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Navarro-Prados, A. B., Jiménez García-Tizón, S., Melendez, J. C., & López, J. (2022). Factors associated with satisfaction and depressed mood among nursing home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Clinical Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16414

Meléndez, J. C., Delhom, I., Bueno-Pacheco, A., Reyes, M. F., & Satorres, E. (2022). Emotional intelligence predicting ego integrity in healthy older adults. Aging & Mental Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2068125

Fuentes, M., Sales, A., Charquero-Ballester, M., García-Martí, G., Meléndez, J. C., Espert, R., Scheel, M., Bauknecht, H. C., Simon, K., Köpstein, U., Gebauer, S., & Algarabel, S. (20229. Impaired recollection and initially preserved familiarity in a patient with bilateral fornix transection following third ventricle colloid cyst removal: A two-year follow-up study. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2021.1927037

Satorres, E., Torrella, J. E., Real, E., Pitarque, A., Delhom, I., & Melendez, J. C. (2023). Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in mild neurocognitive disorder due to possible Alzheimer’s disease. A randomised, single-blind, controlled-placebo study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1071737

Bueno-Pacheco, A., Satorres, E., Delhom, I., & Meléndez, J. C. (2023). Ego-integrity and its relationship with sense of coherence, satisfaction, self-efficacy, and depression. Current Psychology, 42, 6439–6446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01978-z

Muro Pérez-Aradros, C., Navarro-Prados, A. B., Satorres, E., Serra, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2023). Coping and guilt in informal caregivers: A predictive model based on structural equations. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 28, 819-830.

Ros, L., Satorres, E., Fernández-Aguilar, L., Delhom, I., López-Torres, J., Latorre, J. M., & Meléndez, J. C. (2021). Differential effects of faces and words in cognitive control in older adults with and without major depressive disorder: An emotional Stroop task study. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 30, 239-248

Delhom, I., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2022). Emotional intelligence intervention in older adults to improve adaptation and reduce negative mood. International Psychogeriatrics, 34(1), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220003579

Navarro-Prados, A. B., Jiménez García‐Tizón, S., & Meléndez, J. C. (2022). Sense of coherence and burnout in nursing home workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Spain. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(1), 244-252. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13397

Camino, M., Satorres, E., Delhom, I., Real, E., Abella, M., & Meléndez, J. C. (2022). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to improve sleep quality in older adults with insomnia. Psychosocial Intervention, 31(3) 159-167. https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2022a1

González, J., Soria, G., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2022). Cognitive stimulation program presented through new technologies in a group of people with moderate cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 88(2), 513-519. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220245

González, J., Satorres, E., Soria, G., & Meléndez, J. C. (2022). Cognitive stimulation in moderate Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(8), 1934-1941. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221089283

Meléndez, J. C., Pitarque, A., Delhom, I., Real, E., Abella, M., & Satorres, E. (2021). A longitudinal study of episodic and semantic autobiographical memory in aMCI and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), 6849. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136849

Alfonso-Benlliure, V., Mayordomo, T., Sales, A., & Mélendez, J. C. (2021). Divergent Thinking in Older Adults: Understanding its Role in Well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(7), 3285-3298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00361-w

Fernández-Aguilar, L., Lora, Y., Satorres, E., Ros, L., Meléndez, J. C., & Latorre, J. M. (2021). Dimensional and Discrete Emotional Reactivity in Alzheimer’s Disease: Film Clips as a Research Tool in Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 82(1), 349-360. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-210233

Satorres, E., Delhom, I., & Meléndez, J. C. (2021). Effects of a simple reminiscence intervention program on the reminiscence functions in older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(6), 557-566. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220000174

Reyes, M. F., Satorres, E., Delhom, I., Bueno-Pacheco, A., & Meléndez, J. C. (2021). Coping and Life Satisfaction in Colombian Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010584

