El presente artículo tiene como objetivo presentar los resultados sobre una subescala suministrada a trabajadores sociales, en Portugal, que intervienen con personas mayores y que evalúa las competencias de estos acerca de los «Valores, éticas y perspectivas teóricas». El estudio, además de analizar la estructura factorial y las propiedades psicométricas de la subescala, compara las puntuaciones medias con las ...
Background & Aim: The current study sought out to conduct an exploratory factor analysis in order to examine behavioral dimensions associated with adherence in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Additionally, our goal was to test a theoretical model consisting of internal and relational factors. Method: Three hundred and forty-seven patients attending consultations at the Serviço de Endocrinologia, Diabe...
The Portuguese Journal of Behavioral and Social Research requires authors to follow the recommendations of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2010) in the presentation of statistical information. One of the APA recommendations is that effect sizes should be presented along with levels of statistical significance. Since p-values from the results of the statistical tests d...