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Academic procrastination : psychological impact and predictor aspects under the self-determination theory
(Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual, 2019) Pereira, Janaina Fagundes Silva Morgado; Gonzalez, Bárbara Isabel Dinis; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Background: Academic procrastination is a dynamic phenomenon involving personal, behavioral and environmental aspects and is characterized by delaying the beginning or the ending of an academic task, in a purposeful and frequent way. As such, it generates a subjective discomfort associated with negative psychological consequences in students. Very few studies have investigated procrastination within the frame of the self determination theory, and specifically in the context of basic psychological needs satisfaction. This study aims to explore the relation among academic procrastination, basic psychological needs satisfaction, coping strategies (with a focus on proactive coping), and depression, anxiety and stress. Methods: 211 university students with ages between 18 and 44 years (M = 24.23; DP = 5.72), most of them being females (56.4%), have participated in this transversal study, and fulfilled the Questionnaire of Procrastination in Study, the Basic Psychologic Needs Satisfaction Scale, the Questionnaire of Reactions to Daily Events and the Scale of Anxiety, Depression and Stress-21. Results: The correlation analysis verified that academic procrastination has a negative relation with basic psychological needs satisfaction, and proactive coping, and a positive relation with avoidance coping, and with anxiety, depression and stress. A mediation analysis identified proactive coping as a partial mediator of the relation between basic psychological needs satisfaction and procrastination. Conclusion: The non-satisfaction of the basic psychological needs in students is related to the usage of less adaptative coping strategies, and seems to prevent the use of more effective proactive strategies. On the other hand, those strategies lead to procrastination, which has a negative psychological impact. As such, an intervention based on the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs in the academic context is considered relevant
Adesão ao tratamento em adolescentes com epilepsia : barreiras e facilitadores que fazem a diferença
(6th International Conference on Childhood and Adolescence, 2022-02) MENDES, TERESA PAULA GAMEIRO POMPEU; Crespo, Carla; Nazaré, Bárbara; Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
Analysis of mental health-related stigma : Patterns of personal concealment and discrimination
(Universidade da Beira Interior, 2024) Carvalho, Ana; SANTOS, ISABEL OLIMPIA FIGUEIREDO DOS; Costa, Leonor Pereira da; Albuquerque, Sara; Beato, Ana; EPCV - School of Psychology and Life Sciences; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Mental health-related stigma leads people to conceal their diagnoses to avoid discrimination, negatively affecting their lives. Understanding the patterns of these factors is crucial for developing effective responses. This study aimed to identify subgroups within the population regarding concealment of mental health problems, personal experiences of discrimination, perceptions of group discrimination and social stigma. It was conducted with 389 adults (86.6% female) from 18 to 76 years old (M=35.7, SD=14.0), using an online survey with indices of Identity Concealment, Personal and Group Discrimination, and the Attribution Questionnaire. Cluster analysis was performed and identified three subgroups: “Self-protectors”, demonstrating high concealment, and low personal discrimination, group discrimination and social stigma; “Stigmatizers”, revealing moderate concealment, personal discrimination and group discrimination, and high social stigma; and “At Risk”, exhibiting low concealment, high personal and group discrimination, and moderate social stigma. Results further showed that “Self-protectors” has the highest prevalence of mental health problems, while “Stigmatizers” has the lowest. Findings highlight the heterogeneity of attitudes towards mental health and the impact that experiences can have on fostering social stigma. Implications for interventions to reduce stigma and increase mental health literacy are discussed, which should be tailored to particular target groups.
Assessing the unidimensionality of Clayton's Environmental Identity Scale using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (bifactor-ESEM)
(University of California Press, 2021-10-14) Moreira, Paulo; Loureiro, Ana; Inman, Richard; Olivos-Jara, Pablo; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
A relevant intrapersonal characteristic for understanding intentions and behavior toward environmental sustainability is the degree to which nature is important for a person's self-definition. Clayton's Environmental Identity (EID) scale purports to measure this construct. However, a limited number of prior exploratory studies of this measure have supported different factor structures. Hence, our initial aim was to develop an understanding of the dimensionality of Clayton's 24-item EID scale by testing competing latent structures using confirmatory factor analysis. We analyzed self-reported data from 458 adults (Mage = 26.7 years; 81% female). Four a priori models (a first-order model, a second-order model, a unidimensional model, and a bifactor model) did not show satisfactory fit to the data. An ancillary analysis using bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (bifactor-ESEM) indicated a bifactor model with three specific factors had a good fit to the data. The factor loadings of this model and values for bifactor indices (Omega Hierarchical and Explained Common Variance [ECV]) indicated a single mean score across all EID scale items taps into an essentially unidimensional construct and is therefore appropriate to interpret. In sum, our study provides a critical insight into the dimensionality of Clayton's EID scale that will be valuable when applying this measure for research and intervention purposes.
