Certain variables can act as mediators between marital quality, social and emotional aspects of the individuals and their context. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of conflict resolution styles as mediators between attachment styles and marital quality. A total of 214 couples participated in the present study aged between 18 and 75 years, residents in Southern Brazil. Three scales were administered: The Conflict Resolution Style Inventory, Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State and Adult Attachment Scale. Results indicate that the styles of conflict resolution (positive problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance) mediate the relationship between attachment and marital quality. A difference between husbands and wives was observed. These findings suggest the importance of expanding the repertoire of positive strategies of conflict resolution of the couples for the promotion of marital quality.

Background: Migraine is a type of primary headache widely known for its impact on quality of life of patients. Although the psychological aspects of the disease are receiving increasing attention in current research, some of them, as alexithymia, are still seldom explored. This study aimed to provide evidence on the relationships between markers of depression, anxiety, alexithymia, self-reflection, insight and quality of life in migraine.

The Common Sense Model refers to the association between disease perception and health behaviors. This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire for Healthy People - (IPQ-RH) in healthy women about breast cancer. A total of 321 women participated, with a mean age of 55.72 years old (SD = 10.75), users of Basic Health Units. Confirmatory factor analyzes (CFAs) were carried out and the McDonald’s Omega and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were calculated. The results of the CFAs confirmed the structure of seven factors for the IPQ-RH (CFI = .92; TLI = .91; RMSEA = .03; SRMR = .06) and of two factors for the subscale of causes of the disease (CFI = .97; TLI = .97; RMSEA = .00; SRMR = .05). The instrument’s reliability was, in general, satisfactory. The IPQ-RH has appropriate psychometric properties to investigate the illness perception in healthy women.

RESUMO Este estudo objetivou apresentar a construção da Escala de Avaliação Docente (EADoc) e suas evidências de validade. A escala foi desenvolvida com base em uma revisão de literatura e de entrevistas com estudantes de graduação. A EADoc foi avaliada por dez juízes quanto a evidências de validade de conteúdo, com subsequente análise de evidências de validade de construto e fidedignidade. A matriz de correlação tetracórica foi submetida a análises fatoriais exploratórias, e o método Hull foi usado para a decisão do número de dimensões a serem retidas. Foram conduzidas análises de teoria de resposta ao item (TRI), pelo modelo rating scale, que excluiu sete itens. O índice Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) e o teste de esfericidade de Bartlett indicaram a fatorabilidade da matriz de correlações policóricas dos itens. O método Hull apontou a retenção de um fator, com autovalor de 15,49. As medidas de fidedignidade para o fator foram de α=0,96 e ω =0,95. Considera-se que a EADoc pode auxiliar na avaliação de práticas da educação superior no Brasil.

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