Examinando por Autor "Medrano, Leonardo Adrián"

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A narrative review of emotion regulation process in stress and recovery phases
(Heliyon, 2021-06) Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel; Moretti, Luciana; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
The difficulty in studying the relationship between stress and emotional regulation is due to the need to contemplate a dynamic perspective that analyzes the moderating role of stress. In fact, stress involves different phases or stages, and the neurocognitive processes involved in emotion regulation differ significantly between these phases. The period of anticipation of stressful events can be fundamental to understand the process of stress regulation; however, surprisingly few works have analyzed the differential activation of brain networks involved in cognitive regulation during the phases of stress and recovery. Taking this into consideration, within this study we propose to analyze in an integrated way the psychological and neurobiological processes during the phase of stress and recovery, with the aim of improving our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie successful and unsuccessful stress regulation. We consider that from the present review we contribute to achieve a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying successful and unsuccessful stress regulation would contribute to the improvement of prevention and treatment interventions for mental disorders. Extraído de: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(21)01321-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2405844021013219%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
A nationwide cross-sectional study of workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact of changes in working conditions, financial hardships, psychological detachment from work and work-family interface
(BMC Psychology, 2023) Trógolo, Mario Alberto; Moretti, Luciana Sofía; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
The COVID-19 disease has changed people’s work and income. While recent evidence has documented the adverse impact of these changes on mental health outcomes, most research is focused on frontline healthcare workers and the reported association between income loss and mental health comes from high-income countries. In this study we examine the impact of changes in working conditions and income loss related to the COVID-19 lockdown on workers’ mental health in Argentina. We also explore the role of psychological detachment from work and work-family interaction in mental health. Extraído de: https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-022-00783-y
Anxiety, Depression and Anger: Application of a Bifactor Model to Identify Common Symptoms
(Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2021) Garcia-Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Guerra-Peña, Kiero; Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel; Morett, Luciana Sofía; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
Anger manifestations, depression and anxiety are strongly related to individual´s discomfort and well-being. The aim of the present study is to investigate the fit of a bifactor model applied on emotional disposition measures emphasizing the specification of a general factor through the identification of specific responses or indicators that can account for the communality between depression, anxiety and anger. The results obtained show two large groups of indicators that would be common in these affective disposition types: affective and cognitive responses. On the one hand, affective responses include agitation, irritability, and tension or nervousness. On the other hand, cognitive symptoms are linked to the presence of repetitive worrying and uncontrollable thoughts. In this way, it is possible to identify a general stress response in this group of indicators. Extraído de: https://www.archivespp.pl/Anxiety-Depression-and-Anger-Application-nof-a-Bifactor-Model-to-Identify-Common,136354,0,2.html
Cognitive processes of emotion regulation, burnout and engagement at work
(Psicothema, 2019) Castellano, Estanislao; Muñoz-Navarro, Roger; Toledo, María Sol; Spontón, Carlos; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
Procesos cognitivos de regulación emocional, burnout y engagement en el trabajo. Antecedentes: los trabajadores apelan constantemente a procesos cognitivos de regulación emocional para lidiar con las emociones que experimentan en el trabajo. Estos procesos se pueden distinguir en dos modos de procesamiento, uno es preconsciente y rápido, llamado “automático”; y otro es consciente y más lento, llamado “elaborativo”. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar el papel de estas variables en el entorno de trabajo y analizar su relación con el afecto positivo y negativo, el burnout y el engagement. Método: 350 trabajadores (54,8% hombres y 45,2% mujeres) completaron varios instrumentos que miden burnout, engagement, afecto y estrategias cognitivas de regulación emocional en un estudio prospectivo. Se testeó un modelo explicativo a través del análisis de ecuaciones estructurales. Resultados: se obtuvieron valores aceptables en los índices de ajuste y un valor explicativo signifi cativo tanto para el burnout (61%) como para el engagement (58%). El uso de estrategias cognitivas de regulación emocional “automáticas” se relacionó con la presencia de afecto negativo y burnout, mientras que el uso de procesos “elaborativos” se relacionó con la experiencia de afecto y compromiso positivo. Conclusiones: estos resultados corroboran la importancia del papel de la regulación cognitiva de las emociones en el entorno organizacional.
COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation
(PLoS ONE, 2021-11) García-Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Guerra-Peña, Kiero; Nouri Kandany, Vahid; Marte, María Isabel; Garrido, Luis Eduardo; Cantisano-Guzmán, Luisa Marilia; Moretti, Luciana; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work overload and continuous exposure to positive COVID-19 cases have caused them fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other detriments. This research aims: 1) to analyze whether the use of cognitive reevaluation and emotional suppression strategies decreases and increases, respectively, stress levels of health personnel; 2) to quantify the impact of contact with patients with COVID-19 on stress levels of medical staff. Extraído de: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259013
Desarrollo y validación de una escala para medir satisfacción con los recursos laborales.
(Revista Suma Psicológica, 2019) Trógolo, Mario A.; Castellano, Estanislao; Spontón, Carlos; Morera, Luis P.; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
En los últimos 30 años la investigación empírica ha mostrado consistentemente la influencia positiva de los recursos laborales en el bienestar y desempeño de los trabajadores. Sin embargo, se ha señalado que estos resultados positivos se asocian más con la satisfacción percibida que con los recursos provistos por la organización. En esta línea y tomando como referencia el modelo HERO, se diseñó un instrumento para medir la satisfacción con los recursos laborales. Los análisis factoriales exploratorio y confirmatorio utilizando muestras de 492 y 508 trabajadores, respectivamente, respaldaron las cuatro dimensiones teóricas propuestas: satisfacción con los recursos de tarea, satisfacción con los recursos de equipo, satisfacción con los recursos de líder, y satisfacción con los recursos de la organización. Se obtuvieron índices satisfactorios de consistencia interna y de fiabilidad del constructo, y evidencias de validez test-criterio con medidas de engagement y burnout. Se discute el valor práctico del nuevo instrumento y algunas sugerencias tendientes a examinar en mayor profundidad sus propiedades psicométricas.
Design and validation of virtual environments for the treatment of cleaning obsessive-compulsive disorder
(Heliyon, 2022-12) García-Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Guerra-Peña, Kiero; Alsina-Jurnet, Ivan; Cano-Vindel, Antonio; Álvarez-Hernández, Adriana; Cantisano-Guzmán, Luisa Marilia; Bordas-Puras, Marlia; Moretti, Luciana; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
During the coronavirus outbreak, it was noted that pre-existing psychological illnesses worsened, and numerous research indicate that those with contamination-related obsessions and cleaning compulsions (C-OCD) may be more affected. Virtual Reality (VR) and other immersive technologies have shown to be effective for the treatment of disorders related to anxiety, thus showing their potential to transform OCD treatment by means of integrating virtual elements. VR exposure has shown benefits compared to live or imagined exposure, however, to be effective it must be able to elicit high emotional arousal in users. Based on this, the present work aimed to develop different virtual environments scenarios and evaluate their efficacy in generating an emotional response in people with C-OCD symptoms. Based on the literature review, two virtual scenarios were created (dirty public bathroom and unhygienic kitchen). Subsequently, two groups were then constituted: C-OCD group (n = 20, aged between 18 and 48 years) characterized by an obtained score of more than 13 points (cut-point) in the Yale-Brown Scale for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Y-BOCS) and by showing C-OCD symptoms when doing the structured interview (SCID-I), and a control group (n = 20, aged between 18 and 56 years), all participants were residents of the Dominican Republic. Exposure to the virtual environments generated high levels of state and subjective anxiety in both groups, although significantly higher in the C-OCD group. The results obtained indicate that the VR scenarios developed are suitable for eliciting emotional responses and, consequently, that they can be used to complement the treatment of C-OCD. Extraído de: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(22)03775-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2405844022037756%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Evaluación de un modelo sociocognitivo de autoeficacia, burnout y engagement en el trabajo: análisis de invarianza entre Argentina y España.
