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The meaning in loss protocol: A clinical trial of online grief therapy
Batista, João; Alves, Daniela; Pires, Nuno; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Mendes, Inês; Magalhães, Carina; Rosa, Catarina; Oliveira, João TiagoFor a minority of the bereaved, the loss of a significant other can trigger an overwhelming emotional reaction and impaired functioning across life domains, known as prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Hence, ongoing efforts have been made to refine existing treatments to increase their efficacy and to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of grief reactions. This study presents the results of an open clinical trial of th...
Developing a european psychotherapy consortium (EPoC): towards adopting a singl...
Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Lutz, Wolfgang; Schwartz, Brian; Oliveira, João Tiago; Saarni, Suoma E.; Tishby, Orya; Rubel, Julian A.; Boehnke, Jan R.Background: Complementing the development of evidence-based psychological therapies, practice-based evidence has developed from patient samples collected in routine care, addressing questions relevant to patients and practitioners, and thereby expanding our knowledge of psychological therapies and their impact. Implementation of assessments in routine care allows for timely clinical decision support and the col...
Perceived impact of telework on career: validation of the impact of telework on...
Faustino, Divo; Sousa, Marlene; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Soares, Isabel; Oliveira, João TiagoWorking outside of the employer's physical space using information and communication technology can be labeled as telework. With the Covid-19 pandemic, telework assumed an unprecedented relevance with substantial impact for the future. Therefore, the development of assessment scales that allow a better comprehension of telework is essential. In this study, the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the ...
Write and let go: an online writing program for university students
Batista, João; Marinai, Janine C.; Gouveia, Melissa; Oliveira, João Tiago; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Background: There are a plethora of studies on expressive writing and positive writing interventions, but few have addressed the combination of both paradigms. Additionally, research on the role of ambivalence toward change in the context of writing-based interventions is lacking. Ambivalence toward change is a natural movement of approaching and avoiding change that may occur in various situations. In psychoth...
Innovative moments in recovered cases treated with the unified protocol for tra...
Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Batista, João; Braga, Catia; Oliveira, João Tiago; Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo; Magalhaes, Carina; Ferreira, Helena; Sousa, InesObjective Innovative moments (IMs) are moments in which the previous problematic pattern of meaning is challenged. Studies have shown that IMs are associated with good psychotherapy outcomes. A three-level hierarchy of IMs was observed in recent studies, with level 1 IMs being more elementary and levels 2 and 3 being more complex and associated with treatment success. However, studies with manualized protocol t...
Premature termination of the unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment...
Oliveira, João Tiago; Sousa, Ines; Ribeiro, Antonio P.; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Ambivalence towards change is an expected, recurrent process in psychological change. However, the prolonged experience of ambivalence in psychotherapy contributes to client disengagement, which could result in treatment dropout. Considering the negative effects of premature termination of therapy and the convenience of the identification of clients who are at risk of dropping out before achieving good-outcome,...
Beliefs About Psychological Problems Inventory (BAPPI) : development and psycho...
Moreira, Paulo; Cardoso, Ana M. G.; Cancela, Diana M. G.; Oliveira, João TiagoCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed to Prof. Paulo Moreira, Instituto de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade Lusíada, Rua de Moçambique 21 e 71, Porto 4100-348, Portugal. Email: paulomoreira@por.ulusiada.pt; The clients’ belief systems are components of Effective Therapy Relationships. Thus, it is desirable to include clients’ beliefs about their psychological problems on s...
Penn State Worry Questionnaire in emotional disorders: validation and normative...
Oliveira, João Tiago; Faustino, Divo; Freitas, Fatima; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Ribeiro, Eugenia; Goncalves, Sonia; Machado, Paulo P. P.Worry is a phenomenon that is present in multiple psychopathologies. Given the widely accepted transdiagnostic role that worry plays in psychopathology, reliable measures for this construct are pivotal for clinical practice. The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is one of the most widely used and established measures of worry in both clinical and non-clinical populations and it is accepted as a highly relia...
Beliefs About Psychological Problems Inventory (BAPPI): development and psychom...
Moreira, Paulo A. S.; Guedes Cardoso, Ana Mafalda; Gomes Cancela, Diana Manuela; Oliveira, João TiagoThe clients' belief systems are components of Effective Therapy Relationships. Thus, it is desirable to include clients' beliefs about their psychological problems on systematic assessment protocols underlying the process of systematic treatment selection and of tailoring the treatment to the person. However, assessment instruments which specifically capture clients' beliefs about their psychological problems a...
Sudden gains and ambivalence in the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatm...
Oliveira, João Tiago; Faustino, Divo; Machado, Paulo P. P.; Ribeiro, Eugénia; Gonçalves, Sónia; Gonçalves, Miguel M.Sudden gains (SG) are large and rapid symptom improvements experienced by clients that are related to positive effects on the outcome. However, little is known about why SGs happen or what are the mechanisms that underlie them. Ambivalence towards change is a client's variable related to outcome that has not been previously studied in the context of SGs. The main purpose of this study was to explore the role of...