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Purpose: Identifying and assessing social skills has been a powerful way of linking human behaviour and human interaction with their consequences at significant developmental levels. There are some data connecting social skills with interpersonal violence but not yet with elder abuse. The reason might be the scarcity of quick and easy-to-apply measures of social skills. This study aims to adapt and validate the Social Skills Inventory (Del Prette and Del Prette, 2001) to the Portuguese population. Methodology: We conducted two studies. In study 1, we gathered the psychometric characteristics of the SSI-Del-Prette through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In study 2, we correlated the new measure with measures of depression and empathy to test for divergent and concurrent validity. Findings: The obtained version of the SSI-Del-Prette showed a good model fit and internal consistency. This measure presented six factors: Conversation and social confidence, Easiness of self-exposure, Self-expression of positive affect, Coping assertively with risk, Defending interests, and opinions, Giving and receiving praise. The indicators of convergent and divergent validity supported the integrity of the measure. Originality/value: This paper provides an adaptation of a measure of six social skills expanded to the older adult population. Research limitations/implications: The adaptation of this measure of social skills opens new possibilities for studying these skills., Ministério da Educação e Ciência.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.PD/BD/105965/2014. This study was conducted at the Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653). João F. Fundinho was funded by a scholarship from the Portuguese Foundations for Science and Technology – FCT – (PD/BD/105965/2014).

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Psicologia, Conceitos como perspetiva de tempo futuro, regulação emocional e significado na vida são relacionados na teoria da seletividade socio-emocional. Esta teoria conceptualizada por Carstensen num estudo de Hicks et al. (2012) propõe a existência de relações inversas entre perspetiva de tempo (PT) e significado na vida (SV) e relações diretas entre afeto positivo e significado na vida. O presente estudo teve como principal objetivo confirmar a relação entre PT e construção do SV, em jovens adultos e em adultos idosos; um segundo objetivo foi explorar o papel que o repertório emocional, a solidão e a diferenciação emocional tinham nessa relação. Participaram neste estudo um total de 103 jovens adultos e 117 adultos idosos. Foram feitas análises correlacionais. Os dados confirmam que uma maior PT se associa a uma menor procura de significado e menor regulação emocional em ambos os grupos de idade. Por sua vez, uma maior regulação emocional associa-se a uma maior procura de significado e a uma maior diferenciação emocional, igualmente em ambos os grupos. Contudo, a relação entre a PT e afeto positivo, ao contrário do previsto por Hicks et al. (2012) é positiva e não negativa em ambos os grupos de idade., Concepts such as future time perspective, emotional regulation and meaning in life are related in the theory of socio-emotional selectivity. This theory conceptualized by Carstensen in a study by Hicks et al. (2012) proposes the existence of inverse relationships between perspective of time (PT) and meaning in life (SV) and direct relationships between positive affect and meaning in life. The main objective of this study was to confirm the relationship between PT and the construction in young adults and elderly adults; a second objective was to explore the role that the emotional repertoire, loneliness and emotional differentiation had in this relationship. A total of 103 young adults and 117 elderly adults participated in this study. Correlational analyses were performed. The data confirm that a higher PT is associated with a lower demand for meaning and lower emotional regulation in both age groups. In turn, greater emotional regulation is associated with a greater search for meaning and greater emotional differentiation, equally in both groups. However, the relationship between PT and positive affection, contrary to what was predicted by Hicks et al. (2012) is positive and not negative in both age groups.

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Psicologia, O presente estudo teve como objetivo explorar dos níveis da solidão na população adulta Portuguesa e a sua relação com a vinculação e inteligência emocional. Participaram no estudo 275 indivíduos, 61, 1% (168) do sexo feminino e 38,9% (107) do sexo masculino, com idades compreendidas entre os 20 e os 60 anos (M= 41.1, DP= 10.51). Foram utilizados um questionário sociodemográfico, Escala de Vinculação do Adulto (EVA), de Collins & Read (1990), Escala de Inteligência Emocional (EIE), de Schutte et al. (1998) e Escala de Solidão Social e Emocional (SELSA-S), de DiTommaso et al. (2004), validadas para a população portuguesa. Os resultados revelam que a solidão na idade adulta não varia em função da idade ou género. A solidão apresenta uma relação positiva com a vinculação ansiosa e uma relação negativa com os estilos de vinculação segura e inteligência emocional. As limitações prendem-se com a escassez de estudos da solidão nesta faixa etária, que não nos permitem comparação, pelo que se espera que este estudo possa servir de referência a estudos futuros na idade adulta. A promoção de uma vinculação segura e de inteligência emocional desde a infância podem constituir-se um fator de desenvolvimento importante, quando se considera a solidão., The purpose of this study was to explore the levels of loneliness in the Portuguese adult population and to evaluate their relationship with attachment style and emotional intelligence. A total of 275 participants, 61.1% females and 38.9% males between the ages of 20 and 60, (M=41.1, SD= 10.51) took part in this study. A sociodemographic questionnaire, Adult Attachment Scale, by Collins & Read (1990), Emotional Intelligence Scale, by Schutte et al. (1998) and Social and Emotional Loneliness (SELSA-S), by DiTommaso et al. (2004), validated for de Portuguese population, are applied. Results indicated that loneliness in adulthood not diverge according to age or gender. Loneliness presented a positive relationship with insecure attachment and a negative relationship with secure attachment styles and emotional intelligence. Limitations are the absence of studies in this age group. Therefore, more studies on evaluation of loneliness and its origins in this population are proposed. In conclusion, the promotion secure attachment styles and emotional intelligence since childhood can be an important development factor when considering loneliness.