The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating (NRS), Verbal (VRS), and the Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) are among most commonly used measures of pain intensity in clinical research settings. Although evidence supports their validity as intensity, few studies have compared them with respect to critical criteria responsivity, no experiment has directly all 4 same study. current study relative VAS, NRS, VRS, FPS-R for detecting differences painful stimulus between men women response...

Abstract The study aims to develop and assess metric proprieties of the Portuguese version Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale. A sequential sample includes 1322 participants diagnosed with cancer, stroke, epilepsy, coronary heart disease, diabetes, myotonic dystrophy, obstructive sleep apnoea, depression a non-disease group, which completed HADS. first step translation, retroversion, inspection for lexical equivalence content validity, cognitive debriefing. Then we reproduce oblique...

Estudo da adaptação Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988) para a população portuguesa. A metodologia do estudo procurou replicar o de desenvolvimento escala original. Tal como original, pediu-se 348 estudantes universitários que respondessem em medida experienciaram as 60 emoções (traduzidas Português) propostas por Zevon e Tellegen (1982) “durante os últimos dias” últimas semanas”, numa 5 pontos. versão portuguesa PANAS consiste 20 com duas...

Objective: Current models of chronic pain recognize that psychosocial factors influence and the effects on daily life. The role such has been widely studied English-speaking individuals with pain. It is possible associations between adjustment may be influenced by culture. This study sought to evaluate importance coping responses, self-efficacy beliefs, social support adjust in a sample Portuguese patients, discuss findings respect their similarities differences from studies individuals....

The article analyses the prediction of cognitive, affective and contextual factors to Subjective Wellbeing (SWB).Four different components SWB were used in order identify its predictors.A sample 303 adult students was collected reassessed over a twomonth interval.Seven instruments measure: Global Wellbeing; Satisfaction with Life Domains; Positive Negative State Affect; Trait Standards Comparison; Depression, Anxiety Stress; Events; Socio-Demographic variables.Results indicated that is...

The concept of Developmental Assets links positive features developmental ecologies with personal skills, competences and values in order to further the understanding optimal development. purpose this research was explore relationship between experience adolescent's perception Life Satisfaction. A convenience sample 503 Portuguese students evaluated, mean age 15.92 years (SD = 1.17), 63% female gender. Findings revealed that both external internal are experienced differently across gender,...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a long-lasting disabling disease with psychological implications. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire developed to screen anxiety depression among patients in hospital settings. The objective of this report was study the metric properties Portuguese version HADS regarding MS.This cross-sectional study. Three hundred eighty individuals diagnosis MS, according revised McDonald criteria, were recruited from an outpatient Neuroimmunology Clinic...

The main objective of this study was to build a model, which includes personal and social factors, that helps highlight factors promote health-related quality Life (HRQoL) in children adolescents. A sample 3195 adolescents acquired from 5th 7th graders all five Portuguese regions. In three independent latent variables were specified--Physical, Psychological Social two dependent measured: Health behavior Quality Life. integrative model composed by different components: (1) life, integrated 8...

The article describes the development of Portuguese version Children’s Hope Scale and examination its psychometric properties. A sample 367 students completed Portuguese-language versions (CHS; Snyder et al., 1997), Students’ Life Satisfaction (SLSS; Huebner, 1991), Global Self-Worth Sub-scale (Harter, 1985) Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5; Berwick 1991). first step included translation, back-translation, inspection for lexical equivalence content validity cognitive debriefing. Reliability...

Coping pode ser definido como um conjunto de estratégias cognitivas e comportamentais desenvolvidas pelas pessoas para lidar com as exigências internas externas da relação entre o indivíduo ambiente. Essas estão relacionadas a saúde mental, uma vez que podem moderar impacto das adversidades ao longo vida, além aumentar os níveis bem-estar psicológico reduzir sofrimento. Este trabalho consiste em estudo revisão narrativa literatura sobre modelo coping Folkman Lazarus. Concluiu-se teoria...