A literatura internacional aponta que os sintomas de ansiedade social na infância podem estar associados a déficits de habilidades sociais e dificuldadesacadêmicas. Objetivou-se verificar a correlação entre indicadores de ansiedade social infantil e o repertório de habilidades sociais e problemas decomportamento. Participaram da pesquisa 76 estudantes, seus professores e pais, que responderam à Escala Multidimensional de Ansiedade para Crianças(MASC) e ao Inventário de Habilidades Sociais, Problemas de Comportamento e Competência Acadêmica (SSRS). Foram encontradas correlações positivassignificativas apenas entre o escore global de habilidades sociais obtido na autoavaliação das crianças e os escores de ansiedade global e ansiedade social.
w individuals to behaviors such as exploitation, manipulation and deception (Muris et al. 2017). Only 6-16% of individual differences in DT traits seem to be accounted by culture (Aluja et al., 2022), while 31-64% of individual differences in DT appear heritable (Johnson et al., 2008;Vernon et al., 2008). Because higher levels on DT traits seem to offer some potential reproductive benefits (Burtăverde et al., 2021;Jonason et al., 2009;Jones & de Roos, 2017;Schmitt et al., 2017), we focus to explore the possible evolutionary processes underlying the inter-individual variation in DT traits.The Machiavellian construct is related to an understanding of others as instruments for certain aims and relates with the use of flexible strategies for manipulating other people to achieve personal goals (Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Machiavellianism is associated with aggressiveness and sensation-seeking (Muris et al. 2017). Psychopathy is probably the best-known and most studied construct of the DT. Considered the darkest trait of the triad, psychopathy is primarily characterized by high impulsivity, thrill-seeking, low remorse, and a lack of empathy and concern for others (Lyons, 2019;Paulhus & Williams, 2002). It is associated with low social position, low conscientiousness, high
Risk propensity is the probability of individuals engaging in activities in which there is variability in possible outcomes. In a recent effort to measure general risk-taking propensity, Zhang, Highhouse and Nye (2018) developed and evaluated the General Risk Propensity Scale (GRiPS) using a total sample of 1,523 participants across five studies. The authors found construct validity evidence via the internal structure of item responses and convergence with other self-report measures of risk propensity. They also found that the scale predicted work, academic and life-related outcomes over and above other risk propensity instruments and the big five. Thus, our goal in this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the GRiPS in a Brazilian sample (n=404). We use factor analyses, TRI analyses and measurement invariance analyses and found good psychometric indices of this instrument to Brazilian samples.
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug on the planet. Nevertheless, there is still no consensus regarding the effects of cannabis use on cognition, specifically on executive function (EF). However, most cannabis users are moderate users. The objective of this study was to evaluate executive functioning and its components (working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control), decision making, and impulsivity, in moderate cannabis users (nondaily) without dependency symptoms. Thirty undergraduate users and 30 nonusers (control) were recruited for the study. The Trail Making Test (Part B), Iowa Gambling Task, Stroop Task, Digit Span Backwards, Barratt Impulsivity Scale, and Severity of Dependence Scale were used. In the results, moderate users presented no deficits in relation to nonusers in EF, decision making, and impulsivity.
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