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  1. Predictors of problematic smartphone use have been found mainly in studies on elementary and high school students. Few studies have focused on predictors related to social network and messaging apps or smartph...

    Authors: Paulo Guirro Laurence, Yuri Busin, Helena Scoz da Cunha Lima and Elizeu Coutinho Macedo
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:8
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  2. There has been scant research published regarding the assessment of depression in ethnic groups, and few studies have addressed the validation of scales for standardized assessment of depressive symptoms among...

    Authors: Lorena P. Gallardo-Peralta, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Alba Ayala-García and María João Forjaz
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:7
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  3. Entrepreneurial behavior is of great importance nowadays owing to its significance in the generation of economic, social, personal, and cultural wellbeing. This behavior is influenced by cognitive and personal...

    Authors: Álvaro Postigo, Marcelino Cuesta, Ignacio Pedrosa, José Muñiz and Eduardo García-Cueto
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:6
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  4. We examined the relationships among gender, planning, and academic expectations through the testing of two alternative models with latent variables tested with LISREL 8.80: one model considered planning as a m...

    Authors: Sonia Alfonso, António M. Diniz, Manuel Deaño, Fernando Tellado, Mar García-Señorán, Ángeles Conde and Valentín Iglesias-Sarmiento
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:5
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  5. The aim of the present study was to assess the predictive capacity of several of the most relevant cognitive skills in the academic field that were evaluated using Differential and General Skills Battery(BADyG...

    Authors: Ignasi Navarro Soria, José Manuel García Fernández, Cándido J. Inglés Saura and Marta Real Fernández
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:4
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  6. The holotropic mind perspective, an integral part of the framework of transpersonal psychology, has been considered a revolutionary approach to a certain spectrum of experiences in Non-ordinary states of consc...

    Authors: Daniela Martins Machado, Sheila Giardini Murta and Ileno Izídio da Costa
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:3
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  7. Negative cultural beliefs about psychotherapy patients represent one of the barriers in the psychological help-seeking and treatment adherence. In Chile today, there is little research about specific beliefs t...

    Authors: Natalia Salinas-Oñate, María José Baeza-Rivera, Manuel Ortiz and Héctor Betancourt
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:2
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  8. The study of emotional intelligence (EI), demographics, and family factors of adolescent high school students allows us to appraise adolescents’ skills for their academic and vocational training. The objective...

    Authors: M. Vaquero-Diego, P. Torrijos-Fincias and M. J. Rodriguez-Conde
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2020 33:1
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  9. Adolescent sexual practices have been widely investigated as experiences that pose potential risks for health. The present study, therefore, aimed to investigate individual and contextual factors associated wi...

    Authors: Milene Fontana Furlanetto, Dienifer Mattos Ghedin, Tonantzin Ribeiro Gonçalves and Angela Helena Marin
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:25
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  10. The literature shows that retirement can bring both positive and negative effects. However, there are few tested interventions for preparing workers for this transition and avoiding or minimizing its negative ...

    Authors: Leonardo Martins Barbosa and Sheila Giardini Murta
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:24
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  11. This study presents the adaptation of the Uncertainty Response Scale (Greco & Roger, Pers. Individ. Differ, 31:519-534, 2001) to Portuguese. This instrument was administered to a non-clinical community sample ...

    Authors: Mariana Lucas Casanova, Lara S. Pacheco, Patrício Costa, Rebecca Lawthom and Joaquim L. Coimbra
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:23
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  12. STIs and HIV/AIDS are an important public health problem, transmitted by risky sex behaviours. In this context, it is necessary to identify protective factors, of those behaviours, as sexual self-concept. Sexu...

    Authors: Rodrigo Ferrer-Urbina, Geraldy Lorena Sepúlveda-Páez, Diego-Tomás Henríquez, Daniel Ignacio Acevedo-Castillo and Débora Alejandra Llewellyn-Alvarado
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:22
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  13. Procedures that reduce errors while learning a repertoire play an important role in Applied Behavior Analysis for people with autism due to the detrimental effects that excessive exposure to error may have on ...

    Authors: Ana Carolina Cabral Carneiro, Eileen Pfeiffer Flores, Romariz da Silva Barros and Carlos Barbosa Alves de Souza
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:21
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  14. Peers are the preferred source of help for Brazilian adolescents who experience dating violence. However, they are not always the best informants for effective responses for dealing with situations of violence...

