Explaining rigid dieting in normal-weight women: The key role of body image inflexibility

Ferreira, C., Trindade, I.A., & Martinho, A. (2016). Explaining rigid dieting in normal-weight women: the key role of body image inflexibility. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 21(1), 49–56. doi: 10.1007/s40519-015-0188-x.Restrictive dieting is an increasing behavior presented by women in Western societies, independently of their weight. There are several known factors that motivate diet, namely a sense of dissatisfaction with one’s body and unfavorable social comparisons based on physical appearance. However, dieting seems to have a paradoxical effect and has been considered a risk factor for weight gain and obesity in women, and associated with maladaptive eating. Nevertheless, the study of the emotional regulation processes that explain the adoption of inflexible and rigid dietary patterns still remains little explored. In this line, the present study aims to explore why normal-weight women engage in highly rigid and inflexible diets. We hypothesize that body and weight dissatisfaction, and unfavorable social comparisons based on physical appearance with peers explain the adoption of inflexible eating rules, through the mechanism of body image inflexibility. The study comprised 508 female college students who presented BMIs between 18.5 and 25. Path analyses were conducted to explore the study’s hypotheses. Results revealed that the model explained 43% of inflexible eating and revealed excellent fit indices. Furthermore, the unwillingness to experience unwanted events related to body image (body image inflexibility) mediated the impact of body dissatisfaction and unfavorable social comparisons on the engagement in inflexible eating rules. This study highlights the relevance of body image inflexibility to explain rigid eating attitudes, and it seems to be an important avenue for the development of interventions focusing on the promotion of adaptive attitudes towards body image and eating in young women

Body image-related cognitive fusion as a main mediational process between body-related experiences and women's quality of life

Ferreira, C., & Trindade, I.A. (2015). Body image-related cognitive fusion as a main mediational process between body-related experiences and women's quality of life. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 20 (1), 91-97. doi: 10.1007/s40519-014-0155-y.Purpose: Although the experience of body image has been considered an important indicator of women’s psychological quality of life (QoL), it has also been suggested that the impact of unwanted body-related experiences on QoL may be mediated by emotional regulation processes. The aim of the current study was therefore to explore for the first time the role of body image-related cognitive fusion on these associations. Methods: This study comprised 779 young females who completed self-report measures. A path analysis was conducted to explore whether BMI, body dissatisfaction, and feelings of inferiority based on physical appearance would impact on psychological QoL through body image-related cognitive fusion. Results: The model explained 39% of psychological health, and revealed an excellent fit. Results showed that BMI did not directly impact on psychological health. Furthermore, the effects of increased body dissatisfaction and feelings of inferiority based on physical appearance on psychological health were fully and partially mediated by body image-related cognitive fusion, respectively. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the presence of body image-related negative experiences does not necessarily lead to impairment in women’s quality of life, which is rather dependent upon one’s ability to observe these unwanted experiences as transient and subjective. Therefore, intervention programs aiming at increasing women’s quality of life should focus on targeting emotional regulation processes in order to develop the ability to pursue life goals and values, even in the presence of unwanted experiences concerning body image

Sistema de gestão da qualidade e ambiental na Embrapa Arroz e Feijão.

O presente documento relata o histórico dessa mudança de filosofia institucional e mostra a interface existente entre a Gestão da Qualidade e Ambiental, para identificar e desenvolver estratégias para aplicação de modelos de planejamento integrado, que ofereçam subsídios para a sustentabilidade da empresa.bitstream/CNPAF/26654/1/doc_215.pd

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Do shame and perfectionistic self-presentation explain the link between early affiliative memories and eating psychopathology?

This study explored a model examining the impact that early affiliative memories (with family and peers) presents on eating psychopathology, and whether this link is carried by the mechanisms of external shame and body image-related perfectionistic self-presentation. This study’s sample comprised 480 female college students, who completed the self-report measures of interest. Path analyses’ results revealed that this model accounted for 48% of disordered eating’s variance. Furthermore, results showed that 26% of external shame was explained by early memories of warmth and safeness, and that 19% of body image-related perfectionistic self-presentation was explained by the lack of recall of these affiliative memories, through increased levels of external shame. These findings seem to suggest that the lack of these positive memories is associated with higher levels of shame (feelings of inferiority and unattractiveness), and with higher tendencies to adopt body image-related perfectionistic strategies, that seem to explain excessive eating concern and rigid control of one’s eating behaviours. This study offers important insights for future research and for the development of intervention programs, by revealing the importance of assessing and targeting shame and perfectionistic strategies and suggesting the importance of promoting adaptive emotion regulation strategies to deal with adverse memories

Metodologia para utilização de aeromodelos em monitoramento aéreo.

