The research group aims at the application and validation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Linehan, 1993) in: borderline personality disorder, cluster B personality disorders, and other psychological disorders with problems in the regulation of affect.
This line argues that the body is essential in the configuration of identity and in the understanding of psychological processes. The main objective is to analyse the bodily processes involved in psychopathological alterations, as well as the psychological effect of the manipulation of the body.
To study the results of assessments in the areas affected in these disorders such as clinical, neurocognitive, social cognition (emotional processing, ToM, social cognition and attributional style) and their relationship with social functioning.
To assess neurocognition and social cognition in schizophrenia, including attention, episodic memory, executive functions, emotional perception, theory of mind, attributional style and social perception.
The end-of-life care line began with the participation of Enric Benito and Pilar Barreto in agreements between the UV and the SECPAL (Spanish Society of Palliative Care) to jointly design a measure of spirituality in patients that was clinically, psychometrically and culturally relevant to measure the resources to deal with symptomatology beyond the physical at the end of life. After a decade of productive collaboration, research in this field (EPIONE study) progressed towards intervention (KIBO protocol). On the other hand, always with the emphasis on methodology, the proposal and validation of new measurement tools, research was extended to other relevant topics such as dignity or demoralisation syndrome in patients.
The efficiency of interventions on quality of life is designed and studied in patients and their environment as well as in professionals. In the case of professionals, research is carried out not only in the health field, whether in palliative care, intensive care or home care, but also in general in professional activities with high emotional demand, such as care for people with functional diversity, children with developmental disorders or police. There are several interventions based on Positive Psychology that show effectiveness in reducing stress in professionals with high emotional demand.
From ARMAQoL, with an emphasis on methodology and in collaboration with clinical experts from the UV, we investigate the use of different mechanisms and formats of these interventions, making them more appealing, and trying to reduce dropout rates. In professionals, the multicentre YASO study, in collaboration with the UIB (Noemí Sansó, member of the team) was our first incursion into the inner curriculum of palliative care professionals. Nowadays, this research, with a strong theoretical basis, has been consolidated as a diagnostic approach in health systems in numerous countries, in different languages.
Currently, in this line, we are developing the project ‘Longitudinal study of compassion’ and other determinants of professional quality of life: A research on palliative care professionals at national level (CompPal), financed by the State Research Agency - 2018 Calls, R&D&I Projects Research Challenges.
- Galiana, L., Sansó, N., Muñoz-Martínez, I., Vidal-Blanco, G., Oliver, A., & Larkin, P. J. (2021). Palliative Care Professionals' Inner Life: Exploring the Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Prediction of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Wellbeing. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
- Sansó, N., Vidal-Blanco, G., & Galiana, L. (2021). Development and Validation of the Brief Nursing Stress Scale (BNSS) in a Sample of End-of-Life Care Nurses. Nursing Reports, 11(2), 311-319.
- Moreno-Mulet, C., Sansó, N., Carrero-Planells, A., López-Deflory, C., Galiana, L., García-Pazo, P., ... & Miró-Bonet, M. (2021). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on ICU Healthcare Professionals: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9243.
- Sansó, N., Vidal-Blanco, G., Galiana, L., & Oliver, A. (2021). Development and Psychometric Validation of the Brief Nurses' Practice Environment Scale and Its Relation to Burnout Syndrome and Job Satisfaction: A Study in Spanish Nurses. Frontiers in public health, 9.
- Pérez-Belmonte, S., Galiana, L., Fernández, I., Vidal-Blanco, G., & Sansó, N. (2021). The Personal Wellbeing Index in Spanish Palliative Care Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study of Wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
- Oliver, A., Galiana, L., Simone, G. D., Tomás, J. M., Arena, F., Linzitto, J., ... & Sansó, N. (2021, January). Palliative care professionals' inner lives: Cross-cultural application of the awareness model of self-care. In Healthcare (Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 81). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
- Rudilla, D., Oliver, A., Galiana, L., Valenzuela, C., & Ancochea, J. (2021). Patients Suffering from a Chronic, Irreversible Illness: A Novel Study on the Psychological Intervention out of the Hospital. In Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community (pp. 133-143). Springer, Cham.
- Galiana, L., Oliver, A., Arena, F., De Simone, G., Tomás, J. M., Vidal-Blanco, G., ... & Sansó, N. (2020). Development and validation of the Short Professional Quality of Life Scale based on versions IV and V of the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18(1), 1-12.
- Soto-Rubio, A., Perez-Marin, M., Rudilla, D., Galiana, L., Oliver, A., Fombuena, M., & Barreto, P. (2020). Responding to the Spiritual Needs of Palliative Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effectiveness of the Kibo Therapeutic Interview. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1979.
- Sansó, N., Galiana, L., Oliver, A., Tomás-Salvá, M., & Vidal-Blanco, G. (2020). Predicting professional quality of life and life satisfaction in Spanish nurses: a cross-sectional study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(12), 4366.
