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View article: Personality Profiles of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Inmates: Contributions of the Personality Assessment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form
Personality Profiles of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Inmates: Contributions of the Personality Assessment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Open
Although there is a growing body of research focused on the personality characteristics of victims and offenders, only a few studies have investigated both groups through robust and comprehensive measures of personality. The present study …
View article: Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Personality Assessment Inventory
Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Personality Assessment Inventory Open
Introduction Although several factor analytic studies have investigated the factor structure of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), no consensus has been reached regarding the best factor solution, either considering the 11 clinica…
View article: Comparative Analysis of PAI Profiles in Intimate Partner Violence and Non-Victimized Samples
Comparative Analysis of PAI Profiles in Intimate Partner Violence and Non-Victimized Samples Open
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious cause of concern for forensic professionals, lawmakers, and society. However, only a few studies have investigated the features of IPV victimization that may aid in judicial cases and in providi…
View article: A Scale to Assess Will to Hasten Death in Terminal and Nonterminal Incurable Patients
A Scale to Assess Will to Hasten Death in Terminal and Nonterminal Incurable Patients Open
Introduction: Evaluating what motivates a patient to request hastened death is a complex yet necessary task. This assessment requires a deep understanding of how terminal and nonterminal incurable patients feel, what might prompt them to r…
View article: Trace Elements and Cognitive Function in Adults and Older Adults: A Comprehensive Systematic Review
Trace Elements and Cognitive Function in Adults and Older Adults: A Comprehensive Systematic Review Open
Dysregulation of trace elements (TE) homeostasis can affect normal neurotransmission and lead to neurodegeneration, which frequently manifests as cognitive deterioration. Susceptibility to cognitive decline and brain diseases also increase…
View article: Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Personality Assessment Inventory: normative data and reliability
Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Personality Assessment Inventory: normative data and reliability Open
Introduction Originally published in the United States of America in 1991, the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) has been translated and adapted to a growing number of countries, but Portugal had yet to study its adequacy to the Portu…
View article: Forensic Professionals’ Stress Inventory (FPSI): Development and psychometric properties
Forensic Professionals’ Stress Inventory (FPSI): Development and psychometric properties Open
Professionals in the justice system are particularly susceptible to occupational stress and burnout due to factors intrinsic to their profession. The Forensic Professional's Stress Inventory (FPSI) was designed to assess stress and psychol…
View article: Personality assessment inventory (PAI) in forensic and correctional settings: A comprehensive review
Personality assessment inventory (PAI) in forensic and correctional settings: A comprehensive review Open
As Forensic Psychology continues to expand as an independent field, professionals regularly resort to psychological assessment tools to assess people involved within the justice system. The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a 344-i…
View article: NeuroAIreh@b: an artificial intelligence-based methodology for personalized and adaptive neurorehabilitation
NeuroAIreh@b: an artificial intelligence-based methodology for personalized and adaptive neurorehabilitation Open
Cognitive impairments are a prevalent consequence of acquired brain injury, dementia, and age-related cognitive decline, hampering individuals' daily functioning and independence, with significant societal and economic implications. While …
View article: Battery for the Assessment of Cognitive Reserve (BARC): development and clinical validation for the Portuguese population
Battery for the Assessment of Cognitive Reserve (BARC): development and clinical validation for the Portuguese population Open
Background The Cognitive Reserve (CR) is widely accepted as the active ability to cope with brain damage. The lack of a quantitative method for the assessment of CR including all the proxies commonly used for this purpose, highlight the ne…
View article: FC32: Neuropsychiatric symptoms: Disentangling the role of unmet needs using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE) interview
FC32: Neuropsychiatric symptoms: Disentangling the role of unmet needs using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE) interview Open
Objective: As the world’s population ages, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase. In addition to progressive cognitive and functional deterioration, dementia comprises neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). NPS present signi…
View article: Association between Aluminium Levels and Cognitive Decline in Environmentally Exposed Elders
Association between Aluminium Levels and Cognitive Decline in Environmentally Exposed Elders Open
Background Normal brain functioning depends on metals homeostasis, as imbalances may increase oxidative stress and cause other detrimental intracellular events that lead to cell loss. Furthermore, environmental exposure to toxic metals is …
View article: Results of Symptom Validity Testing in Portuguese Prison Inmates: The Influence of Educational Level, Age, and Conviction Status
Results of Symptom Validity Testing in Portuguese Prison Inmates: The Influence of Educational Level, Age, and Conviction Status Open
