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- ItemExploring the Need for Fertility Education: a cross-sectional study of healthcare professionals and students' knowledge of fertility and fertility preservation(SIPISS - Italian Society for Psychotherapy, Interdisciplinary Health and Social Development, 2024-06) Galhardo, Ana; Salvado, Catarina; Moniz, Soraia; Cunha, Marina; Massano-Cardoso, IldaIntroduction: Increasing attention has been directed toward fertility and fertility preservation (both for medical and non-medical reasons) worldwide. Nevertheless, previous studies have reported a lack of fertility awareness in the general population, healthcare providers, and medical students. This study aimed to explore health professionals’ and students’ fertility knowledge, fertility preservation knowledge and attitudes, and interest in accessing more information. Methods: The sample consisted of 309 participants (214 students; 95 professionals) from medicine, nursing, and psychology. Participants completed an online questionnaire addressing knowledge about fertility and fertility preservation, attitudes towards fertility preservation, and interest in receiving more information. Results: Most participants were aware of the infertility definition and prevalence, but 41.2% of students and 37.9% of professionals needed to recognize that men's age may also impact fertility. Concerning in vitro fertilization (IVF) success rates, 38.3% of students and 35.8% of professionals underestimated the IVF success rates, whereas 33.2% and 27.8%, respectively, overestimated these rates. Participants' answers regarding factors affecting fertility showed that more than half of the participants, more than half of the students (54.6%), and the professionals (60%) overestimated the age of women’s fertility decline. Oocyte cryopreservation was the fertility preservation option they knew best. Health professionals and students mostly agreed that providing fertility preservation information should be part of regular healthcare and mentioned that receiving information about fertility preservation would be helpful. Professionals revealed higher knowledge when compared to students. Conclusions: Overall, despite having some information, professionals and students still lack sufficient knowledge to support their patients. These results highlight the relevance of designing training and information opportunities to enhance knowledge on the topics of fertility awareness and fertility preservation.
- ItemThe Flows of Compassion in Adolescents as Measured by the Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales(Springer, 2021-07-23) Cunha, Marina; Galhardo, Ana; Gilbert, Paul; Rodrigues, Cátia; Matos, MarcelaThe development of self-report instruments assessing the different facets of compassion adapted for different age groups is crucial for research and clinical practice. This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the adaptation to adolescents of the Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales (CEAS-A) in a sample of 674 Portuguese adolescents. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the factor structure of the CEAS-A was similar to the one found in the adults’ version, with higher-order factor models encompassing two first/s-order factors in each scale (Engagement and Actions). The CEAS-A revealed good construct validity, reliability, and temporal stability. Gender differences were found in Self-compassion and Compassion for Other scales. Path analysis results indicated that self-criticism had a direct negative impact on adolescents’ life satisfaction, whereas the impact of self-reassurance on life satisfaction was partially mediated by self-compassion and compassion from others. The CEAS-A is the first self-report instrument that allows for the assessment of the three different flows of compassion in adolescents and may be an important and useful tool for research and clinical practice.
- ItemChildlessness, Personal Social Networks and Wellbeing at Advanced Ages: a cross-sectional study in a Southern European familistic welfare state(Cambridge University Press, 2022-04-22) Vicente, Henrique Testa; Guadalupe, SóniaDuring the past decades, childless old age has attracted a considerable amount of scholarly interest. However, few studies address this phenomenon in Southern European familistic welfare states, where there is a pervading expectation that family members, especially spouses and children, care for their older relatives. The present cross-sectional study aims to analyse the relationship between childlessness, social networks and wellbeing in a sample of 612 Portuguese individuals aged 65 and over, comprising two sub-samples: parents (N = 540) and childless (N = 72). Data were collected through a research protocol that included a sociodemographic questionnaire, a personal social network assessment inventory, and several validated psychometric measures of psychological wellbeing focusing on mental health, loneliness, depression and satisfaction with life. Childless older adults' social networks are smaller but more diverse, including a more significant proportion of friends and neighbours. No differences were found in perceived support from significant others, but network reciprocity was lower among non-parents. The childless subsample also reported more feelings of loneliness and less life satisfaction, but regression analysis showed that parenthood status, per se, is not significantly related to any outcome measures. Besides the central role of sociodemographic characteristics and personal functioning measures in explaining psychological wellbeing variance, several network factors were also identified as influential predictors. Implications for micro-level network intervention and macro-level social policy making are discussed.
