International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 
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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.A psychometric evaluation of the ARC-INICO Self-Determination Scale for adolescents with intellectual disabilities
Publication date: Available online 14 April 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Miguel A. Verdugo , Eva Vicente , Ramón Fernández-Pulido , María Gómez-Vela , Michael L. Wehmeyer , Verónica M. Guillén The independence to decide and act as the causal agent in one's life are unchanging demands by empowerment movements focused on people with disabilities and by people with disabilities themselves. International efforts have been devoted to defining the concept of self-determination, analyzing its importance and relationship with the quality of life of people with disab...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - May 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Mechanisms of influence of body checking on binge eating
Publication date: Available online 14 April 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Antonios Dakanalis , Giuseppe Carrà , Alix Timko , Chiara Volpato , Joana Pla-Sanjuanelo , Assunta Zanetti , Massimo Clerici , Giuseppe Riva Despite the theorized role of body checking behaviours in the maintenance process of binge eating, the mechanisms by which they may impact binge eating remain unclear. Using objectification model of eating pathology as a theoretical framework, the authors examined the potential intervening roles of body shame, appearance anxiety, and dietary restraint...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - May 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The state of the art on European well-being research within the area of mental health
Publication date: Available online 12 March 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Marta Miret , Maria Cabello , Carlos Marchena , Blanca Mellor-Marsá , Francisco Félix Caballero , Carla Obradors-Tarragó , Josep Maria Haro , Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos As part of A Roadmap for Mental Health Research in Europe project, the aim of the present study was to perform a systematic mapping of the main publications in peer-reviewed journals for well-being research within the area of mental health or mental disorders in Europe. The PubMed and PsycINFO databases were used to identify ...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - March 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychometric properties and scales of the Granada Burnout Questionnaire applied to nurses
The objective of this research was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the GBQ and to elaborate an evaluation scale to measure burnout in nursing professionals in Spain. A total of 1,177 nurses participated in this study and successfully completed the GBQ. Evidence of construct validity was verified by cross-validation and convergent validity, and evidence of criteria validity was checked by concurrent validity. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure internal consistency. The results obtained in our study show satisfactory fit values in the confirmatory factor analysis and in the evidence of convergent and concurrent ...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - March 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Factor structure of the Spanish version of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R): Testing several models
Publication date: Available online 28 February 2015 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Francisco J. Cano-García , Susana Sanduvete-Chaves , Salvador Chacón-Moscoso , Luis Rodríguez-Franco , Jesús García-Martínez , María A. Antuña-Bellerín , José A. Pérez-Gil Studies of the dimensionality of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), considered as the gold standard in the measurement of dispositional optimism, yield controversial results due to the various factorial solutions found. Consequently, the factorial structure of the test has not yet been fully establish...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - February 28, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Influence of parents and physical education teachers in adolescent physical activity
The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of parents and Physical Education teachers on adolescent's extracurricular Physical Activity. Data were obtained from the Chilean System for the Assessment of Educational Quality test with a large representative sample of 23,180 students (11,927 females and 11,253 males aged 13.7 and 13.8 years respectively). The analyzed variables were the extracurricular physical activity of adolescents, parents’ and physical education teachers’ encouragement to do physical activity and parents’ physical activity behavior. Associations between variables were analyzed using ch...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - February 28, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Vignette methodologies for studying clinicians’ decision-making: Validity, utility, and application in ICD-11 field studies
This article provides an overview of the defining features, design variations, strengths, and weaknesses of vignette studies as a way of examining how health professionals form clinical judgments (e.g., assigning diagnoses, selecting treatments). As a “hybrid” of traditional survey and experimental methods, vignette studies can offer aspects of both the high internal validity of experiments and the high external validity of survey research in order to disentangle multiple predictors of clinician behavior. When vignette studies are well designed to test specific questions about judgments and decision-making, they can be...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - January 30, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Comorbidities with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among combat veterans: 15 years postwar analysis
