José P Espada
Biographic Data
| ID | 1560484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | José P Espada |
| GIVEN NAMES | José P |
| FAMILY NAME | Espada |
| SIGNATURE | ESPADA J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5248-6258 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire for children and adolescents
Does Timing Matter? Age of First Mobile Phone Acquisition and Psychological Outcomes in Middle and Late Adolescence
Social media and disordered eating in Spanish adolescents
Maladaptive social media use is a potential risk factor for eating disorders. While several studies have linked certain platforms to social comparison and self-presentation, no research is available considering co-use of multiple platforms. Moreover, the identification of those social media behaviors more linked to disordered eating remains underexplored. The aims of this study were to examine (1) how Spanish adolescents cluster according to the …
Immediate and 6-month follow-up effects of the SuperKids program on socio-emotional competencies and well-being in preschool-aged children
Intervention programs based on socio-emotional learning (SEL) have shown potential to reduce socio-emotional difficulties and promote preschoolers’ socio-emotional competencies and well-being, highlighting the importance of continued development and evaluation of their effects. This study examined the short- and medium-term impact of SuperKids, a universal, school-based SEL preventive intervention for Spanish-speaking preschool children aged 4–6 …
Children’s Emotional Well-being in Family and Educational Contexts
Inside the Lives of Spanish Children and Adolescents
Recent research highlights an increasing trend of technology‐based activities gaining popularity among children and adolescents. In particular, social media and video game usage, when dysfunctional, have shown potential to develop into addictive behaviors that may negatively impact mental health. This study was aimed at exploring and comparing, based on developmental stages and gender, the involvement of children and adolescents in daily activiti…
The child anxiety life interference scale for parents (Calis-P)
Effects of a Sexual Risk-Reduction Intervention for Teenagers
This study evaluated the efficacy of the COMPAS program in the short term and 6 months after its application. For the initial sample, 2047 teenagers aged 14-19 years from 14 schools in 11 Colombian cities participated; eight schools were randomly assigned to the experimental condition and six to the control group. The participants completed self-report assessments that evaluated several variables theoretically associated with protective sexual be…
Effects as a function of implementation fidelity of a transdiagnostic prevention program in young school-aged children
Influence of implementation fidelity on the effectiveness of a T-CBT program targeting emotional problems in childhood
Effectiveness of Group vs. Individual Therapy to Decrease Peer Problems and Increase Prosociality in Children
Emotional difficulties in children are often shown to be associated with peer problems and low prosocial behaviors. Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic protocol for the prevention of emotional problems in children and has also obtained improvements of other comorbid symptoms. This study aimed at comparing the effects of SSL in reducing peer problems and increasing prosocial behaviors in children aged 8 to 12 years between the group a…
A Cross-Cultural Study on Attachment and Adjustment Difficulties in Adolescence
From a socio-ecological perspective, individuals are influenced by the interplay of individual, relational, and societal factors operating as a broader system. Thereby, to support youth adjustment during the critical adolescence period, the interplay between these factors should be investigated. This study aimed to investigate cross-cultural differences in adolescents' maternal and paternal attachment, adolescents' adjustment difficulties and sel…
Who Are at Higher Sexual Risk?” Latent Class Analysis of Behavioral Intentions among Spanish Adolescents
Consistent condom use tends to be limited in youth, which makes this group especially vulnerable for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies. It is known that sexual risk may vary as a function of behavioral intentions (e.g., condom use intention or having sex under the influence of alcohol), but no studies have yet characterized the sexual risk profiles considering behavioral intentions. This study utilizes latent class …
Psychological Symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Youth During the Covid-19 Health Crisis
Aiming to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, a lockdown was declared in the first term of 2020 in many European countries, applying different restrictions measures. Although the psychological effects of home confinement in children have been described, there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of the confinement over time. The present study analyzes the evolution of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents fr…
Immediate Psychological Effects of the Covid-19 Quarantine in Youth From Italy and Spain
The COVID-19 quarantine has affected more than 860 million children and adolescents worldwide, but to date, no study has been developed within Western countries to examine the psychological impact on their lives. The present study aims to examine for the first time the emotional impact of the quarantine on children and adolescents from Italy and Spain, two of the countries most affected by COVID-19. Participants were 1,143 parents of Italian and …
Portuguese validation of the Separation Anxiety Scale for Children (Sasc)
Separation anxiety symptoms are very common in children. The present study aims to examine the psychometric properties and the factorial structure of the Portuguese version of the Separation Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC). The participants included 874 children, 52% male, aged between 8 and 11 years ( M = 9.50; SD = 1.15). Factor analysis supported the three‐factor model found in the original scale. The instrument demonstrated to have good rel…
Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forced the home confinement of the majority of population around the world, including a significant number of children and adolescents, for several weeks in 2020. Negative psychological effects have been identified in adults, but research about the impact of this type of social distancing measure on children and adolescents is scarce. The present study aimed to describe and compare the immediate psychol…
Effectiveness of Video-Feedback with Cognitive Preparation in Improving Social Performance and Anxiety through Super Skills for Life Programme Implemented in a School Setting
