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Proyectos

  • IP Fondecyt Regular, Proyecto Nº 1201679. “Personality Pathways to Substance Use in Adolescents” (2020-2024). 
  • Co-I Concurso Políticas Públicas Propuestas para Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: “Registro electrónico nacional de prescripción de fármacos con alto potencial adictivo: Mirada a posibles ventajas y dificultades de implementación” (2023). 
  • Co-I Proyecto Fonis, Proyecto Nº SA20I0080 “Adaptación cultural y propiedades psicométricas del Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) en una muestra de pacientes chilenos con dolor crónico” (2021-2023). 
  • Co-I Concurso para la Asignación Rápida de Recursos para Proyectos de Investigación sobre el Coronavirus (Covid-19), Proyecto COVID0591 “Efectos de la pandemia Covid-19 en alimentación y salud mental en etapas críticas de la vida: Cohortes CIAPEC-INTA de embarazadas, preescolares y adolescentes del área Sur-Oriente de Santiago” (2020-2021). 
  • IP Fondecyt Regular, Proyecto Nº 1160491. “Impulsivity Facets and Substance Use Disorders” (2016-2019). 
  • Co-I Proyecto Mecesup PUC 1566, Etapas 1 y 2 Concurso de Internacionalización de la Investigación en Astrofísica, Cambio Global y Ciencias Cognitivas. “Cannabis, adolescencia y cognición” (2016-2018). 
  • Co-I Proyecto Fonis, Proyecto Nº SA16I0305 “Eficacia de la terapia de activación conductual para pacientes con dolor crónico: ensayo clínico randomizado” (2017-2019). 

