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Epidemiology of perinatal depression in Portugal: categorical and dimensional a...
Maia, Berta Rodrigues; Marques, Mariana; Bos, Sandra; Pereira, Ana Telma; Soares, Maria João; Valente, José; Macedo, António; Azevedo, Maria HelenaThe aim of the present study was to estimate depressive disorder and symptomatology prevalence and incidence in perinatal period in a population-based sample. Three-hundred and eighty six Portuguese women (mean age=30.08 years, SD=4.21) were interviewed with the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies and completed Beck Depression Inventory-II/BDI-II and Postpartum Depression Screening Scale/PDSS, in pregnancy...
The premedical syndrome: does it exist in Portugal?.
Marques, Mariana; Macedo, António; Soares, Maria João; Maia, Berta; Pereira, Ana Telma; Bos, Sandra; Gomes, Ana; Valente, José; Azevedo, Maria HelenaIn Portugal, the medical school selection process relies exclusively on past academic results, involving the most stringent criteria of all courses, with no attention given to the personality traits of the students. In a competitive context, perfectionism dimensions may be relevant to consider. Socially Prescribed Perfectionism (SPP) has been correlated with Neuroticism, while Self-Oriented Perfectionism (SOP) ...
The Portuguese short form of the Eating Attitudes Test-40
Pereira, Ana Telma; Maia, Berta; Bos, Sandra; Soares, Maria João; Marques, Mariana; Macedo, António; Azevedo, Maria HelenaTo develop a Portuguese short form, the Eating Attitudes Test-40 (EAT-40) was administered to a community sample of 922 female students and to a clinical sample of 63 females suffering from an eating disorder. With the EAT responses of the community sample a factor analysis was performed and items with factor loadings ge 0.30 were selected. Internal consistency was computed for both the instrument and the facto...