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This research aimed to provide new psychometric evidence of the Argentine Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) version in a sample of adults from Argentina. More specifically, the objectives were: 1) test the factor structure of the BAI; 2) assess gender, education, age, and region invariance; 3) test the latent factor mean difference across gender, education, age, and region; 4) analyze the reliability of the BAI; 5) provide population-based norms. The sample was composed of 1,410 adults ranging between 18 and 65 years (M = 32.41; SD = 10.45). Results showed that the BAI should be interpreted as unidimensional. Full configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender, education, age, and region were obtained for the unidimensional model. The BAI presented adequate reliability values. Latent mean comparisons showed that men experienced more anxiety than women, that college-educated experienced more anxiety than non-college, that older people experienced more anxiety than younger people, and that people living in Greater Buenos Aires experienced more anxiety than those from Buenos Aires City. The BAI is an invariant measure of anxiety symptoms with good psychometric properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relationship between coping responses and test anxiety was addressed by different investigations. However, no studies have been found about coping profiles and their relationship to test anxiety. The objective of this research was to study the coping profiles of 100 psychology students and their relationship with test anxiety. A solution of three well differentiated clusters was found regarding the mean scores of coping responses. It was found that the participants belonging to the cluster with the lowest scores in all the coping responses experienced a lower level of concern, emotionality and global test anxiety. The implications of these results are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Emotional regulation (ER) refers to the processes by which individuals influence the emotions they have, when they have them and how they experience and express them (Gross, 1998). The use of maladaptive ER strategies is associated with different psychopathological conditions. The conception of ER as a transdiagnostic process allows to overcome the problem of comorbidity, and has been approached from different models and investigations. Objective: The present study aims to conduct a review of randomized clinical trials of psychotherapy for ER from a transdiagnostic perspective. Method: For this, a search was carried out in the databases PubMed, SciELO, Redalyc and ScienceDirect. Results: Eleven articles were found that met the inclusion criteria. The results showed that the transdiagnostic interventions obtained better results than control groups, which included other treatments or waiting lists. Conclusion: The importance of conducting more randomized clinical trials comparing new interventions with first-line treatments is noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent worldwide, followed by depressive disorders. The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; Beck et al., 1988) has been developed to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms and perform a differential diagnosis between anxiety and depression disorders. Objective: To examine the temporal stability of the BAI in its version adapted to Argentina and obtain evidence of discriminant validity. Method: In a sample of 52 people, the intraclass correlation coefficient was analyzed. Then, in a sample of 225 people, a correlation analysis between BAI scores and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck et al., 2006) was performed; subsequently, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with reagents from both instruments was conducted and the heterotrait-monotrait ratio of correlations (HTMT) was calculated. Results: The intraclass correlation coefficient was .82 (95% CI = .69 - .90). The correlation between the BAI and the BDI was .56 (moderate effect size). The EFA showed two well-differentiated factors and an HTMT proportion value of .66 (95% CI = .55 - .74) was found. Conclusions: An adequate temporal stability is observed and evidence of the discriminant validity of the instrument is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mental Health is a fundamental human right and is an integral part of health. in Latin america, there is an imbalance between public spending on Mental Health and the burden of diseases related to mental disorders. in argentina, research suggests that most people who require psychological care do not receive it. economic income and access to health services determine people's Mental Health. therefore, alternatives must be sought to improve the scope of Mental Health services. the purpose of this manuscript is to present the alternatives being worked on to improve the scaling of psychological interventions: taskshared psychotherapy and Guided self-Help. implications for the local context are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The growing study of Emotional Intelligence (EI) enabled the development of various theoretical models and valid and reliable instruments for its measurement. However, the measures used in Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina are unknown. In response to this problem, we carried out a systematic review to: a) examine which instruments were constructed, adapted and/or validated for the measurement of EI in adults of the Argentine population, b) identify the theoretical models used, and c) provide evidence on their psychometric quality. The following databases were searched: PubMed, SciELO, Redalyc, and ScienceDirect, yielding 805 results. Of these articles, 8 met the inclusion criteria: 1) validation, adaptation or construction studies; 2) written in Spanish or English; 3) published in peer-reviewed journals; 4) with adult samples from Argentina; and that 5) provided evidence of validity and reliability. This resulted in the detection of five instruments (mostly adaptations) based on the ability model, 2 on the mixed model and 1 on the trait model. Although few instruments were found, they report adequate psychometric properties and are valuable tools for measuring EI at the local level and for cross-cultural research of said construct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]