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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.11

Susana Cid-Fernández, Ana Nieto-Vieites, Arturo X Pereiro, Fernando Díaz

{"title":"Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training Enhanced Performance and Theta Activity in Adults With Cognitive Impairment.","authors":"Susana Cid-Fernández, Ana Nieto-Vieites, Arturo X Pereiro, Fernando Díaz","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.11","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Age-related cognitive decline is rising due to longer life expectancy, necessitating new treatments as current drugs are ineffective and costly. Transcranial alternating current stimulation at the theta frequency (theta-tACS) has shown promise in enhancing cognitive function in both young and elderly adults, but its effectiveness in those with cognitive decline is not well-studied.Method: This study involved 27 participants with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia, who underwent multiple sessions combining computerized cognitive training with theta-tACS to assess its efficacy. Participants were randomly assigned to either a real-tACS or sham-tACS group. Before and after treatment, they completed several cognitive tasks, and their behavioral and EEG data were collected.Results: Only the real-tACS group improved in the oddball task and exhibited increased event-related EEG amplitude in the theta range.Conclusions: These findings suggest that theta-tACS can improve cognitive performance in individuals with cognitive decline at both behavioral and psychophysiological levels, supporting its potential for alleviating cognitive decline in elderly populations.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144056608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Differences in Behaviors, Motivations, and Attitudes Towards Sexting in Youth: A Comparison Between 2017 and 2023. 青少年对性短信的行为、动机和态度的差异：2017年和2023年的比较

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.12

Carlos García-Montoliu, Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Olga Fernández-García, Verónica Estruch-García, María Dolores Gil-Llario

{"title":"Differences in Behaviors, Motivations, and Attitudes Towards Sexting in Youth: A Comparison Between 2017 and 2023.","authors":"Carlos García-Montoliu, Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Olga Fernández-García, Verónica Estruch-García, María Dolores Gil-Llario","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.12","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Sexting is a phenomenon that has transformed people's sexual interactions. Nevertheless, few studies have assessed these changes over time. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in behaviors, motivations and attitudes towards sexting between two groups of young people assessed at two different times: 2017 (Sexting group; SG17) and 2023 (Sexting group; SG23).Method: The Sexting Behaviors Scale, Sexting Motivations Scale, and Sexting Attitudes Scale were administered to 1246 Spanish youths (51.4% female and 48.6% male) aged 17-25 years (M = 20.36, SD = 2.45).Results: SG23 shared sexual images or messages on social networks more frequently and reported a higher frequency in eight of the ten assessed motivations for practice sexting. Being part of SG23 was also associated with an increased tendency to hold a positive attitude towards sexting within the context of a relationship and a reduced perception of the associated risks.Conclusions: This study highlights the swift evolution of sexual trends in the digital era. It is essential to understand these changes in order to design up-to-date preventive strategies aimed at mitigating potential adverse effects of sexting on mental health.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"12-21"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Technology-Based Interventions for Promoting Well-Being in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 促进儿童和青少年福祉的技术干预：系统回顾和荟萃分析。

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.17

Matías E Rodríguez-Rivas, Sara Valdebenito, Mariavictoria Benavente, Jaime Alfaro, Paula Villacura, Josefina Chuecas, Loreto Ditzel, Alejandra Galdames

{"title":"Technology-Based Interventions for Promoting Well-Being in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Matías E Rodríguez-Rivas, Sara Valdebenito, Mariavictoria Benavente, Jaime Alfaro, Paula Villacura, Josefina Chuecas, Loreto Ditzel, Alejandra Galdames","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.17","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Well-being is crucial for children's and adolescents' mental health. Despite numerous interventions, innovative technological options are still underexplored, particularly for younger populations. This study aims to review, summarize, and discuss experimental studies on the effects of technological interventions on well-being in childhood and adolescence.Method: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis following PRISMA guidelines, including studies published since 2013. Searches were conducted in PubMed, PsycInfo, Scopus, and Web of Science including randomized and non-randomized controlled trials. The quality of studies was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias (ROB-2) and ROBINS-I tools. Meta-analyses were performed using R studio.Results: Of the 2705 articles screened by title and abstract, 55 underwent full-text review. Seventeen articles were included, showing a diversity of technology-based interventions, including apps, web-based intervention, digital intervention, and chatbots. The meta-analysis (n = 5636 participants) showed a small but statistically significant effect in promoting well-being (Hedges's g = 0.18; p < .01). App-based interventions demonstrated a notably larger effect size (Hedges's g = 0.33; p < .001).Conclusions: The findings highlight a range of technological interventions for promoting well-being in children and adolescents, with apps showing greater effectiveness. This supports their use as valuable resources for this population.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"61-73"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144046468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Myths About Child Sexual Abuse Among Professionals: Validation of the CSAM Scale. 专业人员对儿童性虐待的误解：CSAM量表的验证。

