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Psychometric examination of the prosocial behavior scale and its associations w...
Pechorro, Pedro; Pereira, Solange; Nunes, Cristina; DeLisi, Matt; Simões, Mário R.Prosocial behavior is altruistic conduct devoted to benefitting others, benefitting one’s community, and reinforcing conventional behaviors that serve a public good. The aim of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Prosocial Behavior Scale (PBS) among male and female Portuguese youth participants (N = 559 youth, M = 16.51 years, SD = 1.07, range = 14–20 years). A two-factor intercor...
Personality assessment inventory (PAI) in forensic and correctional settings: A...
Paulino, Mauro; Edens, John F.; Moniz, Mariana; Moura, Octávio; Rijo, Daniel; Simões, Mário R.As Forensic Psychology continues to expand as an independent field, professionals regularly resort to psychological assessment tools to assess people involved within the justice system. The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a 344-item, self-report inventory that aims to provide meaningful information for diagnosis and clinical decision-making, specifically relating to psychopathology, personality, and p...
Can the dark core of personality be measured briefly, multidimensionally, and i...
Pechorro, Pedro; Bonfá-Araujo, Bruno; Marôco, J. P.; Simões, Mário R.; DeLisi, MattThe dark core of personality is a recent construct that encompasses the malevolent, antagonistic, and aversive side of human nature that represents the common inner core of dark personality traits. The aim of the present study is to develop a short, multidimensional, and invariant version of the dark core of personality D70 measure. Two samples of participants were used in the current study (N = 570, M = 35.42 ...
O inventário de avaliação da personalidade (PAI): contributos para a avaliação ...
Paulino, Mauro; Moniz, Mariana; Moura, Octávio; Rijo, Daniel; Simões, Mário R.O Inventário de Avaliação da Personalidade (PAI) é um instrumento objetivo de autorresposta que visa proporcionar informação sobre a psicopatologia, personalidade e ambiente psicossocial do sujeito examinado, abrangendo constructos relevantes quer para o diagnóstico clínico, quer para a tomada de decisões. A nível estrutural e psicométrico, constitui uma melhoria em relação a outros instrumentos de avaliação da...
Factor structure and measurement invariance of the BRIEF2 Parent Form across ge...
Moura, Octávio; Albuquerque, Cristina P.; Pereira, Marcelino; Major, Sofia; Lopes, Ana Filipa; Vilar, Manuela; Seabra-Santos, Maria JoãoThis study aimed to investigate the factor structure and the measurement invariance across gender of the BRIEF2 Parent Form in Portuguese typically developing children. Participants were 700 typically developing children (n = 352 girls and n = 348 boys) aged 6–16 years. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test five competing factor models. Consistent with the BRIEF2 original dimensional structure, the thre...
O Stress Ocupacional em Profissionais Forenses: Uma análise comparativa entre J...
Moniz, Mariana; Paulino, Mauro; Moura, Octávio; Simões, Mário R.O Inventário de Stress para Profissionais Forenses (FPSI) é um instrumento que visa a identificação e rastreio de stress e prevenção do desenvolvimento de perturbações psicológicas mais nocivas, como é o caso do burnout. O presente estudo tem como objetivo comparar os níveis de stress percebido por três grupos de profissionais forenses (i.e., Juízes, Advogados e Procuradores), assim como averiguar quais as estr...
Initial psychological reactions to COVID-19 of middle adolescents in Portugal
Brites, Rute; Paulino, Mauro; Brissos, Sofia; Gabriel, Sofia; Alho, Laura; Simões, Mário R.; Silva, Carlos F.In its early stage, the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent public health measures brought several challenges to people in general, with adolescents being one of the most affected groups. To assess the psychological reactions of Portuguese adolescents in that early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted an online survey that was filled by a sample of 340 (67.6% female and 32.4% male) middle adolescents (...
O inventário de avaliação da personalidade (PAI): contributos para a avaliação ...
Paulino, Mauro; Moniz, Mariana; Moura, Octávio; Rijo, Daniel; Simões, Mário R.O Inventário de Avaliação da Personalidade (PAI) é um instrumento objetivo de autorresposta que visa proporcionar informação sobre a psicopatologia, personalidade e ambiente psicossocial do sujeito examinado, abrangendo constructos relevantes quer para o diagnóstico clínico, quer para a tomada de decisões. A nível estrutural e psicométrico, constitui uma melhoria em relação a outros instrumentos de avaliação da...
Weinberger adjustment inventory Portuguese version: a study of cross-cultural a...
Pechorro, Pedro; Shircliff, Katie; DeLisi, Matt; Simões, Mário R.; Cyders, Melissa A.We examine the psychometric properties of the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory (WAI) from a modern psychometric perspective, including second-order models, better estimation of reliability, and measurement invariance, among a sample of young adults (N = 610, M = 21.33 years, SD = 3.09 years) from Portugal. Results indicated that only the four-factor intercorrelated confirmatory models of the WAI Distress and Res...
Propensity to morally disengage scale: psychometric properties and measurement ...
Pechorro, Pedro; Bonfá-Araujo, Bruno; Simões, Mário R.; Nunes, Cristina; DeLisi, MattThe propensity to morally disengage can be an essential driver of unethical, antisocial, and criminal behavior. The present study examines the psychometric properties of the Propensity to Morally Disengage Scale (PMDS) among a convenience sample of 242 male and female participants (M = 30.19 years, SD = 12.78, range = 16-77) from Portugal. The expected one-factor structure obtained an adequate fit using confirm...