Rui Vieira

University of Lisbon | UL · Departamento de Psiquiatria

Introduction: The measurement of sexual function constitutes an essential basis in the study of female sexuality. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to validate a Portuguese version of the Female Sexual Function Index---6 (FSFI-6), a short scale that assesses female sexual function. Material and methods: A total of 375 women, subdivide...

Introduction: Sexual satisfaction is an essential construct in the study of human sexuality Objective: The aim of the present study was to validate the Portuguese version of the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale---Short (NSSS-S), a short form scale that assesses sexual satisfaction among men and women. Material and methods: A total of 298 participants...

The aim of the present study was to analyze the role played by psychopathic traits, behavior problems, delinquent behaviors and self-esteem in juvenile delinquency. With a total sample of 543 male participants, subdivided in forensic sample (n = 221; M = 15.86 years; SD = 1.31 years; range = 13-20 years) and school sample (n = 322; M = 16.03 years;...

The aim of the present study was to adapt a Portuguese version of the Adapted Self-Report Delinquency Scale (ASRDS), a measure that assesses self-reported delinquent and antisocial behaviors in youths. With a total of 760 youths subdivided in a forensic sample (n = 250) and a community sample (n = 510) we were able to demonstrate psychometric prope...

Introduction: The concept of sexual sensation seeking is an interesting construct in the study of human sexuality. Objective: The aim of the present study was to validate the Portuguese version of the Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale (SSSS), a unidimensional scale that assesses sexual sensation seeking among men and women. Material and methods: A tot...

Introduction: Sexual satisfaction is an essential construct in the study of human sexuality. Objective: The aim of the present study was to validate the Portuguese version of the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS), a bidimensional scale that assesses sexual satisfaction among men and women. Material and methods: A total of 298 participants comple...

The aim of the present study was to analyze the differences regarding psychopathic traits and related constructs in female youths of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Using a sample of 88 young females from the Juvenile Detention Centers of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice (white Europeans group: n = 44, ethnic minorities group: n = 44), and a sample o...

The main aim of the present study was to examine some psychometric properties of the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) among Portuguese juvenile delinquents. With forensic sample of 192 incarcerated male participants, the Portuguese version of the PCL:YV demonstrated promising psychometric properties of the three-factor model of youth p...

Introduction: The relationship between both genders has conditioned different ways concerning the expression of sexuality. Objective: This investigation analysed the evolution of the sexual double standard and its relations with sexual satisfaction, concerning the Portuguese context. Material and methods: To do so, 2 different male samples were com...

A presente investigacao teve como objetivo contribuir para a validacao portuguesa do Dispositivo de Despiste de Processo Anti-social (APSD) versao de auto-resposta, medida que avalia tracos psicopaticos em jovens. Recorrendo a 760 participantes adolescentes de ambos os sexos divididos em grupo forense (n=250) e grupo escolar (n=510) foram demonstra...

Introduction: Breast cancer and mastectomy represent a serious challenge for women. Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify the effect of mastectomy on women’s sexual function and body image. Methods: We performed a non-experimental, quantitative, cross-sectional study. The sample was composed of 69 mastectomized women (due to b...

Introduction: The sexual response cycle construct constitutes an essential work model in the study of female sexuality. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to cross-validate a Portuguese version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), a multidimensional scale that assesses the female sexual response cycle. Material and methods: A to...

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the relative importance of the self-esteem and narcissism constructs and to assess the association between these constructs and self-reported criminal behavior. With a total of 760 youths of both sexes divided in a forensic sample (n=250) and a community sample (n=510), comparisons were made with resp...

The purpose of the present study was to present some contributions to the validation of a short version of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) constructed by Ballard (1992; MCSDS-SF). With a total of 760 youths of both genders divided in a forensic sample (n = 250) and a community sample (n = 510) we were able to demonstrate some p...

Introduction: Sexual satisfaction is the psychological dimension most assessed in the area of sexual dysfunctions. Objective: This study has aimed to validate a Portuguese male version of the Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), a scale that assesses sexual satisfaction. Material and methods: A total of 305 men, subdivided into a community sample (n...

The aim of the present study was to compare institutionalized male and female juvenile offenders regarding psychopathic traits, conduct disorder prevalence, and delinquent behaviors. With a total forensic sample of 310 participants subdivided in a male group (n = 217) and a female group (n = 93) statistically significant differences were found betw...

