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This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of the stressful university day-to-day and stress towards subjective well/ill-being in undergraduate students, proposing and testing an explanatory model. Participants were 306 undergraduate students (Mage = 22.7; 68.3% women) that answered the Subjective Well-Being Scale, Academic and Perceived Stress Scales and the General Health Questionnaire, as well as sociodemographic and questions about their daily life. The results indicated an adequate model fit to the explanatory model in which stressful daily life (e.g., hours of sleep during the week, leisure time/relationships during the week and at the end) explain the stress (i.e., academic and perceived), which in turn explain well-being (i.e., positive affects and life satisfaction) and ill-being (i.e., psychological discomfort and negative affects). These results corroborate the idea that stress impact mental health, and the evidence presented in the current study could be useful to planning interventions that aim improve the mental health of undergraduate students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The present study aimed to know to what extent to suffer bullying predicts depressive symptoms, besides verifying the moderating role of human values in this relation. A total of 455 children (Mage = 11.36, SD = 1.52, 53.5% girls) participated in this study. The results indicated that depressive symptoms were predicted by victimization of bullying, low scores in suprapersonal, normative and interactive values. Additionally, it was observed that the last two moderated the relation between depression and bullying, being these associations stronger among those participants that give little importance to social values. The results are discussed considering the literature, being suggest possibilities of intervention based on values, seeking to mitigate the negative effects of bullying. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to explore the psychometric parameters of the Dula Dangerous Driving Index (DDDI) in Brazil. Four hundred and forty drivers (Mage=29.6; SDage=10.01) divided into two groups with 220 participants each, regrouped to evaluate the concurrent validity of the concise version of the measure. With the first group, the DDDI three-factor structure was verified, presenting acceptable reliability, difficulty and discrimination of the items. Based on previous analysis, 15 items were selected, testing their factor structure with the second group of participants, observing acceptable fit indexes (GFI=.99; RMSEA=.03). The concurrent validity was verified based on correlations between the DDDI, its subscales and the number of fines received by the drivers, involvement in infractions, traffic accidents and fights. The results provided evidences supporting the DDDI adequacy, which can be a useful tool to understand the antecedents and consequences of risk actions in traffic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to adapt the Intentions Toward Infidelity Scale (IIS) to the Brazilian context, knowing its psychometric parameters. Two studies were carried out with people who were in a romantic relationship. Study 1 included 161 participants (mean age = 24.9), who responded to the IIS and demographic questions. Results indicated the one-factor solution for this scale (α = 0.85), whose items showed reasonable discriminative power (theta ranging from -0.5 to 3.0). Study 2 included 236 participants (mean age = 25.5), who answered the same instruments. Results supported the one-factor structure (e.g., CFI = .95 and TLI =.93), which showed invariant across sex (ΔCFI and ΔRMSEA < 0.01). In conclusion, the findings supported the adequacy of the IIS items, but also indicated evidence of its factorial validity and internal consistency, favoring its use in studies looking to investigate the correlates of infidelity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed to explore the psychometric parameters of the Dirty Dozen through the Item Response Theory (IRT), using the Graduated Response Model. Participants included 284 individuals, with a mean age of 24.2 years (SD = 8.76). Initially the dimensionality of the scale was checked and results that support a three-oblique-factor structure were found (CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.98; RMSEA = 0.03). Therefore, IRT analyses were performed separately for each factor. Then, it was verifed that the items discriminate participants properly, being those items belonging to the narcissism factor the ones mostly endorsed; Machiavellianism and psychopathy demanded a greater amount of theta in order to agree with the item content, perhaps because these traits are socially undesirable. It is considered that the aims of the study were achieved, providing evidence of this short measure through the IRT, showing the possibilities of its use in future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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