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O viés atencional, compreendido como a tendência de processar informações de acordo com a valência emocional ou significado, pode contribuir para a vulnerabilidade a transtornos psiquiátricos. Este estudo apresenta uma revisão da literatura sobre pesquisas empíricas que investigaram associações entre viés atencional e esquizofrenia. A busca foi realizada nas bases de dados PsycInfo, Web of Science, MedLine e Scopus. Um total de 641 estudos foi identificado. Após a aplicação dos critérios de elegibilidade, 16 artigos foram incluídos na amostra final, com a inclusão de um artigo a partir das referências dos estudos da amostra. Foram observados a utilização de tarefas e estímulos diversos, que apresentaram resultados variados, indicando, por um lado, a presença de viés atencional, e, por outro, interferência equivalente de estímulos emocionais em pacientes e pessoas saudáveis. São necessários mais estudos que, além de investigarem a associação entre viés atencional e esquizofrenia, permitam o controle de variáveis confundidoras.

Attentional bias, understood as the tendency to process information according to emotional valence or meaning, can contribute to vulnerability to psychiatric disorders. This study presents a review of empirical research literature that investigated the associations between attentional bias and schizophrenia. The search was conducted in the PsycInfo, Web of Science, MedLine, and Scopus databases. A total of 641 studies were identified. After applying eligibility criteria, 16 articles were included in the final sample, including one article retrieved from the references of the sample studies. Various tasks and stimuli were observed, yielding diverse results, indicating, on the one hand, the presence of attentional bias, and on the other hand, equivalent interference from emotional stimuli in patients and healthy individuals. Further studies are needed that, in addition to investigating the association between attentional bias and schizophrenia, allow for the control of confounding variables.

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Objective: This study aimed to assess whether a music therapy (MT) intervention could improve memory decline in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. A dual-retrieval model of episodic memory was employed to estimate memory processes. Methods: Forty-three older adults with a mean age of 76.49 years (n = 25 with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mixed dementia, and n = 18 healthy older adults) were randomly selected for the experimental and control groups. The study design was a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial and a certified music therapist delivered the MT. The primary outcomes were measures of working memory, episodic memory, and autobiographical memory. Results: In the primary outcome measures, MT effects were restricted to episodic memory measures like the Figure Memory Test of the BCSB and the Speech and Sing Memory Test. In both tests, the experimental group improved from pre-test to post-test in delayed recall, but in the Speech and Sing Memory Test, the improvement was restricted to the AD and mixed dementia group. MT had no effects on the secondary outcome measures. Conclusions: These findings suggest that a structured MT intervention can be promising for rehabilitating episodic memory in older adults with dementia.

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Studies have provided evidence that morphological awareness contributes to word reading in opaque languages such as English. However, this relationship is not yet established for Brazilian Portuguese, a much less opaque language. The present study performed a longitudinal investigation of the relationship between morphological awareness and word reading in 162 children from 2nd to 5th grades of elementary school. The children were evaluated in the final quarter of the respective school year (time 1) and 1 year later (time 2). Hierarchical regression analyses controlling for intelligence, phonological awareness, and phonological working memory were conducted. The hierarchical regression analyses were followed up by cross-lagged panel correlations, and both results converged to word reading measured in the 2nd and 3rd grades contributing to morphological awareness 1 year later. In addition, morphological awareness measured in the 4th grade contributed to word reading 1 year later. The greater transparency of Brazilian Portuguese may make morphological awareness less important for word reading in the early grades; however, in older children, morphological awareness is important for word reading performance.

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Abstract Studies have provided evidence that morphological awareness contributes to word reading in opaque languages such as English. However, this relationship is not yet established for Brazilian Portuguese, a much less opaque language. The present study performed a longitudinal investigation of the relationship between morphological awareness and word reading in 162 children from 2nd to 5th grades of elementary school. The children were evaluated in the final quarter of the respective school year (time 1) and 1 year later (time 2). Hierarchical regression analyses controlling for intelligence, phonological awareness, and phonological working memory were conducted. The hierarchical regression analyses were followed up by cross-lagged panel correlations, and both results converged to word reading measured in the 2nd and 3rd grades contributing to morphological awareness 1 year later. In addition, morphological awareness measured in the 4th grade contributed to word reading 1 year later. The greater transparency of Brazilian Portuguese may make morphological awareness less important for word reading in the early grades; however, in older children, morphological awareness is important for word reading performance.

