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Depression and quality of life in older adults: Mediation effect of steep quality
Brandolim Becker, Nathália; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Viseu, João; Stobaus, Claus Dieter; Guerreiro, Mariana; Domingues, Rita B.Background/Objective: Sleep insufficiency, which affects more than 45% of the world's population, has a great importance when considering older adults. Thus, this research tested a mediation hypothesis, through a path analysis, which explains how depression relates to the quality of life considering the effect's of sleep quality in older adults. Method: A sample of 187 community-dwelling Portuguese older adults...
Job Satisfaction In Hotel Employees: A Systematic Review Of The Literature
da Borralha1, Sérgio; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Pinto, Patrícia; Viseu, JoãoHotel employees’ job satisfaction is very important to their performance. In a systematic review of the previous literature on hotel employees, it was found that the most studied variable was job satisfaction; there were no other systematic reviews on the topic. In this review, performed in the Web of Knowledge, Web of Science (Social Sciences Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Medline), and Scienc...
SENSE OF PLACE, RISK PERCEPTIONS AND PREPAREDNESS OF A COASTAL POPULATION AT RI...
B. Domingues, Rita; Costas, Susana; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Ferreira, ÓscarFaro Beach, a heavily urbanized settlement in Ria Formosa, southern Portugal, is highly vulnerable to coastal hazards, namely beach erosion and overwashes caused by storms, that have resulted in house and road damage on several occasions. Despite the risks, local residents accept to live there. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand residents’ beliefs, risk perceptions and preparedness reg...
The Alcalar Study: A Quality Of Life Comparative Study On Institutionalised Eld...
Malveiro, Jorge A.; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Rego, RuiSummary: Comparative evaluation on Quality of Life (QoL) perception on different communitarian residential institutional environments for senior citizens. Method: Cross-sectional comparative study, using a deductive and a descriptive statistical method on a sample of 50 senior citizens inhabitants in the Retirement-village St. Joseph of Alcalar (Alcalar group), 56 senior residents in traditional retirement home...
Job Satisfaction In Hotel Employees: A Systematic Review Of The Literature
da Borralha1, Sérgio; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Pinto, Patrícia; Viseu, JoãoHotel employees’ job satisfaction is very important to their performance. In a systematic review of the previous literature on hotel employees, it was found that the most studied variable was job satisfaction; there were no other systematic reviews on the topic. In this review, performed in the Web of Knowledge, Web of Science (Social Sciences Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Medline), and Scienc...
SENSE OF PLACE, RISK PERCEPTIONS AND PREPAREDNESS OF A COASTAL POPULATION AT RI...
B. Domingues, Rita; Costas, Susana; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Ferreira, ÓscarFaro Beach, a heavily urbanized settlement in Ria Formosa, southern Portugal, is highly vulnerable to coastal hazards, namely beach erosion and overwashes caused by storms, that have resulted in house and road damage on several occasions. Despite the risks, local residents accept to live there. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand residents’ beliefs, risk perceptions and preparedness reg...
The Alcalar Study: A Quality Of Life Comparative Study On Institutionalised Eld...
Malveiro, Jorge A.; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Rego, RuiSummary: Comparative evaluation on Quality of Life (QoL) perception on different communitarian residential institutional environments for senior citizens. Method: Cross-sectional comparative study, using a deductive and a descriptive statistical method on a sample of 50 senior citizens inhabitants in the Retirement-village St. Joseph of Alcalar (Alcalar group), 56 senior residents in traditional retirement home...
Perspectives From Positive Psychology In Older Adults: Brief Literature Review
Becker, Nathália Brandolim; João, Karine Alexandra Del Rio; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Bonança, João; Martins, RuteThe present review aims to determine the main findings concerning positive psychology in older adults. We used the electronic databases Web of Science and EBSCO, which were efficient tools to find the necessary heterogeneity for the selection of studies published between 2005 and 2015, through the following keywords: “Positive Psychology” and “Older”. After selecting 12 studies, they were assessed regarding the...
Emotion Regulation And Psychotherapy: Adaptation And Elaboration Of An Applicat...
Almeida, Catarina; Silva, Diogo; Nogueira, Daniela; Fernandes, Cristiana; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Salgado, JoãoThe aim of this work was to adapt and develop a Portuguese manual for the Observer Measure of Affect Regulation (O-MAR; Watson & Prosser, 2006), an observational measure of clients’ emotion regulation in psychotherapy. Since the scale has not yet been adapted to Portuguese, initially a translation was performed. Then, to elaborate the manual, the middle 20 minutes of 20 therapy sessions were observed and cl...
The Alcalar Model, A Quality Of Life Perception: A Comparative Study Of Institu...
Malveiro, Jorge Andrez; de Jesus, Saul Neves; Rego, RuiSummary: A comparative evaluation was carried out of quality of life (QoL) perception in different communitarian residential institutional environments for senior citizens. Method: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted using a deductive and descriptive statistical method on a sample of 50 senior inhabitants of the retirement village St. Joseph of Alcalar (Alcalar group), 56 senior residents of tradi...