Current guidelines for psychological assessment recommend the use of multiple validity measures in an evaluation protocol, particularly in forensic settings. As such, self-report instruments which detect distorted symptom reporting have be…
View article: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A validation study among prisoners
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A validation study among prisoners Open
Background There are numerous scales for screening cognitive performance and thus identification of any potential deficits, but in spite of the vulnerability of the prison population to such problems, there has been no adequate validation …
View article: Initial Psychological Reactions to COVID-19 of Middle Adolescents in Portugal
Initial Psychological Reactions to COVID-19 of Middle Adolescents in Portugal Open
In its early stage, the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent public health measures brought several challenges to people in general, with adolescents being one of the most affected groups. To assess the psychological reactions of Portugues…
View article: Validation study of the Roberts Apperception Test for Children (RATC) in an adolescents' forensic sample
Validation study of the Roberts Apperception Test for Children (RATC) in an adolescents' forensic sample Open
The Roberts Apperception Test for Children (RATC) is a projective method developed by McArthur and Roberts (1982) to assess children and adolescents' behavioural, social and emotional functioning, concerns, conflicts and emotional manageme…
View article: Development of clinical vignettes to assess healthcare decision-making capacity in elderly with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
Development of clinical vignettes to assess healthcare decision-making capacity in elderly with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease Open
Cognitive impairment can constrict healthcare decision-making capacity, as it affects the ability to understand, appreciate, and reason with information, as well as communication abilities. Therefore, decision-making capacity of elders wit…
View article: Healthcare decision-making capacity in old age: A qualitative study
Healthcare decision-making capacity in old age: A qualitative study Open
Objectives Research about decision-making capacity has been growing in the last decades. That relates to more concerns regarding patients’ autonomy, and an increase in diseases that can negatively impact capacity. This research aims to: ex…
View article: COGNITIVE TRAINING FOLLOWING STROKE: A PILOT STUDY WITH THE NEUROAIREH@B PLATFORM
COGNITIVE TRAINING FOLLOWING STROKE: A PILOT STUDY WITH THE NEUROAIREH@B PLATFORM Open
impact of a novel CT system with greater ecological validity -the NeuroAIreh@b platform -in a
View article: Factor structure and measurement invariance of the BRIEF2 Parent Form across gender in a Portuguese sample
Factor structure and measurement invariance of the BRIEF2 Parent Form across gender in a Portuguese sample Open
This study aimed to investigate the factor structure and the measurement invariance across gender of the BRIEF2 Parent Form in Portuguese typically developing children. Participants were 700 typically developing children (n = 352 girls and…
View article: The Assessment of Cognitive Reserve: A Systematic Review of the Most Used Quantitative Measurement Methods of Cognitive Reserve for Aging
The Assessment of Cognitive Reserve: A Systematic Review of the Most Used Quantitative Measurement Methods of Cognitive Reserve for Aging Open
The cognitive reserve (CR) is widely accepted as the active ability to cope with brain damage, using preexisting cognitive and compensatory processes. The common CR proxies used are the number of formal years of education, intelligence quo…
View article: "Hypnotically Induced Near-Death-Like Experiences: An Exploratory Study of Phenomenological Similarities to Near-Death Experiences"
"Hypnotically Induced Near-Death-Like Experiences: An Exploratory Study of Phenomenological Similarities to Near-Death Experiences" Open
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are known to occur in individuals who go through the first stages of physical death but can also happen as a nontypical manifestation of several forms of non-ordinary states of consciousness.In this explorator…
View article: Portuguese version of the CDR plus NACC FTLD: Validation studies
Portuguese version of the CDR plus NACC FTLD: Validation studies Open
Introduction The CDR Dementia Staging Instrument PLUS National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (CDR plus NACC FTLD) was developed by adding to the standard CDR two extra domains focused on the main features of frontotemporal lobar degenera…
View article: Portuguese ABE’s BPSD score (ABS): exploring agreement between ABS items and neuropsychiatric inventory domains
Portuguese ABE’s BPSD score (ABS): exploring agreement between ABS items and neuropsychiatric inventory domains Open
Introduction Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common, disabling and burdensome core-features of dementia, with important diagnostic and prognostic value. However, their measurement remains challenging. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NP…
View article: Decision-Making Capacity in Healthcare: Instruments Review and Reflections About its Assessment in the Elderly with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Decision-Making Capacity in Healthcare: Instruments Review and Reflections About its Assessment in the Elderly with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Open
The prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases has been significantly increasing in the last decades, and it is expected to continue to grow. These health disorders can impair patients' decision-making capacity in healthcare. The capacity to…
View article: 307 - Exploratory Study on Healthcare Decision-Making Capacity Assessment
307 - Exploratory Study on Healthcare Decision-Making Capacity Assessment Open
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) prevalence is expected to continue to increase, due to the population ageing. MCI and AD may impact patients’ decision-making capacities, which should be assessed through the dis…