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- Addressing ageism : be active in aging: study protocolPublication . Fernandes, Júlio Belo; Ramos, Catarina; Domingos, Josefa; Castro, Cidália; Simões, Aida; Bernardes, Catarina; Fonseca, Jorge; Proença, Luís; Grunho, Miguel; Moleirinho-Alves, Paula; Simões, Sérgio; Sousa-Catita, Diogo; Vareta, Diana Alves; Godinho, CatarinaAgeism refers to stereotyping (how we think), prejudice (how we feel), and discrimination (how we act) against people based on their age. It is a serious public health issue that can negatively impact older people’s health and quality of life. The present protocol has several goals: (1) adapt the Ambivalent Ageism Scale for the general Portuguese population and healthcare professionals; (2) assess the factorial invariance of the questionnaire between general population vs. healthcare professionals; (3) evaluate the level of ageism and its predictors in the general population and evaluate the level of ageism and its predictors in healthcare professionals; (4) compare the levels of ageism between groups and the invariance between groups regarding the explanatory model of predictors of ageism. This quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study will be developed in partnership with several Healthcare Professional Boards/Associations, National Geriatrics and Gerontology Associations, and the Universities of the Third Age Network Association. The web-based survey will be conducted on a convenience sample recruited via various social media and institutional channels. The survey consists of three questionnaires: (1) Demographic data; (2) Ambivalent Ageism Scale; (3) Palmore-Neri and Cachioni questionnaire. The methodology of this study will include translation, pilot testing, semantic adjustment, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and multigroup analysis of the Ambivalent Ageism Scale. Data will be treated using International Business Machines Corporation (IBM®) Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS). Descriptive analysis will be conducted to assess the level of ageism in the study sample. The ageism levels between the two groups will be compared using the t-student test, and two Structural Equation Modeling will be developed to evaluate the predictors of ageism. Assessing ageism is necessary to allow healthcare professionals and policymakers to design and implement strategies to solve or reduce this issue. Findings from this study will generate knowledge relevant to healthcare and medical courses along with anti-ageism education for the Portuguese population.
- An item-level analysis of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory and its associations with challenge to core beliefs and ruminationPublication . Ramos, Catarina; Leal, Isabel; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Tapadinhas, Ana Rosa; Tedeschi, Richard G."Background: Previous studies have found that rumination and challenge to core beliefs may have a predictive effect on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) among different samples. In addition, there is some evidence that these variables have different effects on PTSD and PTG, although the latter construct has been the target of a larger body of research and theoretical models. The main objective of the current study is to examine the effect of challenge to core beliefs, intrusive rumination, and deliberate rumination on PTSD and PTG, through an item-level analyses. Methods: The sample was composed of 205 Portuguese women who had been given a breast cancer diagnosis (M = 54.32, SD = 10.05), and who completed the following self-administered questionnaires: the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-C); the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI); the Core Beliefs Inventory; and the Event Related Rumination Inventory. Two multivariate multiple regression analyses, using each item of the PCL-C and the PTGI as dependent variables, were conducted. Results: The results demonstrated that challenges to core beliefs predict 17 of the 21 PTGI items and 12 of the 17 PCL-C items. All but one item of the PCL-C are predicted by intrusive rumination, while the variance of only 4 items of the PTGI are explained by deliberate rumination. Conclusion: These findings indicate that women with breast cancer who tend to display higher levels of intrusive rumination are more likely to report PTSD symptoms, and that an examination of one's core beliefs is predictor of both positive and negative outcomes. In spite of the proven effect of challenge to core beliefs on both variables, this study suggests that this effect has only a minor influence on PTSD, in addition to confirming its major impact on PTG."
- Avaliação dos problemas de sono: instrumentos de auto-respostaPublication . Cardoso, Jorge; Ramos, Catarina; Almeida, Telma
- Bidirectional relationship between sleep disturbances and stress : the role of coping and quality of lifePublication . Cardoso, Jorge; Almeida, Telma; Ramos, Catarina; Sousa, Sara; Brito, José
- Central synthesis of temporomandibular dysfunctionPublication . Gonçalves, Inês; José, Irina; Jerónimo, João; Almeida, Maura; Alves, Paula M.; Ramos, Catarina; Pereira, Ângela Maria
- Central synthesis of temporomandibular dysfunctionPublication . Gonçalves, Inês; José, Irina; Jerónimo, João; Almeida, Maura; Alves, Paula Moleirinho; Ramos, Catarina; Pereira, Ângela Maria
- Coping strategies in the management of traumatic events and cognitive and emotional processing from disclosurePublication . Santos, Carina; Oliveira, Patrícia; Assunção, Sara; Almeida, Telma; Ramos, Catarina
- The difficulties in emotion regulation scale – short form (DERS-SF) : psychometric properties and invariance between gendersPublication . Gouveia, Patrícia; Ramos, Catarina; Almeida, Telma C.; Cardoso, Jorge; Brito, JoséBackground: The understanding of how individuals manage their emotional experiences has flourished dramatically over the last decades, including assessing of emotion (dys)regulation. The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a well-validated and extensively used self-report instrument for emotion regulation problems. Despite the wide use of DERS in both clinical and research settings, its length potentially increases fatigue and frustration in respondents and limits its inclusion in brief research protocols. Consequently, a short-form version of the DERS (DERS-SF) was developed, which requires cross-cultural adaptations and the study of its reliability and validity. Objectives: In order to address this issue, this study aimed to analyze the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of DERS-SF and examine the DERS-SF factor structure invariance between men and women. Methods: The sample comprised 646 participants aged between 18 and 66 years (M = 29.93, SD = 11.71). Results: The correlated six-factor structure of the original version has an acceptable fit, good reliability, and convergent validity. Our results also suggested the invariance of the factor structure of the DERS-SF across genders. Conclusion: The DERS-SF has good psychometric properties, and it may be useful for future research and clinical work to use this six-factor brief version and improve emotion regulation assessment.
- Effects of sleep difficulties on global quality of lifePublication . Cardoso, Jorge; Almeida, Telma; Ramos, Catarina
- Eficácia das intervenções psicológicas nas perturbações do sono: Uma revisão de literaturaPublication . Ramos, Catarina; Almeida, Telma; Cardoso, Jorge