Virtual Reality technologies are evolving at a fast pace. It is important to establish if these novel solutions met the goals they were developed for (i. e., to evaluate if they are effective). These technological-based products, whether based on a conventional PC setup or an immersive virtual reality setup, predominantly rely on the stimulation of the sight. With this, the eye movement analysis appears as an important metric to evaluate technological environments. Through eye movement analysis can establish how persons collect information and what influences their actions and decisions and determine certain preferences or behaviours.
{"title":"Eye movement analysis as a tool to evaluate virtual reality systems and human behaviour","authors":"Miguel Melo","doi":"10.26580/pthj.ed9-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26580/pthj.ed9-2021","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual Reality technologies are evolving at a fast pace. It is important to establish if these novel solutions met the goals they were developed for (i. e., to evaluate if they are effective). These technological-based products, whether based on a conventional PC setup or an immersive virtual reality setup, predominantly rely on the stimulation of the sight. With this, the eye movement analysis appears as an important metric to evaluate technological environments. Through eye movement analysis can establish how persons collect information and what influences their actions and decisions and determine certain preferences or behaviours.","PeriodicalId":185696,"journal":{"name":"PSYCHTECH & HEALTH JOURNAL","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123052859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-30DOI: 10.26580/pthj.art36-2021
Carla M. Teixeira, P. Rodrigues, Mário Pinto
O objetivo geral deste estudo foi comparar os níveis de atividade física com os níveis de Positividade e de Orientação de Vida nos idosos. A amostra foi constituída por 204 idosos com idades compreendidas entre os 61 e os 98 anos (M = 73.4; DP = 8.42). Para os propósitos do presente estudo utilizamos o Escala de Positividade e Teste de Orientação de vida. Os dados foram recolhidos em diversas instituições e residências. A descrição da amostra foi realizada através das medidas de tendência central e de dispersão. Foi realizado o teste de Kolmogorov Smirnov, os testes não paramétricos de Mann-Whitney e de Kruskal-Wallis, testes de comparações múltiplas e o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman. Os resultados obtidos demonstram uma relação positiva entre atividade física e as variáveis dependentes Positividade e Orientação de Vida. Face aos resultados concluímos que a atividade física promove benefícios para o idoso idoso, nomeadamente ao nível do ganho da saúde física, bem-estar psicológico, positividade e orientação de vida.
{"title":"A influência da atividade física nos índices de positividade e orientação de vida no idoso","authors":"Carla M. Teixeira, P. Rodrigues, Mário Pinto","doi":"10.26580/pthj.art36-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26580/pthj.art36-2021","url":null,"abstract":"O objetivo geral deste estudo foi comparar os níveis de atividade física com os níveis de Positividade e de Orientação de Vida nos idosos. A amostra foi constituída por 204 idosos com idades compreendidas entre os 61 e os 98 anos (M = 73.4; DP = 8.42). Para os propósitos do presente estudo utilizamos o Escala de Positividade e Teste de Orientação de vida. Os dados foram recolhidos em diversas instituições e residências. A descrição da amostra foi realizada através das medidas de tendência central e de dispersão. Foi realizado o teste de Kolmogorov Smirnov, os testes não paramétricos de Mann-Whitney e de Kruskal-Wallis, testes de comparações múltiplas e o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman. Os resultados obtidos demonstram uma relação positiva entre atividade física e as variáveis dependentes Positividade e Orientação de Vida. Face aos resultados concluímos que a atividade física promove benefícios para o idoso idoso, nomeadamente ao nível do ganho da saúde física, bem-estar psicológico, positividade e orientação de vida.","PeriodicalId":185696,"journal":{"name":"PSYCHTECH & HEALTH JOURNAL","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122086807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-30DOI: 10.26580/pthj.art35-2021
Hugo Rodrigues-Fernandes, H. P. Pereira, Luís Almeida, C. Teixeira, J. Vasconcelos-Raposo
O mindfulness, enquanto processo psicológico, tem sido alvo de um interesse crescente por parte da investigação científica. O objetivo do presente estudo foi o de examinar a confiabilidade, validade fatorial e medição da invariância (fumadores e não fumadores) de uma versão portuguesa da Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS). Na pesquisa participaram 315 adultos portugueses entre os 18 e os 62 anos (M = 23.14; DP = 7.286), sendo 110 fumadores e 205 não fumadores. A confiabilidade para a dimensão consciência foi de .861 e de .868 para a subescala aceitação. A análise fatorial confirmatória apresentou um modelo ajustado a dois fatores sem necessidade de eliminação de itens. A análise multigrupos suportou a invariância do instrumento entre fumadores e não fumadores. Os resultados evidenciam boas propriedades psicométricas para a utilização da PHLMS no contexto de investigação em amostras de adultos portugueses.
