Elena Fernández‐Martínez
Biographic Data
| ID | 6490744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Fernández‐Martínez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernández‐Martínez |
| SIGNATURE | MARTÍNEZ E F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de León |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8582-6631 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effectiveness of a group intervention to enhance resilience and improve the well-being of family caregivers of dementia patients
The intervention effectively enhanced resilience, improved adaptive coping strategies, and reduced caregiver burden. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to promote such interventions to support the well-being of dementia caregivers
Self perceived health and stress in the pregnancy during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the first trimester of gestation, prenatal concerns increase when levels of anxiety, insomnia and depression also increase. There is a clear relationship between prenatal worries, anxiety, insomnia and depression with stress. Health education that focuses on mental health of pregnant women would help reduce worries during pregnancy and would improve the pregnant women perception of her health and well-being
Leadership and contagion by Covid-19 among residence hall students
SBAR Method for Improving Well-Being in the Internal Medicine Unit
SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is a tool for standardizing and improving interprofessional communication. This study aims to explore the impact of SBAR in healthcare professionals' wellbeing, through concepts such as job satisfaction, engagement, resilience, and job performance, in the internal medicine unit of a university hospital in the province of León (Spain). This is an observational, descriptive, longitudinal case…
Coping Strategies in the Spanish Population
The worldwide health emergency caused by COVID-19 is a new challenge for humanity which individuals respond to in a diversity of ways. The type of coping people use in such a situation could lead to positive or negative consequences to their health. Our objective was to analyze the use of coping strategies in the general population with attention to sociodemographic variables, and to test the capacity of these strategies for mediating in repercus…
Friendship and Consumption Networks in Adolescents and Their Relationship to Stress and Cannabis Use Intention
Social Network Analysis is a very useful tool that provides a picture of the context in which adolescents are located. In the consumption network, there are central actors who have not yet consumed cannabis; this is a crucial moment to implement prevention strategies
Heart Disease, Now What? Improving Quality of Life through Education
According to the findings of the study, a systematized and structured educational program, integrated into the care organization and based on transition processes, is effective in developing self-care skills and improves the quality of life in patients after acute coronary syndrome
Design and Validation of the Adaptation to Change Questionnaire
Emotional and cognitive-behavioral factors influence people's adaptability to change. Based on this premise, the objective of this study was to develop, evaluate and validate the Adaptation to Change Questionnaire (ADAPTA-10) for identifying those who show poor adaptability to adverse situations, such as those caused by COVID-19. This study was carried out in a sample of 1160 adults and produced a 10-item instrument with good reliability and vali…
Physical Activity, Resilience, Sense of Coherence and Coping in People with Multiple Sclerosis in the Situation Derived from Covid-19
The confinement forced by COVID-19 can have repercussions on the health of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationships between physical activity, a sense of coherence, resilience and coping among people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis during the health emergency situation. To achieve this goal, this transversal descriptive study included 84 patients that belonged to multiple sclerosis as…
Social Network Analysis and Resilience in University Students
The Social Network Analysis offers a view of social phenomena based on interactions. The aim of this study is to compare social reality through the cohesion variable and analyse its relationship with the resilience of university students. This information is useful to work with the students academically and to optimise the properties of the network that have an influence in academic performance. This is a descriptive transversal study with 90 stu…
Social Networks, Engagement and Resilience in University Students
Analysis of social networks may be a useful tool for understanding the relationship between resilience and engagement, and this could be applied to educational methodologies, not only to improve academic performance, but also to create emotionally sustainable networks. This descriptive study was carried out on 134 university students. We collected the network structural variables, degree of resilience (CD-RISC 10), and engagement (UWES-S). The co…
Apocalyptics
The author proposes a controversial theory, although the benefits of using the media and the new technologies in education have been taken for granted, in fact they are not unquestionable. This paper analyzes the supposed advantages of these means as well as the reasons usually given to justify the fact that up to now there have been no visible results of efficiency. The author reaches the conclusion that means are mistaken for ends and are consi…
Unravelling Emotional, Behavioural and Educational Outcomes in a Longitudinal Study of Children in Foster-Care
The experience of out-of-home care has the potential to impact on children’s psycho-social outcomes in significant ways. This article highlights the interactive contribution of carers, teachers and children to the fostering experience. The paper reports on a strand of a longitudinal study of children in long-term foster-care. Using a mixed-methods, repeated-measures, multi-informant approach, it focuses on emotional, behavioural and educational o…
Utilización de las revistas españolas de ciencia y tecnología
Los autores españoles, en especial los del ámbito de las ciencias básicas, están publicando cada vez más en revistas extranjeras de idioma inglés. No obstante, las revistas españolas se utilizan como vehículos de información por todos los sectores científicos del país. En este artículo se analiza la utilización de las revistas españolas de ciencia y tecnología a través de la demanda de copias de sus artículos. Se determinan las materias que exper…
Unravelling Emotional, Behavioural and Educational Outcomes in a Longitudinal Study of Children in Foster-Care
