Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia

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Preferencias temporales en orangutanes y bonobos 

Salas Morellón, Laura (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)

[spa] Constantemente, los seres humanos y otros animales eligen cómo comportarse, y sus decisiones tienen consecuencias que se desarrollan con el tiempo. El estudio de las preferencias temporales explora cuánto valora un ...

Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Swinging Technique (MBST) for Improving Anxiety, Stress, Hopelessness and Self Efficacy among Breast Cancer Patients in Treatment 

Bahcivan, Ozan (Date of defense: 2024-03-01)

[eng] Stress, anxiety, and hopelessness are found to be the most common reasons for psychological counselling for breast cancer patients. Due to the complexity of the medical treatment of cancer, patients often lose hope ...

Exploring violence and vulnerability: Experiences of victimization among adults with intellectual disabilities 

Codina Cobo, Marta (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)

[eng] People with intellectual disabilities (ID) seem to be at an increased risk of experiencing interpersonal victimization, especially for the most violent types, such as physical and sexual aggression. However, figure ...

Self-generation effects: beyond sensory processing 

Font Alaminos, Marta (Date of defense: 2024-01-19)

[eng] Our actions shape our everyday experience: what we experience, how we perceive and remember it, is deeply affected by how we interact with the world. Performing an action to deliver a stimulus engages neurophysiological ...

Neural encoding of speech in newborns: voice pitch, formant structure and the effects of prenatal acoustic environment 

Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia (Date of defense: 2024-01-12)

[eng] The process of language acquisition is a remarkable milestone in infant life observed across several cultures and populations, making oral language the most prevalent form of human communication. Regardless of ...

Análisis de constructos personales en el trastorno límite de la personalidad 

Suárez Aragonés, Víctor (Date of defense: 2023-12-21)

[spa] El trastorno límite de la personalidad (TLP) es una condición mental muy incapacitante caracterizada por una intensa inestabilidad afectiva, identitaria e interpersonal, además de una marcada tendencia a la impulsividad. ...

Integrative understanding of bias-motivated violence targeting underrepresented populations 

Arias Díaz-Faes, Diego (Date of defense: 2023-11-29)

[eng] Bias-motivated violence encompasses various types of targeted violence against underrepresented groups and is considered more potentially harmful than non-based biasmotivated violence. Research in this area has ...

Testing for exact model fit and model comparison in structural equation modeling under non-normality 

Pavlov, Goran (Date of defense: 2023-11-24)

[eng] Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a versatile framework that allows researchers to estimate systems of equations and test theoretical models. A significant portion of the literature on SEM focuses on model fit ...

Weight bias, weight bias internalization and weight discrimination. Assessment and practical implications 

Macho García, Sergio (Date of defense: 2023-10-26)

[eng] Weight discrimination (WD) has existed for decades, and it is well spread in our societies. However, it has received less attention from authorities and society than other forms of discrimination. Being different and ...

Percepció Interpersonal en les Parelles, Qualitat de la Relació i llur Influència en l’Èxit de la Teràpia Sistèmica de la Depressió 

Salla Martínez, Marta (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)

[cat] En l'estudi de les relacions humanes ha augmentat l'interès en els processos interpersonals degut a les seves implicacions en la qualitat de la relació de parella i en la salut mental dels cònjuges. La percepció ...

Auditory processing around actions: Evidence from psychophysics, electroencephalography, and pupillometry 

Paraskevoudi, Nadia (Date of defense: 2022-09-30)

[eng] The ability to distinguish self-generated stimuli from those caused by external sources is critical for all biological organisms. Although substantial work has been done in this domain, mainly showing attenuated ...

Factores implicados en el envejecimiento cognitivo 

Lamonja Vicente, Noemí (Date of defense: 2022-04-29)

[spa] El declive cognitivo y funcional asociado a la edad es un proceso biológico continuo con diferentes trayectorias cognitivas. Las complejas interacciones entre genes, variables ambientales y cognición en el proceso ...

Beyond the American Dream: Testing the alleged system-justifying effect of making both social boundaries look permeable and those who advocate changes look like a threat (Towards a Model of Class Struggle) 

Moreno Montero, Fernando (Date of defense: 2023-05-24)

[eng] The ultimate aim of the present thesis is to further understand why people rebel (and why don´t). First of all, we carried out a profound review of the literature on system attitudes, mainly Social Dominance Theory, ...

Manipulación de una representación virtual del dolor para mejorar la ansiedad y la autoeficacia de los pacientes con fibromialgia 

Vilalta Abella, Ferran (Date of defense: 2021-09-10)

[spa] La Fibromialgia (FM) es un trastorno que cursa con dolor crónico generalizado, fatiga, problemas para conciliar y mantener el sueño y problemas de atención y memoria. Además, el dolor está influenciado por diversos ...

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, Personality, and Cognition 

Domínguez Martin de la Torre, Ona (Date of defense: 2022-06-21)

[eng] This thesis focuses on cognition and how non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS) can modify it. In addition, we consider personality. Therefore, this thesis analyzes, in depth, the effects of NIBS on cognition, ...

Polivictimización y síntomas psicopatológicos en adolescentes mexicanos 

Méndez López, Claudia (Date of defense: 2021-02-11)

[spa] El objetivo de esta tesis doctoral es analizar la prevalencia de victimización y polivictimización en una muestra comunitaria de adolescentes mexicanos de entre 12 y 17 años, en dos periodos: durante el último año y ...

Cognitive Conflicts and Structure in Student Procrastination 

Jasiński, Michał (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)

[eng] Procrastination is a serious and debilitating issue that correlates with a wide range of psychological, physical, relational, academic, professional, and economic problems. Many studies indicate it is especially ...

Trauma psicológico y adicciones: prevalencia y tratamiento con desensibilización y reprocesamiento por movimientos oculares (EMDR) 

Blanco Presas, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-11-19)

El trauma psicológico ha sido identificado como un factor de riesgo para el inicio, curso y pronostico de los trastornos relacionados con sustancias (TRS). Sin embargo, los datos sobre su prevalencia e impacto clínico ...

Detection of abnormal neural enconding of speech sounds at birth using the frequency-following response 

Ribas-Prats, Teresa (Date of defense: 2021-12-20)

In humans, auditory system is functional at the end of the second trimester of pregnancy and its correct development is crucial to receive auditory inputs from our acoustic environment, exposure which, in turn, is essential ...

Incongruent Views of Quality of Life between Patients and Physicians: A Mixed-Methods Enquiry 

Georghiades, Alicia (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) continue to be the most common disorders treated in gastroenterological practice. They are associated with higher levels of psychological distress, impaired quality of life and ...