Health literacy, a more complex concept than knowledge, is a required capacity to obtain, understand, integrate and act on health information [1], in order to enhance individual and community health, which is defined by different levels, according to the autonomy and personal capacitation in decision making [2]. Medium levels of Health literacy in an adolescent population were found in a study conducted in 2013/2014, being higher in sexual and reproductive health and lower in substance use. It was also noticed that the higher levels of health literacy were in the area adolescents refer to have receipt more health information. The health literacy competence with higher scores was communication skills, and the lower scores were in the capacity to analyze factors that influence health. Higher levels were also found in younger teenagers, but in a higher school level, confirming the importance of health education in these age and development stage. Adolescents seek more information in health professionals and parents, being friends more valued as a source information in older adolescents, which enhance the importance of peer education mainly in older adolescents [3]. As a set of competences based on knowledge, health literacy should be developed through education interventions, encompassing the cultural and social context of individuals, since the society, culture and education system where the individual is inserted can define the way the development and enforcement of the health literacy competences [4]. The valued sources of information should be taken into account, as well as needs of information in some topics referred by adolescents in an efficient health education. Schizophrenia is a serious and chronic mental illness which has a profound effect on the health and well-being related with the well-known nature of psychotic symptoms. The exercise has the potential to improve the life of people with schizophrenia improving physical health and alleviating psychiatric symptoms. However, most people with schizophrenia remains sedentary and lack of access to exercise programs are barriers to achieve health benefits. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of exercise on I) the type of intervention in mental health, II) in salivary levels of alpha-amylase and cortisol and serum levels of S100B and BDNF, and on III) the quality of life and selfperception of the physical domain of people with schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 31 females in long-term institutions in the Casa de Saúde Rainha Santa Isabel, with age between 25 and 63, and with diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Physical fitness was assessed by the six-minute walk distance test (6MWD). Biological variables were determined by ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Psychological variables were assessed using SF-36, PSPP-SCV, RSES and SWLS tests. Walking exercise has a positive impact on physical fitness (6MWD -p = 0.001) and physical components of the psychological test...

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Individuals have different ways of coping with crisis. Individual factors, family and contextual features, and community support may influence how individuals feel, think and act during a crisis. COVID-19 was an unexpected pandemic that forced many European countries to take confinement measures and restrict social face to face interactions. This study is an effort to understand how Portuguese residents dealt with the pandemic during the first confinement period, considering different sociodemographic characteristics and trauma exposure perceptions. Five hundred and five adults, between 18 and 79 years old participated in this study via an online self-report assessment protocol. Sociodemographic characteristics such as gender, age, marital status, employment status, and caring responsibilities had an impact on individuals’ perceptions regarding their exposure to the pandemic and their quality of life. Perceived exposure to the pandemic was found to predict quality of life in the physical, psychological, and environmental domains. Results have practical implications for European and local policy-making, as well as for targeting psychological interventions for those whose mental health has been negatively affected by the pandemic and for those who may become more affected if confinement measures are implemented again.

O estudo apresentado procurou analisar o papel da família no desenvolvimento da socialização em crianças e adolescentes, nomeadamente no que concerne ao papel da estrutura familiar e das relações pais-filhos. Assim, foi nosso objectivo verificar, por um lado, se a estrutura familiar seria por si só uma variável significativa para o desenvolvimento dos comportamentos sociais ou se, por outro lado, as relações pais filhos seriam melhores preditores da socialização dos filhos. Para o efeito, auscultaram-se 182 crianças e adolescentes a frequentarem o ensino básico, do 6º ao 9º ano de escolaridade, através de três questionários de auto-resposta que avaliaram aspectos sócio-demográficos, variáveis de socialização e relações pais-filhos. De um modo geral, os resultados obtidos permitem assumir que, mais do que a estrutura familiar por si só, será o modo como os elementos da família se relacionam que influenciará o desenvolvimento da socialização dos filhos. Acreditamos que tal conclusão poderá trazer importantes e úteis implicações no que ao desenvolvimento dos comportamentos sociais de crianças e adolescentes diz respeito, não apenas para a família, como para todas as instituições e profissionais que com ela lidam. Palavras-chave:Família, Relações pais-filhos, Socialização. INTRODUÇÃONa investigação apresentada, procurámos analisar o papel de algumas variáveis familiares no desenvolvimento da socialização. Deste modo, pretendeu-se analisar, por um lado, o papel da estrutura familiar e, por outro, o papel das relações pais-filhos nos comportamentos sociais de crianças e adolescentes. Tal temática de estudo advém do reconhecimento das mudanças que se têm vindo a verificar na sociedade e nas famílias, ou seja, o crescente número de divórcios e, consequentemente, o aumento no número de novas formas de família. De facto, são cada vez mais frequentes, na sequência de situações de divórcio, agregados familiares que deixam de englobar os dois progenitores e os seus filhos, passando os últimos a viver apenas com um progenitor (famílias monoparentais) ou com um casal em que apenas um dos elementos é seu progenitor (famílias reconstruídas).Efectivamente, ao longo do tempo, o conceito de família tem vindo a sofrer variadas e profundas alterações no que concerne aos seus valores, modelos e funções (Pires, 2005) e, com estas, as experiências das crianças e adolescentes são, inevitavelmente afectadas. No caso de Portugal, embora as famílias tradicionais ainda se encontrem em maioria (75,2% dos adolescentes vivem com ambos os progenitores), desde os anos 70 que se tem vindo a verificar um aumento do número divórcios, bem como do número de nascimentos fora do casamento (Taborda Simões, Vale Dias, 129A correspondência relativa a este artigo deverá ser enviada para: Alice Morgado,