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Marino Pérez-Álvarez

7 papers in the library · 9 citations · publishing 2011-2022

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Mindfulness: Why it may work and why it is sure to succeed

Behavioral Psychology/Psicología Conductual April 1, 2022 José Manuel Errasti, Susana Al‐Halabí, Emilio Lopez-Navarro et al. 4 citations

Mindfulness has gone beyond clinical applications and is beginning to be enthusiastically applied in schools, sport, and business settings. It seems to be a type of intervention that, while probably effective, has a small effect size, which calls for rigorous research. Understanding the psychological processes involved in mindfulness is essential in order to achieve a more realistic picture of...

Ecstasy (MDMA): A rebellion coherent with the system.

Nordisk Alkohol Nark November 28, 2020 José Manuel García-montes, Marino Pérez-Álvarez, Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Moya et al. 5 citations

Aim: This study attempts to demonstrate the relevance of the socio-cultural model of drugs in explaining the impressive development of ecstasy in the last 45 years. Method: First the study describes the use of ecstasy by groups which have left their imprint on the substance: university students, gays, yuppies and the "New Age" movement. Then the link between ecstasy and techno music led to the...

Relationship Between Childhood Trauma, Mindfulness, and Dissociation in Subjects With and Without Hallucination Proneness

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 2014 Salvador Perona Garcelán, José M. García‐Montes, J. F. Rodríguez-Testal et al.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood traumas, mindfulness, and dissociation (more specifically, absorption and depersonalization) in healthy subjects with and without hallucination proneness. A sample of 318 subjects was given the Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale–Revised (R. P. Bentall & P. Slade, 1985). From this sample, 2 groups were formed: one with...

Dissociative experiences as mediators between childhood trauma and auditory hallucinations.

Journal of Traumatic Stress June 1, 2012 Salvador Perona Garcelán, Francisco Carrascoso-López, José M. García‐Montes et al.

The purpose of this work was to study the relationship between reported traumatic experiences in childhood and positive psychotic symptoms. We hypothesized that dissociative experiences were potential mediators between childhood trauma and hallucinations, but not delusions. The sample comprised 71 patients diagnosed with psychoses. They were assessed with the Dissociative Experiences Scale...

Relationship of metacognition, absorption, and depersonalization in patients with auditory hallucinations.

British Journal of Clinical Psychology March 2012 Salvador Perona Garcelán, José M. García‐Montes, María J Ductor-Recuerda et al.

The purpose of this work was to study the relationship of metacognition, absorption, and depersonalization in hallucinating patients. A within-subjects correlational design was employed. We formed four groups from a clinical population (schizophrenic patients with hallucinations, schizophrenic patients with no hallucinations but with delusions, schizophrenic patients recovered from positive...

Depersonalization as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Self-Focused Attention and Auditory Hallucinations

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation July 6, 2011 Salvador Perona Garcelán, Francisco Carrascoso-López, José M. García‐Montes et al.

The purpose of this work was to study the potentially mediating role of certain dissociative factors, such as depersonalization, between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations. A total of 59 patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorder completed a self-focused attention scale (M. F. Scheier & C. S. Carver, 1985), the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (M. Sierra & G. E. Berrios,...

New life for schizophrenia psychotherapy in the light of phenomenology.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy May 1, 2011 Marino Pérez-Álvarez, José M. García‐Montes, Oscar Vallina-Fernández et al.

Recent contributions to the theoretical conception and empirical evaluation of schizophrenia in the light of phenomenology are opening the way to new perspectives in psychotherapy. The phenomenological conception understands schizophrenia as a disturbance of the basic sense of selfhood (ipseity) characterized by hyper-reflexivity and diminished sense of self. Evaluation consists of examining...