Validation of the Core Beliefs Inventory (CBI) in Brazilian Portuguese.

Introduction: Experiencing trauma may entail psychopathological consequences, but also changes considered to be positive (i.e., posttraumatic growth).

Executive functions and clinical symptoms in children exposed to maltreatment.

There is evidence of an association between childhood maltreatment and lifelong cognitive impairment. Few studies investigate cognitive functioning in maltreated children. The objective of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in executive processing between maltreated and nonmaltreated children.

Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.

Introduction: The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) was developed to measure nine cognitive strategies referring to what someone thinks after the experience of threatening or stressful events. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of the Brazilian version of the CERQ.

Methods: The adaptation process included translation, backtranslation, expert committee evaluation, and test on 30 participants from the target population.