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Bullying in old age: A qualitative study on older adults’ perceptions about being bullied
Get PDFSignificant demographic changes and a growing aging population increasingly
emphasize the importance of assessing phenomena of violence against older
adults, who constitute a vulnerable population. Therefore, bullying in old age
is a poorly studied phenomena, but of growing importance. This study aims
to analyze the perspectives of bullying in old age, using qualitative research
at a cross-national level. We interviewed 173 older participants aged 65–91
years. Participants were Portuguese and English and lived in the community.
Participants were subjected to semi-structured interviews. All the interviews
went through a process of content analysis. Sample recruitment occurred
through initial telephone contact, followed by a request to participate.
Outcomes of content analysis produced seven themes, all of them associated
with bullying experiences such as compromised learning capacity, loss of
sense of agency and decision-making, asexuality, less attractive appearance,
less social skills, gender discrimination, and less financial resources.
Portuguese older adults felt mostly bullied for their loss of sense of agency
and decision-making, less attractive appearance, less social skills, and less financial resources, while English participants mostly felt bullied for their
compromised learning capacity, gender discrimination, and asexuality. The
themes identified as being the most prominent in bullying are valuable
guidelines for social policies and interventions toward bullying among older
adults. Considering the scarcity of studies on bullying in older adults, this
study is relevant for understanding the experience of older adults in relation
to being bullied and for implementing psychosocial intervention programs
including bullying situations that affect community-dwelling older adults.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Gravidez, parentalidade e toxicodependência : contributo da investigação e propostas de intervenção
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As conferências internacionais sobre promoção da saúde : a passagem à ação
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Pain diagnosis, pain coping, and function in individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain
Get PDFPurpose: Research supports a role for coping responses in adjustment to chronic pain.
However, it is likely that some coping responses play a larger role in adjustment to pain for
some individuals than others. The identification of the factors that moderate the association
between coping responses and pain-related outcomes has important clinical implications.
This study sought to determine if musculoskeletal pain diagnosis moderates the associations
between eight pain-coping responses and both pain and function.
Patients and Methods: A non-probabilistic sample of 323 persons with different chronic
musculoskeletal pain conditions completed measures of pain intensity, physical function,
psychological function, and pain-coping responses.
Results: With only one exception, the frequency of use of pain-coping responses was not
associated with pain diagnosis. Statistically significant moderation effects of pain diagnosis
on the association between coping and pain outcomes were found for two coping responses:
1) support seeking when predicting pain intensity, and 2) resting when predicting both
physical and psychological function.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that coping responses tend to play a similar role in
patients' pain and function across different musculoskeletal pain conditions, with some
important exceptions. If the findings are found to replicate in other samples, they would
have important implications for determining when psychosocial pain treatments might (and
when they might not) need to be adapted for specific diagnostic groups.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Caixa de surpresas : instrumento para pesquisa e intervenção em psicologia da saúde
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My-pep : a prehabilitation intervention in oesophageal cancer patients
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Escala de Satisfação no Domínio Académico em Universitários Portugueses
No full textStudents’ satisfaction has been valued as an indicator of the quality of higher education institutions, and as a relevant variable in explaining their involvement, learning and persistence. Satisfaction, associated to the diverse contexts of students' academic experience, is understood as a construct of students’ evaluation of the institution, academic climate, course and interpersonal relationships. Based on a sample of students from two Portuguese Higher Education institutions, one public and another private, we analyze the validity evidence of the Academic Domain Satisfaction Scale. The results of a confirmatory factorial analysis suggest the one-dimensional nature of the scale. On the other hand, adequate levels of internal consistency of its items, as well as significant correlations between the result in the scale and indicators of the students' affective disposition, academic performance and dropout intentions, point towards the validity of the measure.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
