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The four facets of the Psychopathy Checklist, Youth Version and recidivism: A m...
Braga, Teresa; Castro Rodrigues, Andreia de; Cruz, Ana Rita; Pechorro, Pedro; Cunha, OlgaThe present meta-analysis explored the predictive utility of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version at the facet level, namely the relation between the interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, and antisocial facets with violent and general recidivism. We included data from 12 manuscripts and 16 independent samples drawn exclusively from longitudinal study designs. Only the lifestyle and the antisocial facets were...
Dropout among perpetrators of intimate partner violence attending an interventi...
Cunha, Olga; Silva, Andreia; Cruz, Ana Rita; Castro Rodrigues, Andreia de; Braga, Teresa; Gonçalves, Rui AbrunhosaBatterer intervention programs (BIPs) are some of the most relevant strategies to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV). However, the rate of dropout is significantly high, which may impact the effectiveness of such strategies. Literature has identified several factors associated with BIPs’ dropout; nonetheless findings remain inconsistent. Thus, the aims of this study were to analyse the differences between p...
Dark triad personalities, self-control, and antisocial/criminal outcomes in Youth
Pechorro, Pedro; DeLisi, Matt; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa; Braga, Teresa; Marôco, J. P.The Dark Triad composed of psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism, and also self-control are consistently related to antisocial and criminal externalizing outcomes. In the present study, we examined whether self-control mediates the relationships between the Dark Triad and delinquency, conduct disorder, and crime seriousness outcomes. The sample consisted of 567 adolescents (M = 15.91 years, SD = 0.99 ye...
Dropout among Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence Attending an Interventi...
Cunha, Olga Cecília Soares da; Silva, Andreia Fernandes da; Cruz, Ana Rita Pereira da; Rodrigues, Andreia de Castro; Braga, TeresaBatterer intervention programs (BIPs) are one of the most relevant strategies to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV). However, the rates of dropout are significantly high, which may impact the effectiveness of such strategies. Literature has identified several factors associated with BIP dropout; nonetheless findings remain inconsistent. The aims of this study were to analyze the differences between perpetra...
Psychopathy and intimate partner violence
Cunha, Olga Cecília Soares; Braga, Teresa; Gonçalves, Rui AbrunhosaSeveral studies found that psychopathy is an important predictor of criminal behavior in general and of intimate partner violence in particular. However, these conclusions are often based on scales with less well-established validity, and some inconsistent results have emerged with regard to the contribution of specific psychopathic facets to intimate partner violence. In a sample of 152 batterers from Portugal...
Characterisation of two members of the Arabidopsis thaliana IRQ family of prote...
Braga, TeresaThe spatiotemporal organisation of cells is essential for the correct performance of organisms, which implies a complex and highly regulated system. In eukaryotic cells, this aspect is of particular importance, with the cytoskeleton playing a key role as a determinant of cell architecture and function. Regarding plant cells, the actin cytoskeleton is involved in most developmental processes, regulating membrane...
Youth cyber dating abuse: a meta-analysis of risk and protective factors
Caridade, Sónia; Braga, Teresayber Dating Abuse (CDA) has been identified as a prevalent and negative experience for youth, which highlights the need to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of this phenomenon. Thus, this meta-analysis aims to determine the factors associated with youth CDA perpetration and victimization, identifying which of the factors present the strongest risk and protective effects. We identified 16 studi...
Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) factor structure in male perpetrators of ...
Cunha, Olga Cecília Soares; Braga, Teresa; Gomes, Hugo S.; Gonçalves, Rui AbrunhosaPsychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is the gold standard for assessing psychopathy. However, its factorial structure has been subject of debate, and different factor models have been proposed. Furthermore, research has not focused on the PCL-R factorial structure among intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. We analyzed and compared the fit of nine alternative models of PCL-R among a sample of 242 IPV p...
Youth cyber dating abuse: A meta-analysis of risk and protective factors
Caridade, Sónia Maria Martins; Braga, TeresaCyber Dating Abuse (CDA) has been identified as a prevalent and negative experience for youth, which highlights the need to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of this phenomenon. Thus, this meta-analysis aims to determine the factors associated with youth CDA perpetration and victimization, identifying which of the factors present the strongest risk and protective effects. We identified 16 stud...
Violência no namoro em contexto escolar: Responder e prevenir a partir dos agen...
Caridade, Sónia; Braga, TeresaO meio escolar constitui um contexto favorável para se encetarem e estabelecerem as primeiras interações e experiências amorosas. Os agentes educativos possuem um papel fundamental na identificação e sinalização das manifestações abusivas íntimas. Em formato poster, procuraremos analisar e discutir a importância de se considerar a perspetiva dos agentes educativos nas políticas de prevenção e resposta para faze...