Profesores e Investigadores

Departamentos

Curriculum Vitae

Andrés Losada Baltar
Catedrático/a de Universidad
Coordinador/a de la línea de investigación en Psicología del Prog. Doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud
3
Quinquenios
2019
4
Docentia
2018-19
3
Sexenios investigación
2018

Centro

Fac. de CC. de la Salud

Departamento

Psicología

Área

Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico

Grupo de investigación

Grupo de investigación consolidado en el proceso de estrés y desarrollo de intervenciones psicológicas para la mejora del bienestar de las personas de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Contacto

andres.losada@urjc.es
Información general
Información general
Presentación

  • Full professor at the URJC and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of East Anglia (UK), with past and current teaching and research activities at Stanford University, University of Southern California or Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Fulbright Fellow in 2022 at University of California San Diego. Associate editor of the journals Clinical Gerontologist, Aging & Mental Health, and Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología. Editorial board member of the journal Behavioral Psychology. Coordinator of the PhD program in Psychology of the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences (URJC). Director of the CUIDEMOS research group, recognized by the Global Ageing Research Network (GARN) and the International Association of Gerontology & Geriatrics. Member of INTERDEM and Ageing Mind Initiative. I have been invited to give lectures at conferences such as the International Psychogeriatrics Association International Meeting,  International Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society or the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.
    Principal investigator of research projects aimed at developing and testing the efficacy of non-pharmacological therapies for people with dementia and their family caregivers, and projects aimed at testing psychosocial correlates of mental health through the life cycle, mainly focused in older adults. In addition, our team has as a main objective the development and testing of assessment measures of consctructs such as guilt, dysfunctional thoughts, experiential avoidance, or ambivalence. Some of the measures developed by our team have been validated to other languajes such as English, French, or Finnish. We have published articles in journals such as the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, The Gerontologist, Aging & Mental Health, International Psychogeriatrcics or Health Psychology, as well as book chapters in books such as Handbook of the Psychology of Aging or the Oxfod Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology. 
    Reviewer for funding agencies such as the AEI (Agencia Estatal de Investigación) or the European Research Council. Our team has received prestigious research awards such as the Intanta Cristina, first price of the Caja Madrid Foundation, the Rafael Burgaleta or the Fundación Lafourcade research award. 
    PhD Students
    Samara Barrera-Caballero (2022). Research assistant at the URJC.
    Laura Gallego-Alberto (2019).Research assistant at the UAM. 
    Carlos Vara-García (2019). Research assitant at the URJC. 
    Celia Nogales-González (2015). Research assistant at the URJC.
    Virginia Fernández-Fernández (2013). Research assistant at the UNED.
    Miriam Alonso-Fernández (2012). Research assistant at the URJC.
    Rosa Romero-Moreno (2010). Professor at the URJC.
    Aníbal Pérez Peñaranda (2008). Professor at Universidad de Carabobo.
    Current PhD Students
    Lucía Jiménez Gonzalo
    José Fernandes Pires
    María del Sequeros Pedroso Chaparro
    Cristina Huertas Domingo
    Silvia Santiago Sacristán
    María Béjar Santana





Méritos
Docencia y asignaturas impartidas en el curso actual

  • Grado

    PLAN ASIGNATURA
    (2297) DOBLE GRADO EN CC. DE LA ACTIV. FISICA Y DEPORTE Y FISIOTERAPIA (ALCORCON)PSICOLOGIA GENERAL
    (2036) GRADO EN FISIOTERAPIA (ALCORCON)PSICOLOGIA GENERAL

    Máster universitario oficial

    PLAN ASIGNATURA
    (6203) MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN PSICOLOGÍA GENERAL SANITARIAINTERVENCIÓN CLÍNICA EN LA VEJEZ
    (6203) MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN PSICOLOGÍA GENERAL SANITARIAINTERVENCIÓN EN FAMILIA, PAREJA Y SEXUALIDAD
HISTÓRICO DOCENTE (ÚLTIMOS 10 CURSOS ACADÉMICOS)

