José Gutiérrez‐Maldonado

Universitat de Barcelona

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Marta Ferrer‐García

Universitat de Barcelona

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Bruno Porras-García

Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa

Giuseppe Riva

IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Mar Rus‐Calafell

Ruhr University Bochum

Joan Ribas‐Sabaté

Hospital d'Igualada

Eduardo Serrano‐Troncoso

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

Irene Pericot‐Valverde

Clemson University

Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar

University of Tarapacá

Antonios Dakanalis

University of Milano-Bicocca

Olaya García–Rodríguez

Universidad de Oviedo

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Universitat de Barcelona

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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

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Universidad de Antioquia

Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

University of Milan

Instituto de Salud Carlos III

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University of Tarapacá

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Virtual Reality Body Exposure Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa. A Single Case Study

Communications in computer and information science (2020)

Bruno Porras-García Marta Ferrer‐García Eduardo Serrano‐Troncoso Marta Carulla‐Roig Pau Soto-Usera

Exposure therapy

Anorexia nervosa

10.1007/978-3-030-50729-9_15

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Gender differences in attentional bias after owning a virtual avatar with increased weight

Bruno Porras-García Alexandra Ghiţă Manuel Moreno Marta Ferrer‐García Paola Bertomeu Panisello

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Body Dissatisfaction and Body-Related Attentional Bias: Is There a Causal Relationship?

Journal of Clinical Medicine (2023)

María Teresa Mendoza-Medialdea Franck-Alexandre Meschberger-Annweiler Mariarca Ascione Alejandra Rueda-Pina Elisa Rabarbari

Previous research has shown an association between body dissatisfaction and attentional biases toward the body, but the nature of this relationship is not clear. It is possible that dissatisfaction causes attentional bias or that dissatisfaction is a result of such bias. To clarify the causal relationship between these two variables, this study manipulated dissatisfaction in a sample of healthy women by exposing them to images of “ideal” bodies and observed whether this manipulation increased attentional biases toward different body parts. Fifty-seven women took part in a pre–post experimental design in which they observed an avatar representing themselves in a virtual mirror before and after being exposed to “thin ideal” photographs. Eye-tracking technology was employed to quantify the frequency and duration of fixations on weight-related and weight-unrelated body parts. The outcomes revealed a successful induction of body dissatisfaction, leading participants to display a heightened number of fixations and prolonged fixation durations on unrelated-weight body parts. These findings remained significant after controlling for the effects of trait body dissatisfaction and body mass index. The results imply that heightened body dissatisfaction fosters the aversion of attention from weight-related body parts, which may function as a protective mechanism for preserving self-esteem and promoting psychological well-being.

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10.3390/jcm12175659

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Affectivity, alexithymia and psychopathology in a psychotic sample

Personality and Individual Differences (2014)

Mar Rus‐Calafell José Gutiérrez‐Maldonado Joan Ribas‐Sabaté

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Schizophrenia Spectrum

10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.029

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Quality of life in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: A literature review

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2009)

Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar José Gutiérrez‐Maldonado Claudia Miranda‐Castillo

A couple of decades ago, hospitals or psychiatric institutions were in charge of caring for patients with schizophrenia; however, nowadays this role is performed by one or more patient's relatives. Evidence shows that informal caregivers experience negative changes in their quality of life (QOL). The aim of this study is to review the main factors associated with the QOL of caregivers of people with schizophrenia. A search through databases from journals published last decade between 1998 and 2008 was performed. In accordance with the inclusion criteria, titles and abstracts of citations obtained from the search were examined independently by two authors and irrelevant articles discarded. The full text of those studies considered relevant by either reviewer were obtained and assessed independently. Where differences of opinion rose they were resolved by discussion. Out of the 258 references, 37 were included in the review. Studies which assessed factors associated with caregivers of people with schizophrenia's quality of life were included and the information summarized. Evidence suggest that physical, emotional and economic distress affect negatively caregiver's QOL as a result of a number of unfulfilled needs such as, restoration of patient functioning in family and social roles, economic burden, lack of spare time, among other factors. Decreased QOL may be associated with caregivers' burden, lack of social support, course of the disease and family relationships problems. In addition, in developing countries, QOL is affected by caregivers' economic burden. High quality research is needed in order to identify factors associated with QOL over time and testing the efficacy of interventions aiming to improve QOL in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia.

