http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1140 2026-07-30T05:15:01Z 2026-07-30T05:15:01Z Mesqita, Isabel http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41343 2026-02-20T12:07:58Z 2025-04-03T23:00:00Z

Title: CHANGING INSIDE AND OUT: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS AND THE ACTUALIZATION OF THE SELF Authors: Mesqita, Isabel Editors: Pracana, Wang Abstract: In psychoanalytic theories, as in human development, change is essential. The past is significant, the present is important, and creating the future is relevant. Stagnation in development is always a pathogenic factor that leads to illness and dissatisfaction. A key aspect of the psychoanalytic experience is the progressive recapture of the experience of the self, which may feel alienated and disconnected from personal and interpersonal discourse. This process enables the analysand to continually discover who they are and what they want to become, fostering a greater potential for both intrapersonal and interpersonal dialogue. Therefore, in the psychoanalytic process, it is crucial to understand and dismantle pathogenic relationships. This involves clarifying what the individual has done with their experiences and how these experiences shape their future. It is important to maintain the understanding that individuals are also influenced by their own actions in the present as they relate to their future. While a supportive, empathetic, and nurturing stance is necessary, a more interventionist approach is also required to help patients uncover new ways of experiencing themselves and their relationships. Additionally, the analyst must recognize the feelings and emotions that have not yet been expressed, so they can be acknowledged as real and integrated into the patient's personal experience.

2025-04-03T23:00:00Z Campos, Rui, C. Albernú, Andreia http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40169 2026-01-05T21:41:49Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation and positive ideation: The mediation effect of unbearable psychache Authors: Campos, Rui, C.; Albernú, Andreia Abstract: Objective: The aim of the present study is to test the relationship between depressive symptoms and high levels of suicidal ideation, as well as low levels of positive ideation (protective ideation against more severe suicidal behaviors). Additionally, the study aims to test the mediating effect of psychache and unbearable psychache. Methods: A sample of 334 young adults, university students from the University of Évora, mostly female (79.6%), aged between 18 and 25 years (M = 20.25; SD = 1.99), mostly undergraduate students (N = 247; 74%), and non-working students (N = 285; 85.3%), participated in the. Participants responded to an online research protocol via the LimeSurvey platform at the end of 2022. Several measures were used: the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Psychahce Scale and Positive and Negative suicide Ideation Inventory. A mediation model was tested by path analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), introducing depressive symptoms as an exogenous independent variable, along with demographic variables that correlated with suicidal ideation or positive ideation as exogenous covariates. The variables psychache and unbearable psychache were included as mediating variables, and suicidal ideation and positive ideation as endogenous dependent variables. Results: The results show a partial mediating effect of the variable unbearable psychache in the relationship between depressive symptoms and both positive ideation and suicidal ideation. The model explains 62% of the variance in positive ideation and 51% of the variance in suicidal ideation. Conclusions: The variable unbearable psychache may help explaining why the presence of depressive symptoms contributes to higher levels of suicidal ideation and, at the same time, lower levels of positive ideation. According to the results, the presence of depressive symptoms increases the experience of unbearable psychache, which in turn leads to higher levels of suicidal ideation and lower levels of protective ideation against more severe suicidal behaviors.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Campos, Rui C. André, Alexandre http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38022 2025-02-18T15:57:05Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Body Image and Suicidal Ideation in Portuguese Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Internalized Psychopathology Authors: Campos, Rui C.; André, Alexandre Abstract: Keywords: Suicidal Ideation; Body Image; Adolescents; Internalized Psychopathology Objective: This study aims to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between body image and suicidal ideation in adolescents by testing a mediating effect of internalized psychopathology. Methods: A sample of 248 high school students (47.2% boys) aged between 15 and 20 years (8.4% ≥ 18) from a school cluster in Alentejo participated and was collected in the year of 2022. A mediation model was tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), introducing positive body image (PBI) as the independent variable, as well as demographic variables that correlated with suicidal ideation as covariates. A latent variable (internalized psychopathology) with four indicators: anxiety, phobic anxiety, depression, and interpersonal sensitivity, was specified as the mediating variable, and suicidal ideation was introduced as the dependent, endogenous variable. Results: A significant negative direct effect of PBI on internalized psychopathology and a positive effect of internalized psychopathology on suicidal ideation were found. An indirect effect of the PBI variable on suicidal ideation was also observed. In a model without the mediating variable, PBI showed a significant relationship with suicidal ideation. Conclusions: The results demonstrate a full mediation effect of the internalized psychopathology variable in the relationship between PBI and suicidal ideation, suggesting that this dimension may help explaining the relationship between body image and suicidal ideation. Despite limitations, notably the cross-sectional design, this study contributes to the scientific field of clinical psychology by helping to understand adolescent suicidal ideation in the context of psychopathological functioning.

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Viseu, João Jesus, Saúl Neves Rodrigues, Sandra Ruiz, Ana Paula Semedo, Carla http://hdl.handle.net/10174/37160 2024-07-23T08:54:29Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Relação entre exigências emocionais e engagement: Papel dos recursos laborais estruturais Authors: Viseu, João; Jesus, Saúl Neves; Rodrigues, Sandra; Ruiz, Ana Paula; Semedo, Carla Abstract: A pandemia de COVID-19 contribuiu para uma degradação das condições psicossociais de trabalho (e.g., aumento das exigências emocionais), especialmente em profissões ligadas à área dos serviços humanos. Para atenuar os efeitos negativos dos fatores de risco psicossociais nos processos de trabalho é fulcral identificar possíveis variáveis moderadoras. Esta investigação testou o papel moderador dos recursos laborais estruturais (i.e., fatores relacionados com as funções e que podem ser modificados) na relação entre as exigências emocionais e o engagement no trabalho numa amostra de psicólogos portugueses, seguindo as premissas do Modelo Job Demands-Resources (JD-R). Foi adotada uma metodologia quantitativa recorrendo a um design transversal e a instrumentos de autorresposta. Participaram neste estudo 963 psicólogos (89.4% do sexo feminino), a maioria com 35-44 anos (39.5%) e que trabalha entre 36-40 horas semanais (36.9%). Observou-se que os recursos laborais estruturais moderaram a relação entre as exigências emocionais e o engagement no trabalho, i.e., à medida que os recursos estruturais do trabalho aumentam menor será o efeito prejudicial das exigências emocionais no engagement no trabalho. Pode-se concluir que as organizações devem facultar aos seus trabalhadores estratégias de desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional, bem como devem estimular a sua autonomia no desempenho das funções.

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