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The Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents (QIDA) is a self-report instrument designed to measure adolescents' perceived interpersonal anxiety levels in a wide range of relationships with people of different ages, genders, levels of authority, and levels of intimacy and in several contexts: family, school, friends, opposite sex peers, and situations in the streets, shops, and public buildings. The QIDA provides important information for adolescents, educational and clinical psychologists, and researchers. This instrument can be used as a screening measure to identify social situations and relationships that adolescents find troublesome so that important target areas for social skills training programs can be ascertained. Thus, the QIDA can be used as a counseling tool for adolescent advising and for interpersonal difficulties remediation or prevention programs in a variety of clinical, educational, and research settings, including schools, counseling and mental health centers, alcohol and other drug units for youth, correctional and social service agencies, and research centers. In this study, the factor structure of the QIDA was examined across gender and ethnicity in samples of Spanish and Chinese adolescents using multigroup confirmatory factor analyses. Partial invariance was observed across gender in the Spanish sample and across ethnic groups. Measurement invariance was found across gender in the Chinese sample. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)

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The purpose of practice research networks is to foster clinically relevant research and scientifically informed clinical practice. This article describes the development of a collaborative network between clinicians and researchers in Spain and Argentina. This network is made up of psychologists specialized in clinical psychology, intern resident psychologists who are members of the Spanish Society of Clinical Psychology and researchers working at different universities. The main aim of the network is to foster the development of practice research programmes in a collaborative manner. We present its first project that analyses the sociodemographic data, professional characteristics, personal style of therapists and their attitudes towards research of 409 Spanish clinical psychologists. This approach meant understanding clinicians' interests, and the beginning of a collaborative interaction to create useful resources for clinical practice based on applied research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments (EBPT) is a pending task for Clinical Psychology. Through an online survey and following the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability, we analyzed the opinions about use, acceptability and intention to use in the future of the Unified Protocol for the transdiagnosdc treatment of emotional disorders (UP) in a sample of 153 professionals of General Health Psychology (GHPs). All participants took a training course in the UP and were grouped depending on their previous experience in the UP application. The results showed high scores in acceptability and intention to use in the future in GHPs regardless of the group. Finally, statistically significant correlations were found between intention to use in the future and affective attitude, consistency of the intervention and perceived efficacy (in both groups) and self-efficacy (in the group of GHPs without experience in the use of UP). The UP is an I .HPT that presents high levels of acceptance and intention to use by the GHPs who received training in this intervention, this will facilitate its dissemination and implementation and will allow a greater number of people to benefit from this treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A bibliometric study of the Spanish scientific production in Clinical Psychology published in international journals during a period of 50 years (1971-2020) is carried out. There are 3636 papers published in 130 Clinical Psychology journals, which contained 16135 author signatures, corresponding to a total of 8547 authors. 70.76% of the authors are temporary and only 2.01% have participated in the completion of 10 or more papers. It is observed that the increase in the number of Clinical Psychology studies carried out in Spanish institutions is related to the presence of a greater number of Spanish journals of this discipline in the Web of Science, which confirms the degree of maturity that Clinical Psychology has reached in Spain, which is manifested by the increase in the number of papers published in international journals and the increase in the number of Spanish Clinical Psychology journals in WoS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The primary aim of this study was to conduct a cross‐cultural comparison of the level of critical thinking of Danish and Spanish psychology students (N = 788) attending innately different bachelor‐level courses; personality psychology and introductory statistics/research methods. Several instruments are available for