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10.1186/1477-7525-7-84

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Cognitive mechanisms underlying Armoni: A computer-assisted cognitive training programme for individuals with intellectual disabilities

Anales de Psicología (2015)

Claudia Peñaloza José Gutiérrez‐Maldonado Marta Ferrer‐García Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar Antonio Reverter-Guimeso

<p>Although a number of cognitive deficits have been described in individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID), few studies have examined the use of computer-assisted cognitive training programmes in this group of people. This study sought to determine the cognitive mechanisms underlying 16 activities included in Armoni, a computerized cognitive training programme for individuals with ID, in order to validate its use with this population. Fifty adults with ID from four residential care centres in Spain underwent neuropsychological testing tapping attention, verbal memory, visual memory, comprehension, visuoperception, visuoconstruction, naming ability, verbal fluency, verbal reasoning and motor function. In addition, they performed 16 activities included in the Armoni programme. The relationships between cognitive function and the computer-based activities were assessed using Spearman correlations. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were then used to explore how cognitive function predicted the performance of individuals with ID on the programme activities. Most programme activities correlated with visuoconstruction, comprehension and naming ability. Naming ability, visual memory, comprehension and visuoconstruction contributed the most to the predictive models regarding performance on the Armoni activities. Our findings support the validity of Armoni for cognitive training in individuals with ID.</p>

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Verbal fluency test

Cognitive skill

10.6018/analesps.32.1.194511

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Body Image Assessment Software: Psychometric data

Behavior Research Methods (2008)

Marta Ferrer‐García José Gutiérrez‐Maldonado

10.3758/brm.40.2.394

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A Randomized Trial of Virtual Reality-Based Cue Exposure Second-Level Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Second-Level Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder: Outcome at Six-Month Followup

Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking (2018)

Marta Ferrer‐García Joana Pla‐Sanjuanelo Antonios Dakanalis Ferran Vilalta‐Abella Giuseppe Riva

This article reviews the 6-month followup data of a randomized, multicenter, parallel-group study conducted at five clinical sites in three European cities, which compared two second-level treatments for bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED): virtual reality-based cue exposure therapy (VR-CET) versus additional cognitive behavioral therapy (A-CBT). Post-treatment outcomes of this study were previously published and details of its design can be found at clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT02237300). This article focuses on the evolution of symptoms assessed after 6 months of followup in a subgroup of 58 patients from the original study. In this study 64 patients with eating disorders (EDs) (35 with BN and 29 with BED), who still showed active episodes of binge eating by the end of a structured CBT program (first-level treatment), were randomly assigned to one of two second-level treatments (A-CBT or VR-CET). Frequency of binge and purge episodes, and attitudinal features of binge-related EDs (bulimia, drive for thinness, and body dissatisfaction) were assessed before starting the second-level treatment (n = 64), at the end (n = 64), and at 6-month followup (n = 58). Mixed between-within subject analyses of variance were used to compare outcomes of both second-level treatments over time. Although both treatment conditions showed statistically significant improvements at the end and after 6-month followup, obtained reductions were greater after VR-CET, regarding binge and purge episodes, as well as the decrease of self-reported tendency to engage in overeating episodes. Accordingly, abstinence from binge episodes were higher in VR-CET than A-CBT at followup (70 percent vs. 26 percent, respectively; χ2 = 11.711, p = 0.001). These results provide further support for the use of VR-CET as an effective second-level intervention for BN and BED treatment-resistant patients.

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Binge-eating disorder

Overeating

10.1089/cyber.2017.0675

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Virtual Reality Exposure and Imaginal Exposure in the Treatment of Fear of Flying

Behavior Modification (2013)

Mar Rus‐Calafell José Gutiérrez‐Maldonado Cristina Botella Rosa Baños

Fear of flying (FF) is an impairing psychological disorder that is extremely common in developed countries. The most effective treatment for this particular type of phobia is exposure therapy. However, there are few studies comparing imaginal exposure (IE) and virtual reality (VR) exposure for the treatment of FF. The present study compared the effectiveness of these two approaches using two manualized interventions based on the exposure technique. Patients with FF ( N = 15) were randomly assigned to either VR ( n = 7) or IE therapy ( n = 8), consisting of a total of eight sessions: two assessment sessions (pre-treatment and after the real flight) and six exposure therapy sessions, which were conducted twice a week. During each exposure session, subjective perceived anxiety was measured every 5 min. Participants were also asked to sit through a real flight immediately after the treatment. The results showed no differences between the two treatments in relation to reduced clinical symptomatology associated with the FF, although participants in the VR group experienced less anxiety during the real flight after treatment. Furthermore, at 6-month follow-up, danger expectations and flight anxiety continued to decrease in participants who had received the VR exposure therapy, and four of these seven participants took at least one more flight.

Exposure therapy

10.1177/0145445513482969

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