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Validation of the Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index in a Portuguese ...

Background: Psychological flexibility is essential for mental health, yet its assessment still lacks instruments suited to the Portuguese context. This study aimed to address that gap by validating an innovative instrument that integrates specific dimensions and presents robust evidence of reliability and validity, distinguishing it from existing measures. Aim: To validate the Personalized Psychological Flexibi...

eBEfree: Combining Psychoeducation, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion in an App-...

To develop and test the effectiveness of the eBEfree program, a 12-session app-based version of a previously tested psychological intervention (BEfree) that combines psycho-education, self-compassion, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to reduce binge-eating symptoms. Two-hundred participants with recurrent elevated binge-eating symptoms and a higher body weight were enrolled in a remote paralle...

Self-compassion as a mediator of the longitudinal link between parent and adole...

The literature has consistently shown the link between parental depressive symptoms and adolescent depressive symptoms. Emotion regulation processes may explain this association, with self-compassion acting as a potential mediating mechanism. This study aimed to explore these developmental trajectories using a longitudinal design. The sample comprised dyads of parents and adolescents (N = 311), assessed across ...

Does self-compassion protect adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury from dev...

Background: Adolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage for the onset of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and borderline features, which are related psychological phenomena. Self-compassion reflects a sensitivity to own suffering and a motivation to relieve it, consisting of a more positive and beneficial self-to-self relationship. The aim of the present study was to test the effect of self-compassion betwee...

Assessing psychological flexibility and mental health in adults: The Psy-Flex E...

The current study developed the European Portuguese version of the Psy-Flex. Its factor structure was studied through confirmatory factor analysis in a large community sample (N = 700) and cross-validated in calibration and validation samples created from the original sample. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed a sample and sex-invariant single-factor structure with a very good fit to the data. These analyse...

Adaptação da Versão Portuguesa do Multidimensional Pychological Flexibility Inv...

Pró-sociabilidade e saúde mental: Validação da versão portuguesa da Prosocialne...

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Assessing self-compassion in older adults: Factorial structure of the self-comp...

Objectives Self-compassion is a valuable resource for positive ageing and should be measured in a reliable and valid manner. However, findings regarding the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) have been inconsistent and have been particularly lacking in older adults. Hence, the present study intended to investigate the factor structure, internal consistency, and measurement invariance across sex...

Promoting teachers’ wellbeing using a compassionate mind training intervention:...

Objectives The current study aimed to examine the mechanisms of change of a compassionate mind training intervention for teachers (CMT-T). In particular, we examined whether changes in the three flows of compassion, fears of compassion, and emotions at work (safe, drive, and threat) mediated the effects of the CMT-T in burnout, depression, anxiety, and stress, and in overall positive affect. Methods As part of ...

Promoting Teachers’ Wellbeing Using a Compassionate Mind Training Intervention:...

Objectives The current study aimed to examine the mechanisms of change of a compassionate mind training intervention for teachers (CMT-T). In particular, we examined whether changes in the three flows of compassion, fears of compassion, and emotions at work (safe, drive, and threat) mediated the effects of the CMT-T in burnout, depression, anxiety, and stress, and in overall positive affect. Methods As part of ...