- Arena, F., Oliver, A., & Galiana, L. (2019). Overview of the Quality of Work Life of Palliative Caregivers in Brazil. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 28(2), 33-45.
- Sansó, N., Galiana, L., González, B., Sarmentero, J., Reynes, M., Oliver, A., & Garcia-Toro, M. (2019). Differential effects of two contemplative practice-based programs for health care professionals. Psychosocial Intervention, 28(3), 131-138.
- Galiana, L., Oliver, A., De Simone, G., Linzitto, J. P., Benito, E., & Sansó, N. (2019). A brief measure for the assessment of competence in coping with death: The coping with death scale short version. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(2), 209-215.
- Sanso, N., Galiana, L., Oliver, A., Cuesta, P., Sanchez, C., & Benito, E. (2018). Evaluation of a mindfulness intervention in palliative care teams. Psychosocial Intervention, 27(2), 81-88.
Early interactive patterns associated with (in)secure attachment to detect predictors and design counselling/intervention. Sequential analysis techniques and non-linear dynamic analysis. Maternal sensitivity to cues. Non-contingent maternal behaviour. Contextual factors.
In this line, technological products for research, assessment and teaching in text-based learning environments (standardised tests, intelligent tutors and research tools) are developed. The conditions of the task environment, such as question format or task interface, that influence learning are also investigated.
In this line, technological products for research, assessment and teaching in text-based learning environments (standardised texts, intelligent tutors and research tools) are developed. The conditions of the task environment, such as question format or task interface, that influence learning are also investigated.
GEM-Educo aims to provide measurement and evaluation instruments that serve to assess the contributions that Education makes towards the development and transformation of society, from a concept of Social Cohesion. It integrates different perspectives and aims to build a global model for the evaluation of education systems, in order to improve education in favour of Social Cohesion. GEM-Educo is developed with a commitment: to evaluate education (whether in the Systems, Institutions or Programmes) from a position that privileges the right of all to a quality education. In other words, integrating inclusion as a basis for achieving excellence. In this sense, the concept of Social Cohesion adopted by the Council of Europe (Lisbon, 2000, 2005), as a guide for the development of public policies, constitutes an integrating and systemic vision of quality, which can embrace the idea of quality as a right for the whole of society from any ideological position. For this reason, GEM-Educo aims to provide measurement and evaluation instruments which serve to assess the contributions which Education makes towards the development and transformation of society, based on a concept of Social Cohesion. In short, it integrates different perspectives and, due to its holistic - globalising - nature, aims to build a model which necessarily requires the support of a large research group and different projects.
Study of the differences that occur in socio-demographic characteristics, as well as in clinical, neurocognitive, social cognition, social functioning, response to treatment, labour market integration, etc.
Analysis of health-related psychosocial factors that have an impact on people's quality of life. Prevention and treatment protocol for chronic patients. Especially in the areas of oncology, infertility and ageing.
Study of the functioning of the semantic memory network to specifically identify both deficits and preserved functions in schizophrenia in order to develop personalised rehabilitation plans.
Coercive family relationships. The development of child behavioural problems. Escalation and child abuse. Study of (in)competent parenting practices; failures in child socialisation. Victimisation, psychological maladjustment and mediators. Case studies and intervention.
Development of abbreviated versions of the classic tests used in intellectual assessment, with the aim of facilitating the assessment of intellectual functioning and the screening of patients with severe mental disorders.
Estudi de les aplicacions de la lingüística a l'avaluació i el tractament de les patologies del llenguatge. Contribució al disseny d'instruments per a l'avaluació i rehabilitació de conducta verbal i les capacitats comunicatives generals en subjectes amb alteració patològica.
Psychological interventions based on mindfulness and compassion have strongly burst into the field of psychological treatments. This line of research aims to investigate the effects of their practice on different psychological aspects, such as attention, emotional regulation or values.
Instrument development: The ongoing evaluation of the psychometric properties of the CITMI-R and the SOC-III in their English, Spanish and Portuguese versions. Development of optimal methods for the training of coders. Dissemination through new media among researchers and practitioners.
Intervention and study of cognitive processes (memory, executive function, learning) with patients with Alzheimer's type dementia and others, mild cognitive impairment and Parkinson's disease.
Positive Psychology defends the importance of studying the well-being of individuals. In the research group we aim to investigate in this field, developing Positive Interventions applied through ICTs and studying the processes involved in well-being.
Statistical models usually of structural equation models that explain the interrelationship between key variables to understand the impact of each variable and predict one or more issues of interest with minimal error. Multi-sample models, multilevel models, multitrait-multimethod models and longitudinal models or models with latent growth curve trajectories. These models test invariance in its different phases of expression, they also allow us to approach AFC, path models, covariance structure models, hybrid EFA models, MIMIC models... in other words, they provide us with a great versatility to capture, to model the complex reality of trying to explain the quality of life in citizenship. In this line, researchers of the group based in the area of Methodology of Knowledge Sciences participate the most.
