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Maria Helena Hasselmann

Researcher at Rio de Janeiro State University

Publications -  46
Citations -  1318

Maria Helena Hasselmann is an academic researcher from Rio de Janeiro State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Domestic violence. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1130 citations.

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Portuguese-language cross-cultural adaptation of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2), an instrument used to identify violence in couples

TL;DR: Evaluation of cross-cultural equivalence between the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales originally developed in English and used to identify violence in couples and a Portuguese-language version for use in Brazil shows encouraging results.
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Semantic equivalence of the Portuguese version of the Abuse Assessment Screen tool used for the screening of violence against pregnant women

TL;DR: The objective is to evaluate the semantic equivalence between the original tool in English and two Portuguese versions, and propose a synthetic version to be used in the field, and highlight the importance of using more than one version in the process.
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The magnitude of intimate partner violence in Brazil: portraits from 15 capital cities and the Federal District

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the prevalence of intimate partner violence in 15 State capital cities and the Federal District of Brazil and found that the overall prevalence of psychological aggression and severe physical abuse within couples was 78.3%, 21.5%, and 12.9%, respectively.
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Portuguese version of the Conflict Tactics Scales Form R (CTS-1) used to assess marital violence: semantic and measurement equivalence

TL;DR: The overall results suggest an adequate process of cross-cultural adaptation of the Portuguese version of the CTS-1, thus endorsing its use in the Brazilian setting.