Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional Second Edition or ASQ: SE2 is a set of questionnaires to identify the social-emotional development of children from 6 to 60 months of age and is one of the most reliable measures of social development. This questionnaire has been adapted into several languages, but there is no version in Indonesian. This study aims to adaptation and validation the Ages and Stages Scale Social-Emotional Questionnaires – 2 (ASQ: SE2) for ages 2–5 for Indonesian children.
Methods
Research procedures based on the guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests, Second Edition, namely, forward translation, backward translation, and expert judgment to analyze the suitability of the adapted version item with the original version and confirmation through validity and reliability tests. The participants were 350 mothers with children aged 2–5 years. Test validity and reliability with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
Results
The CFA results of the ASQ: SE2 questionnaire aged 2–5 years obtained all indicators resulted in a loading factor value of >0.3. Construct Reliability (CR) values >0.7 and goodness of fit indicate that, on average, values have met three criteria for fit integrity. ASQ: SE2 for the age group of 2–5 years is declared valid and reliable.
Conclusions
The ASQ: SE2 questionnaire is suitable to be applied as a measuring tool for screening social-emotional development in Indonesian children aged 2–5 years.
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To analyze factors associated with more severe outcomes of suicide attempt due to toxicological events in adolescents.
Methods
A cross-sectional study involving adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age treated due to attempted suicide from 2017 to 2020. The dependent variable was the final severity, divided into two categories: asymptomatic or mild and moderate, severe or fatal, and the independent variables were those related to patients, exposure, and clinical conditions. For association analyses, logistic regression was used, with the calculation of the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI).
Results
A total of 1462 suicide attempts in adolescents were evaluated, and 21.1% (N = 306) were classified moderate, severe or fatal outcome. Suicide attempts due to toxicological events in adolescents showed a higher prevalence of the moderate, severe or fatal outcome in males (OR 1.52; 95% CI 1.11–2.07), in the summer months (OR 1.81; 95% CI 1.31–2.48) and in cases whose time until attendance was equal to or greater than 300 min (OR 1.72; 95% CI 1.29–2.29), with evidence of increasing severity of cases over the years (2019: OR 1.87; 95% CI 1.21–2.98; 2020: OR 2.80; 95% CI 1.31–2.48).
Conclusions
Since adolescents need a more rigorous psychosocial follow-up due to the adversities inherent to the age group, there is a clear need for better identification of striking prodromal signs of suicide attempts in order to develop therapeutic interventions and preventive strategies.
目的分析青少年毒理学事件导致自杀倾向加重的相关因素。方法一项横断面研究，涉及2017年至2020年因自杀未遂而接受治疗的10至19岁青少年。因变量是最终严重程度，分为两类：无症状或轻度和中度，严重或致命，自变量是与患者，暴露和临床条件相关的变量。关联分析采用logistic回归，计算优势比（OR）和95%置信区间（95% CI）。结果共评估青少年自杀企图1462例，其中21.1%（306例）为中度、重度或致命结局。青少年毒理学事件导致的自杀企图在男性（or 1.52; 95% CI 1.11-2.07）、夏季（or 1.81; 95% CI 1.31-2.48）和距离就诊时间等于或大于300分钟的病例（or 1.72; 95% CI 1.29-2.29）中显示出较高的中度、重度或致命性结果，并且有证据表明，随着时间的推移，病例的严重程度越来越高（2019年：or 1.87; 95% CI 1.21-2.98； 2020年：or 2.80; 95% CI 1.31-2.48）。结论：由于青少年这个年龄段固有的逆境，需要更严格的心理社会随访，因此显然需要更好地识别自杀未遂的显著前驱症状，以便制定治疗干预和预防策略。
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.10.004
Nicolás Martinez , María del Pilar García , Timothy P. Hanna , Claudio N. Soares , Miguel Uribe , Richard Sullivan , Christopher Booth , Raúl Murillo
Objective
To describe the impact of COVID-19 on oncology care providers’ self-reported perceived stress, resilience, moral distress, anxiety, and depression in Colombia.
Methods
During 2020, a cross-sectional survey was carried out among oncology care providers. The Perceived Stress Scale, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, Moral Distress Thermometer, and the PHQ-4 were used. Basic socio-demographic and occupational characteristics are described, and bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to investigate their association with a high PHQ-4 score (>6).
Results
148 participants (mean age 43.1 years, 54.6% women, 72.3% medical specialists) were recruited. The major source of stress was not being infected, but spreading COVID-19. A low prevalence of depression/anxiety was found, as well as low resilience and moral distress. Women reported lower resilience and higher depression/anxiety. History of depression and lack of adequate coping strategies were associated with higher levels of depression/anxiety.
Conclusions
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of oncology care providers was mild, probably due to the protection for oncology patients during this period; however, women reported a greater impact. The association of demographic and clinical variables with higher levels of depression/anxiety should inform further preventive measures to reduce the impact of prolonged public health crises on healthcare providers’ mental health.
