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    Transcultural Adaptation of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) for Brazil and Portugal
    with Cristina Queirós, Sonia Pasian, and João Marôco
    Frontiers in Psychology 10. 2019.
    During the last few years, burnout has gained more and more attention for its strong connection with job performance, absenteeism, and presenteeism. It is a psychological phenomenon that depends on occupation, also presenting differences between sexes. However, to properly compare the burnout levels of different groups, a psychometric instrument with adequate validity evidence should be selected (i.e., with measurement invariance). This paper aims to describe the psychometric properties of the O…Read more
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    Brazil-Portugal Transcultural Adaptation of the UWES-9: Internal Consistency, Dimensionality, and Measurement Invariance
    with Sonia Pasian, Cristina Queirós, and João Marôco
    Frontiers in Psychology 9. 2018.
    The aim of this paper is to present a revision of international versions of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and to describe the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the UWES-9 developed simultaneously for Brazil and Portugal, the validity evidence related with the internal structure, namely, Dimensionality, measurement invariance between Brazil and Portugal, and Reliability of the scores. This is the first UWES version developed simultaneously for both countries, and it is an imp…Read more
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    Work Engagement among Rescue Workers: Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese UWES
    with Alexandra Marques-Pinto, Cristina Queirós, and João Marôco
    Frontiers in Psychology 8. 2018.
    Rescue workers have a stressful and risky occupation where being engaged is crucial to face physical and emotional risks in order to help other persons. This study aims to estimate work engagement levels of rescue workers (namely comparing nurses, firefighters, and police officers) and to assess the validity evidence related to the internal structure of the Portuguese versions of the UWES-17 and UWES-9, namely, dimensionality, measurement invariance between occupational groups, and reliability o…Read more
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    Development of the Referee Shared Mental Models Measure (RSMMM)
    with João Aragão E. Pina, João Sinval, João Marôco, Catarina Marques Santos, Sjir Uitdewilligen, M. Travis Maynard, and Ana Margarida Passos
    Frontiers in Psychology 11. 2020.
    The concept of shared mental models refers to the shared understanding among team members about how they should behave in different situations. This article aimed to develop a new shared mental model measure, specifically designed for the refereeing context. A cross-sectional study was conducted with three samples: national and regional football referees (n = 133), national football referees and assistant referees and national futsal referees (n = 277), and national futsal referees (n = 60). The…Read more