the assessment of critical thinking (CTh), but most are, however, unsuitable for use in large surveys with many constructs, due to length or single‐person administration formats. One brief and much‐used scale is the CTh scale in the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), used in this study. To ensure unbiased comparisons across countries and courses, our secondary aim was to investigate the content validity, as well as the psychometric properties, of the CTh scale to ensure the most accurate and unbiased comparison. For this purpose, Rasch and graphical loglinear Rasch models were used. After reducing the number of items due to content validity issues, the CTh scale fitted Rasch models within each national sample, and was measurement invariant relative to age group, gender, course and university. In the cross‐cultural item analysis, two items functioned differentially relative to nationality, and the scale fitted a graphical loglinear Rasch model. CTh scores related to introductory statistics/research methods courses differed significantly from scores related to personality psychology, for Danish students only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The practice of psychotherapy in Spain (Europe) continues being a reason for doubts, uncertainty, controversy or confusion. The access to psychotherapy is also controversial. To contribute to clarify all this in order to improve quality and minimise risks is the aim of our work., Method: Update of the regulations and legal rules which are applicable in psychotherapy to those graduated in both psychology and medicine., Results and Discussion: Neuroscience, clinical psychology and psychiatry develop in a parallel and convergent way. It is necessary to emphasise the risks of pseudotherapies, including pseudopsychotherapies, and pseudosciences in general. The practice of psychotherapy as a psychological treatment necessarily implies the healthcare field both for the private and public sectors. In order to practice as a psychotherapist in Spain, it is necessary to be a psychologist specialised in clinical psychology or a doctor specialised in psychiatry. The figure of the sanitary general psychologist is a regulated profession in Spain at present, but that is not equivalent to be a specialist. The former psychologists who have the required legal qualification are also allowed to act for the public sector in the healthcare field. Other doctors who are not psychiatrists, other psychologists or the nurses specialised in mental health are not allowed to name themselves or act as psychotherapists in any field or sector., (Copyright © 2020 Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (SEPSM). Published by Elsevier España S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

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To determine whether hypnosis is more effective than conventional interviewing to find traumatic life events in patients with fibromyalgia, we carried out a within-subject experimental design with complete intragroup counterbalancing. Thirty-two women under care in a public primary care center gave 2 identical interviews, with an interval of 3 months, in which the occurrence of traumatic life events was explored, once in a state of wakefulness and once in a state of hypnosis. The state of consciousness was evaluated using 3 measures: bispectral index, skin conductance level, and pain intensity. In the hypnotic state, the patients expressed 9.8 times more traumatic life events than in the waking state, a statistically significant difference with a large effect size. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Purpose in Life Test-Short Form (PIL-SF), a brief self-report measure of the presence of meaning in life (MiL). Participants were 349 nonclinical Spanish undergraduates (225 women, 64.5%, and 124 men, 35.5%), age ranged between 18 and 26 years (M = 20.85; SD = 2.16). The PIL-SF, the Seeking of Noetic Goals-8 Items (SONG-8), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) were used. Descriptive analysis, estimation of the internal consistency, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the PIL-SF were conducted, and correlations between the PIL-SF and the SONG-8, the SWLS, and the OHQ were calculated. The PIL-SF showed good internal consistency and an excellent fit as a unidimensional scale confirming its factorial structure. Regarding construct validity, correlations between the PIL-SF and SWLS (r= 0.59) and OHQ (r = 0.56) were positive, significant (p < 0.001), while correlation between PIL-SF and SONG-8 was negative, significant (r = -0.23, p < 0.001). The Spanish adaptation of PIL-SF seems to be a valid measure of MiL with good internal consistency., (© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)

El artículo discurre sobre un estudio de la psicología clínica en la sanidad pública en Madrid, España. El autor comenta sobre los médicos y otros profesionales en el campo de la psicología clínica en la región y describe el rol del Ayuntamiento de Madrid en la gestión de la sanidad pública. También se consideran los servicios de salud en Madrid.