Meléndez, J. C., Satorres, E., Pitarque, A., Delhom, I., Real, E., & Escudero, J. (2021). Effectiveness of tDCS at improving recognition and reducing false memories in older adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1317. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031317

Meléndez, J. C., Satorres, E., Reyes-Olmedo, M., Delhom, I., Real, E., & Lora, Y. (2020). Emotion recognition changes in a confinement situation due to COVID-19. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101518

Delhom, I., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2020). Can we improve emotional skills in older adults? Emotional intelligence, life satisfaction, and resilience. Psychosocial Intervention, 29(3), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2020a8

Meléndez, J. C., Satorres, E., & Oliva, I. (2020). Comparing the effect of interference on an emotional Stroop task in older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 73(4), 1445-1453. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190989

Reyes, M. F., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2020). Resilience and socioeconomic status as predictors of life satisfaction and psychological well-being in Colombian older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(3), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819867554

Satorres, E., Oliva, I., Escudero, J., & Meléndez, J. C. (2020). Conflict monitoring on an emotional Stroop task. Comparison of healthy older adults and patients with major neurocognitive disorders due to probable AD. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 42(5), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2020.1761946

Meléndez, J. C., Satorres, E., & Delhom, I. (2020). Personality and coping. What traits predict adaptive strategies? Anales de Psicología, 36(1), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.349591

Pitarque, L. A., Satorres, E., Escudero, J., Algarabel, S., & Meléndez, J. C. (2020). Phonological false recognition, recollection, and familiarity in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Psicothema, 32(3), 307-313. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2020.90

Meléndez, J. C., Agustí, A. I., & Satorres, E. (2020). ¿Existe un Sesgo de Sobregeneralización y un Efecto de Positividad Relacionado con la Edad? Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación-e Avaliação Psicológica, 55(2), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.21865/RIDEP55.2.11

Agustí, A. I., Satorres, E., Pitarque, A., & Meléndez, J. C. (2019). Effects of SOA and Age on the Inhibition of Return in a Localization Task. Current Psychology, 38(5), 1304-1309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9683-8

Meléndez, J. C., Redondo, R., Escudero, J., Satorres, E., & Pitarque, A. (2019). Executive functions, episodic autobiographical memory, problem-solving capacity, and depression proposal for a structural equations model. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 32(2), 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891988718824037

Delhom, I., Gutierrez, M., Lucas-Molina, B., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2019). Personality and emotional intelligence in older adults: A predictive model based on structural equations modeling. The Journal of Psychology, 153(2), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2018.1511516

Pitarque, A., Satorres, E., Escudero, J., Algarabel, S., & Meléndez, J. C. (2019). Phonological false recognition produced by bottom-up automatic activation in young and older people. Memory, 27(4), 528-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1532520

Meléndez, J. C., Escudero, J., Satorres, E., & Pitarque, L. A. (2019). Type of memory and emotional valence in healthy aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. Psicothema, 31(1), 60-65. 10.7334/psicothema2018.181

Meléndez, J. C., Satorres, E., Cujiño, M. A., & Reyes, M. F. (2019). Big Five and psychological and subjective well-being in Colombian older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 82, 88-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2019.01.016

Meléndez, J. C., Agustí, A. I., Satorres, E., & Pitarque, A. (2018). Are semantic and episodic autobiographical memories influenced by the life period remembered? Comparison of young and older adults. European Journal of Ageing, 15(4), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-018-0457-4

Meléndez, J. C., Satorres, E., Redondo, R., Escudero, J., & Pitarque, A. (2018). Wellbeing, resilience, and coping: Are there differences between healthy older adults, adults with mild cognitive impairment, and adults with Alzheimer-type dementia? Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 77, 38-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2018.04.004

Pitarque, A., Satorres, E., Escudero, J., Algarabel, S., Bekkers, O., & Meléndez, J. C. (2018). Motivated forgetting reduces veridical memories but slightly increases false memories in both young and healthy older people. Consciousness and Cognition, 59, 26-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.01.004

