Personality, Intervention and Psychological/Neurocognitive Treatment: A Research Approach Belongings Urgent Health and Social Concerns

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, although much progress has been achieved related to different clinic populations´ quality of life enhancement due to the further medical and psychological treatments advances, relevant health and social worldwide concerns still remain to be handled. These can briefly be listed on: (1) Personality -and related factors (e.g., i.e., negative affect, resilience, alexithymia, perceived stress, emotional regulation, empathy, emotional dependence, trauma etc.)- implications into the development of mental health impairment, psychological negative states and mental and chronic disease’s coping (e.g., chronic pain, cancer, posttraumatic stress …), (2) The empirical support of several “novel” interventions both at psychological (emotional writing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, etc.) and neurocognitive level (e.g., transcranial direct current stimulation, cognitive training, etc.), (3) Mediating factors in the association between personality and emotional alterations susceptible to be intervened for benefits in different conditions, (4) Emotional and personality risk factors associated with the high prevalence of urgent social concerns such as gender violence, emotional dependence, bullying, cyberbullying, social networks misuse, emotional and sexual abuse/aggression, and issues related to vulnerable groups or those at risk of social exclusion (e.g., drug abuse), (5) Innovative findings from new research techniques and methods (e.g., doppler ultrasonography, functional near infrared optical brain imaging etc.) in interaction with emotional and personality factors aimed at being implemented in specialized intervention areas. Among much other.

The research about human health and implementation of more effective prevention techniques and intervention treatments is a continuous necessity to achieve a healthy and balanced society. In this research field, personality and related factors have not to be overlooked. Personality and related factors are undoubtedly essential to assure or not a better psychological adjustment, as well as the prevention of mental diseases and intervention effectiveness; altogether aimed to dampen the psychological impact in people prone to or suffering from any kind of mental/chronic health impairment or subjected to the high demands emerging in the current challenging contexts -plagued by uncertainty, discomfort and problematic peers’ relationships-. Moreover, personality field still requires of continuous researching in order to provide a more personalized and patient centered approach. Therefore, researchers in the field of personality, general wellbeing, psychological and/or neurocognitive interventions both in healthy and ill populations are encouraged to submit an original research or review article to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Casandra I. Montoro Aguilar
Dr. Carmen María Galvez Sánchez
Guest Editors

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• personality
• intervention
• treatment
• mental health
• prevention
• chronic conditions
• psychological adjustment
• social concerns
• emotional dependence
• trauma
• cyberbullying