This study responds to the need to explore the individual characteristics that may help us to understand the levels of stress involved in the significant COVID-19-related restrictions to people’s daily lives. In order to understand levels of stress and stress control during the COVID-19 confinement, 1269 people from Spain (17.5% men) aged between 18 and 70 completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14). The results indicated that people aged under 40, and especially those under 25, women, and those on low incomes reported higher rates of confinement stress. The nature of where people live, and their working situation during confinement also contributed to people’s stress response, although with lower levels of impact. In this context, our study suggests that the levels of stress in those who combine remote working with in situ working were lower than those who had other working conditions. Our study contributes significant information to understanding the effects of confinement, and its results may be used to inform intervention tools and programs.

Aims: The concept of recovery is featured in the strategic plans of the World Health Organization as well as in other national mental health plans; however, there have been differing interpretations of what it means. This article aims to achieve a consensus on the key aspects of recovery in mental health from the perspective of movements of users and survivors of psychiatry at an international level. Four specific objectives were proposed in this study: (1) to identify what recovery in mental health means, (2) to identify the indicators that a person is progressing in their recovery, (3) to determine the factors that facilitate the recovery process, and (4) to determine the factors that hinder the recovery process. Methods: A three-round e-Delphi study was conducted with the participation of 101 users and survivors of psychiatry, adhering to the CREDES checklist to ensure methodological rigour. Results: The results reveal 26 key aspects that define recovery, 31 indicating that a person is progressing in their recovery process, 8 that facilitate recovery and 12 that hinder recovery. The most agreed-upon statements for defining recovery highlight the importance of empowerment, leading a fulfilling life, ensuring safe-living conditions and acknowledging individuals as holders of rights. Similarly, empowerment and agency were highly agreed upon as relevant recovery indicators. Key findings underscore the significance of a supportive and respectful social environment in facilitating recovery, while coercion, discrimination and lack of support from significant others hinder recovery. Conclusions: Despite cultural differences and recovery’s subjective nature, our results demonstrate that an international consensus on critical recovery aspects is attainable. Highlighting a significant shift, we emphasize the ‘Transition’ process to signify moving away from the biomedical model approach and advocating for collective rights. Our findings advocate for empowerment, users’ rights and the move towards person-centred care that integrates social, political and economic contexts. These consensus statements lay the groundwork for future research across diverse regions and cultures, offering insights into recovery’s meaning and potential for innovative approaches in diagnosis, intervention and evaluation.

Current public policies emphasize the need for recovery-oriented services. However, a lack of consensus on the meaning of recovery poses challenges for implementing recovery-oriented interventions. This study aims to establish an international consensus on the key elements of recovery from the clinician perspective, specifically from recovery-oriented mental health professionals. A three-round Delphi study was conducted to gather expert opinions on the definition of recovery, progress indicators, and factors that facilitate and hinder recovery. Seventy-eight recovery-oriented professionals agreed to participate and completed a sociodemographic questionnaire after providing informed consent. In the first Delphi round, open-ended questions were used to gather initial opinions, which were analyzed and compiled into a list of statements. In the second and third rounds, participants rated the relevance of each statement using a Likert-type scale. Statements rated as "relevant" or "very relevant" by at least 80 % of participants were considered consensus statements. Recovery was defined as the development of a sense of agency, empowerment, autonomy, and self-determination. Key indicators emphasized agency, empowerment, user safety, and informed decision-making. Facilitators included the promotion of self-determination, a holistic approach within services, and the integration of peer support. Social exclusion emerged as the most significant obstacle to recovery. This study provides an international consensus on the key elements of recovery in mental health from the perspective of recovery-oriented professionals, offering insights for implementing interventions, developing recovery-oriented services, and refining measurement instruments.

The Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) is a 13-item personality measure capturing how people differ in their capacity to exert self-control. Although the BSCS was originally regarded as a one-dimensional scale, subsequent psychometric studies have provided support for the empirical distinction of two and four interrelated but distinct components of self-control. Using a large sample of Spanish adults (n = 1,558; 914 female, 58.7%), we performed a comprehensive data-driven comparison of the most well-established item-level latent structures for the BSCS. Results showed that the differentiation between general self-discipline and impulse control offered a better fit to the observed data than did the unidimensional representation of self-control. This two-dimensional structure for the BSCS scores was also supported in terms of its internal consistency, measurement invariance across gender and age groups, and meaningful correlations with wellbeing-related indicators and Big Five personality traits. Plausible implications of these findings are discussed.

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how critical discourse analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to producing and reinforcing social inequalities. CDA regards linguistic productions as reflecting, consciously or unconsciously, the narrators’ understandings of, or attitudes about, phenomena. Mental health recovery research aims to identify and address power differentials, making CDA a potentially relevant approach. However, CDA frameworks have not been widely applied to mental health recovery research. We adapted established CDA frameworks to our cross-cultural mental health recovery study. The adapted methodology comprises (1) selecting discourses that indicate positive changes and (2) considering sociocultural practices informed by relevant cultural characteristics identified in our previous research, without placing value judgments. Our adapted framework can support cross-cultural mental health recovery research that uses CDA.

INTRODUCCIÓN. La enseñanza de la psicometría en el grado en Psicología requiere el desarrollo de competencias analíticas para evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de los instrumentos de evaluación. Con el objetivo de promover un aprendizaje autónomo de los principales análisis psicométricos, se crearon videotutoriales con Jamovi que fueron publicados en un canal de YouTube. MÉTODO. La propuesta se implementó en cinco grupos de la asignatura durante dos cursos académicos (2022-2023 y 2023-2024), con 654 estudiantes matriculados. Se crearon 22 videotutoriales en catalán e inglés alojados en un canal de YouTube. Para evaluar la experiencia del alumnado, se analizaron indicadores de uso del canal y se administró un cuestionario de opinión sobre la utilidad percibida, la claridad explicativa y la satisfacción general con los vídeos. RESULTADOS. Los vídeos acumularon cerca de 17.000 visualizaciones durante el periodo de prácticas. Más del 95 % del alumnado valoró positivamente la utilidad de los vídeos y su impacto en la comprensión de los análisis psicométricos, mostrando una elevada satisfacción. DISCUSIÓN. Los vídeos generados para la asignatura y publicados en un canal de YouTube son un recurso útil. Su accesibilidad y formato han favorecido su uso fuera del aula, evidenciando su potencial como recurso educativo abierto.