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Publicación Psychometric properties of the PERMA-Profiler for measuring well-being in Spanish older adults(Springer, 2023) Paniagua Granados, Teresa; Luque Reca, Octavio; Fernández Fernández, Virginia; Molina Martínez, Mª ÁngelesObjectives: PERMA model of well-being proposed by Seligman (2011) includes hedonic and eudaimonic components to assess well-being: Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment. Butler and Kern (2016) have proposed a measuring instrument based on this model which has not yet been validated in the Spanish older adult population. The aim of this study is to explore the psychometric properties of the PERMA-Profiler in a sample of Spanish older adults. Method: 330 elderly people (Mage=70.21; SDage=4.75; 61.5% men) participated at baseline, of whom, 142 were measured at the second wave after 6 months. Results: The five factor structure obtained in the original scale and in other validation studies was replicated. The instrument offered good rates of internal consistency and test- retest reliability as well as good concurrent, predictive and criterion validity. Conclusions: PERMA-Profiler instrument has good psychometric properties to evaluate well-being Spanish older adults. The main limitations of the study are the use of self- reports, the absence of institutionalized participants, the relatively modest sample size or not including a measure of hedonic well-being to explore the scale concurrent validity.Publicación Efectos del confinamiento por COVID-19 en la salud mental de estudiantes de educación superior en Chile(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2021-03) Carvacho, Raffaela; Morán Kneer, Javier; Miranda Castillo, Claudia; Mora, Beatriz; Moya, Yasnni; Pinilla, Víctor; Toro, Ignacio; Valdivia, Constanza; Fernández Fernández, VirginiaBackground: Chilean higher education students have faced highly stressful events in 2020, including confinement and remote education. This population is particularly susceptible to mental health problems, such as high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Aim: To evaluate possible negative impacts of confinement by COVID-19 on Chilean higher education students’ mental health. Material and Methods: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) Scale and the Profile of Mood States (POMS) were applied to 315 students during 2016 and to 301 students during 2020. Results: In 2020, depression mean scores for men (24.1) and women (29.7) exceeded the cutoff point, therefore suggesting the presence of depressive disorder. Women had higher depressive and anxious symptoms in both years, however, in 2020 a significant increase was observed for depression, indicating interaction between the year of assessment andgender (0 = 6.74; p <.001). In both samples, first-year students hadsignificantly higherdepressionscores (fl = −1,909;p = 0.05). Conclusions: An increase in depression was observed in 2020. Confinement by COVID-19 had a high impact on mental health in female students. Women and first-year students appear to be high risk groups for developing depressive symptoms.Publicación Psychological impact of confinement in a sample of older adults: longitudinal study before and during COVID-19(Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 2021) Paniagua Granados, Teresa; Molina Martínez, Mª Ángeles; Fernández Fernández, VirginiaEl confinamiento domiciliario ha sido una de las medidas tomadas en relación con el COVID-19. Conocer qué consecuencias psicológicas conlleva es de interés y en particular en la población mayor. Se analiza el impacto del confinamiento de una muestra de personas mayores de 65 años evaluada antes de la pandemia (OLA 1) y que fue, posteriormente, evaluada durante el confinamiento domiciliario (OLA 2). Se administró un cuestionario digital distribuido de forma online (C.A.W.I -computer assisted web interviewing-) a una muestra de 141 personas mayores de 64 años de Madrid. Se indagan, por un lado, datos sociodemográficos, de vivienda y servicios, situación sanitaria, salud, función física, ejercicio físico, sintomatología depresiva, actividades de ocio y tiempo libre, apoyo social, resiliencia, soledad y bienestar en la situación de confinamiento de la muestra (OLA 2) mediante análisis descriptivos. Además, se realizan análisis de comparación en algunas variables de la muestra antes de la pandemia (OLA 1) y durante el confinamiento (OLA 2). Los resultados muestran que se preservan los niveles de bienestar en la muestra de este estudio.Publicación Emotion regulation processes as mediators of the impact of past life events on older adults’ psychological distress(Cambridge University Press, 2020) Losada Baltar, Andrés; Márquez González, María; Paniagua Granados, Teresa; Vara García, Carlos; Luque Reca, Octavio; Fernández Fernández, VirginiaObjective: Although it is known that certain emotion regulation processes produce a buffering effect on the relationship between life events and well-being, this issue has been poorly studied in the elderly population. Thus, the aim of the present study is to test and confirm a comprehensive model of the impact that past life events have on older adults' psychological distress, exploring the possible mediating roles of emotion regulation processes. These include rumination, experiential avoidance, and personal growth. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 387 people over 60 years old residing in the community were assessed on life events, physical functioning, emotion regulation variables, psychological well-being, as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression. Results: The structural model tested achieved a satisfactory fit to the data, explaining 73% of the variance of older adults' psychological distress. In addition, the main results suggest possible mediation effects of both the physical functioning and the emotional variables: rumination, experiential avoidance, and personal growth in the face of hardship. Conclusions: These findings confirm the importance of emotion regulation processes in the final stages of life. They reveal the various adaptive and maladaptive mechanisms that underlie the relationship between life events and psychological distress. The findings suggest - both in the explanatory models of psychological well-being and in psychotherapeutic interventions - the importance of emotion regulation in the elderly population's health.Publicación Validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in Chilean older people(Elsevier, 2019-08) Miranda Castillo, Claudia; Contreras, Daniel; Garay Vergara, Karin; Martínez, Paula; León Campos, María O.; Farhang, Maryam; Morán, Javier; Fernández Fernández, VirginiaObjective Currently in Chile there is a lack of validated tools for measuring anxiety in the elderly population. Considering this, the purpose of this study was to validate the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) in the country. Method An analysis of the psychometric properties of the GAI was carried out, using a non-clinical sample of 301 older adults in the Metropolitan and Valparaíso regions of Chile. Older people were asked about anxiety, rumination, depression, well-being and sociodemographic data. Results An excellent internal reliability was obtained with a Cronbach score of 0.931. An adequate convergent validity was observed with the Depression scales (CES-D) (Rho = 0.549, p < .01), Rumination (RSS) (Rho = 0.618; p < 0.01) and Experiential avoiding (Rho = 0.485; p < 0.01). On the other hand, the discriminant validity of the psychological well-being scale presented a negative correlation of Rho = -0.699 (p < 0.01). Finally, and Exploratory Factor Analysis was made, revealing a one-dimensional model of the instrument. Conclusion The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory has very good psychometric properties measuring anxiety in elderly people, being an adequate instrument for the screening of anxiety on this population.