Listado de proyectos (Últimos 10 años)
Códigos de investigador
Publicaciones
  • Selected publications
    1. Losada-Baltar, A., Kishita, N., Jiménez-Gonzalo, L, Fernandes-Pires, J., Huertas-Domingo, C., Contreras, M., Van Hout, E., Olazarán, J., Martínez-Huertas, J. and Márquez-González, M. (2022) Cross-cultural analysis of the role of ambivalent feelings for understanding caregivers¿ depressive symptoms. Aging and Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2116407 

    2. Cheng, S.-T., Li, K.-K., Or, P. P. L., & Losada, A. (2022). Do caregiver interventions improve outcomes in relatives with dementia and mild cognitive impairment? A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000696
    3. Barrera-Caballero, S., Romero-Moreno, R., Pedroso-Chaparro, M.S., Olmos, R., Vara-García, C., Gallego-Alberto, L., Cabrera, I., Márquez-González, M., Olazarán, J., & Losada-Baltar, A. (2021). Stress, Cognitive Fusion and Comorbid Depressive and Anxiety Symptomatology in Dementia Caregivers. Psychology and Aging, 36, 667¿676. Doi: 10.1037/pag0000624.
    4. Losada, A., Vara-García, C., Romero-Moreno, R., Barrera-Caballero, S., Pedroso-Chaparro, M.S., Jiménez-Gonzalo, L., Fernandes-Pires, J., Cabrera, I., Gallego-Alberto, L., Huertas-Domingo, C., Mérida-Herrera, L., Olazarán-Rodríguez, J., & Márquez-González, M. (2021). Caring for Relatives with Dementia in Times of COVID-19: Impact on Caregivers and Care-recipients. Clinical Gerontologist. Doi: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1928356. 
    5. Losada-Baltar, A., Martínez-Huertas, J.A., Jiménez-Gonzalo, L., Pedroso-Chaparro, M. D. S., Gallego-Alberto, L., Fernandes-Pires, J., & Márquez-González, M. (2022)  Longitudinal correlates of loneliness and psychological distress during the lockdown situation due to COVID-19. Effects of age and self-perceptions of aging. The Journals of Gerontology Psychological Sciences, 77(4):652-660. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbab012
    6. Losada-Baltar, A., Jiménez-Gonzalo, L., Gallego-Alberto, L., Pedroso-Chaparro, M.D.S., Fernandes-Pires, J., & Márquez-González, M. (2020). "We're staying at home". Association of self-perceptions of aging, personal and family resources and loneliness with psychological distress during the lock-down period of COVID-19. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa048.
    7. Márquez-González M, Romero-Moreno R, Cabrera I, Olmos R, Pérez-Miguel A, Losada A. (2020). Tailored versus manualized interventions for dementia caregivers: The functional analysis-guided modular intervention. Psychology and Aging, 35, 41-54.
    8. Cheng, S.T., Li, K.K., Losada, A., Zhang, F., Au, A., Thompson, L., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2020). The effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for informal dementia caregivers: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology and Aging, 35, 55-77. 
    9. Losada, A., Márquez-González, M., Vara-García, C., Gallego-Alberto, L., Romero-Moreno, R., & Pillemer, K. 2018). Ambivalence and guilt feelings: Two relevant variables for understanding caregivers¿ depressive symptomatology. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 25, 59-64.
    10. Losada, A., Pillemer, K., Márquez-González, M., Romero-Moreno, R., & Gallego-Alberto, L. (2017). Measuring ambivalent feelings in dementia family caregivers: the Caregiving Ambivalence Scale (CAS). The Gerontologist, 57, e37-e46. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw144.
    11. Losada, A., Márquez-González, M., Romero-Moreno, R., Mausbach, B., López, J.,

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