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.15

Laura Andreu, Georgina Guilera, Noemí Pereda

{"title":"Myths About Child Sexual Abuse Among Professionals: Validation of the CSAM Scale.","authors":"Laura Andreu, Georgina Guilera, Noemí Pereda","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.15","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Misconceptions about child sexual abuse persist to this day. Assessing and challenging these beliefs among childcare professionals is essential to improve the quality of care provided to victims. The aim of the present study was to validate the CSAM scale in a sample of Spanish professionals, as well as to analyse their level of agreement with these misconceptions.Method: 1007 participants (86.1% female) with various professional profiles related to childcare completed the CSAM scale as part of a training programme.Results: The scale scores show a unidimensional structure (CFI = .99, TLI = .99, RMSEA = .05, SRMR = .06) and good internal consistency (α and ω = .83). Spanish childcare professionals generally disagreed with the myths presented (M = 18.2; SD = 4.3). However, men had higher scores on some items; prior training decreased the level of agreement with the myths; and police officers showed the lowest knowledge of child sexual abuse.Conclusions: Knowledge among Spanish childcare professionals is generally adequate, however further training is still needed.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"42-49"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development and Validation of Schadenfreude in Bullying and Cyberbullying Scale (SBCS). 幸灾乐祸霸凌与网络霸凌量表（SBCS）的编制与验证。

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.14

Antonio Cabrera-Vázquez, Daniel Falla, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Eva M Romera

{"title":"Development and Validation of Schadenfreude in Bullying and Cyberbullying Scale (SBCS).","authors":"Antonio Cabrera-Vázquez, Daniel Falla, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Eva M Romera","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.14","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Schadenfreude is a moral emotion consisting of enjoyment when seeing other people suffer, and whose activation has been related to transgressive behaviour in adulthood. Despite this, the study of this emotion in aggression phenomena among schoolchildren has received little scientific attention, possibly due to a lack of instruments. We aimed to design and provide evidence of the validity and reliability of a scale for measuring schadenfreude in situations of online and offline bullying.Methods: The sample consisted of 3,183 primary and secondary school pupils (48.4% girls; M age = 12.76; SD = 1.52).Results: The data confirmed that the two-dimensional model was the best fit (χ 2 S-B = 81.800; CFI = .984; SRMR = .036; RMSEA = .049). Scale scores were shown to be invariant with regard to gender and age, and evidence was provided of predictive validity, with a clear relationship found between schadenfreude, bullying and cyberbullying.Conclusions: These findings confirm the validity of the instrument scores, which may be useful for measuring this emotion in educational contexts and guiding psycho-educational interventions aimed at improving moral emotion regulation and preventing bullying and cyberbullying.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"32-41"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Prevalence of Symptom Overreporting in the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) in Clinical Patients: A Meta-Analysis. 临床患者结构量表（SIMS）中症状过报的发生率：一项荟萃分析

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.18

Esteban Puente-López, David Pina, Brechje Dandachi-FitzGerald, Luciano Giromini, Rubén López-Nicolás, María Dolores Nieto-Cañaveras, Thomas Merten