The experience of out-of-home care has the potential to impact on children’s psycho-social outcomes in significant ways. This article highlights the interactive contribution of carers, teachers and children to the fostering experience. The paper reports on a strand of a longitudinal study of children in long-term foster-care. Using a mixed-methods, repeated-measures, multi-informant approach, it focuses on emotional, behavioural and educational o…
Utilización de las revistas españolas de ciencia y tecnología
Los autores españoles, en especial los del ámbito de las ciencias básicas, están publicando cada vez más en revistas extranjeras de idioma inglés. No obstante, las revistas españolas se utilizan como vehículos de información por todos los sectores científicos del país. En este artículo se analiza la utilización de las revistas españolas de ciencia y tecnología a través de la demanda de copias de sus artículos. Se determinan las materias que exper…
Apocalyptics
The author proposes a controversial theory, although the benefits of using the media and the new technologies in education have been taken for granted, in fact they are not unquestionable. This paper analyzes the supposed advantages of these means as well as the reasons usually given to justify the fact that up to now there have been no visible results of efficiency. The author reaches the conclusion that means are mistaken for ends and are consi…
Unravelling Emotional, Behavioural and Educational Outcomes in a Longitudinal Study of Children in Foster-Care
The experience of out-of-home care has the potential to impact on children’s psycho-social outcomes in significant ways. This article highlights the interactive contribution of carers, teachers and children to the fostering experience. The paper reports on a strand of a longitudinal study of children in long-term foster-care. Using a mixed-methods, repeated-measures, multi-informant approach, it focuses on emotional, behavioural and educational o…
Social Networks, Engagement and Resilience in University Students
Analysis of social networks may be a useful tool for understanding the relationship between resilience and engagement, and this could be applied to educational methodologies, not only to improve academic performance, but also to create emotionally sustainable networks. This descriptive study was carried out on 134 university students. We collected the network structural variables, degree of resilience (CD-RISC 10), and engagement (UWES-S). The co…
Social Network Analysis and Resilience in University Students
The Social Network Analysis offers a view of social phenomena based on interactions. The aim of this study is to compare social reality through the cohesion variable and analyse its relationship with the resilience of university students. This information is useful to work with the students academically and to optimise the properties of the network that have an influence in academic performance. This is a descriptive transversal study with 90 stu…
Design and Validation of the Adaptation to Change Questionnaire
Emotional and cognitive-behavioral factors influence people's adaptability to change. Based on this premise, the objective of this study was to develop, evaluate and validate the Adaptation to Change Questionnaire (ADAPTA-10) for identifying those who show poor adaptability to adverse situations, such as those caused by COVID-19. This study was carried out in a sample of 1160 adults and produced a 10-item instrument with good reliability and vali…
Physical Activity, Resilience, Sense of Coherence and Coping in People with Multiple Sclerosis in the Situation Derived from Covid-19
The confinement forced by COVID-19 can have repercussions on the health of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationships between physical activity, a sense of coherence, resilience and coping among people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis during the health emergency situation. To achieve this goal, this transversal descriptive study included 84 patients that belonged to multiple sclerosis as…
Coping Strategies in the Spanish Population
The worldwide health emergency caused by COVID-19 is a new challenge for humanity which individuals respond to in a diversity of ways. The type of coping people use in such a situation could lead to positive or negative consequences to their health. Our objective was to analyze the use of coping strategies in the general population with attention to sociodemographic variables, and to test the capacity of these strategies for mediating in repercus…
Friendship and Consumption Networks in Adolescents and Their Relationship to Stress and Cannabis Use Intention
Social Network Analysis is a very useful tool that provides a picture of the context in which adolescents are located. In the consumption network, there are central actors who have not yet consumed cannabis; this is a crucial moment to implement prevention strategies
Heart Disease, Now What? Improving Quality of Life through Education
According to the findings of the study, a systematized and structured educational program, integrated into the care organization and based on transition processes, is effective in developing self-care skills and improves the quality of life in patients after acute coronary syndrome
SBAR Method for Improving Well-Being in the Internal Medicine Unit
SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is a tool for standardizing and improving interprofessional communication. This study aims to explore the impact of SBAR in healthcare professionals' wellbeing, through concepts such as job satisfaction, engagement, resilience, and job performance, in the internal medicine unit of a university hospital in the province of León (Spain). This is an observational, descriptive, longitudinal case…
Self perceived health and stress in the pregnancy during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the first trimester of gestation, prenatal concerns increase when levels of anxiety, insomnia and depression also increase. There is a clear relationship between prenatal worries, anxiety, insomnia and depression with stress. Health education that focuses on mental health of pregnant women would help reduce worries during pregnancy and would improve the pregnant women perception of her health and well-being
Leadership and contagion by Covid-19 among residence hall students
Effectiveness of a group intervention to enhance resilience and improve the well-being of family caregivers of dementia patients
The intervention effectively enhanced resilience, improved adaptive coping strategies, and reduced caregiver burden. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to promote such interventions to support the well-being of dementia caregivers
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychological resilience (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)