Effectiveness of video-feedback with cognitive preparation to treat anxiety problems (especially social anxiety) has been scarcely explored on children. Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a CBT-based intervention to reduce anxiety and comorbid problems that, apart from social skills training and behavioural activation, integrates video-feedback with cognitive preparation. This study aimed to evaluate SSL effects, implemented in a school setting, on s…
How Does Perfectionism Influence the Development of Psychological Strengths and Difficulties in Children
This study aimed to examine differences in gender, age, and psychopathology, according to the perfectionism level, and to analyze how perfectionism dimensions contribute to the development of psychological strengths and difficulties in children. Participants were 319 Spanish students (52.4% girls) between 7 and 11 years old ( M = 9.38, SD = 1.15). Children completed self-reported measures of perfectionism and psychological strengths and difficult…
Psychometric Properties of the Colombian Version of the HIV Attitudes Scale for Adolescents
The HIV Attitudes Scale (HIV-AS) evaluates attitudes towards different aspects of HIV. In view of the lack of scales measuring this construct in Colombia, this study sought to validate the HIV-AS test for adolescents from Colombia. A total of 867 Colombian students, aged between 14 and 19 years (M = 15.97 years; SD = 1.37) were evaluated. Participants responded to the HIV-AS test and a set of scales used to assess external validity. Content valid…
The Psychological Consequences of Covid-19 and Lockdown in the Spanish Population
The objectives of this study were to analyze the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown in the Spanish population and to identify what population profiles were most affected. The study used a sequential exploratory design. In the qualitative phase, 40 participants were recruited based on theoretically relevant criteria and the saturation of the information provided by the interviews. In the quantitative phase, a large repr…
Rumination, Catastrophizing, and Other-Blame
Spanish Validation of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale (Calis-C)
Adaptation of an effective school-based sexual health promotion program for youth in Colombia
Mediation of an efficacious HIV risk reduction intervention for adolescents
The 'Cuidate' programme for adolescents in Spain has proven to be effective for promoting healthy sexuality ( N = 626), but the mechanisms underlying its effects are unknown. This study aimed to identify mediators of the intervention's effects compared to a control group. Participants were students from five areas of Spain, who completed baseline, immediate-posttest, 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments. Mediation analyses revealed that 'C…
Short Health Anxiety Inventory
The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a common screening tool for assessing health anxiety among adolescents; however, its psychometric properties and internal structure have not been evaluated within a Spanish-speaking population. The goodness of fit of four models of the latent structure of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory was tested by using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 832 Spanish secondary school adolescents. Based on these …
Aceptación/rechazo social infantil
The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship of social acceptance/rejection whit anxiety-depressive symptomatology and emotional intelligence in Spanish children. The sample consisted of 94 students of Elementary School between 8 and 12 years. Results revelled the significant relationship between rejection index and symptomatology of social phobia, dysphoria and low self-stem, while the model for choices index is related whit social skil…
Spanish Validation of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale
Aceptación/rechazo social infantil
The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship of social acceptance/rejection whit anxiety-depressive symptomatology and emotional intelligence in Spanish children. The sample consisted of 94 students of Elementary School between 8 and 12 years. Results revelled the significant relationship between rejection index and symptomatology of social phobia, dysphoria and low self-stem, while the model for choices index is related whit social skil…
Sexual risk behaviors increasing among adolescents over time
Despite advances in treatment and prevention, HIV/AIDS remains a serious health and social problem. This study's objective is to examine sexual behavior, levels of knowledge, and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS between two cohorts in Spanish adolescents, and to analyze gender differences in these cohorts. Participants were 2132 adolescents between 15 and 18 years of age: 1222 in 2006 (43.2% boys) and 910 in 2012 (54.1% boys). The results indicate lower…
Predicting condom use in adolescents
From a statistical perspective, the TPB seems to be the most suitable model for predicting the FCU among young people compared to the other models. Overall, key direct predictors of the FCU in adolescents included condom use intention, behavioral skills and cognitive factors, such as STIs knowledge and condom use self-efficacy. The next step should be to test integrative models that include personal, contextual, environmental, and social factors
Mediation Analysis of an Effective Sexual Health Promotion Intervention for Spanish Adolescents
Short Health Anxiety Inventory
The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a common screening tool for assessing health anxiety among adolescents; however, its psychometric properties and internal structure have not been evaluated within a Spanish-speaking population. The goodness of fit of four models of the latent structure of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory was tested by using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 832 Spanish secondary school adolescents. Based on these …
Barreras hacia la prueba de detección del VIH en adolescentes en España
Most teenagers and young people do not consistently use condoms during sex, exposing themselves to HIV. Early diagnosis of the virus increases the survival rate and reduces new infections. Attitude towards HIV testing (HT) and the main barriers to testing remain unknown. The main objective of the study was to explore the attitude towards HT and identify the main barriers of those who had never undergone HT before. This study involved 992 adolesce…
Spanish Validation of the School Anxiety Scale—Teacher Report (SAS-TR)
One-year effects of Project EX