Artículos

  • Rosell, J. & Vergés, A., Miranda-Castillo, C. (en prensa). El rol del ocio y entretenimiento digital en la salud mental de personas mayores en contextos de crisis social: El caso del estallido social en Chile. Global Health Promotion. 
  • Ponce, F. P., Torres Iribarra, D., Vergés, A., & Arias, V. B. (en prensa). The ephemeral nature of wording effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 
  • Andreu, C. I., Cuevas, A., Malbec, M., Cordero, M., Fuentealba, J. A., & Vergés, A. (en prensa). Diminished inhibitory control in adolescents with overweight and/or substance use: An ERP study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • Rosell, J., Vergés, A., Torres Iribarra, D., Sepúlveda-Caro, S., D., & Flores, K. (en prensa). Motives of use and internet addiction: Development and evidence of validity of a scale to evaluate motives of internet use. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • Bussio, M., Arriaza, T., Alvarado, M. E., & Vergés, A. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the UPPS-P in Chilean Adolescents and Adults in Treatment. Personality and Individual Differences, 213, 112285.  
  • Rosell, J. & Vergés, A. (2023). Loneliness as a potential mechanism of the association between ageism and mental health outcomes in the Chilean context. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42, 1245-1254. 
  • Rosell, J., Leeson, G., & Vergés, A. (2023). Internet addiction of older women: The role of social influence and the use of social networks. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42, 121-130. 
  • Domeyko-Prieto, M. M., Aracena, M., Vergés, A. & Gómez-Pérez, L. (2022). Antecedente de depresión, síntomas de estrés postraumático, apoyo social percibido: Prediciendo la depresión posparto. Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología, 87, 325-332. 
  • Ponce, F. P., Torres Iribarra, D., Vergés, A., & Arias, V. B. (2022). Wording effects in assessment: Missing the trees for the forest. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 57, 718-734. 
  • Vergés, A. (2022). On the desirability of social desirability measures in substance use research. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 83, 582-587. 
  • Rosell, J., Vergés, A., Miranda-Castillo, C., Sepúlveda-Caro, S., D., & Gómez, M. (2022). Predictors, types of Internet use, and the psychological well-being of older adults: A comprehensive model. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 77, 1186-1196. 
  • García-Huidobro, D., Vergés, A., Basualto, P., Calvo Miranda, C., Boetto, C., Soto, M., Kopplin, E., Martínez, M., & Aracena, M. (2022). Mixed-methods evaluation of the initial implementation of Advanced Home Visits in Chile. Health Promotion Practice, 23, 493-503. 
  • Figueroa, R. A., Cortés, P. F., Marín, H., Vergés, A., Gillibrand, R., & Repetto, P. (2022). The ABCDE psychological first aid intervention decreases early PTSD symptoms but does not prevent PTSD: Results of a randomized-controlled trial. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13, 2031829. 
  • Mata López, C., Santelices Álvarez, M. P., & Vergés, A. (2022). Do educators matter? Associations between caregivers’ mentalization and preschoolers’ attachment, social emotional development and theory of mind. Early Child Development and Care, 192, 233-247. 
  • Vergés, A., Lee, M. R., Martin, C. S., Trull, T. J., Martens, M. P., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2021). Not all symptoms of alcohol dependence are developmentally equivalent: Implications for the false positives problem. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35, 444–457. 
  • Moreno, M., Azócar, V., Vergés, A., & Fuentealba, J. A. (2021). High impulsive choice is accompanied by an increase in dopamine release in rat dorsolateral striatum. Behavioural Brain Research, 405, 113199. 
  • Rosell, J., Vergés, A., Torres Iribarra, D., Flores, K., & Gómez, M. (2020). Adaptation and psychometric characteristics of a scale to evaluate ageist stereotypes. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 20, 104179. 
  • Crane, N. A., Vergés, A., Kamali, M., Bhaumik, R., Ryan, K. A., Marshall, D. F., Saunders, E. F. H., Kassel, M. T., Weldon, A. L., McInnis, M. G., & Langenecker, S. A. (2020). Developing dimensional, pandiagnostic inhibitory control constructs with self-report and neuropsychological data. Assessment, 27, 787-802. 
  • McDowell, Y. E., Vergés, A., & Sher, K. J. (2019). Are some AUD criteria more (or less) externalizing than others? Distinguishing alcohol use symptomatology from general externalizing psychopathology. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43, 483-496. 
  • Vergés, A., Littlefield, A. K., Arriaza, T., & Alvarado, M. E. (2019). Impulsivity facets and substance use initiation: A comparison of two models of impulsivity. Addictive Behaviors, 88, 61-66. 
  • Gómez Perez, L., Vergés, A., Vázquez-Taboada, R., Durán, J., & González Tugas, M. (2018). The efficacy of adding group behavioral activation to usual care in patients with fibromyalgia and major depression: Design and protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Trials, 19, 660. 
  • Vergés, A., Ellingson, J. M., Schroder, S. A., Slutske, W. S., & Sher, K. J. (2018). Intensity of daily drinking and its relation to alcohol use disorders. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 42, 1674-1683. 
  • Ellingson, J. M., Slutske, W. S., Vergés, A., Littlefield, A. K., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G. (2018). A multivariate behavior genetic investigation of dual-systems models of alcohol involvement. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79, 617-626 
  • Martin, C. S., Vergés, A., Langenbucher, J. W., Littlefield, A. K., Chung, T., Clark, D. B., & Sher, K. J. (2018). Algorithm analysis of the DSM-5 alcohol withdrawal symptom. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 42, 1073-1083.
  • Lee, M. R., Boness, C. L., McDowell, Y. E., Vergés, A., Steinley, D. L., & Sher, K. J. (2018). Desistance and severity of alcohol use disorder: A lifespan-developmental investigation. Clinical Psychological Science, 6, 90-105. 
  • Vergés, A., Portilla Huidobro, R., & Laborda, M. A. (2017). Modelo Texas Christian University para evaluación y tratamiento de trastornos por uso de sustancias. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 17, 245-258
  • Vergés, A. & Gómez Pérez, L. (2016). Personalidad y psicopatología (Editorial). Revista de Psicología Universidad de Chile, 25, 1-4. 
  • Arterberry, B. J., Chen, T. H., Vergés, A., Bollen, K. A., & Martens, M. P. (2016). How should alcohol problems be conceptualized? Causal Indicators within the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 39, 356-378. 
  • Jenkins, L.M., Kassel, M.T., Gabriel, L.B., Gowins, J.R., Hymen, E.A., Vergés, A., Calamia, M., Crane, N.A., Jacobs, R.H., Ajilore, O., Welsh, R.C., Drevets, W.C., Phillips, M.L., Zubieta, J-K. & Langenecker, S.A. (2016). Amygdala and dorsomedial hyperactivity to emotional faces in youth with remitted Major Depression. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 736-745. 
  • MacNamara, A., Vergés, A., Kujawa, A., Fitzgerald, K. D., Monk, C. S. & Phan, K. L. (2016). Age-related changes in emotional face processing across childhood and into young adulthood: Evidence from event-related potentials. Developmental Psychobiology, 58, 27-38. 
  • Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., Lane, S. P., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Personality disorders and the persistence of substance use disorders: A reanalysis of published NESARC findings. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 809-820. 
  • Jacobs, R. H., Jenkins, L. M., Gabriel, L. B., Barba, A., Ryan, K. A., Weisenbach, S. L., Vergés, A., Baker, A. M., Peters, A. T., Crane, N. A., Gotlib, I. H., Zubleta, J-K., Phan, K. L., Langenecker, S. A., & Welsh, R. C. (2014). Increased coupling of intrinsic networks in remitted depressed youth predicts rumination and cognitive control. Plos One, 9, e104366. 
  • Ellingson, J. M., Fleming, K. A., Vergés, A., Bartholow, B. D., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Working memory as a moderator of impulsivity and alcohol involvement: Testing the cognitive-motivational theory of alcohol use with prospective and working memory updating data. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 1622-1631. 
  • Quezada, V. E., Vergés, A., & Laborda, M. A. (2014). Sergio Yulis: Pasado y presente del enfoque conductual en Chile. Psykhe, 23, 1-11 
  • Vergés, A., Kushner, M. G., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., Lane, S. P., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Personality disorders and the persistence of anxiety disorders: Evidence of a time-of-measurement effect in NESARC. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 178-186 
  • Ellingson, J. M., Vergés, A., Littlefield, A. K., Martin, N. G., Slutske, W. S. (2013). Are bottom-up and top-down traits in dual-systems models of risky behavior genetically distinct? Behavior Genetics, 43, 480-490 
  • Vergés, A., Haeny, A. M., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Grant, J. D., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2013). Refining the notion of maturing out: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. American Journal of Public Health, 103, e67-e73 
  • Trull, T. J., Vergés, A., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2013). The structure of DSM-IV-TR personality disorder diagnoses in NESARC: A reanalysis. Journal of Personality Disorders, 27, 727-734.  
  • Littlefield, A. K., Vergés, A., Rosinski, J. M., Steinley, D., & Sher, K. J. (2013). Motivational typologies of drinkers: Do enhancement and coping drinkers form two distinct groups? Addiction, 108, 497-503.  
  • Trull, T. J., Vergés, A., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). The structure of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition, text revision) personality disorder symptoms in a large national sample. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment, 3, 355-369 
  • Littlefield, A. K., Vergés, A., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Transactional models between personality and alcohol involvement: A further examination. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 778-783.  
  • Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Grant, J. D., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Deconstructing the age-prevalence curve of alcohol dependence: Why “maturing out” is only a small piece of the puzzle. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 511-523.  
  • Grant, J. D., Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Trull, T. J., Sher, K. J., & Bucholz, K. K. (2012). Age and ethnic differences in the onset, persistence and recurrence of alcohol use disorder. Addiction, 107, 756-765.  
  • Vergés, A., Littlefield, A. K., & Sher, J. K. (2011). Did lifetime rates of alcohol use disorders increase by 67% in ten years? A comparison of NLAES and NESARC. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 868-877.  
  • Littlefield, A. K., Vergés, A., McCarthy, D. M., & Sher, J. K. (2011). Interactions between self-reported alcohol outcome expectancies and cognitive functioning in the prediction of alcohol use and associated problems: A further examination. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 25, 542-546.  
  • Martin, C. S., Steinley, D. L, Vergés, A., & Sher, K. J. (2011). The proposed 2/11 symptom algorithm for DSM-5 substance use disorders is too lenient. Psychological Medicine, 41, 2008-2010.  
  • Vergés, A. (2010). Integrating contextual issues in ethical decision making. Ethics and Behavior, 20, 497-507.  
  • Vergés, A., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2010). It’s the algorithm! Why differential rates of chronicity and comorbidity are not evidence for the validity of the abuse-dependence distinction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 650-661.  
  • Littlefield, A. K., Vergés, A., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Three (or more) alcohol dependence symptoms but not clustered in the same 12 months: Diagnostic orphans from a longitudinal perspective. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71, 864-869.

