6 documents found, page 1 of 1
A different side of the COVID-19 pandemic: Narratives told by older adults
Vagos, Paula; Tavares, Lúcia; Xavier, AnaThe present study investigated the nature and meaning of the experiences of older adults who lived through the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown periods in Portugal. Narrative Research was used to explore the lived stories of two community-resident female older adults, recruited through convenience sampling. Data was collected through a semi-structured interview and thematically analyzed. Participan...
A different side of the COVID-19 pandemic: Narratives told by older adults
Tavares, Lúcia; Vagos, Paula; Xavier, AnaThe present study investigated the nature and meaning of the experiences of older adults who lived through the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown periods in Portugal. Narrative Research was used to explore the lived stories of two community-resident female older adults, recruited through convenience sampling. Data was collected through a semi-structured interview and thematically analyzed. Participan...
Online Externalizing Metaphor Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Anxiety
Tavares, Lúcia; McGuinty, Everett; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Vagos, PaulaAnxiety has become more prevalent in recent years, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, although it remains largely unrecognized and untreated. Thus, there is a need for effective, short, and accessible forms of intervention. Externalizing Metaphor Therapy (EMT) is a post-modern brief treatment for mild to moderate anxiety. Its efficacy is herein analyzed by examining the process and outcomes of a four session...
The role of self-compassion in the psychological (mal)adjustment of older adult...
Tavares, Lúcia; Xavier, Ana; Vagos, PaulaPurpose: Self-compassion is associated with healthy age- ing and may be a protection factor of older adults' mental health in face of negative life events and other factors such as insecure attachment. However, fear of self-compassion may constitute an obstacle to promoting self-compassion. The role of self-compassion on the psychological (mal) adjustment of older adults requires further research with robust de...
The role of self-compassion in the psychological (mal)adjustment of older adult...
Tavares, Lúcia; Xavier, Ana; Vagos, PaulaBackground: The identification of protection factors regarding older adults’ mental health is essential. Self-compassion, the capacity to be kind towards the self during challenging times, may be one such factor. Although still scarce, some research in this field has already been conducted with older adults. Our research question was the following: what is currently known about the role of self-compassion in th...
Inteligência emocional e a satisfação no trabalho
Tavares, LúciaO objetivo do estudo realizado foi verificar a existência de uma relação entre a Inteligência Emocional e a Satisfação no trabalho num contexto organizacional onde o valor central é a hospitalidade. Para medir as variáveis em estudo foram utilizadas as escalas de medida Job Satisfaction Survey de Paul Spector (1994) e Assessing Emotions Scale (Schutte,Malouff, Thorsteinsson, Bhullar & Rooke, 2007). Tentou-se ve...