(Psychol, 2018) Spontón, Carlos; Castellano, Estanislao; Salanova, Marisa; Llorens, Susana; Maffei, Luis; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
Evaluation of an academic satisfaction model in E-learning education contexts
(Interactive Learning Environments, 2021-08) Zalazar-Jaime, Mauricio Federico; Moretti, Luciana Sofía; García-Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
The urgent imperative to “move online”, caused by the recent Covid-19 pandemic, has led to an in-depth study of the psychological factors involved in designing successful online learning experiences. The social-cognitive model of academic satisfaction has been widely researched in conventional educational contexts in different countries. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the adequacy of this model in e-learning education contexts. The method used was path analysis, including as independent variables: social support, informational support, self-efficacy, outcome expectations and progress in goals. The results indicated that the model adjusted satisfactorily, explaining 45% of the variance in academic satisfaction. As a specific finding of this study, in an e-learning context, it can be mentioned that a greater contribution of socio-emotional support was demonstrated with respect to informational support. On the other hand, a weak contribution of outcome expectations on academic satisfaction was verified, aspect that requires furthers research and the development of specific measures for e-learning education context. In summary, the results of this research together provide preliminary evidence favorable to the social-cognitive model of academic satisfaction in virtual environments of university education. Extraído de: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10494820.2021.1979047
Evaluation of an academic satisfaction model in E-learning education contexts
(Interactive Learning Environments, Routledge, 2023) Zalazar Jaime, Mauricio Federico; Moretti, Luciana Sofía; García Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
The urgent imperative to “move online”, caused by the recent Covid-19 pandemic, has led to an in-depth study of the psychological factors involved in designing successful online learning experiences. The social-cognitive model of academic satisfaction has been widely researched in conventional educational contexts in different countries. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the adequacy of this model in e-learning education contexts. The method used was path analysis, including as independent variables: social support, informational support, self-efficacy, outcome expectations and progress in goals. The results indicated that the model adjusted satisfactorily, explaining 45% of the variance in academic satisfaction. As a specific finding of this study, in an e-learning context, it can be mentioned that a greater contribution of socio-emotional support was demonstrated with respect to informational support. On the other hand, a weak contribution of outcome expectations on academic satisfaction was verified, aspect that requires furthers research and the development of specific measures for e-learning education context. In summary, the results of this research together provide preliminary evidence favorable to the social-cognitive model of academic satisfaction in virtual environments of university education.
Evidencias de Validez y Confiabilidad de las Puntuaciones del Cuestionario de Agresividad (AQ) para Adultos Argentinos
(RIDEP, 2021) García-Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Moretti, Luciana Sofía; Franco, Paul; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián; Mustaca, Alba Elisabeth
Según el Sistema Nacional de Información Criminal, en Argentina existe un crecimiento sostenido de delitos y problemas asociados a la agresividad. Además, se observa un aumento en la cantidad de mujeres que fueron víctimas de violencia durante el último año. A pesar de esta problemática, no se cuenta con instrumentos psicométricos debidamente adaptados a la población de adultos. Para validar el Cuestionario de Agresividad (AQ) se contó con la participación de 799 adultos (65,8% eran mujeres). Estudios previos proponen estructuras factoriales que varían entre los dos y cuatro factores, por lo que se comparó el ajuste de los diferentes modelos. El modelo de tres factores (hostilidad, violencia verbal y violencia física) presentó un mejor ajuste. Los niveles de consistencia interna resultaron óptimos (valores α comprendidos entre .88 y .79). Asimismo, se obtuvieron evidencias favorables de validez al correlacionar las puntuaciones del AQ con medidas de Intolerancia a la Frustración. Extraído de: https://www.aidep.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/RIDEP62-Art2.pdf
Una minirevisión sobre el estrés laboral y la atención plena: un punto de vista neuropsicológico
(Frente. Psychol.,, 2022-04) Gonzalez Palau, Fátima; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