Attitudes of Police recruits towards offenders : the impact of the Police training on attitudinal change
(Springer Verlag, 2022-03) Cunha, Olga; Carvalho, Filipa; de Castro Rodrigues, Andreia; Cruz, Ana Rita; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
The traditional prevailing perspectives on attitudes assume that attitudes, once formed, are relatively stable over time. However, research has revealed that attitudes may be influenced by different factors that may change them. The present pre-post-test study aims to understand if the police recruits’ attitudes towards offenders change after police training and analyse the impact of sociodemographic and personality variables on recruits’ attitudes towards offenders. The Attitude Scale towards Offenders (ATO) and the NEO-FFI Personality Inventory were used in a sample of 74 recruits of a Portuguese Police Force at the beginning and the end of the police training program. Results revealed that, at the end of the training, recruits hold more negative attitudes towards offenders. Those who had previous professional experience in the army hold more positive attitudes, but only at the beginning of the training. Only attitudes towards offenders at the beginning of the police training program predict recruits’ attitudes towards offenders at the end of the training. These results emphasize the importance of initial and continuous training of recruits and police officers.
Autorregulação da aprendizagem
(Universidade de Lisboa, 2024) Paulino, Ana Paula Oliveira; da Costa Ferreira, Paula; Duarte, António; Figueira, Célia; Carvalho, Joana; Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
Basic psychological needs, procrastination and coping in the context of healthy aging
(Springer Singapore, 2020-01-01) Silva, Janaína; Gonzalez, Bárbara Isabel Dinis; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
This study investigated the relations between basic psychological needs, coping strategies, procrastination, anxiety, depression, and stress, in the scope of self-determination theory (SDT) and healthy aging. A sample of university adult students (N = 221) aged 18-69 years old, filled a set of questionnaires assessing these variables. The results showed that total basic psychological needs satisfaction has a positive relation with proactive coping, strategic planning, preventive coping, and instrumental support seeking, and a negative relation with procrastination, avoidance coping and anxiety, depression and stress. Proactive coping and strategic planning partially mediates the relationship between basic psychological needs total and procrastination. As age increased, there was more competence satisfaction, more adaptive coping strategies, and less procrastination, and anxiety, depression and stress. The results also emphasize the role of basic psychological needs as an important construct that may contribute to lower academic procrastination levels, through an increase of adaptive coping strategies. These results are discussed in the context of healthy aging, and how the academic context may increase the basic psychological needs satisfaction.
Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire : Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance among Portuguese male perpetrators of intimate partner violence
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2021) Cunha, Olga Cecília Soares da; Peixoto, Maria Manuela; Cruz, Ana Rita Pereira da; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
This study was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653). The study was also supported by Grant SFRH/ BD/66110/2009 from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology awarded to the first author.
A cluster analysis on sexual boredom profiles in a community sample of men and women
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2021-06-11) de Oliveira, Leonor; Rosa, Pedro; Carvalho, Joana; Nobre, Pedro; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Research evidence of the attributes of sexual boredom is extremely limited. Understanding variability in the experience of sexual boredom may offer relevant insights for the field of human sexuality. This study aimed to explore the co-occurrence of sexual boredom and other sexuality-related dimensions. The sample consisted of 1021 participants aged between 18 and 75 years old (M = 32.68, SD = 8.79). A gender-stratified cluster analysis was performed to classify individuals regarding their scores on sexual boredom, general boredom, sexual sensation seeking, sexual desire, sexual excitation, sexual pleasure, and sexual satisfaction. A three-cluster solution was revealed for both men and women. Based on our findings, we put forward a profile for the sexually bored individual, who is more likely to be married or cohabiting with a partner, to have a boredom prone personality, to lack sexual sensation seeking, experience low sexual pleasure and satisfaction, and to present with sexual arousal and/or desire problems. Women dealing with sexual boredom might present low sexual desire for their partner but experience high sex desire for attractive others. Results are critically discussed and implications for sexual therapy explored.