From now on, for the independent practice of psychology in the field of health in Spain, the psychologist must complete the newly created Master's degree in General Healthcare Psychology. However, this mandatory university course is not required for access to the specialised healthcare training that provides the title of "clinical psychologist" (the PIR, an internship in Clinical Psychology). In this paper we argue in favour of changing the access to the specialised training program in clinical psychology so as to ensure that the knowledge and skills specifically related to healthcare offered by the university are included in the curricula of future clinical psychologists. Finally, the risks to the entire profession of impoverishing the university studies of clinical psychologists are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In our country, there are currently two types of psychologist qualified to practise psychology in the health field: the Specialist Psychologist in Clinical Psychology (PEPC) and the General Health Psychologist (PGS). These qualifications are legally regulated and their accreditation is obtained through two different programs of postgraduate training: the Residential Internship Program (PIR) in the case of the PEPC; and the Master of General Health Psychology (MPGS) in the case of the PGS. These programs are of different lengths (4 years for the PIR and 2 years for the MPGS) and they are accessed after completion of the corresponding degree in Psychology. However, the objectives and the skills to be attained, as well as the content of the training programs, are actually very similar, in spite of the different linguistic denominations used to describe them. On the basis of the existing differences in the terminology and the duration of the programs, some Spanish associations (ANPIR, COP, AEPCP and AEN) defend the position that there should be established between the two qualifications, in addition to a hierarchical structure, a clear boundary with respect to the functions that the two types of psychologist can perform (clinical and specialised versus health and general functions) and of the sectors or contexts in which they can practise (public versus private). In our article, we refute these positions and the reasons on which they are based and we argue extensively in favour of an alternative proposal more in tune with the reality of the facts and with the European context professional accreditation in clinical psychology, in the sense of accepting the existence of the two independent qualifications of clinical psychologists (the PEPC and the PGS), with direct access to both from the degree in Psychology, and with equivalent competencies and professional functions, although with some limitations in the case of the PGS, mainly with respect to the possibility of professional practice in the Spanish National Health System (exclusive to the PEPC) and in their activity, which would be carried out mainly in the private sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Attitudes towards doping are considered an influence of doping intentions. The aims of the present study were 1) to discover and compare the attitudes towards doping among Spanish national team cyclists from different Olympic disciplines, as well as 2) to get some complementary information that could better explain the context. The sample was comprised of seventy-two cyclists: mean age 19.67±4.72 years; 70.8% males (n = 51); from the different Olympic disciplines of Mountain bike -MTB- (n = 18), Bicycle Moto Cross -BMX- (n = 12), Track -TRA- (n = 9) and Road -ROA- (n = 33). Descriptive design was carried out using a validated scale (PEAS). To complement this, a qualitative open-ended questionnaire was used. Overall mean score (17–102) was 36.12±9.39. For different groups, the data were: MTB: 30.28±6.92; BMX: 42.46±10.74; TRA: 43.22±12.00; ROA: 34.91±6.62, respectively. In relation to overall score, significant differences were observed between MTB and BMX (p = 0.002) and between MTB and TRA (p = 0.003). For the open-ended qualitative questionnaire, the most mentioned word associated with “doping” was “cheating” (48.83% of total sample), with “responsible agents of doping” the word “doctor” (52,77%), and with the “main reason for the initiation in doping” the words “sport achievement” (45.83%). The major proposed solution was “doing more doping controls” (43.05%). Moreover, 48.67% stated that there was “a different treatment between cycling and other sports”. This study shows that Spanish national team cyclists from Olympic cycling disciplines, in general, are not tolerant in relation to doping. BMX and Track riders are a little more permissive towards the use of banned substances than MTB and Road. Results from the qualitative open-ended questionnaire showed interesting data in specific questions. These results empower the idea that, apart from maintaining doping controls and making them more efficient, anti-doping education programs are needed from the earliest ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to highlight a scope of work of the Clinical Psychology that has become a discipline of performance in the child population, to do so, it is best to clarify the current concept of early attention and its structuring territorial force in our country. We start with a general definition of the early child care, continued by specifying the beginning of the early intervention in Spain and its pioneers to finish raising questions about how you structure this service in the various Autonomous Communities, and in particular in Andalusia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a previous article published in this journal (Carrobles, 2012) an extensive analysis was made of the current situation in our country of training programs for specialists in Clinical Psychology (PIR) and General Health Psychology, trying to show the characteristics of both and the advantages and disadvantages that the implementation of such progams can entail for the professional practice of psychology in the health sector. Recently a group of PIR Psychologists (Sánchez Reales, Prado Abril, & Aldaz Armendáriz, 2013) have responded to that article expressing some criticism and proposing an alternative model of relationship and skills for both professionals which differs substantially from the one I suggested. In this article, in addition to responding to the alleged criticisms, I take the opportunity to add new arguments and criteria to reinforce my central position on this issue, which is none other than advocating the self-integration of professional Psychologyn and the social implementation and expansion of our profession in both the clinical and health fields in our country, areas where we still have much to contribute. