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A pilot study of the Portuguese version of the Voices Acceptance and Action Sca...
Martins,Maria João; Castilho,Paula; Macedo,António; Pereira,Ana Telma; Vagos,Paula; Carvalho,Diana; Pascoal,Ana Carolina; Carvalho,Célia BarretoGiven the recent interest in acceptance-based interventions for psychosis, it has been recommended that coping with voices mechanisms, namely experiential acceptance, are routinely assessed in clinical and research settings. The Voices Acceptance and Action Scale (VAAS-12) is a self-report measure developed to specifically assess acceptance-based or action-based beliefs in relation to verbal auditory hallucinat...
Children and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale: Validation in a Portuguese Adolesc...
Bento,Carmen; Pereira,Ana Telma; Saraiva,Jorge Manuel; Macedo,AntónioThe aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale (CAPS). Method: 971 Portuguese high school students (572 girls and 399 boys) answered the CAPS. The test-retest reliability was obtained with 206 participants from the total sample. Results: Internal consistency (α= .809) and test-retest reliability (r= .691) were satisfacto...
Is positive affect in pregnancy protective of postpartum depression?
Bos,Sandra Carvalho; Macedo,António; Marques,Mariana; Pereira,Ana Telma; Maia,Berta Rodrigues; Soares,Maria João; Valente,José; Gomes,Ana AllenOBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive/protective role of negative affect/positive affect in late pregnancy on the outcome of postpartum depression. METHODS: A total of 491 pregnant women participated in the study. The participants were asked to fill out a series of questionnaires, which included the Profile of Mood States, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, psychosocial variables and socio-demographic charact...
Perfectionism in obsessive-compulsive and eating disorders
Maia,Berta Rodrigues; Soares,Maria João; Gomes,Ana; Marques,Mariana; Pereira,Ana Telma; Cabral,Ana; Valente,José; Bos,Sandra Carvalho; Pato,MicheleOBJECTIVE: The main aims of this article are twofold. First, to assess perfectionism dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder and eating disorders in comparison with psychiatric control (depression/anxiety) and non-clinical control groups. Second, to examine if perfectionism is specifically related to these different clinical conditions. METHOD: Thirty-nine outpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, 24 ...
Factor structure of the Rutter Teacher Questionnaire in Portuguese children
Pereira,Ana Telma; Maia,Berta Rodrigues; Marques,Mariana; Bos,Sandra Carvalho; Soares,Maria João; Gomes,Ana; Macedo,AntónioOBJECTIVE: To examine the factor structure of the Rutter Teacher Questionnaire in Portuguese primary school children. METHOD: The Rutter Teacher Questionnaire, a 26-item scale covering a variety of behavioral problems, was completed by teachers of 877 children, aged 6 to 11 years. Data were subjected to factor analysis using the principal components solution with varimax rotation. RESULTS: The factorial analysi...