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Relação entre satisfação com a vida e força muscular de idosos praticantes de pilates vida

Introdução: Pouco se sabe sobre como a força muscular adquirida pela prática do Método Pilates pode inferir na percepção de satisfação de vida dos idosos. Objetivo: Analisar a relação entre a força muscular e a satisfação de idosos com sua vida. praticantes do Método Pilates. Método: Estu...

Design and evaluation of a positive intervention to cultivate mental health: preliminary findings

Psicol. reflex. crit; 34 (), 2021
Abstract The past two decades have witnessed a proliferation of positive psychological interventions for clinical and nonclinical populations, and recent research, including meta-analyses, is providing evidence of its effectiveness. Most interventions have focused on increasing life satisfaction, positiv...

Well-being of unemployed people: relations with work values and time of unemployment

This study aims to analyze the moderating power of time of unemployment in the relationship between work values and psychological well-being. The sample consisted of 265 unemployed individuals, 77 men and 188 women with an average age of 27 years (SD = 7.21), with complete secondary education in 48% of t...

Sentido de vida: compreendendo este desafiador campo de estudo

Psicol. USP; 32 (), 2021
Resumo Sentido de vida é uma variável que tem sido considerada central para compreensão do bem-estar humano nas últimas décadas. Entretanto, o estudo desse conceito é muito mais antigo e ele já recebeu contribuições da filosofia, da psicologia humanista, da logoterapia e, recentemente, da psicol...

Maternity during the COVID-19 crises: Content validity of psychoeducational resources to coping with stress from the COVID-19 pandemic

Estud. psicol. (Natal); 25 (4), 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic can lead to stress, especially for pregnant women and mothers of babies. It is important to propose resources for them to cope with specific stressors and promote their health and well-being. Two psychoeducational flyers, based on the Coping Dispositional Theory, on information abou...

Aplicações da psicologia positiva no desenvolvimento infantil: uma revisão de literatura

Psico USF; 25 (3), 2020
O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar uma revisão integrativa da literatura brasileira sobre as aplicações da Psicologia Positiva no desenvolvimento infantil. Efetuou-se uma busca por artigos científicos nas bases de dados SciELO e PePSIC, com os termos psicologia positiva, resiliência, otimismo, hab...

Mental Health, COVID-19 and Social Distancing: contributions of Positive Psychology to work and other living spaces

Estud. psicol. (Natal); 25 (3), 2020
In addition to the biological and economic consequences, the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has generated changes in the way we see ourselves and relate to others and to society. Some factors such as social isolation, feelings of estrangement in situations of social interaction, feelings of unpredictability...

Validity evidence of an Instrument for Mindfulness Assessment (MA) based on its internal structure and external criterion

Psicol. ciênc. prof; 40 (), 2020
Operationalizing the concept of mindfulness has been a challenge for researches. In this article, we present and discuss the procedures for the assessment of the internal structure and validity of the criteria for Mindfulness Assessment (MAP), as well as the results obtained. The collection of factors wa...

Escala de otimismo para adultos: construção e validação

Psico USF; 25 (1), 2020
O otimismo consiste em expectativas positivas quanto ao futuro e persistência diante das adversidades. Devido às lacunas teóricas referentes à sua avaliação, no âmbito nacional, esta pesquisa objetivou construir uma escala de otimismo para adultos e investigar suas propriedades psicométricas. Par...

Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24): preliminary evidence of psychometric validity of the Brazilian version

Psico USF; 25 (1), 2020
The PCQ-24 is the main international measure for assessing psychological capital (PsyCap) in organizational contexts. In order to evaluate its adaptation to the Brazilian context, this study aimed to verify preliminary evidences of its psychometric validity. Data collection was conducted online with 749 ...