{"title":"Prevalence of Symptom Overreporting in the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) in Clinical Patients: A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Esteban Puente-López, David Pina, Brechje Dandachi-FitzGerald, Luciano Giromini, Rubén López-Nicolás, María Dolores Nieto-Cañaveras, Thomas Merten","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.18","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Failure on symptom validity tests may occur in a variety of contexts and situations, including routine clinical settings. To date, no meta-analysis has targeted the failure rate of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) in clinical assessments, nor the factors that may moderate this rate.Method: We used a binomial-normal random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the pooled failure rate of SIMS among patients with a clinical diagnosis who were evaluated in a non-forensic setting.Results: 34 studies and 40 samples were included. The total sample size was 8844 patients. The mean total SIMS score was 15.9 (SD = 5.2). The estimated overall failure rate of SIMS was 36% (95% CI: 30%-43%; I 2 = 96.6%, p < .001).Conclusions: There is an elevated failure rate on the SIMS in clinical patient populations; however, these positive results are not necessarily false positives. The methodological challenge to tell true and false positives apart appears to be of primary importance and should dictate both careful planning of future studies and circumspection when interpreting rates of validity test failure in clinical assessments.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"74-85"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144035125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Childhood Emotional Neglect, Self-Criticism, and Meaning in Life Among Adults Living in Therapeutic Communities. 儿童情感忽视、自我批评与治疗社区成人的生活意义。

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.13

Danilo Calaresi, Rosalba Morese, Valeria Verrastro, Valeria Saladino

{"title":"Childhood Emotional Neglect, Self-Criticism, and Meaning in Life Among Adults Living in Therapeutic Communities.","authors":"Danilo Calaresi, Rosalba Morese, Valeria Verrastro, Valeria Saladino","doi":"10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.13","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Childhood emotional neglect (CEN) may contribute to the emergence of self-critical tendencies, which may be particularly pronounced in individuals living in therapeutic communities and which can have a substantial impact on their overall sense of meaning in life (MiL).Method: This study analyzed the influence of self-criticism (self-criticizing [S-C], self-attacking [S-A], and self-reassuring [S-R]) on the link between CEN and MiL (presence of meaning [PoM] and search for meaning [SfM]) in individuals living in therapeutic communities. The study also aimed to investigate whether this mediating model differed between genders. A total of 1086 participants (18-25 years, 50% women) completed self-report questionnaires.Results: The findings indicated intricate links between the variables. Notably, S-A emerged as a mediator between CEN and both PoM and SfM, whereas S-C solely mediated the path between CEN and SfM, and S-R only mediated the connection between CEN and PoM. Furthermore, the study confirmed the model's invariance between genders.Conclusions: The results underscore the necessity for targeted interventions tailored to this unique population in order to alleviate CEN's adverse effects, address the multifaceted nature of self-criticism, and foster a resilient sense of MiL.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"37 2","pages":"22-31"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Children's Narratives of Sad Events: Attachment Security and Psychopathological Symptoms. 儿童悲伤事件的叙述：依恋安全和精神病理症状。

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.16

Edoardo Saija, Susanna Pallini, Roberto Baiocco, Salvatore Ioverno

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Editorial for Special Issue on Understanding and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior: Humanizing Care and Integrating Social Determinants. 为 "了解和预防自杀行为 "特刊撰写社论：人性化关怀与社会决定因素的结合。

IF 3.2 2区心理学

Psicothema Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2024.341

Susana Al-Halabí, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero

{"title":"Editorial for Special Issue on Understanding and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior: Humanizing Care and Integrating Social Determinants.","authors":"Susana Al-Halabí, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero","doi":"10.7334/psicothema2024.341","DOIUrl":"10.7334/psicothema2024.341","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Suicide is a preventable public health and social problem. Suicidal behavior is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon whose characterization, assessment, prevention, intervention, and postvention require a comprehensive approach focused on the meaning in a person's life and their suffering in their biographical, social and cultural context. It is an extraordinarily variable phenomenon over time and highly dependent on contextual elements.Method: This editorial includes the social determinants of this phenomenon, key aspects linked to the dehumanization of healthcare settings, the problems of iatrogenic harm in universal prevention programs for schoolchildren and adolescents, and good clinical practices collected in the scientific literature.Results: The editorial highlights the importance of research for the prevention of suicidal behavior from any intervention level, whether educational, community, social, or health, as all are involved in prevention.Conclusions: The goal is to help improve the biographical circumstances of people with suicidal behaviors and the meaningfulness of their lives. This must be done through a collective scaffolding in which the most vulnerable can ask for help when they need it, as well as guide themselves towards life circumstances worth living.","PeriodicalId":48179,"journal":{"name":"Psicothema","volume":"36 4","pages":"309-318"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development and Validation of the Positive Organizational Culture Scale (POC-S). 积极组织文化量表（pocs）的开发与验证。

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Psicothema Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.08

Antonio Ortiz-Vázquez, Susana Llorens, Marisa Salanova

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