Pensamiento episódico futuro para el tratamiento de las adicciones a examenconceptualización y evidencias de su efectividad

  1. Alba González-Roz
  2. Gema Aonso-Diego
  3. Roberto Secades-Villa
Revista:
Revista española de drogodependencias

ISSN: 0213-7615

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 46

Páginas: 29-47

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Revista española de drogodependencias

Resumen

La capacidad de proyección del self en un momento futuro es una de las características distintivas del ser humano. Diversos estudios han sugerido que la auto-proyección en el futuro a través de la visualización (pensamiento episódico futuro, PEF) puede producir un impacto en la mejora de distintas conductas de riesgo para la salud, entre las que se encuentran las adicciones. El PEF goza hoy en día de cierta popularidad en la investigación experimental y clínica en adicciones. El objetivo de este trabajo es revisar los fundamentos teóricos y empíricos del PEF, las evidencias de su efectividad en el tratamiento de las conductas adictivas y la factibilidad de su aplicación en contextos clínicos o de tratamiento. Finalmente, se exponen las limitaciones de los estudios realizados que cuestionan la efectividad de la denominada terapia PEF y se presentan distintas líneas de investigación futura relacionadas con el estudio de su eficacia.

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