正念作为一种心理过程，一直是科学研究越来越感兴趣的主题。本研究的目的是检验葡萄牙版费城正念量表(PHLMS)的信度、因子效度和不变性测量(吸烟者和非吸烟者)。315名18 - 62岁的葡萄牙成年人参与了这项研究(M = 23.14; p = 0.001)。sd = 7.286)，其中吸烟者110人，非吸烟者205人。意识维度的信度为。861，接受子量表的信度为。868。验证性因素分析提出了一个调整到两个因素的模型，而不需要删除项目。多组分析支持仪器在吸烟者和非吸烟者之间的不变性。结果显示，在葡萄牙成人样本的调查背景下，PHLMS具有良好的心理测量特性。
{"title":"Propriedades psicométricas da Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale considerando fumadores e não fumadores portugueses","authors":"Hugo Rodrigues-Fernandes, H. P. Pereira, Luís Almeida, C. Teixeira, J. Vasconcelos-Raposo","doi":"10.26580/pthj.art35-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26580/pthj.art35-2021","url":null,"abstract":"O mindfulness, enquanto processo psicológico, tem sido alvo de um interesse crescente por parte da investigação científica. O objetivo do presente estudo foi o de examinar a confiabilidade, validade fatorial e medição da invariância (fumadores e não fumadores) de uma versão portuguesa da Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS). Na pesquisa participaram 315 adultos portugueses entre os 18 e os 62 anos (M = 23.14; DP = 7.286), sendo 110 fumadores e 205 não fumadores. A confiabilidade para a dimensão consciência foi de .861 e de .868 para a subescala aceitação. A análise fatorial confirmatória apresentou um modelo ajustado a dois fatores sem necessidade de eliminação de itens. A análise multigrupos suportou a invariância do instrumento entre fumadores e não fumadores. Os resultados evidenciam boas propriedades psicométricas para a utilização da PHLMS no contexto de investigação em amostras de adultos portugueses.","PeriodicalId":185696,"journal":{"name":"PSYCHTECH & HEALTH JOURNAL","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123849164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-24DOI: 10.26580/pthj.art34-2021
L. Mendes, L. Reis, Fernando Barbosa
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is associated with severe functional consequences at several levels: personal, psychological, social, physical, economic, and systemic. The main objective of the present study is to show the potential of applying virtual reality (VR) in neuropsychological rehabilitation and the consequent psychological and cognitive improvement of the person with ABI. A total of 27 participants of both sexes with moderate or severe ABI participated in an investigation in a clinical trial-type design with pre-test and post-test. Participants in the experimental group (n = 8) underwent a remote holistic neuropsychological intervention program supported by a VR platform: the Virtual Centre for the Rehabilitation of Road Accident Victims (VICERAVI). The experimental group results were compared with a first control group (n = 10) that underwent a conventional holistic neuropsychological intervention face-to-face program; and with a second control group that did not have any neuropsychological intervention (n = 9). We conclude that the VR-based neuropsychological rehabilitation program (NRP) at a distance produces better cognitive results in general cognitive functioning, learning, memory, and executive functioning than the conventional face-to-face NRP. Still, at the psychosocial level, the conventional NRP obtained results similar to those of the VR-based NRP, which did not produce significant improvements. Thus, the study results suggest that the development of VR-based holistic NRPs may benefit the autonomy of people with ABI.
