Suicide notes are an important warning sign for suicidal behaviors. The aim of this exploratory research is (a) to contribute to understanding the place of suicide notes in the spectrum of suicidal behaviors in Portugal, and (b) to analyze the content remembered by individuals regarding a suicide note. Two complementary studies were carried out. In the first, a quantitative investigation, the statistical relati...
Suicide notes are an important warning sign for suicidal behaviors. The aim of this exploratory research is (a) to contribute to understanding the place of suicide notes in the spectrum of suicidal behaviors in Portugal, and (b) to analyze the content remembered by individuals regarding a suicide note. Two complementary studies were carried out. In the first, a quantitative investigation, the statistical relati...
This study tests an add-on procedure to foster change in Career Construction Counseling by eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments. After the career counseling intervention with 42 participants, 21 participants were allocated to the add-on procedure, consisting of two additional sessions focused on eliciting reconceptualization innovative moments In turn, participants in the comparison group attended t...
This chapter aims to show the applicability of two-chair dialogue techniques to solve intrapersonal conflicts underpinning career decision-making difficulties. Grounded in a dialectical constructivist perspective this technique evokes the dialogue between two conflicting self-position, each one in a different chair. It is sought that this dialogue fosters harmony between both sides of the conflict to facilitate...
Neste capítulo de livro faz-se uma apresentação do estado da arte sobre a investigação de processo e de resultado em aconselhamento de carreira
A Teoria Life-Span/Life Space (LSA) foi desenvolvida a partir da suposição de que assumimos diferentes papéis ao longo do ciclo vital, fundamentais para o desenvolvimento da identidade vocacional. A maturidade para a escolha profissional é um dos processos identificados no desenvolvimento de carreira. No entanto, tomar decisões sobre a carreira constitui uma tarefa complexa ao lidar com muitas dúvidas. Por este...
Mark Savickas’s Career Construction counseling model aims to help individuals develop a narrative identity that gives meaning to their transitions, helps with emotional regulation, and allows them to project into the future, encouraging them to act. Supporting the reconstruction of narrative identity promotes the emergence of new career plans in a constantly changing and transitioning context. This study utiliz...
The concept of ambivalence has received little attention within the field of vocational psychology. In this article, we distinguish between two types of ambivalence that may surface during the career counseling process: career decision ambivalence (i.e., ambivalence between career options) and career counseling change ambivalence (i.e., ambivalence about engaging in career counseling-related changes). Using a s...
Whether personality changes over time has long been a central question in psychology. While most research has approached this issue through the lens of trait stability, such a perspective alone is insufficient to fully capture the dynamic and multifaceted nature of personality development. From a constructivist standpoint, personality is not a fixed set of attributes but an evolving process of self-organization...
Background/Objectives: Obesity remains a global health concern and is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease overall. Dissimilar hypertension guidelines are available for clinicians, namely those prepared by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which may lead to distinctive appreciation of health outcomes of patie...