- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic
Portuguese League Against Epilepsy
2020-2021
University of Coimbra
2020-2021
Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
2015
Literature suggests that acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is effective in improving well-being reducing psychopathological symptoms commonly experienced by people with chronic illness (CI). Compassion-focused (CFT) reduces psychological distress, especially individuals high levels of shame self-criticism, but few studies have explored CFT CI. Additionally, almost exclusively compared ACT inactive controls (wait-list; treatment as usual). Also, there an interest developing...
This study examined the mediating role of dyadic coping (DC) in association between internalizing symptoms and adjustment a sample 184 couples expecting their first child. Each partner completed self-report questionnaires assessing depression anxiety, DC during second trimester pregnancy. An extension actor-partner interdependence model for testing direct indirect effects was used. Compared to men, women presented higher levels engaged more by self. Significant on via common one’s were...
Objective: The evaluation of the quality life institutionalized elderly people and impacts caused by medications. Method: Observational, prospective transversal study with elderly. Data were collected through interviews in ten cities. In addition to socio-demographic data, information on cognition was collected. A multivariate logistic regression model used identify drugs clinical characteristics associated low (p <0.05). Results: predominance women (60.9%) observed sample 138 mean age ±...