A5045947277- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Environmental Sustainability and Education
- Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
University of Algarve
2015-2025
Autonomous University of Lisbon
2023-2025
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic had a huge impact on people's lives due to the fear of getting infected and having disease, as well necessary prevention containment measures. University students were one most affected groups, they forced cope with significant life changes. However, not all displayed symptoms psychological distress, which means that internal resources such emotional regulation resilience may have acted protective variables. This cross‐sectional study aimed examine extent...
Unwanted mental intrusions (UMIs), typically discussed in relation to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), are highly prevalent, regardless of the specific nationality, religion, and/or cultural context. Studies have also shown that UMIs related Body Dysmorphic (BDD), Illness anxiety/Hypochondriasis (IA-H), and Eating Disorders (EDs) commonly experienced. However, influence culture on these their transdiagnostic nature has not been investigated.Participants were 1,473 non-clinical...
The mechanisms and triggers of the attentional bias in social anxiety are not yet fully determined, modulating role personality traits is being increasingly acknowledged.Our main purpose was to test whether associated with hypervigilance, avoidance (static biases), vigilance-avoidance or maintenance attention (dynamic biases). Our secondary goal explore structure shaping bias.Participants high vs low different structures viewed pairs faces (free-viewing eye-tracking task) representing...
Since its third edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1980) and in subsequent editions, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has favored criminological model relation to malingering.However, research on relationship psychopathy antisocial personality disorder propensity ability feign mental illness yielded mixed results.Importantly, no study yet examined between Dark Tetrad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism) fake a credible manner.Our aimed fill this...
Worry is a common phenomenon with people who anticipate and want to be prepared for future events. Pathological worry, however, not limited anticipating potentially dangerous events, but it applied small daily too. This kind of worry perceived as uncontrollable, strongly associated catastrophism. The Penn State Questionnaire (PSWQ) was developed assess pathological worry. Despite its excellent psychometric characteristics, internal structure still controversial. combination regular reversed...
The White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) was developed tomeasure the tendency to suppress unwanted negative thought. With aim study its internal structure and psychometrics properties, this inventory applied with other measures a sample of 558 participants from general non-clinical Portuguese population. We performed confirmatory factorial analyses (AFC) test five models unidimensional, bi-dimensional three-dimensional structures. results yielded existence one single factor adequate...
There is a growing evidence that stress affects cognitive and emotional processes underling decision making. However, according some authors, subclinical personality traits of the participants must be also considered in this relation between moral decision. Our study examines whether decision-making two different personalities. Forty undergraduate volunteers were previously distributed their (Machiavellian; Narcissism Normal) randomly assigned to both conditions (stress vs. control). The...
Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder attribute a causal role to maladaptive beliefs.To test this hypothesis, we manipulated Overimportance Thoughts (OT) beliefs and experimentally evaluated their effect on the response an induced aggressive impulse.Eighty-five participants completed battery self-report instruments assessing obsession symptoms, thought control, affectivity obsessive beliefs, were then randomly assigned two conditions. In experimental condition read scientific...
Unwanted mental intrusions (UMIs) with contents related to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic (BDD), Illness Anxiety (IAD), and Eating Disorders (EDs) are highly prevalent, independently of the cultural and/or social context. Cognitive-behavioral explanations for these disorders postulates that escalation from common UMIs clinically relevant symptoms depends on maladaptive consequences (i.e., emotions, appraisals, control strategies) experiencing UMIs. This study examines,...
Purpose This study aims to investigate whether the influence of group cohesion on outcomes depended levels therapeutic alliance. Design/methodology/approach Sixteen individuals with a substance use disorder who were undergoing treatment in community responded alliance, cohesion, craving and measures after every small session for period six weeks. Data analysis was performed using hierarchical linear modeling. Findings Results indicate that effect is stronger when there high alliance between...
Background Alcohol use is significantly accentuated in young adults, making it important to explore the mechanisms underlying consumption. According dual process model, implicit associations have a significant influence on alcohol Literature has been shown that working memory can moderate effect of and its consequences hazardous drinkers but conclusions about subjects with other drinking patterns are contradictory.
This investigation aimed to study the relationship between feelings of incompleteness (INC) and induction Not Just Right (NJR) experiences in a non-clinical sample (N = 74).A protocol was applied participants assess Obsessive-Compulsive symptoms NJR experiences, Depressive Anxiety Stress symptoms, order rule out clinical psychopathology.Perfectionism also assessed explore whether this trait influences experiences.Then, pre-test applied, where they classified level discomfort, tension /...