The way of living has an impact on the physical and mental health of individuals. The research group aims to investigate and provide strategies to achieve a better quality of life in people, developing interventions applied through ICTs.
To evaluate the effectiveness of different programmes (e.g. IPT, EMT, INT) in improving neurocognition, social cognition and social functioning in people with mental disorders.
Development and implementation of intervention programmes focused on the improvement of social skills, neurocognitive and social cognition training and psychoeducational programmes for the improvement of social functioning and quality of life from a recovery perspective.
The use of ICTs is growing exponentially in the field of Clinical Psychology. Our aim is to design applications (web platforms, virtual reality, mobile systems) that serve as therapeutic tools in the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.
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Study of beliefs, attitudes and discrimination towards mental illness in the general population and their relationship with knowledge and contact or familiarity with mental illness.
A systematic review is an objective review of a clearly formulated question whose answer requires the integration of the empirical studies that have been carried out on it. Its aim is to systematically and objectively accumulate the evidence obtained in empirical studies on a given problem. Therefore, systematic reviews are secondary studies that synthesise the available scientific information through rigorous and explicit methods, which saves time for health and social care professionals and provides them with an overview of what the scientific evidence suggests about studies in promotion of the life quality.
- Martínez-Gregorio, S., Badenes-Ribera, L., and Oliver, A. (2021). Effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship intention and related outcomes in educational contexts: a meta-analysis. The International Journal of Management Education, 19, 100545. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijme.2021.100545.
- Badenes-Ribera, L., Molla-Esparza, C., Longobardi, C., Sánchez-Meca, J., and Fabris, M. A. (2021). Homicide as a Source of Posttraumatic Stress?: A Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Committing Homicide. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34, 345-356. Doi: 10.1002/jts.22630.
- Ventura, S., Badenes-Ribera, L., Herrero, R., Cebolla, A., Galiana, L., and Baños, R. M. (2020). Virtual Reality as a Medium to Elicit Empathy: A Meta-Analysis. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 23, 667-676. Doi: 10.1089/cyber.2019.0681.
- Rubio-Aparicio, M., Badenes-Ribera, L., Sánchez-Meca, J., Fabris, M., and Longobardi, C. (2020). A Reliability Generalization Meta-analysis of self-report measures of Muscle Dysmorphia. Clinical Psychology-Science and Practice, 27, e12303. 2020. Doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12303.
- Longobardi, C., Badenes-Ribera, L., Fabris, M. A., Martinez, A., and McMahon, S. (2019). Prevalence of Student Violence Against Teachers: A Meta-Analysis. Psychology Of Violence, 9, 596-610. Doi: 10.1037/vio0000202.
- Longobardi, C., and Badenes-Ribera, L. (2019). The relationship between animal cruelty in children and adolescent and interpersonal violence: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 46, 201-211. Doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2018.09.001.
- Badenes-Ribera, L., Sánchez-Meca, J., and Longobardi, C. (2019). The Relationship Between Internalized Homophobia and Intimate Partner Violence in Same-Sex Relationships: A Meta-Analysis. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 20, 331-343. Doi: 10.1177/1524838017708781
- Badenes-Ribera, L., Rubio-Aparicio, M., Sánchez-Meca, J., Fabris, M. A., and Longobardi, C. (2019). The association between muscle dysmorphia and eating disorder symptomatology: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 8, 351-371. Doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.44.
- Badenes-Ribera, L., Fabris, M. A., and Longobardi, C. (2018). The relationship between internalized homonegativity and body image concerns in sexual minority men: a meta-analysis. Psychology and Sexuality, 9, 251-268. Doi: 10.1080/19419899.2018.1476905.
- Longobardi, C., and Badenes-Ribera, L. (2017). Intimate Partner Violence in Same-Sex Relationships and The Role of Sexual Minority Stressors: A Systematic Review of the Past 10 Years. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 2039-2049. Doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0734-4.
- Badenes-Ribera, L., Bonilla-Campos, A., Frias-Navarro, D., Pons-Salvador, G., and Monterde-i-Bort, H. (2016). Intimate Partner Violence in Self-Identified Lesbians: A Systematic Review of Its Prevalence and Correlates. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 17, 284-297. Doi: 10.1177/1524838015584363.
- Badenes-Ribera, L., Frias-Navarro, D., Bonilla-Campos, A., Pons-Salvador, G., and Monterde-i-Bort, H. (2015). Intimate Partner Violence in Self-identified Lesbians: A Meta-analysis of its Prevalence. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 12, 47-59. Doi: 10.1007/s13178-014-0164-7.
