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Outcomes from a brief group behavior therapy approach for social anxiety disord...
Barata,Mariluz; Ferreira,Ana; Vagos,PaulaAbstract Social anxiety disorder (SAD) usually develops in adolescence and is maintained by avoidance and safety seeking behaviors, which are the focus of behavioral therapy (BT). This work explored the outcomes of a brief group BT for SAD in adolescence, combining exposure with skills training. Fourteen adolescents (aged 14-18 years old) diagnosed with SAD received the intervention. BT was compared to a waitin...
Can cognitive restructuring serve as a brief stand-alone treatment for social a...
Félix,Ana; Ferreira,Ana; Vagos,PaulaAbstract Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a debilitating and chronic condition that usually arises in adolescence. Cost-effective interventions provided early on may alter its usually chronic trajectory. This study evaluated changes following a brief cognitive restructuring intervention with 14 adolescent girls, against a waitlist control group, on social anxiety, fear of negative and positive evaluation and ne...
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...
Reliability and Factor Structure of the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress ...
Pereira,Anabela; Oliveira,Carla Andreia; Bártolo,Ana; Monteiro,Sara; Vagos,Paula; Jardim,JacintoAbstract The 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) has been presented as a valid measure to assess psychological distress levels in population surveys but its dimensional structure was not consensual. Our main objective was to provide a Portuguese version of the K10 exploring the reliability and factor structure of this measure. This cross-sectional study included 694 adults collected from a web-ba...
Validação da versão reduzida da escala de comportamento interpessoal para adole...
Vagos,Paula; Pereira,Anabela; Arrindell,WillemEste trabalho apresenta a adaptação linguística para português da Escala de Comportamento Interpessoal - versão reduzida, e a avaliação das suas características psicométricas, em uma amostra de adolescentes tardios (dos 16 aos 21 anos; N = 872). Foi encontrada uma organização interna em quatro dimensões e uma medida geral para os dois componentes avaliados: desconforto ao ser assertivo e frequência de prática d...