El estrés laboral está constantemente relacionado con el deterioro de la salud cognitiva y mental, las limitaciones en el desempeño laboral diario y un mayor riesgo de desarrollar enfermedades. Un hilo común que une estas consecuencias parece ser las alteraciones asociadas al estrés en las funciones neuropsicológicas y los dominios afectivos, especialmente aquellos que dependen del área cerebral del hipocampo, prefrontal y de la amígdala. Aunque la investigación respalda ampliamente la afirmación de que la práctica de la meditación de atención plena para la reducción de las consecuencias del estrés y la promoción de la salud ejercen efectos positivos en los lugares de trabajo, los beneficios neuropsicológicos precisos de las intervenciones basadas en la atención plena (MBI) en el contexto de las organizaciones siguen siendo difíciles de alcanzar. . En esta revisión, analizaremos las afectaciones que impone el estrés en las áreas y funciones cerebrales y los beneficios de las MBI desde un punto de vista neuropsicológico. Esto es significativo ya que existe una centralidad de las funciones cognitivas en los procesos básicos necesarios para los logros laborales, como la regulación de las emociones, la resolución de problemas y el aprendizaje. La promoción del bienestar es una responsabilidad compartida entre trabajadores y organizaciones. Desarrollar ambientes saludables permite a los trabajadores ejercer un mayor control sobre su trabajo, enfrentar desafíos laborales, trabajar productivamente y desarrollar su talento. La promoción del bienestar es una responsabilidad compartida entre trabajadores y organizaciones. Desarrollar ambientes saludables permite a los trabajadores ejercer un mayor control sobre su trabajo, enfrentar desafíos laborales, trabajar productivamente y desarrollar su talento. La promoción del bienestar es una responsabilidad compartida entre trabajadores y organizaciones. Desarrollar ambientes saludables permite a los trabajadores ejercer un mayor control sobre su trabajo, enfrentar desafíos laborales, trabajar productivamente y desarrollar su talento. Extraído de: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854204/full
PsicAP transdiagnostic protocol of group cognitive-behavioral training for emotional disorders in Dominican Republic: a randomized controlled trial protocol
(BMC Psychiatr, 2023-05) García Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Cantisano Guzmán, Luisa Marilia; Guerra-Peña, Kiero; Alvarez, Adriana; Moretti, Luciana; Cano-Vindel, Antonio; Muñoz-Navarro, Roger; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián; Araya Baltra, Ricardo
Emotional disorders (ED) such as anxiety, depression and somatization are extremely prevalent disorders that can affect an individual’s quality of life and functionality. Primary Health Care (PHC) is the first place to identify most patients with these conditions. Mental health services in the Dominican Republic, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean in general, are unable to provide appropriate care for most people with mental disorders. Using evidence-based treatment protocols is also crucial to make progress in helping people with ED. The PsicAP project is a group intervention that uses a transdiagnostic approach and is grounded in cognitive-behavioral techniques. The program is implemented in 7 group sessions, each lasting for one and a half hours. The program has been shown to be effective in reducing clinical symptoms, dysfunction, and in improving quality of life. It is also a non-time-intensive, low-cost treatment that is helpful for addressing EDs in a PHC context. The objective is to bring psychological treatments into PHC facilities of Dominican Republic, making them more accessible for a larger amount of the population. Extraído de: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-04771-3
PsicAP transdiagnostic protocol of group cognitive-behavioral training for emotional disorders in Dominican Republic: a randomized controlled trial protocol
(BMC Psychiatry, Part of Springer Nature., 2023) Cantisano Guzmán, Luisa Marilia; García Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Guerra Peña, Kiero; Alvarez, Adriana; Moretti, Luciana; Cano Vindel, Antonio; Muñoz Navarro, Roger; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián; Baltra, Ricardo Araya
Emotional disorders (ED) such as anxiety, depression and somatization are extremely prevalent disorders that can affect an individual’s quality of life and functionality. Primary Health Care (PHC) is the first place to identify most patients with these conditions. Mental health services in the Dominican Republic, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean in general, are unable to provide appropriate care for most people with mental disorders. Using evidence-based treatment protocols is also crucial to make progress in helping people with ED. The PsicAP project is a group intervention that uses a transdiagnostic approach and is grounded in cognitive-behavioral techniques. The program is implemented in 7 group sessions, each lasting for one and a half hours. The program has been shown to be effective in reducing clinical symptoms, dysfunction, and in improving quality of life. It is also a non-time-intensive, low-cost treatment that is helpful for addressing EDs in a PHC context. The objective is to bring psychological treatments into PHC facilities of Dominican Republic, making them more accessible for a larger amount of the population.
