A5085572676- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Infant Health and Development
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Mental Health Research Topics
University of Coimbra
2016-2025
Örebro University
2023-2025
University of Gothenburg
2021-2023
Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2023
Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
2020-2022
KU Leuven
2022
This study explored self-compassion as a mediator between body dissatisfaction, social comparison based on image and quality of life in 662 female college students. Path analysis revealed that while controlling for mass index, mediated the impact dissatisfaction unfavourable comparisons psychological life. The path model accounted 33 per cent variance. Findings highlight importance mechanism may operate association negative evaluations young women’s
PurposeMajor life events have been positively associated with depression symptoms. Although psychological flexibility has adaptive coping skills and negatively linked symptoms, it remains unclear whether may be a protective process against the pervasive impact of major events. Thus, present study aimed to explore moderating effect on association between cumulative number their negative appraisal symptoms.MethodsFour hundred one participants (280 females 121 males), aged 18 65-years old,...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) negatively influences mental and physical quality of life (QoL), but factors that explain this impact are still unclear. Increasing evidence has associated IBS severity, psychological distress, somatic symptoms, gastrointestinal (GI)-specific anxiety with QoL in IBS. The aim study is to further explore these associations analyze potential mediating factors. A total 1017 patients (69.3% female, mean age 40.6 years) who completed a measure (SF-36) were included...
Abstract Aims No empirical research on the psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic people living with IBD, a population known to typically present high levels anxiety and depression be potentially vulnerable COVID-19, has yet been conducted. This study aimed explore links between contextual variables related COVID-19 outcomes. Methods The sample included 124 Portuguese patients Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis (85.48% women) who completed self-reported measures in...
INTRODUCTION: This study focused on defining the global prevalence of clinically relevant levels psychological distress and somatic symptoms coexistence between these disorders gut-brain interaction (DGBI). We also analyzed how coexistent DGBI are associated with health-related outcomes. METHODS: included a representative sample 54,127 adult participants (49.1% women; mean age 44.3 years) from 26 countries worldwide. Participants completed an Internet survey (the Rome Foundation Global...
Abstract Background Breast cancer is the most diagnosed in women worldwide and carries a considerable psychosocial burden. Interventions based on Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) compassion-based approaches show promise improving adjustment quality of life people with cancer. The Mind programme an integrative ACT intervention tailored for breast cancer, which aims to prepare survivorship by promoting psychological flexibility self-compassion. A pilot study has shown acceptability...
This study explores the impact of illness‐related shame on quality social relationships and psychological health in chronic patients. We aimed to examine roles fear receiving compassion from others experiential avoidance as potential mediators this relationship. Although some studies have demonstrated negative functioning, mechanisms that may underlie link remain understudied. The sample was comprised by 115 college students, which had been diagnosed with at least 1 illness. Participants...
The aims of the present study were to develop and validate a scale specifically focused on shame feelings derived from chronic illness‐related experiences, Chronic Illness‐related Shame Scale (CISS) fill gap in literature analyse role this construct association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptomatology depressed mood. This comprised two samples: sample 161 IBD patients mixed 65 that reported medical data completed self‐report measures. CISS's unidimensional seven‐item structure...
Although patients with inflammatory bowel disease seem to be prone high levels of shame, the mechanisms behind impact chronic illness-related shame on patients' functioning have not been explored yet. This study aims address these gaps using a sample 161 who completed self-report measures an online survey. The results from path analyses showed that presented direct and indirect effects psychological health (R2 = .66) social relationships .46). were mediated by experiential avoidance...
Abstract Breast cancer is linked to psychological distress and mood disorders that are in turn associated with higher dysfunction decreased breast survival. It considered health considerably affected by body image impairment, which seems be highly shame. However, the impact of these variables on mental may not direct. The current study aimed explore a comprehensive model regarding role chronic illness‐related cognitive fusion relationship dissatisfaction shame depression symptoms. sample was...
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...
Objectives Several studies have highlighted the role of cognitive fusion on human suffering and a wide range psychopathological conditions. Namely, this process has been regarded as core aspect in eating disorders. Nevertheless, study psychopathology is scarce measure that specifically concerns body image was still to be created. The present aimed therefore at developing validating such measure, Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire – Body Image ( CFQ ‐ BI ). Design methods current conducted using...
Objective This study thus aims to test differences between patients with inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD ) regarding symptomatology, cognitive fusion, and psychological physical health, as well explore whether the maladaptive emotion regulation process of fusion longitudinally impacts on baseline evolution these outcomes over a period 18 months. Design methods Participants include 116 mean age 36.76 SD = 11.39) both genders (69.83% females) that completed self‐report measures interest in...