Publications by authors named "Ana Sanz-Garcia"
Background: The Self-Absorption Scale (SAS) is one of the few instruments that measure dysfunctional self-focused attention or self-absorption, a transdiagnostic factor of vulnerability to various emotional disorders. The internal structure of the Spanish version of the SAS and its relationship with other variables have not been examined, nor has whether its subscales provide relevant information. These were the two goals of the present study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies have reviewed the evidence on the increase in alcohol consumption after a terrorist attack. However, an increase does not necessarily imply the presence of an alcohol use disorder. To conduct a systematic and meta-analytic review of the literature on the prevalence of increased alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders in adult exposed to terrorism.
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- Recent studies debate the validity of the five-factor personality model (Big Five) versus the six-factor HEXACO model in summarizing personality traits.
- A study involving 682 adults in Spain found that the Big Five model better fits personality data than the HEXACO model when analyzing the NEO-Revised Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R).
- The findings support the continued use of the Big Five model as the most valid framework for understanding personality traits in the Spanish context, consistent with previous research.
Background: The Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3) is the reference instrument for measuring anxiety sensitivity. The psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the ASI-3 have been examined in university students but not in adults from the general population. Whether the ASI-3 subscales provide relevant information has not yet been examined either.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe main objective of this work is to examine the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population from the main currently existing theoretical perspectives of psychopathy, using for this purpose the five-factor or Big Five model as a common language that allows the comparison and integration of the personality traits considered as defining psychopathy by these different perspectives. The NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) was applied to a sample of 682 adults of the general Spanish population. The prevalence of clinical and subclinical psychopathy was calculated according to six different definitions of these two constructs based on Hare's, Lilienfeld's, triarchic, and DSM-5-hybrid models, and the simultaneous presence of a minimum number of personality traits that differed from the sample mean by one standard deviation.
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- There are two main ways researchers look at how personality affects depression: one way uses the Big Five personality model and the other uses Beck's ideas about negative thinking.
- This study aimed to combine both of these approaches to see how different personality traits connect to depression.
- Researchers tested 221 adults in Spain and found that only the part of personality related to depression was strongly linked to feelings of sadness.
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- The Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) is a tool used to measure complicated grief, especially for people who lost loved ones in violent ways, like terrorist attacks.
- A study was done with 211 relatives of victims in Spain to see how well the ICG works for them.
- The results showed that the ICG is trustworthy and accurately measures complicated grief, also showing connections to feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Background: Scientific literature on posttraumatic growth (PTG) after terrorist attacks has primarily focused on persons who had not been directly exposed to terrorist attacks or persons who had been directly exposed to them, but who were assessed few months or years after the attacks.
Methods: We examined long-term PTG in 210 adults directly exposed to terrorist attacks in Spain a mean of 29.6 years after the attacks (range: 2-47 years).
Background: The Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale, Form A (DAS-A), is the reference instrument for measuring dysfunctional attitudes which, according to Beck's cognitive theory, constitute the key vulnerability factor for depression. The psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the DAS-A have been examined in university students, but not in people with psychological disorders, despite being one of the most widely-used instruments in research and clinical practice of cognitive therapy for depression. The objective of the present study was to obtain validity evidence for the DAS-A in victims of terrorism with and without emotional disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe main objective of this study was to systematically and meta-analytically review the scientific literature on the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population. A search in PsycInfo, MEDLINE, and PSICODOC identified 15 studies published as of June 2021. Altogether, 16 samples of adults totaling 11,497 people were evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Terrorism remains one of the most serious global problems, affecting a very large number of people, a significant percentage of whom can suffer psychological disorders arising from a terrorist attack. The purpose of this article is to describe the current state of scientific knowledge about these psychological disorders and their treatment.
Method: Systematic narrative or meta-analytical reviews of the scientific literature on the subject published between 2010 and 2020 were searched for in PsycINFO, MEDLINE, and PTSDpubs.