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The goal of the present paper is to systematically review the use of the Operationalized Portage Inventory (OPI) instrument to measure children's development from 0-6 years, in Brazilian publications. Using the PRISMA-P methodology, databases were assessed in Portuguese (Capes, BVS-Psychology, BVS-Bireme, Redalyc, Google Scholar) from 2002 to 2016. Forty-two studies were analyzed in terms of goals, procedures, design, results and limitations. Twelve papers were characterized as descriptive, 14 were correlational, and 16 involved intervention assessment. Studies suggested the OPI to be useful in describing and/or evaluating repertoires of 976 children with 19 different syndromes and 7 diverse risk conditions. More methodological rigor is recommended in future studies using the OPI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relatively uninvestigated emotion of awe has been experimentally associated with a wide range of positive effects. The articles retrieved for inclusion in this literature review reported an increase in prosociality and group affiliation, improvements in mood and personal satisfaction, and alterations in subjects' conception of time which reduced feelings of impatience and enhanced their disposition to seek personal growth experiences over immediate rewards. This emotion also seemed to encourage critical thinking with regard to persuasion attempts, and to promote spirituality as well as the identification of purpose in reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study consists of a systematic review of longitudinal studies investigating the association between school bullying and offensive behavior during adolescence and criminal behavior in adulthood. A bibliographic search was conducted in five international databases (ERIC, LILACS, Scopus, PsycINFO and Web of Science) and a national electronic library (Scielo). A total of 13 studies that met the inclusion criteria were selected. Most studies report a statistically significant relationship between bullying and illegal actions committed by adolescents and adults. In some of the analyzed studies a significant relationship remained after controlling for other risk factors during childhood, indicating that bullying is an independent risk factor and reinforcing the need to address and prevent school bullying at an early stage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although autism has received special attention in current scientific literature, there are still gaps that need to be investigated. This article refers to a review of the Brazilian literature on autism in the fields of Psychology and Education, aiming to identify the current scenario of scientific literature on this topic. To this end, a survey was conducted of scientific articles published in Brazilian journals from 2007 to 2012. The survey included 156 articles, whose abstracts were analyzed and categorized. In all categories, a systematization was identified of the characteristics of autism and the development of interventions for the reduction of symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]