Health psychology is tackled, including its conceptual definition, as well as the biopsychosocial model characterizing it. This paper describes evidences on the narrow relationship between beahvior and health, in orden to have a better comprehension of health and disease, as well as of pathogenic and immunogenic behavioral agents. Behaviors promoting health, quality of life, and positive psychology are described in detail. The main applications in health and disease are also anayzed. In conclusion, health psychology is an excellent alternative to generate well.-being and happiness.

Health psychology is tackled, including its conceptual definition, as well as the biopsychosocial model characterizing it. This paper describes evidences on the narrow relationship between beahvior and health, in orden to have a better comprehension of health and disease, as well as of pathogenic and immunogenic behavioral agents. Behaviors promoting health, quality of life, and positive psychology are described in detail. The main applications in health and disease are also anayzed. In conclusion, health psychology is an excellent alternative to generate well.-being and happiness.

The Journal of Contemporary Psychology (Revista de Psicología Contemporánea RPC) a periodic publication of the Editorial el Manual Moderno (MM) is celebrating its 5th birthday. In the present study a description of some significant experiences along the first five years of RPC are described, focused on the communication between the author and MM, among the collaborators, subscriptions, promotions and forum participation, among others. An analyses of the published articles is also presented as well as the tendencies for the future. The present article will be of interest for psychologists that develop editorial activities or that are going to begin the edition of a journal of psychology.

Objetivo: Evaluar el impacto de un programa de mindfulness en el estrés fisiológico, distrés emocional, estrés percibido y estrés laboral en un grupo de trabajadores. Materiales y métodos: Participaron 28 trabajadores universitarios (empleados y docentes), quienes habían registrado niveles altos de estrés laboral en una evaluación institucional previa. El programa consistió en seis sesiones de entrenamiento en mindfulness una vez por semana y con dos horas por sesión (12 horas en total), con las técnicas de la atención plena en la respiración, en el cuerpo, pensamiento, emociones y descanso. Se utilizaron mediciones de Biofeedback para evaluar cinco indicadores de estrés fisiológico (temperatura, respiración, pulso, volumen sanguíneo en la piel y presión arterial) y tres pruebas para medir estrés: Inventario de Distrés Emocional Percibido (α = .85), Inventario de Es...

The Journal of Contemporary Psychology (Revista de Psicología Contemporánea RPC) a periodic publication of the Editorial el Manual Moderno (MM) is celebrating its 5th birthday. In the present study a description of some significant experiences along the first five years of RPC are described, focused on the communication between the author and MM, among the collaborators, subscriptions, promotions and forum participation, among others. An analyses of the published articles is also presented as well as the tendencies for the future. The present article will be of interest for psychologists that develop editorial activities or that are going to begin the edition of a journal of psychology.

El mindfulness es un método cognitivo que consiste en prestar atención plena al cuerpo, respiración, pensamientos, emociones, y conductas, que se utiliza para reducir el estrés, dolor, ansiedad y depresión, el cual cuenta con algunas evidencias clínicas. Recientemente se está evaluando sus aplicaciones en el ámbito universitario, con resultados aún no concluyentes. El propósito del estudio fue evaluar la incidencia de un programa de ocho semanas del mindfulness en la reducción del estrés académico en una muestra de 54 estudiantes universitarios, con grupo de control aleatorio, y con medidas de pre-posprueba utilizando el Inventario CISCO de Estrés Académico. Se encontró que no existe diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los niveles de estrés del grupo que recibió el programa de mindfulness comparado con los que no recibieron el entrenamiento. El resultado es ...

The addiction subject is nowadays a valid one, as well as in the past century. Not only because of the increase of people that are addict, but also because of the important effects that cause on people and their environments. There are many theoretical perspectives to approach the addiction problem, but the most convenient because of its therapeutic results is the one that issupported by the psychology of health. lt is based on the integral approach to the person. This paper describes a general therapeutic scheme to work with addicts from the cognitive behaviora lperspective.