Psychometric properties of the Survey Work-Home Interaction Nijmegen (SWING) in Argentinian population
(Front. Psychol, 2022) Colasanti, Elena Lucía; Castellano, Estanislao; Lapuente, Lucas; Moretti, Luciana Sofía; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
Frictions between work and family life have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing negative consequences on the mental health and quality of life of workers. Without validated instruments, it is not possible to determine the impact of Work-Family and Family-Work conflict. To date, no studies have been conducted to provide evidence of the validity and reliability of The Survey Work-Home Interaction Nijmegen (SWING; 22 items) in the population of Argentine workers. The SWING was administered to 611 Argentine workers of both sexes (73.6% female) aged between 18 and 70 years (M = 35.33; SD = 9.16) selected from a non-probabilistic accidental sampling. The confirmatory factor analysis showed satisfactory fit indices of the original four-factor model (χ2 = 647.073, gl = 203, CFI = 0.93, GFI = 0.92, NFI = 0.90, TLI = 0.92, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.05, AIC = 557.9, BIC = 821.5). The level of reliability was acceptable (α between 0.68 and 0.86, ω = 0.79–0.89). The relationships of the subscale scores with the engagement and burnout variables were as expected according to previous studies. Having an instrument adequately adapted to the population of Argentine workers facilitates the development of studies aimed at evaluating the role of W-F or F-W interactions and their implications for health and productivity. Extraído de: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.876025/full
Using Constrained Factor Mixture Analysis to Validate Mixed-Worded Psychological Scales: The Case of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in the Dominican Republic
(Personality and Social Psychology, 2021-08) García-Batista, Zoilo Emilio; Guerra-Peña, Kiero; Garrido, Luis Eduardo; Cantisano-Guzmán, Luisa Marilia; Moretti, Luciana; Cano-Vindel, Antonio; Arias, Víctor B.; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián
A common method to collect information in the behavioral and health sciences is the self-report. However, the validity of self-reports is frequently threatened by response biases, particularly those associated with inconsistent responses to positively and negatively worded items of the same dimension, known as wording effects. Modeling strategies based on confirmatory factor analysis have traditionally been used to account for this response bias, but they have recently become under scrutiny due to their incorrect assumption of population homogeneity, inability to recover uncontaminated person scores or preserve structural validities, and their inherent ambiguity. Recently, two constrained factor mixture analysis (FMA) models have been proposed by Arias et al. (2020) and Steinmann et al. (2021) that can be used to identify and screen inconsistent response profiles. While these methods have shown promise, tests of their performance have been limited and they have not been directly compared. Thus the objective of the current study was to assess and compare their performance with data from the Dominican Republic of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (N = 632). Additionally, as this scale had not yet been studied for this population, another objective was to show how using constrained FMAs could help in the validation of mixedworded scales. The results indicated that removing the inconsistent respondents identified by both FMAs (≈8%) reduced the amount of wording effects in the database. However, whereas the Steinmann et al. method only cleaned the data partially, the Arias et al. (2020) method was able to remove the great majority of the wording effects variance. Based on the screened data with the Arias et al. method, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the RSES for the Dominican population, and the results indicated that the scores had good validity and reliability properties. Given these findings, we recommend that researchers incorporate constrained FMAs into their toolbox and consider using them to screen out inconsistent respondents to mixed-worded scales. Extraído de: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636693/full
Work-Related Mental Health Issues in Graduate Student Population
(Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021) Gallea, José Ignacio; Medrano, Leonardo Adrián; Morera, Luis Pedro
The scientific and educational community is becoming increasingly aware of the impact of current academic working conditions on graduate students’ mental health and how this is affecting scientific progress and ultimately society as a whole. Our study aimed to shed light on the work-related mental health issues affecting graduate students, providing a comprehensive research work including psychological and biological assessment. Our findings showed that a sizeable number of graduate student present anxiety, depression, or high burnout and that the time spent in academia plays an important role. The graduate student population displayed a specific work-related mental health issues profile with an altered hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and low levels of work engagement. Finally, graduate students were equally stressed, with less work engagement, and more anxious and depressed than general workers. Extraído de: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.593562/full