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Resumo Avaliar o engajamento escolar é crucial para identificar alunos em risco de evasão e monitorar o progresso acadêmico. O objetivo deste estudo foi construir e obter evidências de validade para uma Escala de Engajamento dos Alunos na Escola Inferido por Professores (EEAE-IP). Participaram do estudo 488 alunos do 2ª ao 5ª ano do Ensino Fundamental de escolas de Minas Gerais. A EEAE-IP apresenta boas propriedades psicométricas, com Análise Fatorial Confirmatória atestando o modelo de quatro fatores (comportamental, cognitivo, afetivo e agente). A evidência da consistência interna da escala foi boa com um Alfa de Crombach de 0,92 e a fidedignidade interobservador sugere que o construto é avaliado da mesma forma por diferentes observadores. A EEAE-IP é de rápida aplicação e utiliza o professor como informante. Sugerimos novos estudos que forneçam dados para a validade em outras populações. Este estudo reforça o papel da EEAE-IP em futuras pesquisas psicoeducacionais.

Abstract Evaluating school engagement is crucial to identifying students at risk of dropping out and monitoring academic progress. The aim of this study was to develop and obtain evidence of validity for a Student School Engagement Scale Inferred by Teachers (EEAE-IP). The study included 488 students from the 2nd to the 5th year of elementary school in Minas Gerais. The EEAE-IP presents good psychometric properties, with Confirmatory Factor Analysis attesting to the four-factor model (behavioral, cognitive, affective and agent). Evidence of the scale's internal consistency was good with a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.92 and the inter-rater reliability suggests that the construct is assessed in the same way by different observers. The EEAE-IP is quick to apply and uses the teacher as an informant. Further studies that provide data for validity in other populations were suggested. This study reinforces the role of the EEAE-IP in future psychoeducational research.

Resumen Evaluar la participación escolar es crucial para identificar a los estudiantes en riesgo de abandonar la escuela y monitorear el progreso académico. El objetivo de este estudio fue construir y obtener evidencias de validez para una Escala de Compromiso Estudiantil Inferida por los Profesores (EEAE-IP). El estudio incluyó a 488 alumnos del 2º al 5º año de la enseñanza fundamental de Minas Gerais. La EEAE-IP presenta buenas propiedades psicométricas, con el Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio dando fe del modelo de cuatro factores (conductual, cognitivo, afectivo y agente). La evidencia de la consistencia interna de la escala fue buena con un Alfa de Cronbach de 0,92 y la confiabilidad entre evaluadores sugiere que el constructo es evaluado de la misma manera por diferentes observadores. La EEAE-IP es rápida de aplicar y utiliza al profesor como informante. Sugerimos más estudios que proporcionen datos para la validez en otras poblaciones. Este estudio refuerza el papel de la EEAE-IP en futuras investigaciones psicoeducativas.

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O presente estudo investigou a relação dos preditores cognitivos da leitura e do engajamento escolar com a habilidade de leitura. Participaram dessa pesquisa 74 crianças falantes do português brasileiro. As crianças eram de uma escola pública e tinham uma idade aproximada de 10 anos no início da pesquisa. Avaliou-se a consciência morfológica, a consciência fonológica, a memória de trabalho fonológica, a nomeação seriada rápida, a inteligência, o engajamento escolar e a leitura dos participantes em dois momentos: no final do 4º ano do Ensino Fundamental e no meio do 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Os resultados de análises de regressão evidenciaram que as variáveis cognitivas são as mais importantes na predição da leitura. Identificou-se uma relação causal da precisão de leitura para a consciência fonológica e uma relação recíproca entre a nomeação seriada rápida e a fluência de leitura. A consciência morfológica foi importante para a compreensão de leitura, juntamente com o engajamento comportamental. Esses resultados reforçam a importância de se estimular os preditores cognitivos da leitura e de se incentivar o envolvimento dos alunos na escola durante a aprendizagem da leitura. (AU)

