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Positive emotional memories, stigma, and mental health in sexual and gender min...
Palmeira, Lara; Silva, Joana; Veloso, Bruna; Xavier, AnaLiterature reveals that memories of warmth and safeness, self-compassion, and social support are positively related to mental health. The present study aimed to analyze the impact of early memories of warmth and safeness and internalized homophobic stigma on mental health, through self-compassion and perceived social support, in sexual and gender minority adults. With a cross-sectional design, this study includ...
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an ACT and compassion-based intervention for...
Trindade, Inês A.; Soares, Andreia; Skvarc, David; Carreiras, Diogo; Pereira, Joana; Lourenço, Óscar; Sampaio, Filipa; Sousa, Bruno deBreast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in women worldwide and carries a considerable psychosocial burden. Interventions based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and compassion-based approaches show promise in improving adjustment and quality of life in people with cancer. The Mind programme is an integrative ACT and compassion-based intervention tailored for women with breast cancer, which aims to p...
The role of mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility in postp...
Mateus, Vera; Veloso, Bruna; Xavier, Ana; Palmeira, Lara; Vagos, Paula; Silva, Joana Ribeiro daThe transition to motherhood encloses several challenges that can hinder women’s psychological well-being and impact mother-baby bonding. Therefore, it is important to investigate which maternal characteristics promote their bond to the infant, especially those that can be modified through targeted interventions. This work aims to examine whether mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility have a...
Can psychological flexibility discriminate mothers' attachment styles? A study ...
Moreira, Susana; Sousa, Mariana; Veloso, Bruna; Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana; Vagos, Paula; Silva, Joana Ribeiro daPsychological flexibility (PF) has been associated with greater well-being, less psychopathology and better parent’s and child’s adjustment (Fonseca et al., 2020; Monteiro et al., 2019). [...]