Browsing by Author "Escolà-Gascón, Álex"
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Cross-cultural analysis of a new indicator which measures the degree of Islamophobia social awareness
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Diez-Bosch, Miriam; Micó, Josep-Lluís (International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol. 91, 2022, 2022)There is ample evidence documenting the problem of Islamophobia (discrimination and racism against the Muslim community). However, the extent to which the European population is aware of this injustice ... -
Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chronic Time Pressure Inventory using Rasch analysis
Denovan, Andrew; Dagnall, Neil; Drinkwater, Kenneth; Escolà-Gascón, Álex (PeerJ, 7 abril 2023, 11:e15218, 2023)Background: Chronic time pressure is a common source of everyday stress and anxiety. Noting this, the Chronic Time Pressure Inventory (CTPI) was designed to measure the construct within general samples. ... -
Executive Functioning: Assessing the Role of Perceived Paranormal Ability
Drinkwater, Kenneth Graham; Dagnall, Neil; Denovan, Andrew; Parker, Andrew; Escolà-Gascón, Álex (Frontiers in Psychology, 12:798283, 2021, 2021)This study examined whether scores on self-report measures of executive functions varied in accordance with level of self-professed paranormal ability. The investigators compared three groups varying ... -
'Feeling' or 'sensing' the future? Testing for anomalous cognitions in clinical versus healthy populations
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Wright, Abigail C.; Hourain, James (Helyion, vol. 8, núm. 11, nov. 2022, 2022)In the study and treatment of psychosis, emotional intelligence (EI) and thinking styles are important patient characteristics for successful outcomes in clinical intervention. Anticipation of unpredictable ... -
Follow-up on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) remote viewing experiments
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Houran, James; Dagnall, Neil; Drinkwater, Kenneth; Denovan, Andrew (Brain and behavior, vol. 13, núm. 6, 2023, 2023-05-03)Objectives: Since 1972, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) commissioned several research programs on remote viewing (RV) that were progressively declassified from 1995 to 2003. The main objectives ... -
Global evidence of environmental and lifestyle effects on medical expenditures across 154 countries
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Micó, Josep-Lluís; Casero-Ripollés, Andreu (Preventive Medicine Reports, vol. 30, 2022, 2022)Increases of health care expenditures (HCEs) challenge the financial capacity of governments and bring into question the quality of health care services in each country. It is known that modifiable risk ... -
Measuring Psychosocial Reactions to COVID-19: The COVID Reaction Scales (COVID-RS) as a New Assessment Tool
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Marín Torné, Francesc-Xavier; Rusiñol Estragués, Jordi; Gallifa, Josep (Frontiers in Psychology, 2020, Vol. 11, Article 607064, 2020)Knowing and measuring the psychosocial reactions of people to the coronavirus crisis could be useful for predicting citizen responsibility and psychological well-being in the general population. In this ... -
Paranormal belief and well-being: The moderating roles of transliminality and psychopathology-related facets
Dagnall, Neil; Denovan, Andrew; Drinkwater, Kenneth Graham; Escolà-Gascón, Álex (Frontiers in Psychology, 15 agost 2022, 2022-08-15)Evaluation of prior research suggests that belief in the paranormal is more likely to be associated with negative psychological functioning, when presented alongside cognitive-perceptual factors that ... -
Paranormal Experience Profiles and Their Association With Variations in Executive Functions: A Latent Profile Analysis
Drinkwater, Kenneth Graham; Dagnall, Neil; Denovan, Andrew; Parker, Andrew; Escolà-Gascón, Álex (Frontiers in Psychology, 10 gener 2022, 2022)This study investigated relationships between inter-class variations in paranormal experience and executive functions. A sample of 516 adults completed self-report measures assessing personal encounter-based ... -
Pseudoscientific beliefs and psychopathological risks increase after COVID-19 social quarantine
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Marín Torné, Francesc-Xavier; Rusiñol Estragués, Jordi; Gallifa, Josep (Globalization and Health (2020) 16:72, 2020)Background The health crisis caused by COVID-19 has led many countries to opt for social quarantine of the population. During this quarantine, communication systems have been characterized by ... -
Who falls for fake news? Psychological and clinical profiling evidence of fake news consumers
Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Dagnall, Neil; Denovan, Andrew; Drinkwater, Kenneth; Diez-Bosch, Miriam (Personality and Individual Differences, núm. 200, 2023, 2023)Awareness of the potential psychological significance of false news increased during the coronavirus pandemic, however, its impact on psychopathology and individual differences remains unclear. Acknowledging ...