences between treatment completers and non-completers, we examined treatment response as defined by post-treatment symptom severity and clinically reliable change, as well as predictors of treatment response. Completers were less likely to present with co-morbidity. The treatment was highly efficacious irrespective of whether completer or intention-to-treat analysis was undertaken, with 58% of treatment completers considered “recove...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - August 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A longitudinal study of symptoms beliefs in hypertension
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Genoveva Granados-Gámez, Jesús G. Roales-Nieto, Ana Gil-Luciano, Emilio Moreno-San Pedro, Verónica V. Márquez-Hernández A longitudinal study was conducted to assess the presence of beliefs about symptoms related to hypertension and the time since diagnosis in which they appear. A randomly selected sample of hypertensive patients (67% women, mean age 53.27 years and range 20-65) was divided into four groups according to the time from diagnosis. All patients (N =171) were interviewed a...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - August 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Spanish adaptation and validation of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale for early adolescents (BIS-11-A)
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Víctor Martínez-Loredo, José Ramón Fernández-Hermida, Sergio Fernández-Artamendi, José Luis Carballo, Olaya García-Rodríguez Impulsivity has been associated with several psychiatric disorders such as substance abuse. The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) is one of the most commonly administered self-reports for the assessment of impulsiveness in both research and clinical settings. There is a version for adolescents called BIS-11-A, which has not been yet properly adapted to S...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - August 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Parental and individual predictors of trajectories of depressive symptoms in Chilean adolescents
Publication date: Available online 1 August 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Patricio Cumsille, M. Loreto Martínez, Viviana Rodríguez, Nancy Darling Depressive symptoms are prevalent in adolescence, but not all adolescents experience the same level or evolution of symptoms, suggesting the need to identify differences in trajectories of symptoms. We used Growth Mixture Modeling to analyze different trajectories of depressive symptoms in a sample of 1,072 Chilean adolescents (12-15 years old, 54% female). First, a baseline model was selected and then adolescent irri...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - August 2, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Profile of partner aggressors as a function of risk of recidivism
Publication date: Available online 22 June 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Bartolomé Llor-Esteban , Jesús J. García-Jiménez , José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández , Carmen Godoy-Fernández Partner aggressors present psychopathological, criminal, and sociodemographic characteristics that have been used for classification in typologies. The goal of the present work was to identify profile of aggressors as a function of the risk of recidivism, and assess whether there correspondence with type of offenders proposed by Holtzworth–Munroe and Stuart. The sample was made up of ...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The assessment of emotional and Behavioural problems: Internal structure of The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Publication date: Available online 22 June 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Javier Ortuño-Sierra , Edurne Chocarro , Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero , Sylvia Sastre i Riba , José Muñiz The main purpose of this study was to analyze the internal structure and measurement invariance across gender and age of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), self-reported version, in Spanish adolescents. The sample consisted of 1,547 participants, 606 were male (39.1%), with a mean age of 15.15 years (SD =1.99). Results from the confirmatory factor analysis showed a five-facto...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Personal Outcomes Scale
Publication date: Available online 11 June 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Maria Carbó-Carreté , Joan Guàrdia-Olmos , Climent Giné Personal outcomes-related quality of life provides information about the impact of individualized supports and services that are provided to people with intellectual disability. The Personal Outcomes Scale (POS) is a valid and reliable instrument that measures these outcomes using two parts, self-report and report by others. Based on the POS, the aim of this study is to provide a new psychometric study of the instrument that allows the e...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Exercise and Epstein's TARGET for treatment of depressive symptoms: A randomized study
This study was designed with a dual goal: (1) to compare the change in the scores of depressive symptoms by means of the implementation of three intervention programs in comparison to a control group: a) based on Epstein's TARGET (ET), b) without TARGET strategies (NET), and c) under conditions of active exercise (AE); and (2) to analyze whether the Self-determination Index (SDI) predicts the reduction of depressive symptoms. The participants (N =106; 68 females and 38 males), aged between 18-30 years, were randomly assigned to one of the groups. Each treatment lasted 8 weeks (3hours/week). Of the ET participants, 59.26% s...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Voucher-based contingency management and in-treatment behaviors in smoking cessation treatment
Publication date: Available online 6 June 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Carla López-Núñez , Víctor Martínez-Loredo , Sara Weidberg , Irene Pericot-Valverde , Roberto Secades-Villa A high percentage of patients relapse within months following an attempt to quit smoking. For this reason, greater understanding of the determinants of successful smoking cessation is needed. The present study assessed the effect of Contingency Management (CM) combined with Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment (CBT) on certain in-treatment behaviors (treatment retention, in-treatment smokin...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Neurofeedback, pharmacological treatment and behavioral therapy in hyperactivity: Multilevel analysis of treatment effects on electroencephalography
The objectives of this study are: a) to analyze individual trajectories over time of each child in treatment, from specific measures of EEG (theta/beta ratio/TBR) considering age and sex and b) to determine the therapeutic effect on attentional and behavioral variables evaluated through the Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test. A total of 57 children (7-14 years) diagnosed with ADHD, were randomly assigned to one of the following experimental conditions: 1) 30 Theta/Beta training sessions, 2) Methylphenidate treatment and, 3) Behavior therapy administered according to a cognitive-behavioral protocol b...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychometric properties of an instrument to measure family disease management
Publication date: Available online 6 June 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Joaquín Salvador Lima-Rodríguez , Marta Lima-Serrano , Isabel Domínguez-Sánchez An instrumental study of 392 households with sick or disabled members was conducted to analyze the psychometric properties of the Family Disease Management Scale. Three different models were analyzed using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). One was a single-dimensional factor (family disease management) with 30 items; and two hierarchical models with three factors, which represent the dimensions, family suppor...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - June 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Psychometric properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS)
The objective of this study is to analyse the psychometric properties of the Health Professionals Communication Skills Scale (HP-CSS), which evaluates the communication skills that health professionals use to relate to their patients. The sample consisted of 410 health professionals in the region of Murcia, Spain, and 517 in the province of Alicante, Spain. We obtained descriptive statistics and discrimination indices of the items, the internal structure of the scale using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the internal consistency, the temporal stability, and the external evidence of validity. The results ...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - May 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Risk factors associated with cybervictimization in adolescence
Publication date: Available online 14 April 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): David Álvarez-García , José Carlos Núñez Pérez , Alejandra Dobarro González , Celestino Rodríguez Pérez The aim of this work is to analyze the predictive value of several variables that may affect the likelihood of occasional or severe cibervictimization in adolescence, including sociodemographic (gender and age), psychological (self-esteem and shyness-social anxiety), educational (off-line school victimization, training and socio-emotional support, and academic achievement), family (p...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - May 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research