Victor Hugo Palma

• Doctor of Psychology
• University of Algarve

The current study examined moral disengagement mediation effects related to the dark traits of personality – the Dark Core and the Dark Tetrad composed of Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism – and violent attitude links. The sample consisted of 354 participants (M = 32.02 years, SD = 13.26 years) from economically and socially dep...

The question of whether positive personality traits can potentially overcome, or moderate, the association between self-control deficits and antisocial/criminal behavior is an important topic of research. The current study aims at examining the potential role of light triad traits of personality – Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism, – as m...

The potential of light triad traits of personality – Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism, – for moderating the associations between the dark factor of personality, including the psychopathy facet, and antisocial/criminal outcomes is an interesting topic of research. The current study aims at examining the potential role of light triad trait...

Conduct Disorder (CD) may be related to persistent and severe delinquency be-haviors in adolescence. It can last into adulthood and be a precursor to Antisocial Personality Disorder. Considering the strong consensus regarding the need for prevention and early intervention in youths with CD, due to the negative impact they have on society, the Condu...

The Dark Triad (DT) consists of three personality traits (machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). This is considered relevant for understanding the development of undesirable characteristics for society, frequently observed in young people and adults with antisocial and delinquent behaviours. Aversive personality traits have only recently a...

The UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale is one of the most used and easily administered self-report measures of impulsive traits. The main objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the shorter SUPPS-P scale among a school sample of 470 youth (Mage = 15.89 years, SD = 1.00) from Portugal, subdivided into males (n = 257, Mage...

Aggression is a multidimensional construct comprised of different forms and functions, the assessment of which has important implications for understanding externalizing problems in male and female youth. The main aim of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of a form and function aggression measure, the Brief Peer Conflict Sc...

The aim of this study was to analyze the predictive capacity of the Dark Triad (machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) in impulsivity and Conduct Disorder (CD). For this, a total sample of Portuguese adolescents was used. (N = 601; M age = 15,95 years; DP = 1,05 years; range = 13-18 years), subdivided in forensic male group (n = 131), school...

AL PSI, Revista de Investigação em Psicologia do Algarve, 2019, 2(1), 1-246

his paper intends to present a brief reflection on the negative connotation associated with the term “disfigurement”, suggesting the use of the term “vis- ible differences”. It emphasizes the importance of robustness, resilience and post-traumatic growth in the psychological adjustment to visible facial differ- ences, as well as the importance of h...

O presente trabalho procura englobar a área da psicologia com a psicologia económica, mais concretamente as escolhas do consumidor através dos processos impulsivos. A escala da impulsividade de Barratt é um dos ques-tionários mais utilizadas para medir a impulsividade e, utilizamo-la para avaliar em que medida a preferência intertemporal está assoc...

This study seeks to encompass the area of psychology with economic psy-chology, specifically consumer choices through impulsive processes. The Barratt impulsivity scale is one of the most commonly used questionnaires to measure impulsivity, and we use it to assess the extent to which inter-temporal preference is associated with the issue at hand. W...

Self-control refers to the ability to override impulses and behave in accordance with societal norms, and deficits in self-control are strongly associated with conduct problems, externalizing disorders, crime, and violence. Here, we examine the psychometric properties of the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) and its refined version (BSCS-R) among a f...

As competências socioemocionais, enquanto constructo complexo e multidimensional assenta num conjunto de características comportamentais e cognitivas, focando também a adequação emocional inerente ao desenvolvimento de relações interpessoais adequadas e satisfatórias (Merrell, 2008). Estas competências assumem-se como um pilar fundamental na promoç...

Compreender o impacto dos valores individuais no burnout e, consequentemente, possibilitar o futuro desenho de práticas de gestão de colaboradores, de forma a otimizar o desempenho e a satisfação dos mesmos, assim como, diminuir o burnout.

The general aim of this study was to check the relationship between an Artistic Ceramics Workshop (ACW) and Quality of Life (QoL) of people with clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia of both genders and check if the obtained results were stable in time. Therefore was constituted a convenience sample (n = 9) in SocioOccupational Centers and the partic...

The general aim of this study was to check the relationship between an Artistic Ceramics Workshop and quality of life, proactive coping and self-esteem of people with schizophrenia diagnosis of both genders (male and female) and check if the obtained results were stable in time. Therefore was constituted a convenience sample (n = 9) in Forum Socio-...

RESUMO: O objetivo geral do presente estudo foi verificar a relação entre uma Oficina de Cerâmica Artística (OCA) e a qualidade de vida (QdV), o coping proativo e a autoestima de pessoas com diagnóstico de esquizofrenia de ambos os géneros (masculino e feminino) e se os resultados obtidos eram estáveis no tempo. Para tal, foi constituída uma amostr...