The purpose of the present study was to validate a Portuguese version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with Portuguese adolescents. With a total of 760 youths of both genders divided in a forensic sample (n = 250) and a community sample (n = 510) we were able to demonstrate psychometric properties that justify its use with the Portuguese a...

The main objectives of the present study were to validate a Portuguese version of the Antisocial Process Screening Device-Self-Report and to evaluate the predictive importance of some constructs in discriminating between inmate delinquent youth and community youth. With a total of 760 participants, male (n = 543) and female (n = 217), divided in an...

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to validate a Portuguese version of the International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5), a brief scale that assesses erectile function in men. Methods: A total of 1,417 men, subdivided in three samples (n = 1,250, n = 137 and n = 30) participated in this study by answering to the Portuguese versi...

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) self-report. With a total of 760 youths of both sexes divided in a forensic sample (n = 250) and community sample (n = 510), we obtained mixed results in terms of the psychometric properties wit...

The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in sexual function across the life span in a sample of Portuguese women, and the prevalence of sexual problems. The study consisted of a sample of 154 Portuguese women (range 26 to 70 years), divided into three groups according to their ages: 26-35 years (n=66), 40-49 years (n=45), and 54-70 year...

Resumo O objectivo do presente estudo foi proceder à validação de uma versão portuguesa para mulheres do Índice de Satisfação Sexual (ISS), instrumento unidimensional que avalia a satisfação sexual no contexto da relação de casal. Recorrendo a duas amostras de conveniência, uma das quais comu-nitária (n=152 mulheres) e a outra clínica (n=51 mulhere...

The purpose of the present study was to validate a portuguese version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), a multidimensional scale that assesses the female sexual response cycle. Using two convenience samples, one of wich was a community sample (n=152) and the other a clinical sample (n=51 women), it was possible to demonstrate psychometric...

The goal of the present study was to understand the relation between sexual satisfaction and sexual function in women, and also the relation between sexual satisfaction and sexual behaviors in women. The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS: Hudson, Harrison, & Crosscup, 1981) and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI: Rosen et al., 2000) were used a...

In this article the authors investigated the characteristics of the psychological profiles of 41 child sex offenders (age range=17-43 years; mean age=43 years) placed in state prisons. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory II (Millon, 1987) and some descriptive variables (e.g., victim’s sex and age, sexual behaviors) were used. The results showe...

In this investigation we used a descriptive design, cross sectional, that had as objectives: (1) to know if the women in the first fifteen months after the childbirth obtains levels of interest and sexual answer elevated, complete and well integrated; (2) to identify if significant differences exist in the levels of interest and of sexual answer al...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of sexual problems and risk factors in a Portuguese sample of women, without any known previously clinical sexual difficulties, and the exclusion criteria was severe medical and psychiatric illnesses, and the use of psychotropic in the last month before de evaluation. Design and metho...

The objective of our study is trying to answer the question why some girls get pregnant, while others in similar circumstances do no fall pregnant at an early age. Our population consists of 120 girls, 60 pregnant (group I) and 60 non-pregnant (group II). To study our population we use a self-report Questionnaire, with sociodemographic characterist...

The purpose of this investigation was to analysed in detail demographic, clinical characteristics, psychosocial factors and sexual behavioural features of 49 pre and post- surgical transsexuals divided in two subgroups: 28 FTM and 21 MTF followed by the interdisciplinary Gender Identity Clinic at Santa Maria Hospital, the only one of the Portuguese...

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To help adolescents growing up, demands comprehension of parents and teachers to understand not only about what adolescents think, but also and mostly the way they think and learn the facts of life. The aim of the present study was to analyse the influences of family and school in the process of sex education of adolescents. The sample of our work...

Previous studies have investigated putative alterations in histamine and histamine receptors in schizophrenia, and evidence in favour of the role of this amine as a neurotransmitter or as a neuromodulator was found. In the present study the activity of plasmatic histaminase was analysed, with histamine and with cadaverine as substrates, in a group...

The research in child psychiatry faces general restrictions related to the observation and interpretation of child psychopathological phenomena. These restrictions are increased by the limits of the methodological credibility of the psychopathological and psychiatric research with adults. The specific form of the emergence of child psychological su...

Plasma benzylamine oxidase (BzAO) activity was analysed in a group of 40 schizophrenic patients and compared with that of healthy controls. Although plasma BzAO was significantly decreased in schizophrenics as a whole, when patients were divided into type I (favourable course) and type II (poor course) it was found that the reduced BzAO activity wa...