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Examining the connection between perceived stress and post-traumatic stress in ...
Brandão, Sónia; Silva, Rosa; Abreu, Wilson; Brandão, Tânia; Prata, Ana Paula; Riklikiene, Olga; Jarasiunaite-Fedosejeva, Gabija; Mesa, Ernesto GonzálezAim: This study aimed to: (1) explore post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in relation to sociodemographic, obstetric, and childbirth trauma factors; (2) assess the association between perceived stress levels and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms; and (3) analyze how the duration of perceived stress affects post-traumatic stress disorder. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected vi...
Models of care and associated targeted implementation strategies for cancer sur...
Prue, Gillian; Czamanski-Cohen, Johanna; Kassianos, Angelos P; Pilleron, Sophie; Ladas, Aristea; Can, Aysun Akcakaya; Roldán-Jiménez, Cristina<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction</jats:title><jats:p>Cancer and its treatments can lead to a wide range of side-effects that can persist long after treatments have ended. Across Europe, survivorship care is traditionally hospital-based specialist-led follow-up, leading to gaps in supportive care. Improved screening, diagnosis and treatment increase survival rates. With more individuals living with, through an...
Developing and evaluating a Portuguese-language meditation App for medical stud...
Soares, Ana Rita; Soares, Sandra; Brandão, Tânia; Teixeira, Ricardo João; Tavares, IsauraThe well-being of medical students is affected by high stress levels. The relevance of a mindfulness mediation app (Med@Med) specifically produced to help medical students at a Portuguese medical school cope with stress was evaluated. The app, consisting of 21 short meditations, was totally developed in Portuguese to fulfill with the needs of some of the students. The motivations to use the app, adherence to it...
Post-traumatic stress symptoms, rumination, and posttraumatic growth in women w...
Abreu, Wilson; Brandão, Sónia; Brandão, Tânia; Prata, Ana Paula; Silva, Rosa; Riklikiene, Olga; Jarasiunaite-Fedosejeva, GabijaBackground: Rumination can either prolong distress or foster growth following traumatic experiences like childbirth. This study investigates the association between post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic growth in women who underwent traumatic childbirth, examining the potential mediating role of two types of rumination – intrusive and deliberate. Methods: A cross-sectional study in Northern Portugal...
Psychometric properties of the hypoglycemia fear survey—Parents (HFS-P) in the ...
Costa, Vasco; Patton, Susana R.; Vale, Sónia do; Sampaio, Lurdes; Limbert, Catarina; Brandão, TâniaBackground/Objectives: Hypoglycemia occurs when blood glucose levels drop significantly below the normal range leading to unpleasant symptoms and a greater risk of acute complications. Fear of hypoglycemia (FH) is a conditioned psychological response to hypoglycemia frequently experienced by people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their loved ones. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of...
Perceived parental emotional availability, emotion regulation, and health-relat...
Simão, Sofia; Diniz, Eva; Babore, Alessandra; Brandão, Tânia; Diniz, EvaThis study examines differences in perceived parental emotional availability, emotion regulation (ER), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adolescents, considering gender, age, and family structure. It also assesses contextual differences in ER (at home vs. at school) and investigates the mediating role of ER in the relationship between perceived parental emotional availability and HRQoL. The sampl...
Posttraumatic growth in women after a childbirth experience: The influence of i...
Brandão, Tânia; Brandão, Sónia; Prata, Ana Paula; Silva, Rosa; Abreu, Wilson; Riklikiene, Olga; Jarasiunaite-Fedosejeva, Gabija; González-Mesa, ErnestoObjective: This study targeted women who had a self-defined traumatic birth to a) explore the differences between sociodemographic, obstetric, and childbirth trauma related variables in relation to women’s rumination style following a traumatic birth, b) determine differences between intrusive and deliberate rumination in relation to post-traumatic growth dimensions, and c) test whether deliberate rumination ex...
Social support for functional dependence, activity patterns, and chronic pain o...
Bernardes, Sónia F.; Brandão, Tânia; de Matos, Marta Osório; Ferreira-Valente, AlexandraObjective: Received social support undermining engagement in life activities of individuals with chronic pain (e.g., solicitousness, support for functional dependence) is consistently correlated with worse physical functioning, pain severity and disability. Whether such responses lead to worse pain outcomes (operant model of pain) or the latter lead to more supportive responses undermining activity engagement (...
Posttraumatic growth in women after a childbirth experience: The influence of i...
Brandão, Tânia; Brandão, Sónia; Prata, Ana Paula; Silva, Rosa; Abreu, Wilson; Riklikiene, Olga; Jarašiūnaitė-Fedosejeva, Gabija; González-Mesa, ErnestoThis study targets women who had a self-defined traumatic childbirth experience to (a) explore the differences between sociodemographic-, obstetric-, and trauma-related variables in relation to the rumination style; (b) determine differences between intrusive and deliberate rumination in relation to posttraumatic growth (PTG) dimensions, and (c) test whether intrusive rumination is associated with deliberate ru...
Social and emotional competencies in Portuguese incarcerated males: psychometri...
Basto-Pereira, Miguel; ZYCH, IZABELA; Almeida, Telma Sousa; Castro Rodrigues, Andreia de; Lobo, Rita; Brandão, TâniaABSTRACT: This study departs from the acknowledged absence of validated measures to assess social and emotional competencies in incarcerated individuals. This is a critical gap given that most available programs aimed at fostering prosocial behavior and reducing antisocial behaviors are theoretically based on enhancing these competencies. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Social and Emotion...