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Sexual well‑being across the lifespan: Is sexual satisfaction related to adjust...
Miguel, Isabel; von Humboldt, Sofia; Leal, IsabelIntroduction: Sexual satisfaction is relevant to aging well, throughout the lifespan. This study aims to compare the perspectives of sexual satisfaction and adjustment to aging (AtA) in three age cohorts across the lifespan and to analyze whether sexual satisfaction influences the perceptions of AtA. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 619 participants from three different age cohorts (18–44, 45–64, a...
Perspectives on perceived workplace age discrimination and engagement: The mode...
Miguel, Isabel; von Humboldtb, Sofia; Silva, Sara; Tavares, Patrícia; Low, Gail; Leal, Isabel; Valentim, Joaquim P.Engaging workers with their work is fundamental for employee wellbeing and performance. Perceived age discrimination in the workplace is a factor that may influence workers’ engagement. The present study aimed to analyze the moderating role of emotion regulation in the relationship between perceived age discrimination and work engagement. Survey data were collected from a sample of 453 Portuguese workers of var...
Is age an issue? Psychosocial differences in perceived older workers’ work (un)...
Humboldt, Sofia von; Miguel, Isabel; Valentim, Joaquim Pires; Costa, Andrea; Low, Gail; Leal, IsabelThe aging population in the developed world has implied increasing age diversity in the workforce of organizations. Consequently, mutual perceptions about one’s coworkers and age discrimination are becoming increasingly important. This study aims to explore how perceptions about older workers’ work (un)adaptability, work effectiveness, and workplace age discrimination vary according to participants’ psychosocia...
Psychosocial differences in perceived older workers’ work (un)adaptability, eff...
Humboldt, Sofia; Miguel, Isabel; Valentim, Joaquim; Andrea, Costa; Low, Gail; Leal, IsabelIntroduction: The aging population in the developed world has implied increasing age diversity in the workforce of organizations. Consequently, mutual perceptions about one’s co-workers and age discrimination is becoming increasingly important. Objectives: This study aims to explore how perceptions about older workers’ work (un)adaptability, work effectiveness and workplace age discrimination vary according to ...
Workplace age discrimination and engagement: The role of emotional regulation [...
Miguel, Isabel; Silva, Sara; Sofia, Humboldt; Tavares, Patrícia; Low, Gail; Leal, Isabel; Valentim, Joaquim PiresIntroduction: Gaining competitive advantage is essential to modern organizations, for which it is fundamental that workers are engaged with their work. Perceived age discrimination in the workplace is a factor that may influence workers’ engagement. Objectives: The present study aimed to analyze the moderating role of emotional regulation in the relationship between perceived age discrimination and work engagem...
Construct-related validity of the strengths and difficulties questionnaires wit...
Teplitzky Carneiro, Francis Anne; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Leal, IsabelThe Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most broadly used questionnaires to evaluate children’s psychological adjustment, however its internal structure has been a target of ongoing controversy. Recent studies suggested a three-factor structure of the SDQ, however data is still scarce. The present study used the Multitrait-Multimethod analysis to examine SDQ construct related-validity w...
“It’s the God factor”: A qualitative study of Syrian Muslims’ post-war religiou...
Matos, Lisa; Park, Crystal; Indart, Monica J.; Leal, IsabelObjective: Religious meaning-making may facilitate psychological adjustment to even the most extreme traumatic stressors, including war and forced displacement. Yet few studies have examined the religious meaning-making trajectories of refugees and none from an Islamic perspective. Method: This qualitative cross-sectional study investigated Syrian Muslims’ post-war meaning-making experiences, guided by Park’s (...
Loneliness, ageism, and mental health: The buffering role of resilience in seniors
Ribeiro-Gonçalves, José Alberto; Costa, Pedro Alexandre; Leal, IsabelIntroduction: Ageism and loneliness are two relevant public health phenomena because of their negative impact on the senior’s mental health. With the increase in average life expectancy, these tend to co-occur, which may increase the psychological distress (PD) of seniors. Resilience has been shown to be an important protective factor of seniors mental health, although its potential buffering role of public hea...
Psychotherapy in old age: older adults’ sexual distress concerning their sexual...
von Humboldt, Sofia; Ribeiro-Gonçalves, José Alberto; Low, Gail; Leal, IsabelAge and sexual difficulties show a relevant influence in older adults’ sexual well-being (SWB). The objective of this study was to assess sexual issues that affect SWB, revealed by older adults in person-centered therapy, using qualitative research. Interviews with 114 older participants, aged 65 to 82 years, living in the community were submitted to content analysis. Eight main themes emerged from the results ...
Sexual Well-Being in Older Adults: a Qualitative Study with Older Adults from P...
von Humboldt, Sofia; Ribeiro-Gonçalves, José Alberto; Costa, Andrea; Low, Gail; Benko, Ester; Leal, IsabelIntroduction: Beyond living longer, it is increasingly important to live with more and better health during aging; sexual well-being was found to contribute to health and well-being in old age and is highly under-researched in the older population. This study aims to analyze sexual well-being in a cross-cultural way through older Portuguese and Slovenian older samples. Methods: We interviewed 136 older particip...