El tema de las adicciones sigue tan vigente como en el siglo pasado, no solo por el incremento del número de personas que lo padecen sino también por las importantes secuelas que produceen el individuo y en su entorno. Existen diferentes enfoques teóricos para abordar la problemáticade las adicciones, sin embargo el que nos parece más conveniente por sus resultados terapéuticos es el que proviene desde la Psicología de la salud, basado en un enfoque integral en el abordaje del sujeto. El artículo fundamentalmente describe un esquema terapéutico general de su aplicación a los adictos, desde el enfoque cognitivo-conductual.

The addiction subject is nowadays a valid one, as well as in the past century. Not only because of the increase of people that are addict, but also because of the important effects that cause on people and their environments. There are many theoretical perspectives to approach the addiction problem, but the most convenient because of its therapeutic results is the one that issupported by the psychology of health. lt is based on the integral approach to the person. This paper describes a general therapeutic scheme to work with addicts from the cognitive behaviora lperspective.

Health promotion is a prioritary topic in health psychology. It refers to the development and improvement of behaviors and life styles leading to achieve a healthy life. There is a clear relationship between people's hehavior and general health state. Life style and life quality determines how is the person in terms of health. Definitely there are habits acquired by the urban life style, that are harmful for health both physically and psychologically. In the present study, healthy life are studied based on scientific findings.

Health promotion is a prioritary topic in health psychology. It refers to the development and improvement of behaviors and life styles leading to achieve a healthy life. There is a clear relationship between people's hehavior and general health state. Life style and life quality determines how is the person in terms of health. Definitely there are habits acquired by the urban life style, that are harmful for health both physically and psychologically. In the present study, healthy life are studied based on scientific findings.

El propósito del estudio es reportar evidencias de la validez de constructo y confiabilidad de un nuevo instrumento de autorreporte para medir mindfulness y ecuanimidad en una población de habla hispana. Una lista de 26 ítems originales fue examinada por 17 expertos de España y Latinoamérica y se realizaron las modificaciones correspondientes sobre la base de sus comentarios. La lista final de 21 ítems fue administrada a una muestra de 746 estudiantes universitarios de México y Perú. Sus respuestas fueron analizadas factorialmente sobre la base del método de los mínimos cuadrados no ponderados (MCP) con rotaciones promin. Se identificaron dos factores denominados mindless y mindful con cargas factoriales que varían entre .36 y .65. Los coeficientes de confiabiliadad fueron de .78 para el primer factor y .82 para el segundo factor. La correlación interfactorial fue de -.51. Lo...

In this article, we have tried to group the results from different researches related to EI and physic and mental health. One of the conclusions we have is that EI perceived through report (TMMS, etc.) as well as EI executed (MSCEIT) are related to people’s health and welfare. Likewise, the average of MSCEIT grades for different clinic groups of people (schizophrenia, AIDS, Depression, etc.) and non - clinic groups of people(university students, students, etc), give us a vision of psychopathology- normal continuum, being the highest grades in EI of MSCEIT the ones which are positively related to personal health and stable emotional state.

In this article, we have tried to group the results from different researches related to EI and physic and mental health. One of the conclusions we have is that EI perceived through report (TMMS, etc.) as well as EI executed (MSCEIT) are related to people’s health and welfare. Likewise, the average of MSCEIT grades for different clinic groups of people (schizophrenia, AIDS, Depression, etc.) and non - clinic groups of people(university students, students, etc), give us a vision of psychopathology- normal continuum, being the highest grades in EI of MSCEIT the ones which are positively related to personal health and stable emotional state.

Objetivo: Describir el nivel de comunicación ofrecido a la comunidad en el marco de la red de salud mental distrital, tomando como referente el riesgo para consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y de violencia intrafamiliar de un grupo de líderes comunitarias. Material y métodos: Se trata de una investigación exploratoria descriptiva, con diseño tran-seccional de campo. Participaron 20 mujeres líderes comunitarias de población vulnerable, que representan a 200 líderes comunales del distrito de Santa Marta (Colombia), con edades entre 21 a 60 años. Se les aplicaron dos pruebas, previa validación: ASSIST v3.1, para medir el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas, y la Escala de Riesgo en situación de violencia intrafamiliar —AURORA—. El análisis estadístico incluyó un análisis univariado para establecer los riesgos de consumo de las participantes; y un análisis bivariado median...