The present study investigated the relationship of cognitive predictors of reading and school engagement with reading ability. Seventy-four Brazilian Portuguese speaking children participated in this research. The children were from a public school and had, at the beginning of the study, 10 years old approximately. Morphological awareness, phonological awareness, phonological working memory, rapid automatized naming, intelligence, school engagement, and reading were evaluated in the participants in two moments: at the end of the 4th year of elementary school and in the middle of the 5th year of elementary school. The results of regression analysis showed that cognitive variables are the most important in predicting reading. A causal relationship between reading accuracy and phonological awareness and a reciprocal relationship between rapid serial naming and reading fluency were identified. Morphological awareness was important for reading comprehension, along with behavioral engagement. These results reinforce the importance of stimulating cognitive predictors of reading and school engagement throughout the entire process of learning to read. (AU)

El presente estudio investigó la relación entre los predictores cognitivos de la lectura y de la implicación escolar y habilidades de lectura. Participaran desta investigación setenta y cuatro estudiantes brasileños hablantes del portugués. Los estudiantes eran de una escuela pública y tenían una edad aproximada de 10 años al inicio de la investigación. Se evalúo la Consciencia Morfológica, Consciencia Fonológica, Memoria de Trabajo Fonológica, Denominación Automatizada Rápida, Inteligencia, Implicación Escolar y Lectura en dos momentos: en final de 4º año escolar e en medio de 5º año escolar. Los resultados de Analisis de Regression evidenciaron que las variables cognitivas son las más importantes en la explicación de la Lectura. Se identificó una relación de causalidad de la precisión de Lectura para la Consciencia Fonológica y una relación reciproca entre la Denominación Automatizada Rápida y la fluidez de Lectura. La Conciencia Morfológica fue importante para la comprensión de Lectura, juntamente con el compromiso conductual Estos resultados refuerzan la importancia de estimular los predictores cognitivos de la lectura y de incentivas la implicación de los alumnos en la escuela durante el aprendizaje de la lectura. (AU)

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Abstract Phonological awareness is one of the most important predictors of reading. However, there is still controversy concerning its dimensionality. This study evaluated the dimensionality of phonological awareness among Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children. A total of 212 children performed six phonological awareness tasks in the last year of kindergarten. Of those children, 177 performed the same tasks when they were in the first grade. The phonological awareness measures differed in both their cognitive demand (detection, blending, segmentation, and elision) and the phonological unit involved (rhyme, syllable, and phoneme). Confirmatory factor analyzes were employed to test several models of phonological awareness dimensionality. The results indicated that the best model was an oblique model of phonological units with two correlated latent factors: phonemic awareness and supraphonemic awareness. This model presented the best fit to the data both in kindergarten and in the first grade. In addition, supraphonemic awareness in the kindergarten predicted phoneme awareness in the first grade; however, phonemic awareness in the kindergarten did not predict supraphonemic awareness in the first grade. These results are compatible with phonological awareness developing from larger phonological units (e.g., syllables) to small phonological units (e.g., phonemes) and the reciprocal relationship between phonological awareness and reading. From a theoretical point of view, these results also suggest that phonological awareness is a one-dimensional construct that can be evaluated by tests employing different phonological units (e.g., syllables, rhymes, phonemes).

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Resumo O estudo investigou a influência de variáveis cognitivas na leitura de crianças com desenvolvimento típico e em crianças com Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade (TDAH). Participaram 70 crianças do 2° ao 7° anos do Ensino Fundamental, divididas nos grupos: TDAH e controle. Foram aplicadas tarefas de consciência fonológica, memória de trabalho fonológica, nomeação seriada rápida, vocabulário, quociente de inteligência (QI), atenção, flexibilidade cognitiva e leitura (precisão, fluência e compreensão). Análises de regressão linear múltipla indicaram que a nomeação seriada rápida e a consciência fonológica contribuíram fortemente para a precisão, a fluência e a compreensão de leitura. O TDAH influenciou somente na compreensão. Argumentou-se que provavelmente os componentes da função executiva são os responsáveis pela relação entre TDAH e compreensão de leitura.