    Authors: Karine Brito dos Santos, Sheila Giardini Murta, Luis Gustavo do Amaral Vinha and Juliana Silva de Deus
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:20
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  15. The aim of this study is to adapt the multidimensional in-group identification scale (MGIS) to the Brazilian context by gathering evidence of its psychometric properties. A total of 663 people from two samples...

    Authors: Luana Elayne Cunha de Souza, Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima, Luciana Maria Maia, Ana Beatriz Gomes Fontenele and Samuel Lincoln Bezerra Lins
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:19
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  16. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between psychosocial aspects at work and dissatisfaction among health workers in five cities in Bahia, Brazil.

    Authors: Camila Carvalho de Sousa, Tânia Maria de Araújo, Iracema Lua and Mariana Rabelo Gomes
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:18
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  18. One of the primary means of communicating with a baby is through touch. Nurturing physical touch promotes healthy physiological development in social mammals, including humans. Physiology influences wellbeing ...

    Authors: Darcia Narvaez, Lijuan Wang, Alison Cheng, Tracy R. Gleason, Ryan Woodbury, Angela Kurth and Jennifer Burke Lefever
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:16
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  20. Crack use has become a severe health problem in Brazil. Contingency management has shown robust evidence of efficacy in the treatment of cocaine use disorder (CUD) in high-income countries; however, it is stil...

    Authors: André de Queiroz Constantino Miguel, Clarice Sandi Madruga, Viviane Simões, Rodolfo Yamauchi, Claudio Jerônimo da Silva, Michael McDonell, Sterling McPherson, John Roll, Ronaldo Ramos Laranjeira and Jair de Jesus Mari
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:14
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  21. Given that most young women with eating disorders do not receive treatment, implementing effective prevention programs is a public health priority. The Body Project is a group-based eating disorder prevention ...

    Authors: Ana Carolina Soares Amaral, Eric Stice and Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:13
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  22. Episodic foresight (EF) refers to the ability to anticipate future states of the self. Despite almost two decades of research, no studies explored how family context variables relate to the development of this...

    Authors: Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría, Clementina Tomás and Orlanda Cruz
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:12
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  23. The study of intimate partner violence has historically focused on violence perpetrated on females by males, but recent research suggests that, at least in teenage couples, the difference between genders is de...

    Authors: María Penado Abilleira, María Luisa Rodicio-García, Tania Corrás Vázquez, María Paula Ríos de Deus and María Josefa Iglesias Cortizas
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:11
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  24. The literature has few studies on the quality of the mother-child interaction when mothers suffer from chronic anxiety and depression. This study aimed to compare characteristics of the interaction between 14-...

    Authors: Eloisa Pelizzon Dib, Flávia Helena Pereira Padovani and Gimol Benzaquen Perosa
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:10
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  25. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by the fear of being judged negatively in social situations. Eye-tracking techniques have been prominent among the methods used in recent decades to investigate e...

    Authors: Rianne Gomes e Claudino, Laysa Karen Soares de Lima, Erickson Duarte Bonifácio de Assis and Nelson Torro
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:9
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  26. Several studies have focused on the assessment of students’ motivation because this construct is very important to understand students’ learning and how to enhance it. The Academic Self-Regulation Questionnair...

    Authors: Marta Gomes, Vera Monteiro, Lourdes Mata, Francisco Peixoto, Natalie Santos and Cristina Sanches
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:8
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  28. This study evaluated the effects and impact of a multicomponent positive psychology program for health promotion of retirees. A quasi-experimental longitudinal design was used, and the baseline and end of inte...

    Authors: Helen Durgante and Débora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:6
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  29. Sleep problems are common in children and can have an effect on behavioral and emotional functioning. Despite the importance of sleep for children’s health, there is a lack of studies on this topic in Brazil. ...

    Authors: Renatha El Rafihi-Ferreira, Maria Laura Nogueira Pires and Edwiges Ferreira de Mattos Silvares
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:5
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  30. Internalizing problems (depression, anxiety, social anxiety, somatic complaints, post-traumatic symptoms, and obsession-compulsion) are very important in adolescents’ development. These problems can be related...

