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MindRegulation-SEL: randomized controlled trial of the effects of a relaxation ...
Galinha, Iolanda Costa; Carvalho, Joana Leite da Cunha Sampaio de; Oliveira, Ana Cristina Pires de; Arriaga, Patrícia; Gaspar, Augusta D.Background: Mental imagery has long been used in psychological therapies, but only recently did research begin to provide a scientific background for it. Imagery interventions are inexpensive and a substantial body of research supports their effectiveness on anxiety reduction, behavior change, promotion of health outcomes, and adherence to medical interventions, in both adults and children. However, literature ...
MindRegulation: randomized controlled trial of the effects of a relaxation and ...
Galinha, Iolanda Costa; Carvalho, Joana Sampaio; Oliveira, Ana Cristina; Arriaga, Patrícia; Gaspar, Augusta D.; Ortega, VitóriaBackground: Mental imagery has long been used in psychological therapies, but only recently did research begin to provide a scientific background for it.Imagery interventions are inexpensive anda substantial body of research supports their effectiveness on behavior change, promotion of adaptive health outcomes, anxiety reduction, and adherence to medical interventions, in both adults and children. However, lite...
The Psychological Science Accelerator's COVID-19 rapid-response dataset
Buchanan, Erin M.; Lewis, Savannah C.; Paris, Bastien; Forscher, Patrick S.; Pavlacic, Jeffrey M.; Beshears, Julie E.; Drexler, Shira MeirIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining ...
Truancy: the relevance of resilience-related internal assets, student engagemen...
Santos, Anabela Caetano; Simões, Celeste; Branquinho, Cátia Sofia dos Santos; Arriaga, PatríciaBackground: School absenteeism is associated with multiple negative short and long-term impacts, such as school grade retention and mental health difficulties. Objective: The present study aimed to understand the role of resilience-related internal assets, student engagement, and perception of school success as protective factors for truancy. Additionally, we investigated whether there were differences in these...
The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset
Buchanan, Erin M.; Lewis, Savannah C.; Paris, Bastien; Forscher, Patrick S.; Pavlacic, Jeffrey M.; Beshears, Julie E.; Drexler, Shira MeirIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies to examine the effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions and affective measures. The data collected (April to October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining ...
Ethics 4.0: ethical dilemmas in healthcare mediated by social robots
Soares, Antonio; Piçarra, Nuno; Giger, Jean-Christophe; Oliveira, Raquel; Arriaga, PatríciaThis study examined people's moral judgments and trait perception toward a healthcare agent's response to a patient who refuses to take medication. A sample of 524 participants was randomly assigned to one of eight vignettes in which the type of healthcare agent (human vs. robot), the use of a health message framing (emphasizing health-losses for not taking vs. health-gains in taking the medication), and the et...
In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No ...
Dorison, Charles A; Lerner, Jennifer S; Heller, Blake H; Rothman, Alexander J; Kawachi, Ichiro I; Wang, Ke; Rees, Vaughan W; Gill, Brian P; Gibbs, NancyThe COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public. Given that subtle differences in information framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research highlights a pressing question: Is it more effective to frame COVID-19 health messages in terms of potential losses (e.g., "If you do not practice these st...
Predictors of Health-Protective and Helping Behaviors during the Covid-19 Pande...
Fontes, Andrea; Pereira, Cicero Roberto; Menezes, Sofia; Soares, Antonio; Almeida, Pedro; Carvalho, Geórgia; Arriaga, PatríciaThe COVID -19 pandemic dramatically affected people’s lives. In this study, we explored the role of social and personal factors underlying individuals’ adaptive responses during the critical onset period of the outbreak. In particular, we tested two models on the mediating role of health-protective behaviors in the relationship between social support, resilience, and helping behavior. A sample of 1085 participa...
Portuguese validation of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire short v...
Santos, Anabela C.; Simões, Celeste; Daniel, João; Arriaga, PatríciaThe Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) is a multidimensional measure widely used to access nine cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the CERQ-Short Portuguese version. A sample of 1052 adolescents (aged 10–25 years old, 60.53% females) completed the CERQ-Short form, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Generalized Anxiety Dis...
Children’s attitudes and behaviors about oral health and dental practices
Fernandes, Sara Costa; Louceiro, Ana; Lopes, Luísa Bandeira; Esteves, Francisco; Arriaga, PatríciaThe present study sought to contribute to a better understanding of children’s attitudes and behaviors regarding oral health and dental practices. The sample was composed of 101 children (8–10 years), collected from several schools in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Our main goals were to collect a survey of information about the beliefs, attitudes, habits and knowledge of children about oral and dental issues in...