Abstract This study investigated the influence of cognitive variables on reading in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children with typical development. Seventy children from 2th to 7th grade took part in this study and were divided into two groups: ADHD and control. Tasks of phonological awareness, phonological work memory, rapid automatized naming, vocabulary, intelligence quotient (IQ), attention, cognitive flexibility and reading (accuracy, fluency, and comprehension) were applied. Multiple linear regression analyses indicated that rapid serial naming and phonological awareness strongly contributed to reading accuracy, reading fluency, and comprehension. ADHD only influenced comprehension, probably because of its relation to executive function.

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O fading affect bias (FAB) atua na memória autobiográfica humana, favorecendo a manutenção das emoções positivas em detrimento das negativas. Este trabalho questionou se esse mecanismo poderia ser influenciado pela depressão e se seria encontrado na memória episódica. Cinquenta e cinco voluntários registraram eventos autobiográficos positivos e negativos durante uma semana. Eles preencheram o Inventário de Depressão de Beck e realizaram um teste de memória com palavras de conotação positiva, negativa e neutra. Os resultados sugeriram que o humor deprimido pode interferir no funcionamento do FAB e prejudicar a manutenção das emoções positivas na memória. Os efeitos na memória episódica foram menos conclusivos.

The fading affect bias (FAB) works in human autobiographical memory in favour of the maintenance of positive emotions over negative ones. This study questioned whether this mechanism could be influenced by depression and if it could also be found in episodic memory. 55 volunteers registered personal positive and negative life events for a week, filled the Beck Depression Inventory and performed a recognition memory test with positive, neutral and negative words. The results suggested the depressed mood could influence the well functioning of the FAB and damage the maintenance of positive emotions in memory. The effects on the episodic memory were less conclusive.

El fading affect bias (FAB) actúa sobre la memoria autobiográfica humana favoreciendo el mantenimiento de las emociones positivas sobre las negativas. Este trabajo cuestionó si este mecanismo podría estar influenciado por la depresión y si se encontraría en la memoria episódica. 55 voluntarios registraron eventos autobiográficos positivos y negativos durante una semana, completaron el Inventario de depresión de Beck y se sometieron a una prueba de memoria con connotaciones positivas, negativas y neutrales. Los resultados sugirieron que el estado de ánimo deprimido puede interferir con el funcionamiento del FAB y afectar el mantenimiento de las emociones positivas en la memoria. Los efectos sobre la memoria episódica fueron menos concluyentes.

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This study evaluated the precision of a Letter-Name Knowledge task in predicting children at risk/non-risk of reading and writing difficulties in Brazil. A second goal was to compare the precision of classification of two versions of this task: a 26 letter-task and a 15 letter-task. A total of 213 Brazilian children performed the 26 letter-task when they were in kindergarten. Of those children, 176 performed a writing task and 174 performed a reading task in 1st grade Elementary School. The choice of letters for the 15 letter-task was based on the Item Response Theory and on neural network simulation. The results based on the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analysis, showed that both tasks could be used for screening children with reading and writing difficulties (areas under the curve of 0.83 and 0.80).

Este estudo avaliou a precisão de classificação do risco de dificuldade de leitura e escrita, a partir do conhecimento do nome das letras. Foram aplicadas duas versões da tarefa de reconhecimento das letras, a primeira com todas as 26 letras do alfabeto, e a outra com apenas 15. A tarefa foi aplicada a 213 crianças brasileiras, matriculadas no último ano da Educação Infantil, sendo que, no primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental, 176 delas realizaram a tarefa de escrita, e 174 a de leitura. Utilizaram-se a Teoria da Resposta ao Item e a simulação de rede neural para a escolha das 15 letras da versão reduzida da tarefa, e a análise da curva de Características Operacionais do Recebedor para avaliar a precisão de classificação das duas versões da tarefa. Os resultados indicaram que ambas as versões podem ser utilizadas para rastrear crianças com dificuldades de leitura e de escrita, áreas sob curvas de 0,83 e 0,80.

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