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the previous issue of this journal, Dr. Carrobles reviewed the role and status of the recently created figure of General Health Psychologist, after its recognition in the Ley General de Salud Pública (Ley 33/2011), in the area of psychological health care. This author concludes that the best solution for the integration of this new professional is that both clinical psychologists and general health psychologists should share similar clinical roles but with different training programs. Both the arguments and the conclusions have motivated this response. We try to contribute to the ongoing debate in our country about how to develop clinical psychology and the provision of psychological services in the National Health Service. This proposal is based in our specific social context and the legal framework we operate under. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text introduces the tracing of the theoretical records made for the PhD thesis "The Contemporary Subject and The Mental Disturbance Problem: Foucault, the Subjectivation Ways and the Soul's Pathos in Current Days". The methodology is based on a tracing of documents in bases and works from PhD thesis works, mainly from Spain. This tracing demonstrated that the works about the relationship between Foucault, contemporaneity and psychology are all related to subjects such as power, the subject and the resistance. It was also found, however, that the relationship between Foucault and the psychological clinic has been kept framed within anti psychiatric positions and it is possible that the notions of Subjectivation forms and Self-care can enrich the view of psychology in the contemporaneity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The constitution of clinical psychology as a health speciality in Spain is only understable within the framework of the modernization process that took place in Spanish society after the restoration of democracy. Spanish public health system's development and deep transformation, the process of reform of health assistance in mental health (with the psychiatry reform), and the creation and consolidation of the psychological intern residents training system for the capacitating of specialists were the factors that allowed the collective of psychology professionals, with an important contribution from academics sectors, to start the process of constructing clinical psychology as a health speciality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to identify subtypes of smokers who attended psychological treatment during the period 2006--2008 for smoking cessation from a sample of current smokers (N == 202) from Galicia, Spain. Eight instruments were used for data collection. Demographic variables, smoking variables, and psychopathological characteristics were clustered to establish typologies of smokers. A two-phase cluster analysis identified two subtypes of smokers (141 in Cluster 1 and 61 in Cluster 2). Those in Cluster 2 were younger, and had made an attempt to quit in the last year. They presented higher levels of nicotine dependence and psychopathology than those in Cluster 1. Differences in nicotine withdrawal syndrome, cigarette consumption at the end of the treatment, and adherence to the treatment were significant across the two clusters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this descriptive study is to analyze the scientific productivity of doctorate programs in Clinical and/or Health Psychology in Spain. That productivity is assessed from teachers of doctorate programs. A second aim is to find out whether doctorate programs with quality mention have a higher scientific productivity than those programs without quality mention. Scientific productivity of 375 teachers that participated in 17 doctorate programs was examined. Specifically, papers published in journals included in Web of Science and IN-RECS data bases were analyzed as well as the number of dissertations registered in TESEO data base. A total of 2,772 papers of Web of Science, 2,479 papers of IN-RECS and 604 dissertations included in TESEO were obtained. According to these results, a ranking of doctorate programs was made for each criterion. Subsequently, a global ranking was made through adjusting each criterion according to the weight that was assigned by scientific community to each indicator. Finally, a comparison of global results of programs with and without quality mention was carried out. Results showed that programs with Quality Mention doubled scientific productivity in all criteria compared to programs without Quality Mention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Forensic psychology represents a classic psychology specialty among Anglo-Saxon countries which is becoming more and more important in Spain nowadays --it is becoming usual that forensic experts advise courts and judges on psychological issues. Furthermore, psychologist's intervention as a forensic expert in social jurisdiction is a novel activity compared to other fields such as criminal, under aged and families. Therefore, expertise on preventive actions and work psychology are very useful, not to say that a comprehensive training in clinical psychology (evaluation, psycho-diagnosis, psychopathology, etc.) is a key ingredient of a skilled forensic expert. This paper is a report by forensic and work psychology experts on mobbing, a subject matter that can be approached in Spain from different jurisdictions --civil, criminal, social, administrative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper