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Psychosocial factors and quality of life of portuguese adolescents with chronic...
Cerqueira, Ana; Guedes, F. B.; Gaapar, Tania; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Simões, Celeste; Matos, M. G.The experience of living with a chronic condition (CC) impacts adolescents’ psychological and social adjustment and overall functioning. Considering the increased risk of psychosocial challenges among adolescents with CC, this study aimed to enhance our understanding of the psychological and social factors that impact their quality of life. It also compared the psychological and social variables among (a) adole...
School and family ecosystem: Incentives and barriers to school–family communica...
Guedes, F. B.; Cerqueira, Ana; Marques-Pinto, A.; Branco, Amélia; Galvão, Cecília; Sousa, Joana; LF, Goulao; Bronze, MR; Viegas, Wanda; Gaspar, TaniaThe aim of the study was to explore the factors and barriers related to the incentive and opportunity of school–family communication. This work is part of the HOUSE-Colégio F3 Project, ULisbon, which included 1,143 first-year university students from the University of Lisbon, with average age of 19.61 ± 3.96 years. The young people who had better communication with their parents, greater family support and bett...
Positive youth development, mental stress and life satisfaction in middle schoo...
Carvalho, Marina; Branquinho, Cátia; Moraes, Barbara; Cerqueira, Ana; Tomé, Gina; Noronha, Catarina; Gaspar, Tânia; Rodrigues, Nuno; Matos, M. G.Abstract: The relation between positive youth development and stress, anxiety and depression was studied considering the mediator role of psychological symptoms and life satisfaction. A total of 3109 students included in the “Psychological Health and Well-being” study of the School Observatory participated, including 1618 females and 1491 males aged between 11 and 18 years old (M = 14.45; SD = 1.88), belonging ...
How Is leisure related to wellbeing and to substance use? The probable key role...
Tomé, Gina; Guedes, F. B.; Cerqueira, Ana; Noronha, Catarina; de Freitas, Joaquim Castro; Freire, Teresa; Matos, M. G.Abstract: The present research is based on a large and representative national survey and intends to analyse the correlation of several leisure activities with risk, and with health and well-being outcomes. This work is part of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a collaborative WHO international study that aims to explore the school-aged children behaviour regarding health and risk behav...
Can interpersonal problems predict female depression?
Fonseca, Alexandra; Matos, M. G.; Gois, CarlosBackground: Recognized as a common and debilitating condition with a high recurrence rate, depression is considered a severe public health problem. The association between interpersonal problems and depressive disorders is well documented, but studies in non-clinical populations are scarce. The working hypotheses were that (Hp1) depressed women report more interpersonal problems than nondepressed ones, and (Hp2...
Comportamentos autolesivos, percepção de suporte familiar e sintomas ansiosos e...
De Melo Santana, Suely; Silva, Davi Italo Souza Barbosa da; Bezerra, Artur; Mariano, Tailson Evangelista; Maltoni, Juliana; Matos, M. G.Comportamentos autolesivos na adolescência se tornaram um problema de saúde pública mundial. Frequentemente, esses comportamentos compõem o quadro sintomático de doenças psiquiátricas, sendo conceitualizados como estratégias disfuncionais de regulação emocional. Diante disso, este estudo investiga a relação entre comportamentos autolesivos, percepção de suporte familiar e sintomas ansiosos e depressivos em adol...
Individual and sociodemographic factors associated to prosocial behaviors and a...
Carvalho, Marina; Branquinho, Cátia; Noronha, Catarina; Moraes, Barbara; Rodrigues, Nuno; Matos, M. G.Scientifc knowledge has long been showing the intrinsic link between health and well-being with education highlighting the positive health impacts from improvements in education. The present study was developed with the main goal of analyzing the individual and sociodemographic predictors of prosocial behavior and academic performance in preschool and elementary school children. Data on 3623 school aged childre...
Healthy Social Network Use and Well-Being during Adolescence: A Biopsychosocial...
Gaspar, Tania; Carvalho, Marina; Noronha, Catarina; Guedes, F. B.; Cerqueira, Ana; Matos, M. G.ABSTRACT: Screen time and the use of social networks is the most frequent form of leisure time occupation and socializing for adolescents. The present study is aimed at understanding and characterizing, from an ecological perspective, what distinguishes healthy and less healthy or even dependent use of social media in young people and the influence on adolescents’ well-being. This paper is based on the Health B...
Ecological model explaining the psychosocial adaptation to COVID-19
Gaspar, Tania; Paiva, Teresa; Matos, M. G.: The main objective of this study is to understand and characterize the adoption of an ecological perspective and the physical, psychological, social, and contextual health factors that may influence the adjustment to and mental health experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study included 5479 participants, of which 3710 were female (67.7%), aged between 18 and 90 years old, with a mean age of 48.57 yea...
Family environment and portuguese adolescents: Impact on quality of life and we...
Guedes, F. B.; Cerqueira, Ana; Gaspar, Susana; Gaspar, Tania; Moreno, Carmen; Matos, M. G.Background: A healthy and supportive family environment leads to more positive results regarding adolescents’ development. The main objective of this study was to explore and analyze the relationship between adolescents’ quality of life (QoL) and their family environment/relationship. Method: The sample was collected as part of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children 2018 study, which included 8215 adolesce...