Mélendez, J. C., Alfonso-Benlliure, V., & Mayordomo, T. (2018). Idle minds are the devil's tools? Coping, depressed mood and divergent thinking in older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 22(12), 1606-1613. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1387765

Satorres, E., Viguer, P., Fortuna, F. B., & Meléndez, J. C. (2018). Effectiveness of instrumental reminiscence intervention on improving coping in healthy older adults. Stress and Health, 34(2), 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2776

Delhom, I., Gutierrez, M., Mayordomo, T., & Melendez, J. C. (2018). Does emotional intelligence predict depressed mood? A structural equation model with elderly people. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(6), 1713-1726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9891-9

Pitarque, A., Satorres, E., Sales, A., Escudero, J., & Meléndez, J. C. (2018). Effects of stimuli repetition and age in false recognition. Psychological Reports, 121(6), 1106-1119. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294117747284

Satorres, E., Ros, L., Meléndez, J. C., Serrano, J. P., Latorre, J. M., & Sales, A. (2018). Measuring elderly people's quality of life through the Beck Hopelessness Scale: a study with a Spanish sample. Aging and Mental Health, 22(2), 239-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2016.1247427

Sales, A., Pitarque, A., Escudero, J., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2017). Can there be learning potential in Parkinson’s disease? A comparison with healthy older adults. Developmental Neuropsychology, 42(7-8), 460-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2017.1391265

Agustí, A. I., Satorres, E., Pitarque, A., & Meléndez, J. C. (2017). An emotional Stroop task with faces and words. A comparison of young and older adults. Consciousness and Cognition, 53, 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.06.010

Viguer, P., Satorres, E., Fortuna, F. B., & Meléndez, J. C. (2017). A follow-up study of a reminiscence intervention and its effects on depressed mood, life satisfaction, and well-being in the elderly. The Journal of Psychology, 151(8), 789-803. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2017.1393379

Meléndez, J. C., Torres, M., Redondo, R., Mayordomo, T., & Sales, A. (2017). Effectiveness of follow‐up reminiscence therapy on autobiographical memory in pathological ageing. International Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12217 2

Pitarque, A., Sales, A., Satorres, E., Redondo, R., & Meléndez, J. C. (2017). The role of self-referencing in true and false recognition in young people and healthy older people. Psicothema, 29(3), 341-345. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2016.273

Delhom, I., Gutiérrez, M., Lucas-Molina, B., & Meléndez, J. C. (2017). Emotional intelligence in older adults: psychometric properties of the TMMS-24 and relationship with psychological well-being and life satisfaction. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(8), 1327-1334. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217000722

Pitarque, A., Meléndez, J. C., Sales, A., Satorres, E., Escudero, J., & Algarabel, S. (2017). The role of recollection and familiarity in nondemented Parkinson's Patients. The Journal of General Psychology, 144(3), 230-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2017.1319793

Ros, L., Meléndez, J. C., Webster, J. D., Mayordomo, T., Sales, A., Latorre, J. M., & Serrano, J. P. (2016). Reminiscence functions scale: factorial structure and its relation with mental health in a sample of Spanish older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(9), 1521-1532. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216000326

Mayordomo, T., Viguer, P., Sales, A., Satorres, E., & Meléndez, J. C. (2016). Resilience and coping as predictors of well-being in adults. The Journal of Psychology, 150(7), 809-821. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2016.1203276

Pérez-Blasco, J., Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., & Mayordomo, T. (2016). The effects of mindfulness and self-compassion on improving the capacity to adapt to stress situations in elderly people living in the community. Clinical Gerontologist, 39(2), 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2015.1120253

Algarabel, S., Sales, A., Pitarque, A., Meléndez, J. C., Escudero, J., & Mayordomo, T. (2016). Associative and implicit memory performance as a function of cognitive reserve in elderly adults with and without mild cognitive impairment. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 19, E4. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2016.10 4

