• A training intervention to reduce paternalistic care and promote autonomy: a preliminary study 

      Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena; Santacreu, Marta; Olmos, Ricardo; Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío (26/08/2019)
      Introduction: Paternalism, assuming control of aged care, is a widespread orientation in older adults care. Paternalistic attitudes and practices are commonly understood as a threat to the freedom and autonomy of a person, ...
    • Anti-Ageism Social Actions: Lights and Shadows 

      Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena; García-Sánchez, Rodrigo; Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío (26/01/2022)
      Ageism refers to the stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination towards others or oneself due to age, and it is the most prevalent type of social disadvantage, even more so than those due to gender and race, with negative ...
    • Behavioral Lifestyles and Survival: A Meta-Analysis 

      Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío; Valeriano-Lorenzo, Elizabeth; Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena; Botella Ausina, Juan (2022-02-04)
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    • Cognition in Healthy Aging 

      Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena; Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío (22/01/2021)
      The study of cognitive change across a life span, both in pathological and healthy samples, has been heavily influenced by developments in cognitive psychology as a theoretical paradigm, neuropsychology and other bio-medical ...
    • Cultural aging stereotypes in European Countries: Are they a risk to Active Aging? 

      Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío; Olmos, Ricardo; Pérez-Ortiz, Lourdes; Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena (15/05/2020)
      A growing body of literature acknowledges the association between negative stereotypes and individual components of active aging, but very few studies have tested this association, at both individual and population levels. ...
    • Development and validation of a Paternalism & autonomist care assessment 

      Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío; Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena; Olmos, Ricardo; Huici, Carmen; Caprara, Giovanna; Santacreu, Marta; Ribera Casado, José Manuel; Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso (03/07/2019)
      Aim: There is a need for a validated instrument to measure the type of care (paternalism or person‐centred) provided for older adults. Since paternalism and person‐centred care are the most important caregiving ...
    • Health, Psycho-Social Factors, and Ageism in Older Adults in Spain during the COVID-19 Pandemic 

      Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío; Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena (01/03/2021)
      Abstract: Older adults are a population at risk for COVID-19. This study has two independent objectives: (1) to report the impact of COVID-19, as well as psycho-social responses during lockdown, in a sample of older adults ...
    • Paternalism versus autonomy: Are they alternative types of formal care? 

      Fernández-Ballesteros García, Rocío; Sánchez-Izquierdo Alonso, Macarena; Olmos, Ricardo; Huici, Carmen; Ribera Casado, José Manuel; Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso (2019-06-28)
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