- ItemThe Forms of Self-Criticising & Self-Reassuring Scale - Short Form for Adolescents: Psychometric Properties in Clinical and Non-Clinical Portuguese Samples(Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023-07-31) Cunha, Marina; Xavier, Ana; Salvador, Maria Céu; Castilho, PaulaBackground Self-criticism is a psychological process largely studied as a vulnerability factor for several psychological difficulties in the adult population and, to a lower extent, in adolescent samples. Thus, the availability of instruments to effectively capture this construct is important, especially for younger populations. Objective This study examined the factor structure, measurement invariance to group samples, and psychometric properties of the short version of the Forms of Self-criticism and Self-reassuring Scale (FSCRS-SF) in Portuguese adolescents in non-clinical and clinical samples. Methods Two non-clinical samples (N=1224 and N=140) and a clinical sample (N=103) were used. Participants’ ages ranged between 12 and 18 years old for both genders. Participants voluntarily completed a set of self-report questionnaires in the classroom. 418 adolescents completed the FSCRS 6-weeks after the first administration. Results Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the factor structure of the FSCRS-SF was similar to the one found in the adults’ version, with three factors (inadequate self, hated self, and reassured self). The measurement invariance was established for both samples. The FSCRS-SF revealed adequate to good construct validity, reliability, and temporal stability. Gender differences were found for the three subscales. Similarly, adolescents from the clinical sample reported higher levels of inadequate self and hated self and lower levels of reassured self in comparison with the non-clinical sample, as expected. Conclusions The FSCRS-SF was revealed to be a valid and reliable measure of self-criticism and self-reassurance for adolescents and seems to be a useful tool for research and clinical purposes.
- ItemA Produção Científica sobre Fadiga por Compaixão: análise bibliométrica(Escola de Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2023-10) Matos, Fátima Regina Ney; Vaz, Patrícia; Mesquita, Rafael Fernandes de; Pocinho, MargaridaA bibliometria tem um papel fundamental na análise de produção científica de um país. Seus indicadores dão a conhecer o grau de desenvolvimento de diversas áreas, sendo esta avaliação da produção científica importante para o reconhecimento dos investigadores na comunidade científica. O objetivo do trabalho foi analisar e descrever a produção científica existente sobre fadiga por compaixão. Foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliométrica em trabalhos académicos indexados na Web of Science TM, identificando-se, após aplicados os filtros de refinamento, 831 registos de publicação em 426 periódicos distintos. Foram usados os termos de busca: ("compassion fatigue” ou “fadiga por compaixão”) na ISI Web of Knowledge/Web of Science TM, no recorte temporal entre os anos 1994 e 2019. A partir dos resultados, pode-se concluir que o periódico mais representativo é o Clinical Social Work Journal, os autores que mais publicam são Figley e Hegney e, com mais citações, Figley e Sprang. Em relação aos países mais representativos estão Estados Unidos e Austrália. Os artigos mais citados são Compassion fatigue: Psychotherapists’ chronic lack of self care, de Figley (2002) e Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among social workers, de Bride (2007). | Bibliometrics play a very important role in the analysis of scientific production in a country. Its indicators show the degree of development of several scientific areas, being this evaluation of scientific production important for the recognition of researchers in the scientific community. The purpose of this work was to analyze and describe the existing scientific production on compassion fatigue. Bibliometric research was carried out on academic papers indexed on the Web of ScienceTM. Here, 831 publication records were identified in 426 different Journals, after applying the refinement filters. The search terms were “compassion fatigue” or “fadiga por compaixão” which were used in the ISI Web of Knowledge/Web of ScienceTM. The time frame selected was between 1994 and 2019. The results show the following the most representative Journal is The Clinical Social Work Journal, the authors that published the most are Figley and Hegney, whereas Figley and Sprang had the most quotations. The United States of America and Australia are the most representative countries. The most cited articles are “Compassion fatigue: Psychotherapist’ chronic lack of self care”, by Figley (2002) and “Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among social workers”, by Bride (2007).