• Mindfulness-Based Intervention and Sexuality: A Systematic Review 

      Ciaurriz Larraz, Amaia Miren; Villena, Alejandro; Mestre-Bach, Gemma ; Chiclana Actis, Carlos (International Journal of Sexual Health, 2022)
      Mindfulness is defined as “the ability to pay attention in a particular way, in the present moment to the body and mind, with purpose and without judgment.” From a scientific perspective, mindfulness has been described as ...
    • Motherhood and Treatment Outcome in Female Patients with Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder 

      Mestre-Bach, Gemma; Granero, Roser; Casalé, Gemma; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Mueller, Astrid; Brand, Matthias; Gómez-Peña, Mónica; Moragas, Laura; Sánchez, Isabel; Camacho-Barcia, Lucia; Villena, Alejandro; Lara-Huallipe, Milagros; Jimenez-Murcia, Susana (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022)
      Motherhood has been proposed as an internal facilitating factor for the recovery of women with mental disorders. However, at the same time, there are significant barriers that may be interfering with the access and adherence ...
    • Pornography Use and Loneliness in Adolescents 

      Serrano, Gabriel; Chiclana Actis, Carlos; Mestre-Bach, Gemma ; Villena, Alejandro (International Journal of Sexual Health, 2022)
      The use of pornography in adolescents and its possible consequences is still the subject of scientific debate. It has been observed that about 20% of adolescents access pornography involuntarily, the average age of access ...
    • Pornography Use and Loneliness in Adolescents 

      Mestre-Bach, Gemma ; Villena, Alejandro; Granero, Roser; Serrano, Gabriel; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Jimenez-Murcia, Susana; Chiclana Actis, Carlos (International Journal of Sexual Health, 2022)
      This presentation will focus on the use of pornography in adolescents. This topic deserves special attention because adolescents are a population especially vulnerable to pornographic content. Current findings will be ...
    • Pornography Use and Violence: A Systematic Review of the Last 20 Years 

      Mestre-Bach, Gemma; Villena, Alejandro; Chiclana Actis, Carlos (Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 2024)
      Pornography use is one of the factors that has been proposed to be associated with violence. We aimed to explore the literature of the last 20 years, with the objective of understanding the possible association between ...
    • Pornography Use in Adolescents and Its Clinical Implications 

      Farré, Josep M; Montejo, Ángel L.; Agulló, Miquel; Granero, Roser; Chiclana Actis, Carlos ; Villena, Alejandro; Maideu, Eudald; Sánchez, Marta; Fernández-Aranda, Fernando; Jiménez-Murcia, Susana; Mestre-Bach, Gemma (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11/2020)
      (1) Background: The Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model (DSMM) suggests that pornography use effects are conditional and they depend on dispositional, developmental, and social differential susceptibility ...
    • Treatments for Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder in Women: A Scoping Review 

      Martín-Vivar, María; Villena, Alejandro; Mestre-Bach, Gemma; Hurtado-Murillo, Felipe; Chiclana Actis, Carlos (Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2022)
      Background: Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) is characterized by elevated discomfort associated with persistent genital arousal in the absence of sexual desire. Aim: To perform a scoping review of the proposed ...
    • Treatments for Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder in Women: A Systematic Review 

      Chiclana Actis, Carlos; Martin-Vivar, Maria; Villena, Alejandro; Mestre-Bach, Gemma (International Journal of Sexual Health, 2022)
      Introduction and objectives: in the last few years there has been a growing scientific interest in Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD). It is characterized by elevated discomfort associated with persistent genital ...