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- Communication, forgiveness and morbidity in young adults involved in a romantic relationshipPublication . Pereira, M. Graça; Fontes, Liliana; Vilaça, Margarida; Fincham, Frank; Costa, Eleonora; Machado, José C.; Taysi, EbruThis study examined the direct and indirect effects of communication patterns and forgiveness on physical and psychological morbidity, among young adults involved in a romantic relationship. Participants were 298 students, currently involved in a heterosexual romantic relationship, from a large university in the United States, who completed the Tendency to Forgive Scale, the Communication Patterns Questionnaire, and the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist. Physical morbidity was directly predicted by mutuality communication. Destructive communication had an indirect effect on physical and psychological morbidity, via forgiveness. However, the indirect connection between destructive communication and psychological morbidity was only significant for female partners. Teaching constructive communication skills may be a key factor for interventions addressed to young adults in romantic relationships, in order to promote forgiveness, due to its potential positive influence in physical and psychological well-being.
- Innovative textils in pressure ulcer preventionPublication . Carvalho, Miguel; Rdelman, E. R.; Griffin, L.; Fontes, Liliana; Alves, Paulo
- Liderança, equipas, rendimento e comprometimento organizacional: estudo sobre método SCRUMPublication . Ribeiro, Ana Rita; Gomes, António Rui Silva; Morais, Catarina; Sousa, Jacinta; Fontes, LilianaEste estudo analisou a relação entre os estilos de liderança e três dimensões da atividade profissional (trabalho em equipa, rendimento profissional e comprometimento organizacional), numa empresa multinacional que utiliza o método Scrum. Mais concretamente: (a) comparou-se a perceção dos membros de equipa acerca da liderança de dois responsáveis de equipa; (b) comparou-se a perceção dos membros de equipa com a perceção dos dois responsáveis de equipa, sobre a sua própria liderança; e (c) analisou-se o valor preditivo dos estilos de liderança nas dimensões de atividade profissional. Participaram no estudo 166 profissionais. Os resultados demonstraram: (a) responsáveis de equipa foram avaliados de forma semelhante pelos membros da equipa, embora um dos responsáveis seja avaliado como assumindo mais comportamentos transformacionais; (b) responsáveis de equipa autoavaliaram a sua liderança de forma mais positiva que os membros da equipa; e (c) dimensões de feedback positivo e gestão ativa explicaram as dimensões da atividade profissional.
- Perfis de envolvimento parental no futebol juvenil: um estudo com jovens atletasPublication . Branco, Catarina; Gomes, A. Rui; Morais, Catarina; Fontes, Liliana; Sousa, JacintaEste estudo analisou as diferenças na perceção dos atletas acerca dos comportamentos parentais, considerando também a importância do escalão desportivo dos atletas. Além disso, foi analisado se diferentes perfis de envolvimento parental, segundo a avaliação dos atletas aos seus pais, correspondiam a diferenças na orientação motivacional e na perceção de rendimento dos jovens atletas. Participaram no estudo 292 atletas do sexo masculino com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e 19 anos (M = 15.0; DP = 1.5), praticantes de futebol no campeonato nacional. Foram aplicados três instrumentos, (1) Questionário de Comportamentos Parentais no Desporto; (2) Escala de Objetivos de Realização no Desporto Juvenil; (3) Questionário de Perceção de Rendimento Desportivo. Os resultados indicaram (a) diferenças na perceção de comportamentos do pai e da mãe separadamente, sendo que, a perceção dos atletas variou em função do seu escalão desportivo; e (b) a orientação motivacional e a perceção de rendimento variaram em função do perfil de envolvimento parental percebido. Em suma, os resultados demonstram a importância do envolvimento parental no desporto juvenil, devendo este fator ser considerado pelos profissionais que intervêm junto dos jovens atletas.
- Pressure ulcers prevention: Insights from postural adjustments of healthy personsPublication . Santos, Jorge; Fontes, Liliana; Carvalho, Miguel; Alves, Paulo
- Stress and burnout in health professionalsPublication . Gonçalves, Alice; Fontes, Liliana; Simães, ClaraOccupational stress and burnout are a global epidemic that can cause severe negative effects on workers’ physical and emotional health. Health professionals working in a hospital setting are especially at risk, due to the inherent characteristics of their work. Consequently, this study aimed to analyse the relationships between stress and burnout in health professionals working in a hospital in the North of Portugal. A convenience sample of 221 health professionals participated in this cross-sectional study and answered two instruments to assess stress and burnout at work. Results showed that stress dimensions, such as the precariousness of the contractual status, the intention to change services, work overload, stress from the work-home interface, relationships at work, leading training activities, and dealing with patients predicted the three dimensions of burnout—physical fatigue, cognitive weariness, and emotional exhaustion. Therefore, these findings contribute to increase the knowledge of health professional’s mental conditions, and can be used to design and implement interventions to mitigate the effects of stress and burnout on these professionals.
- Stress and cognitive appraisal in university students: explaining burnout over timePublication . Simães, Clara; Couto, Adriana; Morais, Catarina; Gomes, A. Rui; Fontes, LilianaThis study explored the experience of students' burnout across time, aiming to analyze the possible differential impact of stress and cognitive appraisal on burnout. In addition, it investigated the possible mediation effect of cognitive appraisal on the relationship between stress and burnout. The study included 175 university students aged between 17 and 42 years old (M = 21.19 years; SD = 3.95), of which 155 were female (89%) and 18 were male (10%). We collected data in three different moments (Mt) through the following evaluation proto- col: Mt1 included a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Student Stress Questionnaire, the Cognitive Appraisal Scale, and the Reduced COPE inventory; Mt2 and Mt3 included the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure. We used structural equation modeling analysis to test the hypotheses. The structural models tested indicated that the partial mediation model presented the best-fit indices, showing that stress and cognitive appraisal were predictors of burnout and that cognitive appraisal mediated that relationship. In sum, the results confirm the dynamic and chronic effect of academic stress on the experience of burnout over time. So, students and educators should be aware of academic stressors and pedagogical and life skills training programs implemented to provide better coping strategies to control burnout experiences.
- Stress and work engagement in health professionalsPublication . Fontes, Liliana; Gonçalves, Alice; Gomes, A. Rui; Simães, ClaraOccupational stress can produce negative consequences on workers’ mental and physical health, which affect them and their organization. Work engagement, on the other hand, is linked with positive affective-motivational states of realization related to work, and negatively correlates with fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Thus, this study aimed to analyse the relationships between stress and engagement in health professionals working in a hospital in the North of Portugal. A convenience sample of 221 health professionals participated in this cross-sectional study and answered two instruments to assess stress and engagement at work. Results showed that stress dimensions predicted the three dimensions of engagement. Specifically, health professionals with no intention to change services, those with more stress dealing with clients, and who worked only at the hospital showed higher overall engagement. Conversely, participants who reported more stress in their relationships at work and in leading training activities presented with less work engagement. Therefore, these findings contribute to increase the knowledge of health professional’s mental conditions and can be used to implement interventions to mitigate the effects of stress on these professionals and increase their levels of work engagement.