Este estudo objetiva verificar a prevalência de sintomas ansiosos e depressivos em universitários e verificar se estas variáveis possuem associação com gênero, tipo de instituição, área e ano da graduação. Compõe a amostra 558 estudantes do interior de São Paulo (55,4% mulheres) de faculdades pública e privadas, de diferentes áreas e períodos da graduação. Os instrumentos utilizados foram os Inventários de Ansiedade e de Depressão de Beck (BAI e BDI) e o Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Utilizou-se estatística descritiva e o teste Qui-Quadrado para análise dos dados. Os resultados demonstram que as faixas moderada e grave correspondem a 10,8% da amostra para o BAI, 5,4% para o BDI e 5% para o PHQ-9, com associação entre o gênero feminino e as faixas de gravidade de todos os instrumentos e o tipo de instituição e as faixas dos sintomas de ansiedade. O sofrimento psicológico da amostra e especificidades em relação ao gênero destacam a importância do aprimoramento do suporte oferecido pelas instituições universitárias.
Background: False memories are memories of events that never occurred or that occurred, but not exactly as we recall. Events with emotional content are subject to false memories production similar to neutral events. However, individual differences, such as the level of maladjustment and emotional instability characteristics of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), may interfere in the production of false memories. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of emotion in memory performance for an event witnessed by participants with and without SAD. Methods: Participants were 61 young adults with SAD and 76 without any symptoms of SAD who were randomly assigned to watch a story with or without emotional arousal. Participants answered a subjective scale of emotion about the story and a recognition memory test. Results: Participants with SAD recovered more true memories and more false memories for the nonemotional version compared to the emotional version of the story. Overall, participants with SAD produced fewer false memories compared to those without SAD. Discussion: This finding suggests that social anxiety may have a significant impact on emotional memory accuracy, which may assist in the development and improvement of techniques for therapeutic intervention.
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