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.11.004
Santiago Mora Martínez, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Sánchez, Nathaly Berrío García, Mauricio Mora Ladino, Marta Cecilia Ceballos Giraldo, Daniela Katherin Rodríguez Chacón, Eilyn Dahiana Herrera Franco, Juan Sebastian Restrepo Marroquín, Sergio Daniel Hurtado Rivera, Susana Cadena Correa, Mariana García Peláez, Lizeth Páez Hernández, Valentina Villanueva Escobar, María José Álvarez Arbeláez, John Alexander Arango Enrriquez, Laura Alejandra González Montoya, Luis David Saldarriaga Agamez, Valentina Galeano Medina
Introduction
Pregnancy is associated with multiple physiological changes. Anxiety, depression, suicide, and consumption of psychoactive substances during gestation have been phenomena rarely studied by Colombian academia. These disorders are among the principal causes of maternal morbidity–mortality; however, the presence of barriers to care constitutes a public health problem that must be studied.
Method
A prospective longitudinal observational descriptive study was conducted, during one year, with 166 pregnant women. The prevalence of these diseases was evaluated and the most significant supply and demand barriers were identified, for which a battery of mental health measurement instruments was applied to identify the risk of consuming psychoactive substances, depression, and anxiety.
Results
The most-frequent mental pathology was gestational depression, occurring in 57.22% of the sample; the second most-frequent pathology was gestational anxiety, diagnosed in 46.98% of the patients. The disorder due to consumption of most-frequent substances was smoking; followed by cannabis and alcohol. Access barriers, both in supply and demand, were present in most of the population; 53.01% of the pregnant women were not evaluated by psychology. The principal supply barrier was not assigning appointments or, failing that, these were assigned for a very distant date.
Conclusions
A clear relationship exists among depression and anxiety, number of children and age, and supply barriers and access to specialized mental health care. Our findings suggest a high frequency of access barriers in the gestating population with mental pathology.
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.10.011
Dulce María Ramírez-González , Mireya Zamora-Macorra , Claudia Iveth Astudillo García
Background
The risk of disability increases when workers perform a precarious job, in unsafe conditions and without social benefits or any type of contract. The objective of the study was to identify the relationship between exposure to unstable employment and the prevalence of disability in men and women over 50 years of age.
Methods
Secondary analysis of the 2018 round of the National Survey on Health and Aging (ENASEM). A precarious employment variable was constructed using historical information on the main job; work activities were classified as cognitive or manual. Disability was assessed by limitations in performing the basic and essential activities of daily living. Bivariate analyses and a logistic regression model were conducted and stratified by sex to assess the association between employment and disability. An interaction between precarious employment and manual labor was calculated and adjusted for schooling and economic situation.
Results
The final sample consisted of 3480 adults over the age of 50. Fifty-eight percent of the population was classified as having had precarious employment throughout their working life. Associations were found between precarious employment and disability in women (OR 2.92, 95% CI: 1.33–18.87), as well as marginally significant associations with manual activities (OR 2.92, 95% CI: 0.99–8.59), and for the interaction between precarious employment and manual labor (OR 4.01, 95% CI: 0.96–16.61).
Conclusion
Disability is associated with precarious working conditions, especially in women.
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.11.002
Lucas de Francisco Carvalho, Catarina Possenti Sette, Giselle Pianowski
Introduction
A sense of entitlement, thoughts of deserving more than others, and belief of having superior abilities compared to other people characterizes narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Encompassing this personality disorder and other mental conditions, the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is an evidence-based, dimensional model covering not only clinical symptoms but also pathological traits.
Material and methods
Our study aimed to develop a self-report scale, the IDCP-NPD, for screening pathological traits of NPD from the perspective of the HiTOP facets of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), factors of the Computerized Adaptive Assessment of Personality Disorder-Static Form (CAT-PD-SF), scales of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory (FFNI), and the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale (HSNS).
Results
The IDCP-NPD comprised 65 items in two factors: Antisocial Grandiosity and Interpersonal Dominance. Internal structure reliability was good (>.80). The factors showed associations with the expected external measures, and the groups based on the scores in the NPD external measures showed big to huge differences.
Conclusions
Our findings suggested the IDCP-NPD is a helpful measure to screen the NPD traits in the clinical context. Additionally, the structure observed for the IDCP-STPD confirms the spectrum level of the HiTOP.
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.11.006
Carlos Arturo Cassiani-Miranda , Leonardo Fernandes Martins , Telmo Mota Ronzani , Orlando Scoppetta , Yinneth Andrea Arismendy-López , Andrés Felipe Tirado-Otálvaro
Introduction
The COVID-19 Fear Scale (FCV-19S) is the most widely used instrument to assess fear of coronaviruses. Although preliminary analyses of the Brazilian–Portuguese version showed promising data for the 7-item version, several studies in Latin America suggest that the 5- and 6-item versions present better psychometric indicators.
Objective
To replicate and compare the Brazilian–Portuguese version of the (FCV-5S), studying its homogeneity and dimensionality.