Pitarque, A., Meléndez, J., Sales, A., Mayordomo, T., Escudero, J., & Algarabel, S. (2016). Differences in false recollection according to the cognitive reserve of healthy older people. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 23(5), 625-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2016.1146221

Meléndez, J. C., Redondo, R., Torres, M., Mayordomo, T., & Sales, A. (2016). Autobiographical memory for the differential diagnosis of cognitive pathology in aging. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 16(11), 1220-1225. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.12611

Pitarque, A., Meléndez, J. C., Sales, A., Mayordomo, T., Satorres, E., Escudero, J., & Algarabel, S. (2016). The effects of healthy aging, amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease on recollection, familiarity and false recognition, estimated by an associative process-dissociation recognition procedure. Neuropsychologia, 91, 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.07.010

Meléndez, J. C., Alfonso-Benlliure, V., Mayordomo, T., & Sales, A. (2016). Is age just a number? Cognitive reserve as a predictor of divergent thinking in late adulthood. Creativity Research Journal, 28(4), 435-441. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2016.1229983

Mayordomo, T., Sales, A., & Meléndez, J. C. (2015). Estrategias de compensación en adultos mayores: Diferencias sociodemográficas, y en función de la reserva cognitiva. Anales de Psicología/Annals of Psychology, 31(1), 310-316. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.1.163621

Meléndez, J. C., Fortuna, F. B., Sales, A., & Mayordomo, T. (2015). The effects of instrumental reminiscence on resilience and coping in elderly. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 60(2), 294-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2014.12.001

Algarabel, S., Pitarque, A., Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., & Escudero, J. (2015). False memories in Lewy‐body disease. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56(6), 599-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12245

Mayordomo, T., Meléndez, J. C., Viguer, P., & Sales, A. (2015). Coping strategies as predictors of well-being in youth adult. Social Indicators Research, 122(2), 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0689-4

González, J., Mayordomo, T., Torres, M., Sales, A., & Meléndez, J. C. (2015). Reminiscence and dementia: A therapeutic intervention. International Psychogeriatrics, 27(10), 1731-1737. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610215000344

Pitarque, A., Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., & Algarabel, S. (2015). Repetition increases false recollection in older people. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56(1), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12168

Pitarque, A., Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., Mayordomo, T., & Satorres, E. (2015). An overall decline both in recollection and familiarity in healthy aging. Psicothema, 27(4), 362-367. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2015.78

Mayordomo, T., García-Massó, X., Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., & Serra, P. (2015). Resilience patterns: Improving stress adaptation based on an individual’s personal features. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 80(4), 316-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415015603595

Meléndez, J. C., Fortuna, F. B., Sales, A., & Mayordomo, T. (2015). Effect of integrative reminiscence therapy on depression, well-being, integrity, self-esteem, and life satisfaction in older adults. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(3), 240-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.936968

Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., Algarabel, S., & Pitarque, A. (2014). Differences in familiarity according to the cognitive reserve of healthy elderly people/Diferencias en familiaridad en función de la reserva cognitiva en ancianos sanos. Estudios de Psicología, 35(2), 341-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2014.922262

Meléndez, J. C., Charco, L., Mayordomo, T., & Sales, A. (2013). Effects of a reminiscence program among institutionalized elderly adults. Psicothema, 25(3), 319-323. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2012.253

Meléndez, J. C., Mayordomo, T., & Sales, A. (2013). Comparison between healthy elderly with high and low cognitive reserve and cognitive impairment elderly. Universitas Psychologica, 12, 73-80.

Meléndez, J. C., Mayordomo, T., Sales, A., Cantero, M. J., & Viguer, P. (2013). How we compensate for memory loss in old age: Adapting and validating the Memory Compensation Questionnaire (MCQ) for Spanish populations. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 56(1), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2012.06.018

Sales, A., Meléndez, J. C., & Mayordomo, T. (2013). Using a cognitive plasticity measure to detect mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 28(8), 763-770. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/act064