Browsing by Author "Lima, Margarida Pedroso"
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- NEO-FFI: Psychometric properties of a short personality inventory in portuguese contextPublication . Magalhães, Eunice; Salgueira, Ana; Gonzalez, António José C. A.; Costa, José Joaquim; Costa, Manuel João; Costa, Patrício; Lima, Margarida PedrosoThe aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the Portuguese adaptation of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and to compare the obtained structure to the original North American version. The methods of analysis used for cross-validation of the factorial structure were the Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) and the Confi rmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). PAF reproduced the original structure of NEO-FFI and CFA revealed a satisfactory fi t of single-factor models for the fi ve dimensions. The reliability analysis showed high values of internal consistency which are congruent with previous international adaptations of the NEO-FFI. Multidimensional analysis showed signifi cant main effects of gender and academic qualifi cations on personality using age as covariant. The fi ndings suggest that the Portuguese version of the NEO-FFI is a reliable instrument to measure the fi ve dimensions of personality.
- NEO-PI-R : Contextos teóricos e psicométricos OCEAN ou iceberg?Publication . Lima, Margarida Pedroso; Simões, AntónioInexistente
- Studying the efficacy of psychodrama with the hermeneutic single case efficacy design: Results from a longitudinal StudyPublication . Gonzalez, António José C. A.; Martins, Paulo Daniel Fernandes; Lima, Margarida PedrosoThroughout the last decades, scientific and therapeutic communities have made common efforts to collect reliable information concerning the efficacy of psychotherapies. One of these initiatives has, recently, involved the psychodrama community and its desire to achieve progress in the validation of this therapy. Based on Robert Elliott's Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design, we followed five participants (three women, two men, aged 27-48 years) of a psychodrama group over the course of their therapeutic process, which ranged from 24 months to 5 years. For the single case study, we selected the participant who had the longest data collecting record, including one follow-up. Participants generally reported improvement in their personal therapeutic goals, decrease in symptoms and life problems, and some showed a marked increase in spontaneity levels. In the single case, these results are confirmed, and following decision criteria it is possible to assert that the participant improved in all the variables assessed and that therapy is the main cause of these changes. Furthermore, the participant frequently rated psychodrama sessions as being helpful and stated they had a transformational impact on his life. This research contributes toward validating psychodrama as an efficient therapeutic method, hopefully stimulating practitioners to integrate therapy and research-which, for years, were considered independent and incompatible-and to facilitate their use in a complementary way.
- A teoria dos cinco factores: Uma proposta inovadora ou apenas uma boa arrumação do caleidoscópio personológico?Publication . Lima, Margarida Pedroso; Simões, AntónioNeste artigo, apresenta-se, analisa-se e discute-se uma proposta recente de teorização do modelo dos cinco factores da personalidade na idade adulta. A teoria dos cinco factores da personalidade pretende fornecer um quadro de referência aos «Big Five», escudá- los contra algumas críticas mais severas, bem como inventariar, e dar resposta, a muitas das questões centrais levantadas pelas teorias clássicas da personalidade. A teoria dos cinco factores vem ajudar a preencher uma lacuna bem reconhecida, neste domínio. Porém, sendo embora uma proposta necessária e fecunda, espera, agora, pelas necessárias corroborações. É, assim, na nossa perspectiva, uma arrumação meritória do caleidoscópio personológico.