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2014 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Dolores Britvić , Vesna Antičević , Mariano Kaliterna , Linda Lušić , Anđelko Beg , Igna Brajević-Gizdić , Mirjana Kudrić , Željana Stupalo , Vikica Krolo , Nela Pivac The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the prevalence of somatic diseases among combat veterans and their contemporaries who were not exposed to the traumatic experience at the battlefield, and to determine whether socio-demographic factors, exposure to war-time trauma and/or injury might p...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - December 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychometric properties of the eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) in a psychiatric outpatient setting
Publication date: Available online 25 December 2014 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Carlos De las Cuevas , Wenceslao Peñate The eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) is a structured self-report measure of medication-taking behavior that has been widely used in various cultures. In Spain, no studies to date have analyzed the psychometric properties of the scale in psychiatric care. The purpose of the present instrumental study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the MMAS-8 in a sample of 967 consecutive psychiatric outpatien...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - December 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Predictors of dropout in a controlled clinical trial of psychotherapy for moderate depression
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2014 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Rodrigo T. Lopes , Miguel M. Gonçalves , Dana Sinai , Paulo P.P. Machado A significant number of psychotherapy clients remain untreated, and dropping out is one of the main reasons. Still, the literature around this subject is incoherent. The present study explores potential pre-treatment predictors of dropout in a sample of clients who took part in a clinical trial designed to test the efficacy of narrative therapy for major depressive disorder compared to cognitive-behavioral therapy. Log...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - November 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Development of the Gender Role Attitudes Scale (GRAS) amongst young Spanish people
The objective of the study is to provide an improved scale for the assessment of gender role attitudes, based on the theoretical perspective of gender equality. The sample comprises 2,136 young Spanish men and women, students in Vocational Training (Spanish acronym FP) and at university in the age range 15-26 years old. The results show the existence of a single bipolar factor - transcendent attitudes vs. sexist attitudes - fulfilling psychometric fit indices, and providing the basis for modifying attitudes depending on the difficulty of the items for such modification. The implications for intervention are oriented based ...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - November 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
State, trait anxiety and selective attention differences in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) subtypes
Publication date: Available online 18 November 2014 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Paloma González-Castro , Celestino Rodríguez , Marisol Cueli , Trinidad García , David Alvarez-García One of the disorders that most affects school performance is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The criteria established by DSM distinguish three subtypes: inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive and combined. However, the expression of this disorder can be altered by its association with other disorders such as anxiety. The main goals of this study were to determine whether di...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - November 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Influence of substance use on the erectile response in a sample of drug users
Publication date: Available online 15 November 2014 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Francisco Javier del Río , Francisco Cabello , Inmaculada Fernández Erectile dysfunction in men may be due to multiple causes, including anxiety and substance abuse. The main objective of this study is to know how it affects the continued use of addictive substances in the erectile response, taking into account not only the type of substances consumed, but also other variables that may influence on sexual response, such as the time of withdrawal, anxiety and sexual attitude. Two samples wer...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - November 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A translational approach to the functional analysis of language in psychotherapy
Publication date: Available online 11 November 2014 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Author(s): Javier Virues-Ortega , María Xesús Froján-Parga The functional analysis of verbal behavior has been successful in establishing basic and advanced forms of language in individuals with developmental disabilities. The development of behavioral approaches to psychotherapy, such as the functional-analytic psychotherapy, have advanced the implementation of operant analyses of verbal behavior among typical adults. The field of behavior-analytic approaches to psychotherapy departs from the applied...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - November 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Emotional intelligence and depressed mood in adolescence: A multilevel approach
Publication date: May 2013 Source:International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Volume 13, Issue 2 Author(s): Nekane Balluerka , Aitor Aritzeta , Arantxa Gorostiaga , Leire Gartzia , Goretti Soroa The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between individual emotional intelligence, group emotional intelligence and depressed mood in adolescence from a multilevel approach. The study sample comprised 2,182 adolescents (1,127 female and 1,055 male) aged between 12 and 18 years (M =14.51, SD =1.55). They attended 14 secondary schools in the Basque Country (northern Spain) and were grouped into 118 ...
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology - November 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
