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The key issues for the application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the field of substance abuse and addictions are presented. A functional-contextual approach to addictive behaviors is introduced. The role played by direct and derived effects in the maintenance of drug use is analysed. Drug use is regarded as part of a class of behaviors that are part of an experiential avoidance or psychological inflexibility pattern.

The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used, 5-item, 7-point Likert-type scale that measures life satisfaction. The current study aims to explore the validity of the SWLS in Colombia and the factorial equivalence with Spanish samples. The SWLS was administered to a total of 1587 Colombian participants, including a sample of undergraduates, one of general population, and a clinical sample. The internal consistency across the different samples was good (overall alpha of .89).

The purpose of this research was to determine the relation between psychological inflexibility and aggressiveness in a sample of adolescents, considering the gender perspective. This is a newfangled investigation given that both, the relationship between these two variables, and psychological inflexibility, have been hardly studied with adolescents. To this end, we conducted a transversal descriptive study with 499 Secondary Education students aged between 12 and 16 years.

The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) applied to the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). An exhaustive search was carried out in different databases. After the application of a number of inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of eight studies conducted between 2005 and 2016 were obtained and then reviewed.

Lejos de los dogmas y las promesas de felicidad, Una vida valiosa nos invita a conmover los cimientos más profundos de lo que llamamos "nuestra vida", "nuestros deseos", "nuestra personalidad", para redescubrirlos en su sentido más genuino y vital.

La gente sufre. No se trata solo de que sienta dolor físico; el sufrimiento es mucho más que eso. Los seres humanos tienen que habérselas también con el dolor psíquico que experimentan: con sus emociones y pensamientos negativos, con los recuerdos desagradables, los impulsos y sensaciones negativas. Tienen todo eso en la cabeza, se preocupan por ello, lo lamentan y lo temen.

¿Es la falta de confianza lo que te paraliza? Ya es hora de que te liberes de ese bloqueo. Todos sabemos lo que es quedarse bloqueado por falta de confianza. Ya se trate de hacer nuevas amistades, de seguir adelante con nuestra carrera o de conseguir otros objetivos importantes, la falta de confianza, por lo general, nos cierra el paso. Este libro pretende ayudarte a desarrollar la confianza en ti mismo y, de ese modo, a poder perseguir tus sueños.

Un título como La mente o la vida puede sugerir una dicotomía quizás excesivamente drástica, pues insinúa que ambas cosas (pensar y vivir) son incompatibles. Es cierto que esto no siempre es así, pero, por desgracia, para muchas personas acaba siendo una completa realidad.