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Implementation of a Positive Technology Application in Patients With Eating Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial.
2018
Background: Positive psychological interventions (PPIs) have been suggested to produce benefits in patients with eating disorders (ED) by improving well-being, which might act as a buffer of the harmful effects caused by the disorder. Best Possible Self (BPS) is a PPI which consists of writing and envisioning a future where everything has turned out in the best possible way. In this regard, positive technology (PT) can be of considerable benefit as it allows to implement specific PPIs that have already shown efficacy. Objective: This study tested the preliminary efficacy of the BPS exercise implemented through a PT application and carried out for 1 month, in improving positive functioning m…
Psychopharmacology treatment and psychological interventions in irritable bowel syndromel
2013
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) accounts for 25% of gastroenterology output practice, making it one of the most common disorders in this practice. Psychological and social factors may affect the development of this chronic disorder. Furthermore, psychiatric symptoms and psychiatric diseases are highly prevalent in this condition, but the approach to treating these is not always straightforward. As emphasized in the biopsychosocial model of IBS, with regard to the modulatory role of stress-related brain-gut interactions and association of the disease with psychological factors and emotional state, it proves useful to encourage psychopharmacological treatments and psychosocial therapies, both …
El coaching com a estratègia psicològica: punts clau per a la seua correcta aplicació
2019
espanolEl coaching es un termino que esta desde hace unos anos muy presente en nuestra sociedad y que muchas veces se usa como sinonimo de desarrollo personal, y bajo este paraguas se amparan diversas «terapias» o «pseudoterapias » con diferentes efectos sobre las personas que se someten a ellas. Es necesario, para adecuada practica del coaching que este concepto este bien definido y todos los que intervienen en el asuman su verdadero papel para el maximo beneficio de todos, sabiendo ademas que es una metodologia de base psicologica que se puede aplicar en diversos ambitos y por distintos profesionales, atendiendo a las correctas condiciones de aplicacion. En este trabajo y con el principal…
The Roles of Adherence and Usage Activity in Adolescents' Intervention Gains During Brief Guided Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
2022
OBJECTIVEThis study investigated the roles of adherence and usage activity in adolescents’ (n = 161) gains during a 5-week web intervention program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).METHODProgram adherence was calculated as adherence percentage in relation to intended usage, whereas completion percentage, usage time, and usage weeks were used as indicators for usage activity. Subjective well-being was measured by self-reported life satisfaction and stress before and after the intervention.RESULTSFirst, regression analysis results showed that higher adherence predicted an increase in life satisfaction during intervention. Second, three subgroups of adolescents were identified …