Selene Valero-Moreno
Biographic Data
| ID | 2075551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Selene Valero-Moreno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Selene |
| FAMILY NAME | Valero-Moreno |
| SIGNATURE | VALERO-MORENO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de València |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5228-2738 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychological Intervention Strategies in Adolescents with Asthma
Background/Objectives : Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in adolescence, a stage in which its management may be affected by developmental changes. The aim of the present study was to examine the core areas of psychological interventions in adolescents with asthma. Methods : A scientific search of the literature was conducted, identifying 26 articles that described intervention programs targeting this population. Results : The …
Psychological Risk and Protective Factors for the Development of Prolonged Grief in Mourners
Objective: This study aims to analyze the relationships between stressful life events (SLEs), social support, psychopathology, and attachment in the bereavement process. We focus on predicting the risk of prolonged grief in bereaved caregivers of palliative patients and relatives of patients who died from sudden cardiac death, using complementary methodologies: regression models and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Methodology: Sample was …
Exploring Psychoemotional Well-Being in Caregivers of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic disease that typically manifests during adolescence, a period already characterized by the challenges of complex development. The role of the family in providing emotional support and managing the disease is of paramount importance. The present study introduces “10Vida,” a program encompassing two sessions focused on providing psychosocioemotional support and adjustment to the disease, aimed at primary…
Teachers' Perceived Interplay Between Emotional Intelligence, School Climate and Burnout
The conservation of resources (COR) model has accumulated sufficient evidence to explain burnout in a variety of professions, including teachers, based on the relationship between organizational demands and personal resources, and its development from emotional exhaustion, cynicism and decreased self‐actualization, in that order. From a holistic perspective, the purpose of this study was to provide evidence on this relationship in teacher burnout…
Emotional Contagion Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and Their Primary Caregivers
The findings of this study provide evidence for the circularity of family systems change. A positive emotional contagion effect is observed in the improvements in stress and emotional distress experienced during adolescence and in the family's adjustment to T1DM, as reported by caregivers and their children who received psychological support sessions
The Impact of the 10Vida Program on Socioemotional Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Background/Objectives : Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) during adolescence increases the risk of psychosocial difficulties. To address these challenges, the 10VIDA program was developed to support psychological adjustment, treatment adherence, and quality of life. This study examined socioemotional factors linked to chronic illness adjustment and psychological well-being in adolescents with T1DM, assessing the impact of the 10VIDA intervention. M…
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate whether bronchial asthma could be a risk factor for emotional well-being during adolescence. METHODS AND MEASURES: = 13.61 and SD = 1.84) were included (150 with bronchial asthma and 300 healthy). For both groups, self-esteem, emotional distress, problems with peers, family styles and psychosocial bonds were assessed. T-tests and multi-group structural equation modelling were used for comparative analyse…
Is There Emotional Contagion Between the Caregiver–Patient Dyad in Bronchial Asthma
The aim of this study is the relationship between psychological variables and adjustment to the disease in patients and their primary family caregivers to analyze the possible existence of emotional contagion between them. A total of 150 caregiver–patient dyads participated. The results indicate higher levels of anxious-depressive symptomatology in the caregiver than in the patient. The caregiver's presence of anxiety and depression is related to…
A twenty-year bibliometric analysis on the relationship between complicated grief and attachment
Attachment theory is a key paradigm for understanding individual differences for the elaboration of the grieving processes, however limited attempts to systematically synthesize are found on the literature. Our aim is to conduct a bibliometric analysis about the relationship between complicated grief and attachment over the past twenty years. A bibliographic search was made in the Core Collection of Web of Science, the bibliometric analysis was p…
New technologies in psychological intervention for adolescents with type I diabetes
Type I diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a condition typically diagnosed during adolescence. The diagnosis of T1D, combined with the typical changes that occur during this developmental period, can have an impact on the psychopathology of adolescents. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychological intervention incorporating new technologies in managing psychopathological aspects among adolescents with T1D. A systematic search …
Mental health promotion and suicide prevention in emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood is a stage that involves significant changes in emotional, social, academic, and work domains, which can often lead to high levels of stress and mental health challenges. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential benefits of an online intervention program that is based on mental health psychoeducation and suicide risk prevention for emerging adults who are studying at university. A psychoeducational intervention was…
Positive identity and connection on purpose in life in Chilean youth
Introduction: Positive Youth Development relates to youth’s assets instead of their weaknesses, promoting positive developmental outcomes and a successful transition into adulthood. Method: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was implemented to investigate the mediating role of Connection on the association between Positive Identity and Purpose in Life in Chilean youth. 261 participants completed a cross-sectional online survey through Qualtrics …
