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Well-being and health in adolescents with disabilities
Canha,Lúcia; Simões,Celeste; Matos,Margarida Gaspar; Owens,LauraAbstract Several studies have indicated that adolescents with disabilities are more dissatisfied with their quality-of-life and have more complaints regarding their health in comparison to their nondisabled peers. Objective In this study the authors investigated the self-ratings of health and its relationship to life satisfaction in students with disabilities. In addition, similarities and differences between s...
Substance use across adolescence: do gender and age matter?
Simões,Celeste; Matos,Margarida Gaspar; Batista-Foguet,Joan M.; Simons-Morton,BruceMany of the choices which impact in lifetime health, such as substance use, are made in adolescence. It becomes, therefore, important to know the factors associated to these behaviours in adolescence in different contexts of life. To analyze these factors, an explanatory model was developed using structural equation modeling. Data from 12.881 state school students from Portugal who participated in two waves of ...
Optimismo em crianças e adolescentes: adaptação e validação do LOT-R
Gaspar,Tania; Ribeiro,José Luís Pais; Matos,Margarida Gaspar; Leal,Isabel; Ferreira,AristidesO objectivo deste trabalho visa a adaptação e validação da Escala Revista de Orientação para a Vida para Crianças e Adolescentes Portugueses. O presente estudo incidiu sobre um total de 3195 participantes do 5º e 7º anos de escolaridade. A análise de componentes principais encontrou dois factores, um ligado ao optimismo e outro que reflecte o pessimismo. Os resultados evidenciados na análise factorial confirmat...