{"title":"Effectiveness of a holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation program using virtual reality","authors":"L. Mendes, L. Reis, Fernando Barbosa","doi":"10.26580/pthj.art34-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26580/pthj.art34-2021","url":null,"abstract":"Acquired brain injury (ABI) is associated with severe functional consequences at several levels: personal, psychological, social, physical, economic, and systemic. The main objective of the present study is to show the potential of applying virtual reality (VR) in neuropsychological rehabilitation and the consequent psychological and cognitive improvement of the person with ABI. A total of 27 participants of both sexes with moderate or severe ABI participated in an investigation in a clinical trial-type design with pre-test and post-test. Participants in the experimental group (n = 8) underwent a remote holistic neuropsychological intervention program supported by a VR platform: the Virtual Centre for the Rehabilitation of Road Accident Victims (VICERAVI). The experimental group results were compared with a first control group (n = 10) that underwent a conventional holistic neuropsychological intervention face-to-face program; and with a second control group that did not have any neuropsychological intervention (n = 9). We conclude that the VR-based neuropsychological rehabilitation program (NRP) at a distance produces better cognitive results in general cognitive functioning, learning, memory, and executive functioning than the conventional face-to-face NRP. Still, at the psychosocial level, the conventional NRP obtained results similar to those of the VR-based NRP, which did not produce significant improvements. Thus, the study results suggest that the development of VR-based holistic NRPs may benefit the autonomy of people with ABI.","PeriodicalId":185696,"journal":{"name":"PSYCHTECH & HEALTH JOURNAL","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129207607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-24DOI: 10.26580/pthj.art33-2021
M. Mendes, I. Relva, Maria Otília Fernandes
A satisfação com o suporte social torna-se essencial para o desenvolvimento dos adolescentes, uma vez que contribui para o bem-estar destes. Esta investigação pretende explorar a satisfação com o suporte social e o funcionamento familiar em adolescentes, com e sem irmãos. A amostra foi constituída por 365 participantes, 213 do sexo feminino e 152 do sexo masculino, com idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 20 anos. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social (ESSS) e a Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15). Foram realizadas correlações de Pearson e verificou-se uma associação negativa entre o suporte social e o funcionamento familiar, isto é, à medida que o suporte social aumenta, as dificuldades familiares diminuem. Efetuaram-se análises de variância multivariada (MANOVA), com vista a analisar as diferenças em relação às variáveis sociodemográficas. Os resultados indicaram que, em função da configuração familiar, verificou-se que adolescentes de famílias com pais casados ou em união de facto apresentam maiores níveis de satisfação com a família comparativamente aos adolescentes com os pais divorciados. No funcionamento familiar verificou-se que os adolescentes com pais divorciados apresentam maiores dificuldades de recursos familiares, de comunicação na família e de dificuldades familiares. Em relação ao sexo, não se verificaram diferenças significativas. Finalmente, não se encontraram diferenças entre adolescentes filhos únicos e os que têm irmãos, relativamente à satisfação com o suporte social, bem como no funcionamento familiar. Assim, sublinha-se a importância de um bom funcionamento familiar, no sentido de contribuir para a qualidade das relações dos adolescentes.
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Pub Date : 2021-03-29DOI: 10.26580/PTHJ.ART32-2021
Eduarda Ramião, Hugo Rodrigues-Fernandes, S. Quesado
Even though there has been systematic research into the perception of social support, few studies have sought to understand their influence on adolescents’ psychological well-being. This study aims to identify possible consequences of social support perception in the various dimensions of psychological well-being. The study sample consisted of 283 Portuguese students, ranging from grammar to secondary education, between 12 and 17 years old, being 52.7 % were female. Two self-report scales were used to assess psychological well-being and perceived social support. Results showed significant influences of social support dimensions of perception (friends, family, teachers, and general support) in the dimensions of psychological well-being. Still, low levels of perceptions of support were also associated with lower levels of psychological well-being compared to those with higher perception support. The individual’s perception of social support is related to psychological well-being. These results suggest that adolescents support is a variable that can limit the development of capacities inherent to their positive achievement. Further research needs to be conducted to systematize research on the topic.
{"title":"Influência da perceção de apoio social no bem-estar psicológico em adolescentes portugueses","authors":"Eduarda Ramião, Hugo Rodrigues-Fernandes, S. Quesado","doi":"10.26580/PTHJ.ART32-2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26580/PTHJ.ART32-2021","url":null,"abstract":"Even though there has been systematic research into the perception of social support, few studies have sought to understand their influence on adolescents’ psychological well-being. This study aims to identify possible consequences of social support perception in the various dimensions of psychological well-being. The study sample consisted of 283 Portuguese students, ranging from grammar to secondary education, between 12 and 17 years old, being 52.7 % were female. Two self-report scales were used to assess psychological well-being and perceived social support. Results showed significant influences of social support dimensions of perception (friends, family, teachers, and general support) in the dimensions of psychological well-being. Still, low levels of perceptions of support were also associated with lower levels of psychological well-being compared to those with higher perception support. The individual’s perception of social support is related to psychological well-being. These results suggest that adolescents support is a variable that can limit the development of capacities inherent to their positive achievement. Further research needs to be conducted to systematize research on the topic.","PeriodicalId":185696,"journal":{"name":"PSYCHTECH & HEALTH JOURNAL","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133550890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-11DOI: 10.26580/pthj.art26-2020
A. Ferreira, Cátia Cardoso, Joana Samões, Ângela Leite
Eye-tracking is a tracking system through which is possible to study the emotional recognitionof subjects diagnosed with social anxiety. Given the importance of facial expressions and theirrecognition, the aim of this study was to investigate the recognition of emotions in faces as well aseye behavior in subjects with social anxiety, using eye-tracking technology, to understand whetherindividuals with high anxiety revealed different attentional patterns concerning subjects with low orno social anxiety. For this purpose, a systematic review was carried out, resulting in 20 articles. Withregard to the main results, it was found that ocular patterns are concentrated mainly in the ocularregion when participants are in the presence of emotions considered negative, while in the presenceof positive emotions, eye patterns directed towards the mouth region were observed. Regarding theattentional processes in social anxiety, what is commonly observed in the literature is an effect ofinitial hypervigilance and later avoidance, especially in the case of negative facial expressions such asanger. However, the present review showed disagreement between the researchers. It is concludedthat, in general, eye-tracking systems are advantageous, with applicability in subclinical and clinicalpopulations, such as social anxiety.