Family bonds and personal factors in caregiver burden in patients at the end of life
Family caregivers are defined as those who assume substantial responsibilities for the care of an ill loved one without formal health care training. This study aims to analyze the predictors of physical and emotional burden in caregivers of palliative patients using qualitative comparative analysis methodologies (QCA) and taking into account patient and caregiver personal and relational variables. A total of 125 caregivers of patients at the end …
Longitudinal Study of Bereavement Outcomes Among Palliative Caregivers Mourners
Prolonged grief (PG) is a mental health condition characterized by severe distress following a loss. This study examines the roles of attachment styles, social support, stressful life events (SLEs), and pre-existing psychopathology in predicting PG and post-bereavement psychopathology among 74 caregivers of palliative patients. Using validated assessment tools, the study employed hierarchical regression and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analy…
How to prevent suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury? An analysis of adolescent typologies
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior in adolescence are global mental health concerns. These behaviors are often interconnected, but can also manifest independently. This study aimed to assess the predictive abilities of neuroticism, emotional competencies, and the school social climate on four typologies based on the presence of NSSI and levels of suicidal behavior. The study included 713 participants aged 11-16 years who comple…
Is mHealth a useful therapy for improving physical or emotional health in adolescents with cystic fibrosis? A systematic review
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare disease that severely compromises health and interferes with the lives of those who suffer from it and is especially challenging in adolescence. The use of tools such as MHealth may benefit the physical and psychological health of adolescents with CF. Therefore, this study aims to examine the benefits of MHealth in adolescents with CF through a systematic review. A search of the scientific literature following the P…
Compassion in Spanish-speaking health care
Mental health, suicide risk and the important role of self-esteem in adolescents before and during coexistence with Covid-19 in Ecuador
Introduction/Objectives: COVID-19 has had a significant emotional impact on people’s lives, especially adolescents. Therefore, the aim was to assess the predictors of suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents in Ecuador by means of a longitudinal study. Method: The application of a longitudinal design with two measures: before the start of the pandemic and one year afterwards. The sample consisted of 137 adolescents between 12-18 y…
Overburden in Caregivers of Chronically Ill Adolescents
Chronic pediatric disease has a major impact on the life of a child and his or her family. In this sense, the figure of the main caregiver is relevant, who may present adjustment difficulties before the disease, accompanied by high levels of stress and emotional discomfort, which interfere with the adolescent's adjustment before the new situation. The aim of this research was to carry out a comparative study among caregivers of adolescents with v…
Teachers' Response to Stress, Anxiety and Depression During Covid ‐19 Lockdown
BACKGROUND: As a result of national lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, teachers were forced to suspend their classes and replace them with online teaching and home schooling. Additional stressors such as competing family responsibility have increased their worries and mental health problems. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of COVID-19-related worries on teachers' emotional symptoms, considering the mediating role of several …
Emotional Impact in Adolescents in Ecuador Six Months after the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the emotional health of adolescents, especially those with low resilience and life satisfaction. The aim is to analyze the predictors of anxiety, depression, and stress among adolescents in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic.Participants were 586 adolescents from Ecuador aged between 12–18 years (M = 15.30; SD = 1.28). Satisfaction, resilience, anxiety, depression, stress and worries about COVID-19 were assess…
Do Covid-19 Worries, Resilience and Emotional Distress Influence Life Satisfaction? Outcomes in Adolescents in Ecuador during the Pandemic
COVID-19 and the measures adopted have been a problem for society at all levels. The aim of the study was to analyze the main predictors of life satisfaction among adolescents in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 902 adolescents from Ecuador aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 15.30; SD = 1.28). Variables such as life satisfaction, resilience, emotional symptomatology, and worries about COVID-19 were assessed. Two statistical …
Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescent Adjustment
Emotional competencies as well as secure attachment relationships with peers are protective factors that facilitate psychological adjustment among adolescents. In this study, we will analyse how these socio-emotional factors influence adolescents' emotional symptoms, conduct problems and peer problems. The participants were 815 Spanish adolescents aged 12-17 years ( M = 13.69; SD = 1.21) who completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire …
Perceived Stress in the Primary Caregivers of Adolescents with Asthma
This study aims to determine the impact of the disease on the perceived stress levels of caregivers of adolescents with asthma. A total of 140 primary caregivers, whose mean age was 45.43 years (SD = 5.03), of whom 85% were mothers, were assessed using the perceived stress questionnaire (PIP), and medical indicators related to asthma were recorded. Mean comparisons, correlations, and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) models were used. The re…
Vida
Suffering from a chronic disease (CD) in adolescence can significantly impact the emotional health of adolescents and their families. MHealth can be a useful tool for these groups. However, few intervention programmes include the family system. The aim is to design an intervention programme (10Vida) for a paediatric population with a CD, and their families, to improve their adaptation to the disease. The study is a quasi-experimental repeated mea…
Benefits of a support programme for family caregivers of patients at the end of life