Cognitive stimulation of elderly individuals with instrumental virtual reality based activities of daily life
(2019-01-01) Gamito, Pedro; Oliveira, Jorge; Morais, Diogo; Coelho, Cátia; Santos, Nuno; Alves, Catarina; Galamba, Ana; Soeiro, Miguel; BRITO, RODRIGO CRAVEIRO DOS REIS DA COSTA; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab; CICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies; EPCV - School of Psychology and Life Sciences
As the demographic structure in western societies ages, the prevalence and impact of cognitive decline rises. Thus, new solutions to tackle this problem are required. The use of Information and Communication Tech- nologies (ICT)-based cognitive exercises has emerged in the last few decades, though with inconsistent results. Hence, we conducted a pre-post treatment study to further investigate this approach. We designed a set of virtual reality exercises that mimic activities of daily living by which the patient can train different cognitive domains. Twenty-five participants, ages 65–85, underwent 12 training sessions between the pre-treatment and post-treatment assessments. Significant increases were seen between the two assessments for some of the neuropsychological measures: visual memory, attention, and cognitive flexibility. Results also suggest that participants with lower baseline cognitive performance levels improved most after these sessions.
Community sanctions : offenders’ perceptions about their appropriateness
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021-08) Andrade, Joana; Cruz, Ana Rita; Cunha, Olga; Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa; Rodrigues, Andreia Castro; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
This study analyzed offenders’ perceptions about distinct sanctions and their adequacy for different crimes, checking if these ideas apply to their crime. We covered a total of 163 adult offenders who were sanctioned with a non-custodial order. The results show that participants tended to express a punitive attitude toward crime, apart from their offenses. Participants who committed driving or drug trafficking offenses were those that revealed congruence regarding the adequacy of the sentence and the usefulness of the sanction imposed. Regarding sentences’ purposes, we noticed most participants considered punishment and general deterrence as the primary purposes. The main contribution of this study lies in its educational value about the cognitive particularities and specific needs of each type of offender. Not attending to offenders’ perceptions regarding sanctions may function as an obstacle for an efficient implementation of the Justice, in terms of their adherence to the sanctions, and consequently their rehabilitation.
Cómo afrontar una catástrofe : percepción de riesgo y factores psicosociales de la adaptación
(Ediciones de la Universidad Castilla la Mancha, 2020) Olivos-Jara, Pablo; Navarro, Oscar; Loureiro, Ana Luísa Cardoso Marques Teixeira; Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
La tierra se mueve, y sus habitantes con ella. Las nuevas tecnologías nos han vuelto testigos en primera fila de catástrofes naturales colosales en lo que llevamos de siglo, cuyo impacto ha quedado grabado entre los peores records mundiales. El terremoto de Indonesia en 2004, el segundo más fuerte del mundo desde que existen registros, que provocó un tsunami con olas de hasta 30 metros; el terremoto de Chile en 2010, que desplazó el eje de la tierra acortando el día en 1,26 microsegundos; el tsunami que en 2012 devastó Fukushima, provocando uno de los desastres tecnológicos más impactantes de la historia; solo por mencionar algunos casos, que hoy se ven incrementados por riesgos de incendios e inundaciones debido al cambio climático. Esta es una obra que aporta contenidos y teorías para el análisis de las situaciones de catástrofe desde el punto de vista psicosocial, pero también recoge las experiencias de primera mano de los supervivientes. Nos plantea un intenso viaje por los entresijos de catástrofes de la naturaleza de gran intensidad, como terremotos e inundaciones. Participan 30 autores de 8 países, europeos y latinoamericanos, psiquiatras y psicólogos, investigadores y profesionales aplicados de los sistemas de salud y comunitarios, que a lo largo de nueve capítulos de investigación sobre casos reales nos sitúan tras la primera línea de impacto e intervención. Es un libro para estudiantes que se inician en la formación psicosocial, profesores que enseñan las claves teóricas y conceptuales de la intervención en crisis basados en datos empíricos, profesionales de la intervención que buscan reflejos de su experiencia en otros casos, y también para el lector habitual que busca respuestas ante la incertidumbre en que nos sume la naturaleza..
Computerized cognitive training using virtual reality on everyday life activities for patients recovering from stroke
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022) Oliveira, Jorge; Gamito, Pedro; Lopes, Beatriz; Silva, Ana Rute Tavares; Galhordas, João; Pereira, Eduarda; Ramos, Elisabete; Silva, Ana Paula Lopes da; Jorge, Áurea; Fantasia, António; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Recent studies argue that the use of virtual reality tasks depicting activities daily living may be an effective means for cognitive rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to test an ecologically oriented approach in virtual reality resembling the demands of everyday life activities for cognitive rehabilitation following stroke. The sample comprised 30 sub-acute stroke patients recovering from stroke in a rehabilitation hospital. They were assessed in a single-arm pre-post intervention study on global cognition, executive functions, memory and attention abilities. The intervention consisted of virtual reality in a multidomain cognitive training approach depicting everyday life tasks (preparing food, choosing clothes, shopping, etc.). Improvements were found in the assessed cognitive domains at 6 to 10 post-treatment sessions. In-depth analysis through reliable change scores has suggested larger treatment effects on global cognition. Overall results suggest that the use of virtual reality-based exercises on everyday life activities may be a useful cognitive rehabilitation approach to provide short-term gains in cognition following stroke.