Methods
A total of 1003 adults between 18 and 78 voluntarily participated. The data were analyzed through exploratory factorial analysis and structural equations modeling. A Multiple Indicators and Multiples Causes model (MIMIC) was used to check the differential functioning of each item regressed on age. Likewise, Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega were calculated for FCV-5S. Finally, as a test of nomological validity, the mean scores and standard deviation between men and women were compared after testing similarity invariance.
Results
73.3% were younger adults (18–44 years old), 71.3% were women, and 59.7% had a university education. The 5-item version (FCV-5S) of the COVID-19 Fear Scale has better goodness-of-fit indicators than the 6-item version for a one-factor structure. FCV-5S accomplish with invariance by gender and partial invariance by age in the general population of Brazil.
Conclusions
The FCV-5S has a dimensional structure with partial invariance by gender and age and can be used to assess COVID-19 fear in the general population in Brazil.
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.11.005
Mariana Beatriz López , María Cristina Richaud
Introduction
Alcohol consumption has been linked to increased aggressiveness and to different types of violence. It has been suggested that both the empathic disposition and the executive function (EF) are mediators and moderators of aggression in alcoholic patients and during alcohol intoxication. In this work, we analyze the cognitive-affective profile that mediates or modulates the relationship between alcohol consumption and violence in social drinkers.
Methods
An intentional sample of adults (aged 21–65; n = 393) was assessed through an online platform. Usual alcohol consumption patterns were assessed and the following standardized instruments were included: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT); Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RME), to assess dimensions of empathy; Adult Executive Inventory (ADEXI) and Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS), to assess dimensions of EF. The cognitive-affective profile of the participants, classified according to their usual alcohol consumption patterns, was analyzed through ANOVA. Following that, several models of the relationship between alcohol consumption, the cognitive-affective variables and violence were tested through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).
Results
Significant differences were found among alcohol abstainers, light drinkers, moderate drinkers and heavy drinkers in the variables working memory F(3.389) = 3.32; p = .022, inhibition F(3.389) = 8.89; p < .000 and perspective taking F(3.389) = 6.62; p < .000. According to the post hoc testing, the differences in working memory, inhibition and perspective taking were significant among the group of heavy drinkers and the other drinkers groups, but not between abstainers, light and moderate drinkers. The SEM which showed better fit was the one in which inhibition mediates or modulates the relationship between alcohol consumption and violence (CMIN/DF = 1.890; CFI = 926; RMSEA = .048).
Conclusions
The deficit in cognitive functions, particularly in the inhibitory response, constitutes a key factor in understanding the violence linked to alcohol consumption and, in a more general way, the social conflicts among people who drink alcohol.
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Cesarean section is usually limited to cases where natural childbirth is not possible or is associated with serious risks to the fetus and mother. In the past few years, cesarean section has become a preferred method of delivery among women who are not medically indicated for the procedure. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in pregnant women and its relationship with choosing delivery methods and other demographic parameters.
Methods
In this study, 300 mothers referring to the hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences were selected by convenience sampling. The medical history of all patients was obtained, and the Beck questionnaire was used to determine the levels of anxiety.
Results
57% of mothers chose cesarean section as the method of delivery and the frequency of mild, moderate, and severe anxiety was estimated to be 36.33%, 19.33%, and 2.33%, respectively. It was seen that the preference for cesarean section was associated with higher levels of anxiety, higher education, older age, having a history of previous abortion, first pregnancy, and a gestation period of over 28 weeks.
Conclusions
Due to the high prevalence of cesarean section in our country and its progress to higher percentages, it seems that the design and implementation of effective programs and interventions, including providing painless delivery, education, and psychological interventions.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2025.10.008
Nilson Siva , Anderson Sousa Martins-da-Silva , Lucas Pequeno Galvão , Júlio Torales , Antonio Ventriglio , João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia , Sergio Baldassin
Objective
This study aimed to investigate the association between occupation and depressive/anxiety symptoms, and education levels, among professionals from a Brazilian General Hospital in need of mental health treatment.
Design and setting
This is a cross-sectional study, involving professionals from a teaching hospital in São Paulo.
Methods
Socio-demographic data were collected as well as two standardized scales for depression and anxiety symptoms.
Results
Data from 506 employees seeking mental health assistance have been described: mean age was 34.6 years, 46.2% of them worked in the administrative sector, 35.0% were nursing assistants, 7.5% were nursing technicians, 6.7% were nurses, and 4.5% reported other occupations. According to the International Classification of Diseases-10th edition (ICD-10) criteria, the rates of diagnosis of depressive disorders and anxiety disorders were 60.9% and 37%, respectively. Nursing technicians and nursing assistants reported higher somatic cluster Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores (P = 0.012) than other professionals of technical staff, but they were less inclined to receive a psychiatric diagnosis.
Conclusions
Our study demonstrated prevalence rates higher than similar studies in university hospitals, fact that associated with difficulties of the studied population as seeing themselves as sick, and the social discrimination suffered by people with mental disorders can make this problem even worse.
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