This study aims to analyse the impact that a psychological intervention programme has on the emotional state of family caregivers of patients at the end of life. The study is longitudinal with two arms (control and experimental). Data was collected from 154 primary family caregivers of patients at the end of life as well as from their respective 154 care-recipients. The intervention programme has shown its effectiveness in reducing anxiety, emoti…
Teachers' Response to Stress, Anxiety and Depression During Covid ‐19 Lockdown
BACKGROUND: As a result of national lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, teachers were forced to suspend their classes and replace them with online teaching and home schooling. Additional stressors such as competing family responsibility have increased their worries and mental health problems. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of COVID-19-related worries on teachers' emotional symptoms, considering the mediating role of several …
Emotional Impact in Adolescents in Ecuador Six Months after the Beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the emotional health of adolescents, especially those with low resilience and life satisfaction. The aim is to analyze the predictors of anxiety, depression, and stress among adolescents in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic.Participants were 586 adolescents from Ecuador aged between 12–18 years (M = 15.30; SD = 1.28). Satisfaction, resilience, anxiety, depression, stress and worries about COVID-19 were assess…
Do Covid-19 Worries, Resilience and Emotional Distress Influence Life Satisfaction? Outcomes in Adolescents in Ecuador during the Pandemic
COVID-19 and the measures adopted have been a problem for society at all levels. The aim of the study was to analyze the main predictors of life satisfaction among adolescents in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 902 adolescents from Ecuador aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 15.30; SD = 1.28). Variables such as life satisfaction, resilience, emotional symptomatology, and worries about COVID-19 were assessed. Two statistical …
Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescent Adjustment
Emotional competencies as well as secure attachment relationships with peers are protective factors that facilitate psychological adjustment among adolescents. In this study, we will analyse how these socio-emotional factors influence adolescents' emotional symptoms, conduct problems and peer problems. The participants were 815 Spanish adolescents aged 12-17 years ( M = 13.69; SD = 1.21) who completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire …
Perceived Stress in the Primary Caregivers of Adolescents with Asthma
This study aims to determine the impact of the disease on the perceived stress levels of caregivers of adolescents with asthma. A total of 140 primary caregivers, whose mean age was 45.43 years (SD = 5.03), of whom 85% were mothers, were assessed using the perceived stress questionnaire (PIP), and medical indicators related to asthma were recorded. Mean comparisons, correlations, and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) models were used. The re…
Vida
Suffering from a chronic disease (CD) in adolescence can significantly impact the emotional health of adolescents and their families. MHealth can be a useful tool for these groups. However, few intervention programmes include the family system. The aim is to design an intervention programme (10Vida) for a paediatric population with a CD, and their families, to improve their adaptation to the disease. The study is a quasi-experimental repeated mea…
Benefits of a support programme for family caregivers of patients at the end of life
This study aims to analyse the impact that a psychological intervention programme has on the emotional state of family caregivers of patients at the end of life. The study is longitudinal with two arms (control and experimental). Data was collected from 154 primary family caregivers of patients at the end of life as well as from their respective 154 care-recipients. The intervention programme has shown its effectiveness in reducing anxiety, emoti…
Is mHealth a useful therapy for improving physical or emotional health in adolescents with cystic fibrosis? A systematic review
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare disease that severely compromises health and interferes with the lives of those who suffer from it and is especially challenging in adolescence. The use of tools such as MHealth may benefit the physical and psychological health of adolescents with CF. Therefore, this study aims to examine the benefits of MHealth in adolescents with CF through a systematic review. A search of the scientific literature following the P…
Compassion in Spanish-speaking health care
Mental health, suicide risk and the important role of self-esteem in adolescents before and during coexistence with Covid-19 in Ecuador
Introduction/Objectives: COVID-19 has had a significant emotional impact on people’s lives, especially adolescents. Therefore, the aim was to assess the predictors of suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents in Ecuador by means of a longitudinal study. Method: The application of a longitudinal design with two measures: before the start of the pandemic and one year afterwards. The sample consisted of 137 adolescents between 12-18 y…
Overburden in Caregivers of Chronically Ill Adolescents
Chronic pediatric disease has a major impact on the life of a child and his or her family. In this sense, the figure of the main caregiver is relevant, who may present adjustment difficulties before the disease, accompanied by high levels of stress and emotional discomfort, which interfere with the adolescent's adjustment before the new situation. The aim of this research was to carry out a comparative study among caregivers of adolescents with v…
Is There Emotional Contagion Between the Caregiver–Patient Dyad in Bronchial Asthma
The aim of this study is the relationship between psychological variables and adjustment to the disease in patients and their primary family caregivers to analyze the possible existence of emotional contagion between them. A total of 150 caregiver–patient dyads participated. The results indicate higher levels of anxious-depressive symptomatology in the caregiver than in the patient. The caregiver's presence of anxiety and depression is related to…
A twenty-year bibliometric analysis on the relationship between complicated grief and attachment
