Publications by authors named "Patricia Paiva de O Galvao"

School-based prevention programs have been implemented worldwide with the intention of reducing or delaying the onset of alcohol and drug use among adolescents. However, their effects need to be evaluated, being essential to use validated and reliable questionnaires for this purpose. This study aimed to verify the semantic validity and reliability of an instrument developed to evaluate the results of a government drug prevention program for schoolchildren called #Tamojunto2.

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Objective: This study's main purpose is to evaluate factors associated with eating disorder (ED) symptoms among Brazilian adolescents.

Method: The sample consisted of 5,213 students, mean age 13.24 (SD ±0.

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