    Authors: Carlos Salavera, Pablo Usán and Pilar Teruel
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:4
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  32. Working memory refers to the cognitive system responsible for the temporary storage and maintenance of information, but it remains controversial whether overlapping processes underlie the temporary retention o...

    Authors: Ana Clara Naufel Defilippi, Ricardo Basso Garcia and Cesar Galera
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:2
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  33. Dialectical behavior therapy conceptualizes problematic behaviors as attempts to regulate emotions that occur when the individual lacks effective skills with which to manage his or her emotions and cope with d...

    Authors: Lucas André Schuster de Souza, Ana Carolina Maciel Cancian, Thiago Gomes de Castro and Margareth da Silva Oliveira
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2019 32:1
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  34. Emotional intelligence (EI) has often been linked to improvements in professional performance. Indeed, generic competencies related to EI have been included in university curricula. However, learning EI involv...

    Authors: Raquel Gilar-Corbi, Teresa Pozo-Rico, Maria Luisa Pertegal-Felices and Barbara Sanchez
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:33
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  35. The objective of this study was to obtain evidence of the convergent and factor validity of the Reduced Scale of Big Five Personality Factors (ER5FP), with 20 items, and of the Reduced Inventory of Big Five Pe...

    Authors: Jacob Arie Laros, Alexandre José de Souza Peres, Josemberg Moura de Andrade and Maria Fabiana Damásio Passos
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:32
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  36. Bullying is a complex social phenomenon, which is common in peer relationships and is influenced by different individual and contextual characteristics. Despite broad knowledge on the importance of the family ...

    Authors: Laila Akerman, Juliane Callegaro Borsa, Ilana Landim and Bheatrix Bienemann
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:31
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  37. The objective of this article is to analyze the understanding of the concept of consciousness in Piaget. The theme of consciousness is a key concept in Piaget’s theory and he is one of the few psychologists to...

    Authors: Tania Stoltz
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:30
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  39. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences and life events on the inhibitory control ability, cognitive flexibility, and working memory of college students.

    Authors: Shanling Ji and Huiping Wang
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:28
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  40. The purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to investigate possible associations between maternal socialization goals and prosocial behavior (spontaneous helping) among children living in a rural c...

    Authors: Bianca Reis Fonseca, Lília Iêda Chaves Cavalcante, Joscha Kärtner and Moritz Köster
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:27
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  41. Relationship education programs are strategies that can favor better marital quality and conflict management between spouses. The relationship education program “Living as Partners: Turning Challenges into Opp...

    Authors: Angélica Paula Neumann, Adriana Wagner and Eduardo Remor
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:26
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  42. This study sought to evaluate the cultural adequacy of materials and procedures of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) and to identify requirements for its cultural adaptation to Brazilian famili...

    Authors: Sheila Giardini Murta, Larissa de Almeida Nobre-Sandoval, Marina de Souza Pedralho, Thauana Nayara Gomes Tavares, Carlos Eduardo Paes Landim Ramos, Deborah Allen and Lindsey Coombes
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:25
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  43. The aim of this study was to develop a scale to investigate the ways of coping with interpersonal situations considered difficult in the Brazilian university context. The items were based on the results of a s...

    Authors: Adriana Benevides Soares, Luciana Mourão, Fátima Almeida Maia, Humberto Claudio Passeri Medeiros, Marcia Cristina Monteiro, Roberta de Souza Nogueira Barros and Pedro Vítor Souza Rodrigues
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:24
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  45. The Brief-COPE is an abbreviated version of the COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) Inventory, a self-report questionnaire developed to assess a broad range of coping responses. Currently, it is ...

    Authors: Felipe E. García, Carmen Gloria Barraza-Peña, Anna Wlodarczyk, Marcela Alvear-Carrasco and Alejandro Reyes-Reyes
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:22
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  46. Mindfulness-based interventions have been applied in diverse populations and achieved mental health benefits. This study examined the effects of a brief mindfulness program for emotional regulation and levels ...

    Authors: Roberto Chiodelli, Luana T. N. Mello, Saul N. Jesus and Ilana Andretta
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:21
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  50. Physical punishment remains a common practice in the USA despite significant empirical evidence of its potential harm and ineffectiveness, arguments that its use violates children’s human rights, and professio...

    Authors: Cindy Miller-Perrin and Robin Perrin
    Citation: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica 2018 31:16
    Content type: Review Published on:
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