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Bringing a uniform home: a qualitative study on police officer’s work-family ba...
Castro, Bárbara Sofia Freitas Sousa; Mendes, Gabriela; Gonçalves, Tânia; Oliveira, Carina; Figueiredo, Maria João; Costa, Patrício Soares; Maia, AngelaBeing a police officer is a very stressful job, characterized by occupational stressors that impact mental health and increasing work-family balance. Quantitative research is unable to clarify how police officers cope with the impact of work challenges on work-family balance. This study aims to understand how police officers narrate the impact of their work on their family experiences. Nineteen semi-structured ...
The assessment of combat exposure, mental and physical health problems in portu...
Maia, Angela; Morgado, DiogoAfter the Portuguese Colonial War (PCW), some research was conducted to examine PCW veterans' combat exposure, as well as their report of mental and physical health problems. Research revealed that the PCW left, and still presents, deep psychological and physical marks for many veterans. However, after 47 years, there is no available information regarding the most frequently used, as well as the most reliable a...
The mediating role of posttraumatic stress symptoms on somatization in adolesce...
Pinto, Ricardo J.; Castro, Maria Vieira de; Correia-Santos, Patrícia; Jongenelen, Inês Martins; Maia, Angela; Levendosky, AlytiaClinical Impact Statement This study advances the idea that, with adolescents, when somatization does not seem to have a physical explanation, a history of childhood adversities and trauma, as well as PTSS symptoms, may explain those complaints. Therefore, the assessment of ACEs, trauma, and PTSS may help primary care and hospital physicians to deliver more accurate treatment plans to help these youth.Objective...
Connecting the dots: occupational stressors and PTSD symptoms as serial mediato...
Sousa, Bárbara; Correia-Santos, Patrícia; Costa, Patrício Soares; Maia, AngelaPolice officers are exposed to several operational and organizational stressors that significantly impact on their mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic was a new stressor that further exacerbated existing stressors, highlighting the need for a better understanding of its impact on the mental health of police officers. This study tested the hypothesis that occupational stressors and PTSD are serial mediators of ...
Contributos da avaliação técnica na tomada de decisão judicial no âmbito tutela...
Pessanha, Elisabete; Alexandre, Joana; Maia, AngelaThis study aims to analyze the contribution of social and psychological assessments in juvenile justice decision making in pre and post sentencing phases. For this purpose, 30 court cases of young people aged between 12 and 16 have been consulted. Document analysis was conducted through an analytic grid. The results indicate that the judges agree with 93, 3% of socio-educational measures suggested by the social...
An assessment of the key construct of the Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Poten...
Gomes, Hugo Miguel Santos; Jesus, Beatriz; Maia, Angela; McGee, Tara; Farrington, David P.Antisocial Potential is the key construct of the Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) theory, and it has been measured by the antisocial attitude (AA) scale. The ICAP theory is one of the main theoretical frameworks in developmental and life-course criminology. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the AA scale in the Portuguese adolescent population. Our sample was compr...
Psychometric properties of the peritraumatic dissociative experiences questionn...
Ramos, Nadia; Morgado, Diogo; Vivanco, Carolina; Spencer, Rosario; Maia, AngelaThe Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ) is a widely used self-report measure to assess peritraumatic dissociation (PD). However, this scale has not yet been adapted or validated in Chile. The main objective of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the PDEQ in a sample of 736 Chilean firefighters. Furthermore, this study aimed to clarify the latent structure of PDEQ by ...
HIV Stigma Scale: translation and validation of the short version to the Portug...
Gonçalves, Mariana; Morgado, Diogo; Sousa, Bárbara; Maia, AngelaThe objective was to translate, adapt, and analyze the psychometric properties of a shortened version of the HIV Stigma Scale using a sample of 100 HIV+ adults, with a mean age of 49.88 (SD = 12.03) diagnosed for an average of 9.39 (SD = 7.36) years. The psychometric properties of the short version of the Stigma Scale were analyzed through the one-factor structure and the original four-factor structure, showing...
Factors Associated With Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes Among Inmate...
Alves, Joana; Goncalves, Mariana; Maia, AngelaThis study aims to identify the variables associated with self-reported physical and psychological symptoms and the perceived health status of inmate women in Portugal. Data collection took place in two female Portuguese prisons and participated in the study 232 women. Physical symptomatology was associated with having children, physical abuse in childhood, a higher number of chronic diseases, and anxiety. Olde...
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth in a community sample ex...
Maia, Angela; Sousa, Barbara; Correia-Santos, Patricia; Morgado, DiogoThe relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) has been extensively debated, with evidence supporting that negative and positive outcomes may coexist simultaneously. However, literature consensus has yet to be reached regarding whether the nature of the relationship between these variables is better explained through a linear or curvilinear relationship. In the pres...