analyzes the situation of on-line clinical psychology in Spain. Internet is becoming one of the principal tools for people to access to psychological information. Thus, users will be biased by the contents of the sites they contact to. Psychologists should pay attention to what kind of services are being spread through the Internet. To do this, a few characteristics such us interaction, security, theoretical approach or treated disorders have been revised in 185 Spanish psychology websites. Results shows that there are critical differences between public and private sites suggesting that the public sector should make un effort to keep up with the advances on this field, that private sites could improve their services in some ways such as security or the interaction user-professional and some interesting findings referred to the relation between the theoretical approach of the sites and the kind of help they provide. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In Spain, psychological treatment is offered in both public and private settings. The public Mental Health Units are part of Community Health Centers, where psychiatric and psychological treatments are offered free of charge. However, most professionals offering psychotherapy work in the private sector. In any Spanish city, a great number of private clinical psychologists offer psychotherapy for a variety of clinical disorders and different ages. The case of Mrs. A illustrates many of the key features of psychotherapy in Spain. She would probably be treated in a Health Center. A family physician would evaluate her mental status and establish a pharmacological treatment. If the patient's condition did not improve, the physician would refer her to a specialist in mental health, either a psychiatrist (using pharmacological treatments), in most cases, or in a few cases, a clinical psychologist (using mainly cognitive-behavioral treatment). © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 63: 777–784, 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the results of a survey of 151 clinical psychologists working in Spanish National Health System, who were asked to assess the degree of development of different aspects of clinical psychologists' role as consultants. The results point out that, although the role of the clinical psychologist as a consultant is not yet consolidated, the degree of consolidation depends basically on the autonomous region and on the working environment. Furthermore, the survey analyses the mental health plans of 15 autonomous regions, showing both the little involvement of clinical psychologists in their preparation and the poor value given to the contributions of clinical psychology in general. Finally, the article ends by making some proposals in order to increase the value of clinical psychology in the Spanish National Health System. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A general view of the field of clinical psychology in present-day Spain is offered here. The field has experienced an enormous development over the past two decades. Many journals and specialized societies have been established, and a large number of professionals now are working in the field, most of them in private practice, but some in medical centers belonging to the Spanish national health service. This great expansion seems due mainly to the creation of a degree in psychology (1968) and the continuous flow of students demanding training in clinical subjects. A theoretical orientation toward a cognitive-behavioral approach seems to dominate, closely followed by those choosing a dynamic orientation. A large group of professionals dealing with health problems are reinforcing their idiosyncratic profile among the clinical psychologists. A new study program to become a specialist in our field recently has been implemented and is just entering its initial stages (Internship in Psychology— PIR); it represents a significant improvement in the curriculum of the clinical psychologist. All of these facts seem to prove the great vitality of this field in present-day Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Pulmonary hypertension is a highly disabling condition characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure. Even though pulmonary hypertension may cause great emotional distress, research examining the determinants of patients' emotional well-being has been scarce and has mostly focused on the role of disease-related factors., Objectives: This study examined whether patients' emotional well-being may be effected by their life circumstances., Methods: Sixty-four patients with pulmonary hypertension completed measures of symptoms of pulmonary hypertension, functional disability, depression and anxiety symptoms, life satisfaction, optimism, and quality of life (QoL)., Results: Clinically-significant symptoms of depression and anxiety were only accurately predicted in 50.5% and 56.5% of patients, respectively, based on disease severity alone. However, the addition of life satisfaction and optimism to the models improved the prediction of depressive and anxiety symptomatology. Further, symptoms of anxiety were a significant predictor of QoL, above and beyond disease severity., Conclusions: Patients with considerably different levels of disease severity may develop clinically-significant depressive and anxiety symptomatology. This suggests that there is not a perfect correspondence between the level of disease severity and the repercussions thereof across patients. Accordingly, these results suggest that emotional well-being may be better explained by taking into consideration patients' life circumstances, as these may modulate the repercussions of having pulmonary hypertension. The results also showed that anxiety symptoms constituted an extra burden to patients' QoL. The higher prevalence in this sample of clinically-significant symptoms of anxiety, compared to that of depression, suggest that feelings of fear and uncertainty may require special attention among patients with pulmonary hypertension., (Copyright © 2018 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)