Attachment theory is a key paradigm for understanding individual differences for the elaboration of the grieving processes, however limited attempts to systematically synthesize are found on the literature. Our aim is to conduct a bibliometric analysis about the relationship between complicated grief and attachment over the past twenty years. A bibliographic search was made in the Core Collection of Web of Science, the bibliometric analysis was p…
New technologies in psychological intervention for adolescents with type I diabetes
Type I diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a condition typically diagnosed during adolescence. The diagnosis of T1D, combined with the typical changes that occur during this developmental period, can have an impact on the psychopathology of adolescents. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychological intervention incorporating new technologies in managing psychopathological aspects among adolescents with T1D. A systematic search …
Mental health promotion and suicide prevention in emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood is a stage that involves significant changes in emotional, social, academic, and work domains, which can often lead to high levels of stress and mental health challenges. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential benefits of an online intervention program that is based on mental health psychoeducation and suicide risk prevention for emerging adults who are studying at university. A psychoeducational intervention was…
Positive identity and connection on purpose in life in Chilean youth
Introduction: Positive Youth Development relates to youth’s assets instead of their weaknesses, promoting positive developmental outcomes and a successful transition into adulthood. Method: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was implemented to investigate the mediating role of Connection on the association between Positive Identity and Purpose in Life in Chilean youth. 261 participants completed a cross-sectional online survey through Qualtrics …
Family bonds and personal factors in caregiver burden in patients at the end of life
Family caregivers are defined as those who assume substantial responsibilities for the care of an ill loved one without formal health care training. This study aims to analyze the predictors of physical and emotional burden in caregivers of palliative patients using qualitative comparative analysis methodologies (QCA) and taking into account patient and caregiver personal and relational variables. A total of 125 caregivers of patients at the end …
Longitudinal Study of Bereavement Outcomes Among Palliative Caregivers Mourners
Prolonged grief (PG) is a mental health condition characterized by severe distress following a loss. This study examines the roles of attachment styles, social support, stressful life events (SLEs), and pre-existing psychopathology in predicting PG and post-bereavement psychopathology among 74 caregivers of palliative patients. Using validated assessment tools, the study employed hierarchical regression and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analy…
How to prevent suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury? An analysis of adolescent typologies
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior in adolescence are global mental health concerns. These behaviors are often interconnected, but can also manifest independently. This study aimed to assess the predictive abilities of neuroticism, emotional competencies, and the school social climate on four typologies based on the presence of NSSI and levels of suicidal behavior. The study included 713 participants aged 11-16 years who comple…
Psychological Risk and Protective Factors for the Development of Prolonged Grief in Mourners
Objective: This study aims to analyze the relationships between stressful life events (SLEs), social support, psychopathology, and attachment in the bereavement process. We focus on predicting the risk of prolonged grief in bereaved caregivers of palliative patients and relatives of patients who died from sudden cardiac death, using complementary methodologies: regression models and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Methodology: Sample was …
Exploring Psychoemotional Well-Being in Caregivers of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic disease that typically manifests during adolescence, a period already characterized by the challenges of complex development. The role of the family in providing emotional support and managing the disease is of paramount importance. The present study introduces “10Vida,” a program encompassing two sessions focused on providing psychosocioemotional support and adjustment to the disease, aimed at primary…
Teachers' Perceived Interplay Between Emotional Intelligence, School Climate and Burnout
The conservation of resources (COR) model has accumulated sufficient evidence to explain burnout in a variety of professions, including teachers, based on the relationship between organizational demands and personal resources, and its development from emotional exhaustion, cynicism and decreased self‐actualization, in that order. From a holistic perspective, the purpose of this study was to provide evidence on this relationship in teacher burnout…
Emotional Contagion Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and Their Primary Caregivers
The findings of this study provide evidence for the circularity of family systems change. A positive emotional contagion effect is observed in the improvements in stress and emotional distress experienced during adolescence and in the family's adjustment to T1DM, as reported by caregivers and their children who received psychological support sessions
The Impact of the 10Vida Program on Socioemotional Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Background/Objectives : Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) during adolescence increases the risk of psychosocial difficulties. To address these challenges, the 10VIDA program was developed to support psychological adjustment, treatment adherence, and quality of life. This study examined socioemotional factors linked to chronic illness adjustment and psychological well-being in adolescents with T1DM, assessing the impact of the 10VIDA intervention. M…
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate whether bronchial asthma could be a risk factor for emotional well-being during adolescence. METHODS AND MEASURES: = 13.61 and SD = 1.84) were included (150 with bronchial asthma and 300 healthy). For both groups, self-esteem, emotional distress, problems with peers, family styles and psychosocial bonds were assessed. T-tests and multi-group structural equation modelling were used for comparative analyse…
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