Future Anxiety refers to a state of apprehension, insecurity, fear and worries about possible and unfavourable changes in the personal future, is measured with the Dark Future Scale. This study explores its factor structure and psychometric characteristics with 1850 participants, with ages between 13 and 82 years old (M = 28.99, SD = 10.91). Using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, a one-dimension structure was found, explaining 64% of total variance, high factor loadings and reliability (λ ≥ .60, α = .86, ω = .86). Evidence of convergent-divergent validity was found: responsibility (r = -.28), emotional stability (r = -.32), openness to new experiences (r = -.23), satisfaction with life (r = -.38), past negative (r = .56) and future negative (r = .40). Measurement invariance across sex was supported, allowing for meaningful group comparisons. In general, results support a clear factor structure with adequate reliability and validity within general population.
A educação sexual (ES) é um tópico de investigação em crescente interesse, sendo os estudos unânimes quanto aos seus efeitos positivos. A utilização de meios de comunicação pelos adolescentes vem igualmente aumentando e sabe-se que são utilizados para obter informação sobre sexualidade. A série Sex Education tem-se destacado neste contexto, tendo sido produzidas várias temporadas. Assim, este estudo pretende analisar as perspetivas de jovens e profissionais sobre o impacto da série Sex Education nos mais novos e explorar de que forma pode constituir-se um recurso pedagógico para a ES. Para o efeito, foram realizadas nove entrevistas a jovens e três a profissionais cujos dados foram tratados através da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados mostram que a série apoia o desenvolvimento psicossexual, promovendo conhecimentos, atitudes e competências; é um ótimo recurso pedagógico na ES com adolescentes, por ser educativa, lúdica e realista, abordando a sexualidade com naturalidade.
Theoretical perspectives on positive ageing highlight the centrality of personal resources for reaching and maintaining a high level of overall functioning in this stage of life. Personal resources such as wisdom, creativity and eudaimonic psychological well-being can give a substantial contribution to this desirable condition. The study investigated the relationships between wisdom, eudaimonic well-being and perceived efficacy on divergent problem solving in old age. It also explored the presence of differences for structural variables gender and school education on these factors. 105 Italian participants filled in the Psychological Well-being Questionnaire (PWB), the Wise Thinking and Acting Questionnaire (WITHAQ) and the Perceived Efficacy Questionnaire on Divergent Problem solving (APSP). Positive associations emerged between wisdom as pragmatic knowledge and divergent problem-solving, between wisdom as dialectical post-formal thinking and divergent problem solving. Positive associations emerged between wisdom as pragmatic knowledge and PWB, wisdom as dialectical post-formal thinking and PWB. A Hierarchical Regression Model highlighted divergent problem solving as the most powerful contributor to eudaimonic well-being (PWB), together with wisdom as pragmatic competence. Not significant statistical values for grouping variables gender and school education emerged.
The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the European Portuguese version of the Revised Anticipated Sexual Jealousy Scale (RASJS). The sample consisted of 578 heterosexual participants (68.3% female) in a dating relationship for an average of about 34 months. Participants completed the RASJS and self-reported measures assessing romantic attachment and relationship and sexual satisfaction. Confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the three-factor solution. The RASJS showed good reliability (Cronbach’s alpha range: .77-.92; McDonald’s omega range: .76-.92) as well as construct and criterion-related validity. Participants who did not report their own past history of infidelity showed higher values of reactive jealousy than those who reported these experiences; and individuals who reported a past history of a partner’s infidelity presented significantly higher anxious jealousy. Sex differences in romantic jealousy were not significant. The RASJS is particularly suitable for the assessment of romantic jealousy, and its psychometric characteristics validate its use in Portugal.
The present study explored the factor structure, reliability and convergent validity of the Portuguese version of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index – Revised (PT-CASI-R) in a clinical sample of school-aged children. A clinical sample of 153 children with emotional disorder symptomatology (i.e., anxiety or depressive disorder; 6-13 years) completed the CASI-R and the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed and the psychometric properties of the CASI-R were assessed. The PT-CASI-R revealed good internal consistency, with a four-factor hierarchical structure. Moderate and strong correlations were found between the CASI-R and RCADS subscales, specifically the “panic disorder” RCADS subscale. Our findings suggest that the PT-CASI-R is a psychometrically valid measure for assessing anxiety sensitivity in Portuguese children with clinical emotional symptoms, between 6 and 13 years old.