O projeto ARARA (Aeronaves de Reconhecimento assistidas por Rádio e Autônomas), está centrado no desenvolvimento e uso de UAV's, de escala reduzida, para monitoramento aéreo. Seu principal objetivo é a substituição de aeronaves convencionais utilizadas na obtenção de fotografias aéreas, para monitoramento de áreas agrícolas e áreas sujeitas a problemas ambientais, por UAV's de pequeno porte que realizam missões pré-estabelecidas pelos usuários.bitstream/CNPDIA/8116/1/CiT15_2002.pd

Rizobactérias para o biocontrole de Radopholus similis.

Radopholus similis provoca perdas econômicas na cultura da bananeira. Há relatos que rizobactérias são capazes de produzir metabólitos nematicidas. Este trabalho objetivou isolar rizobactérias de diferentes espécies de plantas, avaliá-las quanto ao potencial de biocontrole de R. similis in vitro e in vivo e identificar os isolados mais promissores. Rizobactérias foram isoladas da rizosfera de cultivares de bananeira e de espécies nematicidas nos meios TSA e King B. Posteriormente, realizou-se a seleção pela quantificação do número de nematoides mortos após 24 e 36 h em contato com os metabólitos produzidos pelas rizobactérias. Os isolados de melhor desempenho foram submetidos à identificação em nível de gênero por PCR com primers para os gêneros Pseudomonas e Bacillus. Dentre 152 isolados, 23 apresentaram toxidez a R. similis após 24 e 36 h. Cinco rizobactérias reduziram a população de R. similis no solo, em casa de vegetação. Dos 10 submetidos à identificação, três corresponderam ao gênero Bacillus e dois a Pseudomonas. As bactérias avaliadas apresentam potencial de antagonismo a R. similis

Bactérias diazotróficas endofíticas e fungos microrrízicos no controle do mal-do-Panamá em bananeira.

Entre os principais problemas fitossanitários da bananeira está o mal-do-Panamá causado pelo fungo de solo Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (E.F. Smith) (FOC). Este fungo infecta diversas variedades de bananeira e causa prejuízos aos bananicultores. Por isso, muitos materiais genéticos estão sendo abandonados no Brasil, sendo o principal exemplo, a variedade Maçã, suscetível ao fungo. Na última década, estudos com bactérias diazotróficas endofíticas têm-se intensificado graças às suas potencialidades como agente de promoção de crescimento e proteção de plantas. A contribuição de bactérias diazotróficas na cultura da banana ainda é pouco conhecida. Weber (1998) constatou que isolados de bactérias pertencentes aos gêneros Herbaspirillum e Burkholderia, provenientes da própria cultura, proporcionavam melhor crescimento das mudas micropropagadas das cultivares Butuhan, Caipira e Prata Anã. A associação micorrízica ocorre naturalmente em plantios de bananeira (Yano-Melo et al., 1997) beneficiando as plantas sob diferentes condições nas quais, a interação entre o fungo micorrízico arbuscular (FMA) e FOC pode ocorrer, representando um potencial a ser explorado no biocontrole do mal-do-Panamá.Este trabalho teve como objetivos isolar bactérias diazotróficas endofíticas de raízes de bananeiras e avaliá-las juntamente com fungos micorrízicos no controle da fusariose em mudas da variedade Maçã.pdf 242

Getting entangled with body image: Development and validation of a new measure.

Ferreira, C., Trindade, I. A., Duarte, C. & Pinto-Gouveia, J. (2015). Getting entangled with body image: Development and validation of a new measure. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 88(3), 304–316. doi: 10.1111/papt.12047Objectives. Several studies have highlighted the role of cognitive fusion on human suffering and a wide range of psychopathological conditions. Namely, this process has been regarded as a core aspect in eating disorders. Nevertheless, the study of cognitive fusion on eating psychopathology is scarce and a measure that specifically concerns body image was still to be created. The present study aimed therefore at developing and validating such measure, the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire Body Image (CFQ-BI). Design and methods. The current study was conducted using different samples of both genders, collected in the general and student populations. The dimensionality of the CFQ-BI was tested through an exploratory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The scale’s internal reliability and other psychometric qualities were also analysed. Results. The CFQ-BI’s final structure was one-dimensional and comprised 10 items that assess body image-related cognitive fusion. This final structure explained a total of 73.41% of the variance. The adequacy of the questionnaire was corroborated through a CFA which revealed that CFQ-BI presents good global and local adjustment values and goodness-of-fit indices. Results also showed that the CFQ-BI holds a very good internal consistency (a = .96), convergent, divergent and temporal reliabilities, and is able to discriminate cases from non-cases of eating psychopathology. Conclusions. The CFQ-BI was thus established as a short, robust, and reliable measure of body image-related cognitive fusion. This new measure may correspond to a significant contribution to research and clinical practice in the field of body image and eating-related difficulties