Adolescent smoking is a major public health problem, which has led to the development of cessation programs such as Project EX. However, there is no evidence for the long-term efficacy of cessation among Spanish adolescents. This study provides a 1-year follow-up evaluation of the Project EX tobacco use cessation program among 211 smokers. The intent-to-treat 30-day smoking quit rate for the program group was 7.81 percent ( p = .04), whereas no s…
Sexual risk among Colombian adolescents
Findings provide a better understanding of sexual risk and highlight important implications for the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. There is a need of designing and implementing protocolized sexual health promotion programs in schools with the aim of reducing sexual risk behaviors in Colombian adolescents
Portuguese validation of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory
The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a brief instrument to assess health anxiety widely used across countries; however, no validated version is available for Portuguese-speaking population. Factorial structure, reliability, and equivalency factor with the Spanish version were analyzed with Portuguese adolescents aged 14–18 years. A Portuguese adolescent cohort ( N = 629) and a comparative Spanish adolescent cohort ( N = 1502) were evaluated. The…
Spanish Validation of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale (Calis-C)
Adaptation of an effective school-based sexual health promotion program for youth in Colombia
Mediation of an efficacious HIV risk reduction intervention for adolescents
The 'Cuidate' programme for adolescents in Spain has proven to be effective for promoting healthy sexuality ( N = 626), but the mechanisms underlying its effects are unknown. This study aimed to identify mediators of the intervention's effects compared to a control group. Participants were students from five areas of Spain, who completed baseline, immediate-posttest, 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments. Mediation analyses revealed that 'C…
Immediate Psychological Effects of the Covid-19 Quarantine in Youth From Italy and Spain
The COVID-19 quarantine has affected more than 860 million children and adolescents worldwide, but to date, no study has been developed within Western countries to examine the psychological impact on their lives. The present study aims to examine for the first time the emotional impact of the quarantine on children and adolescents from Italy and Spain, two of the countries most affected by COVID-19. Participants were 1,143 parents of Italian and …
Portuguese validation of the Separation Anxiety Scale for Children (Sasc)
Separation anxiety symptoms are very common in children. The present study aims to examine the psychometric properties and the factorial structure of the Portuguese version of the Separation Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC). The participants included 874 children, 52% male, aged between 8 and 11 years ( M = 9.50; SD = 1.15). Factor analysis supported the three‐factor model found in the original scale. The instrument demonstrated to have good rel…
Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forced the home confinement of the majority of population around the world, including a significant number of children and adolescents, for several weeks in 2020. Negative psychological effects have been identified in adults, but research about the impact of this type of social distancing measure on children and adolescents is scarce. The present study aimed to describe and compare the immediate psychol…
Effectiveness of Video-Feedback with Cognitive Preparation in Improving Social Performance and Anxiety through Super Skills for Life Programme Implemented in a School Setting
Effectiveness of video-feedback with cognitive preparation to treat anxiety problems (especially social anxiety) has been scarcely explored on children. Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a CBT-based intervention to reduce anxiety and comorbid problems that, apart from social skills training and behavioural activation, integrates video-feedback with cognitive preparation. This study aimed to evaluate SSL effects, implemented in a school setting, on s…
How Does Perfectionism Influence the Development of Psychological Strengths and Difficulties in Children
This study aimed to examine differences in gender, age, and psychopathology, according to the perfectionism level, and to analyze how perfectionism dimensions contribute to the development of psychological strengths and difficulties in children. Participants were 319 Spanish students (52.4% girls) between 7 and 11 years old ( M = 9.38, SD = 1.15). Children completed self-reported measures of perfectionism and psychological strengths and difficult…
Psychometric Properties of the Colombian Version of the HIV Attitudes Scale for Adolescents
The HIV Attitudes Scale (HIV-AS) evaluates attitudes towards different aspects of HIV. In view of the lack of scales measuring this construct in Colombia, this study sought to validate the HIV-AS test for adolescents from Colombia. A total of 867 Colombian students, aged between 14 and 19 years (M = 15.97 years; SD = 1.37) were evaluated. Participants responded to the HIV-AS test and a set of scales used to assess external validity. Content valid…
The Psychological Consequences of Covid-19 and Lockdown in the Spanish Population
The objectives of this study were to analyze the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown in the Spanish population and to identify what population profiles were most affected. The study used a sequential exploratory design. In the qualitative phase, 40 participants were recruited based on theoretically relevant criteria and the saturation of the information provided by the interviews. In the quantitative phase, a large repr…
Rumination, Catastrophizing, and Other-Blame
Effects as a function of implementation fidelity of a transdiagnostic prevention program in young school-aged children
Influence of implementation fidelity on the effectiveness of a T-CBT program targeting emotional problems in childhood
Effectiveness of Group vs. Individual Therapy to Decrease Peer Problems and Increase Prosociality in Children
Emotional difficulties in children are often shown to be associated with peer problems and low prosocial behaviors. Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic protocol for the prevention of emotional problems in children and has also obtained improvements of other comorbid symptoms. This study aimed at comparing the effects of SSL in reducing peer problems and increasing prosocial behaviors in children aged 8 to 12 years between the group a…
Psychology (28 works) · Clinical Psychology (22 works) · Clinical Psychology (20 works) · Psychiatry (19 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Anxiety (15 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (10 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (9 works)