A web-based psychoeducational simulation game for adults in stepfamilies ()-study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

Background: Stepfamilies are a prevalent family form. However, less stable than nuclear, first marriage families due to the presence of risk factors such as the absence of social norms and the presence of stepchildren. Stepfamilies have unique educational needs regarding stepparenting and co-parenting issues.

Family Adjustment to Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Systematic Review.

Hereditary cancer syndromes are inherited pathogenic genetic variants that significantly increase the risk of developing cancer. When individuals become aware of their increased probability of having cancer, the whole family is affected by this new reality and needs to adjust. However, adjustment to hereditary cancer syndromes has been mainly studied at an individual level, and research about familial adjustment remains dispersed and disorganized.

Effect of depression and anxiety on sexual functioning in couples trying to conceive with and without an infertility diagnosis.

Objective: This study examined the effects of anxiety and depression on sexual functioning in couples trying to conceive, and tested the moderating role of infertility diagnosis on this association.

Design: An online questionnaire was completed by 1453 individuals in a heterosexual relationship for more than one year. The final sample had 107 couples who were actively attempting a pregnancy (63 had an infertility diagnosis; 44 were presumably fertile).

Body experience and the mother-child relationship in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of pregnant Portuguese women.

: In spite of the huge physical transformations that occur during pregnancy, there is little research on the role of body experience in the establishment of the mother-child relationship in pregnancy. The aim of the present study was to address this gap. : A sample of 330 pregnant women completed questionnaires assessing mother-child relationship (the Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale), body experience, and other demographic and pregnancy variables.

Marital adjustment in the context of female breast cancer: A systematic review.

Objective: Breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and subsequent treatments present significant challenges and distress for both patients and their partners. This can lead to difficulties in marital relationships and, consequently, decreases in marital adjustment and psychosocial adaptation to BC for both partners. Our objective was to systematically review studies assessing marital adjustment in the context of female BC to understand which factors are associated with marital adjustment in both patients and partners and characterize the measures used to assess marital adjustment within these studies.

Male psychological adaptation to unsuccessful medically assisted reproduction treatments: a systematic review.

Background: Similarly to women, men suffer from engaging in fertility treatments, both physically and psychologically. Although there is a vast body of evidence on the emotional adjustment of women to infertility, there are no systematic reviews focusing on men's psychological adaptation to infertility and related treatments.

Objective And Rationale: The main research questions addressed in this review were 'Does male psychological adaptation to unsuccessful medically assisted reproduction (MAR) treatment vary over time?' and 'Which psychosocial variables act as protective or risk factors for psychological maladaptation?'

Search Methods: A literature search was conducted from inception to September 2015 on five databases using combinations of MeSH terms and keywords.

Authenticity in relationships: Predicting caregiving and attachment in adult romantic relationships.

The primary purpose of this research was to examine associations between authenticity in relationships and romantic attachment and caregiving. Authenticity is approached as a relational phenomenon that is facilitated when individuals assume that truthful and open communication with one's partner will be reciprocally valued despite prospective risks. Items from the Authenticity in Relationship Scale (AIRS; Lopez & Rice, 2006) were translated to Portuguese, back-translated by a bilingual expert, and then reviewed by other researchers.

Quality of life in disability: validation of Schalock's multi-dimensional model in the Portuguese context.

This paper aims to evaluate the validation of Schalock's quality of life multi-dimensional model (1996) in the Portuguese context. We also analyze the quality of life of disabled people by adding a political dimension (adapted from the Minorities' Rights Support Scale by Nata & Menezes, 2007) to this construct and seeking to understand the impact of discrimination. The sample is composed of 217 participants, most of whom have a physical disability, aged 16 to 81.

Interrelationships of adult attachment orientations, health status and worrying among fibromyalgia patients.

This study examined associations between adult attachment dimensions, perceived health status and worrying (coping strategy with chronic pain), and explored whether worrying mediated observed relationships between attachment dimensions and health outcomes within a sample of 128 Portuguese female fibromyalgia patients. Physical health status was inversely correlated with dependence and worrying; mental health status was positively correlated with trust, and inversely related to attachment-related ambivalence, dependence and worrying. Finally, worrying mediated relationships between dependence and both physical and mental health status; moreover, worrying partially mediated the relationship between ambivalence and mental health status.

[Health-related quality of life and chronic pain experience in rheumatic diseases].

Objectives: To assess differences among health-related quality of life, pain threshold and perception,and passive coping strategies with chronic pain(specifically retreating, worrying, and resting), as well as associations among variables in three groups of rheumatic patients - fibromyalgia (FM),rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and osteoarthritis (OA).

Material And Methods: 86 participants diagnosed with FM (n = 25), RA (n = 31) and OA (n = 30) completed the following measures: Clinical and Sociodemographic Questionnaire (QSDC), Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey(SF-36v2), Pain Coping Inventory (PCI), visual analogic scale (VAS) for pain, and dolorimeter for threshold pain. SPSS software was used to perform statistical analyses.