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Pub Date : 2019-07-27DOI: 10.26580/PTHJ.ART19-2019
J. Vasconcelos-Raposo, C. Teixeira, Ana M. Ribeiro, A. Silva, Beatriz Santos
There is a great deal of information about caregivers’ suffering, however, there is a lack of scales in Portugal that evaluate this dimension of human behavior. The purpose of this study was to validate and adapt the Caregiver Grief Scale (CGS), developed by Franziska Meichsner, Denise Schinkothe and Gabriele Wilz (2016) for the German population, in order to assess the degree of suffering of caregivers. In order to analyze the psychometric properties of the instrument, we used confirmatory factorial analysis with a sample of 150 caregivers (formal and informal). The results did not confirm the proposal of a 4-factor model (emotional pain, relational loss, absolute loss, and loss acceptance), as proposed by the German study. Subsequently, we used the exploratory factorial analysis that suggested a unifactorial model, which confirmatory factorial analysis showed was more adequate for the study sample, with values of: χ² / df = 2.023; CFI = .970; GIF = .923; RMSEA = .083; AIC = 110,724. In addition, the internal consistency analysis indicated a Cronbach alpha of .936 and the Composite Reliability was .934. It was concluded that the multifactorial structure suggested for German caregivers was not replicated and that for the Portuguese population suffering is a unifactorial construct. It is recommended that future studies, in Portugal, be carried out with a differentiated sample of caregivers.
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Desde o tempo de Platão que se constata a importância de brincar como forma de fomentar a educação e o desenvolvimento. Porém, as formas de brincar têm vindo a modificar-se ao longo do tempo, sendo que, actualmente, os jogos ao ar livre foram substituídos por brinquedos com características eletrónicas.
{"title":"Em busca por novos rumos na formação de professores","authors":"J. Vasconcelos-Raposo, C. Teixeira","doi":"10.26580/PTHJ.ED5-2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26580/PTHJ.ED5-2018","url":null,"abstract":"Desde o tempo de Platão que se constata a importância de brincar como forma de fomentar a educação e o desenvolvimento. Porém, as formas de brincar têm vindo a modificar-se ao longo do tempo, sendo que, actualmente, os jogos ao ar livre foram substituídos por brinquedos com características eletrónicas.","PeriodicalId":185696,"journal":{"name":"PSYCHTECH & HEALTH JOURNAL","volume":"436 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116014235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-27DOI: 10.26580/PTHJ.ART17-2019
José Carlos da Silva Mendes, R. Rego, T. Moss, Durval Alcaidinho
We intend to contribute towards a better understanding of the variables that affect the Schematic Investment and Self-consciousness of the appearance of those who suffer from acquired facial disfigurement. The sample consisted of 67 individuals who have been submitted to plastic and reconstructive surgery and completed a questionnaire evaluating the influence of personality traits, optimism, self-concept, emotions and perception of satisfaction with social support, and with the perception of appearance during their admittance to the hospital, and 12 months after the surgery. In both evaluation moments, there were meaningful statistical differences for the variables Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Optimism, Positive and Negative Affect, Self-Concept and Social Support Satisfaction. In both evaluations, Self-conscientiousness of Appearance reveals a positive relationship with the dimension Neuroticism and negative relation with Self-concept. Results reveal that Schematic Investment and Self-conscientiousness of appearance vary in time and that there are variants that influence the psychological adjustment to acquired facial disfigurement.
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