Capítulos

  • Rosell J. & Vergés A. (2023). Inclusión digital de personas mayores en Chile para el ocio y entretenimiento: Un análisis socio histórico. In: A. Klein, G. Leeson. (Eds) Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean: Critical approaches and practical solutions, pp. 101-119. Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.
  • Rosell J. & Vergés A. (2021). The impact of ageism on the E-Leisure of older people in Chile. In: Gao Q., Zhou J. (Eds) Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology Design and Acceptance. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12786. Springer, Cham.
  • Vergés, A. (2021). Poverty, social inequity, and depression. In J. P. Jiménez and A. Botto (Eds.), Etiopathogenic Theories and Models in Depression, pp. 223-241. Springer.
  • Rosell, J.  & Vergés, A. (2020). The relationship between social participation and internet addiction in older persons. In Q. Gao & J. Zhou (Eds.). Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Technology and Society, pp. 301-311. Switzerland: Springer. 
  • Ellingson, J. M., Littlefield, A. K., Vergés, A., & Sher, K. J. (2018). Psychopathy and substance use disorders. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of Psychopathy, 2nd Edition, pp.635-661. New York: Guilford. 
  • Sher, K. J. & Vergés, A. (2016). Introduction and overview. In K. J. Sher (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders, Vols. 1 and 2, pp. 1-25. New York: Oxford University Press. 
  • Sher, K. J. & Vergés, A. (2016). Anticipating the future of research on substance use and substance use disorders. In K. J. Sher (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders, Vols. 1 and 2, pp. 653-670. New York: Oxford University Press. 
  • Sher, K. J. & Vergés, A. (2016). Anticipating the future of research on substance use and substance use disorders. In K. J. Sher (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders, Vols. 1 and 2, pp. 653-670. New York: Oxford University Press. 
  • Vergés, A. & Sher, K. J. (2012). Personality and contextual factors in college students’ drinking. In H. R. White and D. Rabiner (Eds.), College drinking and drug use, pp. 140-158. New York: Guilford. 

Otras Publicaciones

  • Hojman, D., Krauze, M., Llaupi, M., Rojas, G., & Vergés, A. (2018). Salud mental en el Chile de hoy. Notas COES de Política Pública, 15, 2-21. 
  • Sher, K. J. & Vergés, A. (2013). Addictive behavior. In Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Ed. Dana S. Dunn. New York: Oxford University Press.  
  • Vergés, A. & Sher, K. J. (2011). Alcohol use and the transition to college. The Addictions Newsletter, 18, 15-16.