El propósito del estudio es reportar evidencias de la validez de constructo y confiabilidad de un nuevo instrumento de autorreporte para medir mindfulness y ecuanimidad en una población de habla hispana. Una lista de 26 ítems originales fue examinada por 17 expertos de España y Latinoamérica y se realizaron las modificaciones correspondientes sobre la base de sus comentarios. La lista final de 21 ítems fue administrada a una muestra de 746 estudiantes universitarios de México y Perú. Sus respuestas fueron analizadas factorialmente sobre la base del método de los mínimos cuadrados no ponderados (MCP) con rotaciones promin. Se identificaron dos factores denominados mindless y mindful con cargas factoriales que varían entre .36 y .65. Los coeficientes de confiabiliadad fueron de .78 para el primer factor y .82 para el segundo factor. La correlación interfactorial fue de -.51. Lo...

The purpose of this study is to report evidence of construct validity and reliability of a new self-report instrument that measures mindfulness and equanimity in a Spanish speaking population. An initial pool of 26 items was evaluated by 17 experts from Spain and Latin America and modified on the basis of their comments. The resulting list of 21 items was administered to 746 university students in Mexico and Peru. Their responses were analyzed using Unweighted Least Squares (ULS) with promin rotations. Two factors were identified, mindless and mindful, with factor loadings ranging from .36 to .65. The reliability coefficients for the first and second factors were .78, and .82 respectively. The inter-factors correlation was -.51. The results indicate clear evidence of convergent and discriminative validity.

The purpose of this study is to report evidence of construct validity and reliability of a new self-report instrument that measures mindfulness and equanimity in a Spanish speaking population. An initial pool of 26 items was evaluated by 17 experts from Spain and Latin America and modified on the basis of their comments. The resulting list of 21 items was administered to 746 university students in Mexico and Peru. Their responses were analyzed using Unweighted Least Squares (ULS) with promin rotations. Two factors were identified, mindless and mindful, with factor loadings ranging from .36 to .65. The reliability coefficients for the first and second factors were .78, and .82 respectively. The inter-factors correlation was -.51. The results indicate clear evidence of convergent and discriminative validity.

El propósito del estudio es reportar evidencias de la validez de constructo y confiabilidad de un nuevo instrumento de autorreporte para medir mindfulness y ecuanimidad en una población de habla hispana. Una lista de 26 ítems originales fue examinada por 17 expertos de España y Latinoamérica y se realizaron las modificaciones correspondientes sobre la base de sus comentarios. La lista final de 21 ítems fue administrada a una muestra de 746 estudiantes universitarios de México y Perú. Sus respuestas fueron analizadas factorialmente sobre la base del método de los mínimos cuadrados no ponderados (MCP) con rotaciones promin. Se identificaron dos factores denominados mindless y mindful con cargas factoriales que varían entre .36 y .65. Los coeficientes de confiabiliadad fueron de .78 para el primer factor y .82 para el segundo factor. La correlación interfactorial fue de -.51. Lo...

Two modalities of research design's workshops -long and short- were developed to qualify 658 Hispanamerican research workers, whom were divided into 30 groups, and were applyied along ten years. The terminal efficiency of the workshops was measured with a pre-post-test design and the differences were assessed with a t-test -for dependent samples-. The results showed that the values of the post-test were higher -p ≤ 0.001- than the pretest averages. Contrasting the two workshop versions, the average of the long workshop was significantly higher -p ≤ 0.001- than the short one, by means of a multiple pre-post-test design and the t-test for independent samples. Using Solomon four-group design it was feasible to establish that the significant increase of knowledge about research designs was not influenced by the interaction of the pretest and treatment factors and there was not observed a...