Connectedness and well-being in simulated nature
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2022-05) Pasca, Laura; Carrus, Giuseppe; Loureiro, Ana; Navarro, Óscar; Panno, Angelo; Tapia Follen, César; Aragonés, Juan Ignacio; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
People relate to nature physically, cognitively and emotionally, and this relationship fosters their well-being. There are several types of environments that vary according to their degree of naturalness, raising the question of whether they each exert different effects on people, connectedness and well-being. In order to study the extent to which environmental connectedness and well-being are a function of viewing different types of nature, we conducted a study with 454 participants from five different countries, who viewed images on a computer screen of one of three types of environment (totally natural, quasi-natural or non-natural) and responded to a series of associated items. The results of a mediation analysis showed an indirect effect of type of environment on well-being through positive and negative affect and connectedness to nature. The corresponding ANOVAs revealed differences in the connectedness and well-being elicited by different types of environment, and in preference: totally natural and quasi-natural environments (with no differences between them) showed differences with non-natural environments. Therefore, our study results suggest the usefulness of images of natural environments in fostering people's well-being and connectedness to nature.
Consolidación memoria implícita : efecto de la valencia emocional y tiempo de exposición mediante el uso de priming perceptual
(2019) Polo, Javier; Castillo-Parra, Henry; Rosa, Pedro Joel; Oliveira, Jorge; HEI-LAB (FCT) - Digital Laboratories for Environments and Human Interactions
Se estudió el efecto de la valencia emocional y los tiempos de exposición en la consolidación de la memoria implícita mediante el uso del paradigma de priming perceptual enmascarado modificado, con reconocimiento de emociones bajo condiciones de consciencia limitada. Se presentaron rostros priming con expresiones emocionales de felicidad, rabia y neutro, en tiempos de exposición de 17ms, 33ms y 83 ms; posteriormente, los sujetos ejecutaron la tarea de memoria implícita, la cual consistía en recordar la emoción del rostro target de la primera tarea. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas a nivel de la valencia emocional entre los diferentes tiempos de exposición en la tarea de procesamiento perceptual, en comparación con la tarea de consolidación de la memoria implícita a nivel de los tiempos de reacción. Igualmente, se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los tiempos de exposición al comparar la tarea de procesamiento perceptual y la de consolidación de la memoria implícita. Los resultados obtenidos explican que existe una correlación entre las respuestas correctas de esta última tarea y las valencias emocionales, con cada uno de los tres tiempos de exposición. Estos resultados sugieren que las valencias emocionales influyen diferencialmente en las tareas de procesamiento perceptual y consolidación de la memoria implícita.
Consumer demand for bioplastics : an umbrella review of barriers and recommendations
(Routledge, 2025-09-12) Domingos, Samuel; Farias, Ana Rita; Possidónio, Catarina; Luís, Sílvia; Loureiro, Ana; Cruz, Bernardo; Portugal, Eliana; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Bioplastics are emerging as an alternative to conventional plastics. These hold the promise of a more sustainable alternative that promotes the circular economy, while reducing dependency on fossil resources and negative environmental impacts of conventional plastics. Nevertheless, the success of bioplastics in replacing conventional plastics largely depends on consumers acceptance and demand. Here we conducted an umbrella review with the goal of aggregating and summarizing the findings regarding: (1) barriers to consumer acceptance and demand for bioplastics, and (2) recommendations to promote consumer acceptance and demand for bioplastics. This was accomplished thorough aggregating findings from recently published reviews in the field. Identified barriers include: (a) limited public awareness; (b) low knowledge; (c) biased perceptions and beliefs; (d) strong preferences; (e) misaligned expectations; (f) conflicting identity values; (g) social amplification of misleading information; and (h) complex regulatory landscapes. Recommendations suggest: (a) promoting interaction with bioplastics; (b) understanding what consumers know and what they still need to know; (c) addressing consumers’ misconceptions; (d) building positive attitudes; (e) managing expectations; (f) targeting favourable social groups; (g) making accurate and truthful claims; and (h) developing clear standards and labels. Researchers, professionals, and policy makers can find a synthesis of the main barriers to consumer acceptance and demand for bioplastics and comprehensive summary of evidence-based recommendations.
