Estudos de adaptação do Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III para avaliação de aspectos psicopatológicos da personalidade no Brasil

OBJETIVOS: Traduzir e adaptar para uso no Brasil o Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III), verificando as modificações envolvidas em relação à escala original. MÉTODO: 538 participantes responderam ao MCMI-III, ao Questionário de Saúde Geral de Goldberg e a um questionário sociodemográfico especificamente elaborado para esta pesquisa. Os sujeitos foram, então, divididos entre grupo clínico e não clínico, e seus padrões de respostas foram comparados considerando-se as diferentes variáveis sociodemográficas. RESULTADOS: Os resultados demonstram diferenças estatisticamente significativas nos padrões de respostas para a maioria das escalas quando comparados os grupos clínico e não clínico. CONCLUSÃO: O estudo ratifica a sensibilidade de discriminação entre os diferentes grupos, apresentando indícios da validade do instrumento quanto ao preceito teórico.

Eating habits and psychopathology: translation, adaptation, reliability of the Nutrition Behavior Inventory to Portuguese and relation to psychopathology

Objective: The Nutrition-Behavior Inventory (NBI) is a self-administered instrument that allows eating habits to be correlated with psychopathological symptoms. The objective was to translate and adapt the NBI to Portuguese, and test the Portuguese NBI’s reliability. The second aim was to verify its sensitivity for identification of risk factors in terms of behavior/eating habits in children and adolescents. Methods: The NBI was translated, adapted, and back-translated. The Portuguese version of the NBI was then applied (N = 96; 9-12 years). In order to verify the internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha was used. The psychopathological indicators of the participants were accessed using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The mean CBCL scores were analyzed in relation to the NBI data (cutoff point: ≥ 30 with indicators, and < 30 without). Results: Internal consistency was high (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89) for the NBI. The CBCL scores correlated significantly with NBI (> 30) on the following: anxiety and depression (p = 0.041), social difficulties (p = 0.028), attention problems (p = 0.001), aggressive behavior (p = 0.015); ADHD (p < 0.001), and conduct problems (p = 0.032). Conclusion: The present results indicate that the NBI is a reliable instrument. The NBI can be useful for evaluating psychopathological symptoms related to the eating habits and behaviors of children and adolescents.

Priming of a DNA metabarcoding approach for species identification and inventory in marine macrobenthic communities

Dissertação de mestrado em Molecular Genetics

Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory Short Form among divorced adults

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a Portuguese version of the Short Form of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI-SF). Using an online convenience sample of Portuguese divorced adults (N = 482), we confirmed the oblique five-factor structure of the PTGI-SF by confirmatory factor analysis. The results demonstrated the measurement invariance across divorce initiator status groups. Total score and factors of PTGI-SF showed good internal consistency, with the exception of the New Possibilities factor, which revealed an acceptable reliability. The Portuguese PTGI-SF showed a satisfactory convergent validity. In terms of discriminant validity, posttraumatic growth assessed by the Portuguese PTGI-SF was a distinct factor from posttraumatic psychological adjustment. These preliminary findings suggest the cultural adaptation and also psychometric properties of the present Portuguese PTGI-SF to measure posttraumatic growth after personal crisis.

Study of validation of the Portuguese version of the inventory «Experiences in Close Relationships»

The Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory permits to evaluate attachment in close relationships during adulthood based on two dimensions able to be present in this kind of relationships: the avoidance of proximity and the anxiety related with to abandonment. It is a self-report 7- points likert scale composed by 36 items. The Portuguese version was administered to a sample of 551 university students (60% female), the majority with ages between 19 and 24 years old (88%) in a dating relationship (86%). The principal components analysis with oblimin rotation was performed. The total scale has good internal consistency (α=.86), as also has the 2 sub-scales: anxiety (α=.86) and avoidance (α=.88). The two dimensions evaluated are significantly correlated with socio-demographics, relational characteristics (jealousy, relationship distress, and compromise), wishes (enmeshment versus differentiation) and fears (abandonment versus control) related to attitudes in significant relationships, which testify the construct validity of the instrument. The results obtained are coherent with the original version and other ECR‘s adaptations. Practitioners and researchers in the context of clinical psychology and related areas have now at their disposal the Portuguese version of the ECR inventory, which has shown its very high usefulness in the study of close relationships, and specifically attachment in adulthood.

Cellular DBMS : customizable and autonomous data management using a RISC-style architecture

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2011

Estimation of nonparametric probability density functions with applications to automatic speech recognition

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Diss., 2007

A floral and faunal inventory of the Réserve spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, Madagascar : with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor.

n.s. no.90(1998)

A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar : with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor.

n.s. no.97(2000)

A floral and faunal inventory of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar : with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor.

n.s. no.94(1999)

A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar : with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor.

n.s. no.85(1996)

Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.

62-73, 1923-1924

Pneumocystis carinii: its incidence in rodents and enhancement of the infection by corticosteroids

A survey was made on the incidence of Pneumocystis carinii in 361 rodents including sewer rats, albino rats, albino mice, guinea-pigs and rabbits. P. carinii was found in 4 of the 215 Rattus norvegicus examined (1,8%). These results accord with recent observations but disagree with investigations made by the researchers who first studied this parasite in the past when high indexes of infection were found. However, in 20 albino rats treated with corticosteroids (betamethazone) we found 8 positive (40%) and in 20 albino mice treated by the same way, 9 were positive for P. carinii (45%). These results confirm the opportunistic character of P. carinii in rodents already well demonstrated in man.