COVID-19 and disenfranchised grief
(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-02-12) Albuquerque, Sara; Teixeira, Ana Margarida; Rocha, José Carlos; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Cultural differences in vocal emotion recognition : a behavioural and skin conductance study in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau
(Springer Verlag, 2021) Cosme, Gonçalo; Tavares, Vânia; Nobre, Guilherme; Lima, César; Sá, Rui; Rosa, Pedro; Prata, Diana; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Cross-cultural studies of emotion recognition in nonverbal vocalizations not only support the universality hypothesis for its innate features, but also an in-group advantage for culture-dependent features. Nevertheless, in such studies, differences in socio-economic-educational status have not always been accounted for, with idiomatic translation of emotional concepts being a limitation, and the underlying psychophysiological mechanisms still un-researched. We set out to investigate whether native residents from Guinea-Bissau (West African culture) and Portugal (Western European culture)—matched for socio-economic-educational status, sex and language—varied in behavioural and autonomic system response during emotion recognition of nonverbal vocalizations from Portuguese individuals. Overall, Guinea–Bissauans (as out-group) responded significantly less accurately (corrected p < .05), slower, and showed a trend for higher concomitant skin conductance, compared to Portuguese (as in-group)—findings which may indicate a higher cognitive effort stemming from higher difficulty in discerning emotions from another culture. Specifically, accuracy differences were particularly found for pleasure, amusement, and anger, rather than for sadness, relief or fear. Nevertheless, both cultures recognized all emotions above-chance level. The perceived authenticity, measured for the first time in nonverbal cross-cultural research, in the same vocalizations, retrieved no difference between cultures in accuracy, but still a slower response from the out-group. Lastly, we provide—to our knowledge—a first account of how skin conductance response varies between nonverbally vocalized emotions, with significant differences (p < .05). In sum, we provide behavioural and psychophysiological data, demographically and language-matched, that supports cultural and emotion effects on vocal emotion recognition and perceived authenticity, as well as the universality hypothesis.
Depression, social support, executive functioning, functionality, and quality of life in institutionalized elderly people
(2019-12) Ribeiro, Anabela; Rosa, Beatriz; Oliveira, Jorge; Lopes, Paulo Jorge Ferreira; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
Objetivo: O nosso objetivo foi estudar o funcionamento executivo, a funcionalidade, e a qualidade de vida em idosos institucionalizados, e determinar o papel da depressão e da satisfação com o suporte social nestes domínios. Método: Participaram 36 voluntários (13 do sexo masculino e 23 do sexo feminino) com idades compreendidas entre 71 e 94 anos. Neste estudo comparativo a avaliação foi realizada através da aplicação de uma bateria constituída por reconhecidos testes neuropsicológicos. Resultados: Os participantes com sintomatologia depressiva demonstraram um nível de funcionamento executivo inferior aos participantes sem depressão. A flexibilidade cognitiva, a funcionalidade, e a qualidade de vida encontram-se mais comprometidas em indivíduos com sintomatologia depressiva que relataram níveis elevados de satisfação com o suporte social. Conclusão: Embora surpreendente, o resultado deste estudo sublinha a importância de, na explicação do funcionamento executivo, funcionalidade, e qualidade de vida das pessoas mais velhas, se considerar não só a depressão, mas também outros fatores relacionados com o isolamento social e a solidão. Palavras-Chave: envelhecimento, suporte social, depressão, funcionamento executivo, qualidade de vida
Development and validation of the Portuguese version of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale
(Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress (SEAS), 2018-07-01) Santos, Isabel F.; Machado, Paulo P.P.; Esteves, Francisco; EPCV - School of Psychology and Life Sciences; HEI-LAB - Human Environment Interaction Lab
This article presents the psychometric properties for the Portuguese population of a brief self-report scale for diagnosing anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge-eating disorder (BED): the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (Stice et al., 2000). Method: To study the psychometric properties of EDDS, an exploratory factor analysis was done first, followed by a confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The results of the exploratory factor analysis revealed the existence of three components and the confirmatory factor analysis showed a structure with three latent variables (Body and Weight Concerns, Binge Eating Behaviour and Compensatory Behaviours), with a second order variable (Eating Disorder Symptoms) with a good adjustment fit. The internal consistency and the test–retest correlations revealed an adequate reliability and the inter-correlations of the EDDS subscales with other measures of the same and different constructs, supported the convergent and discriminant validity of this measure. Conclusions: Summing up, the EDDS seems to be a useful measure to assess eating disorders symptomatology in the Portuguese population.

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