Aldo M Costa

Datos Biográficos

ID7008970
NOMBREAldo M Costa
NOMBRESAldo M
APELLIDOCosta
FIRMACOSTA A M
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Beira Interior
ORCID0000-0003-0296-9707
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2012
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Inter rater reliability of practical assessment criteria for aquatic literacy in children

    Open AccessIlka Staub, Michel Brinkschulte et al.ARTICLEDiscover Education2026

  • Face and Content Validity of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence in Young Children

    Open AccessLiliane De Sousa Morgado, Kristine De Martelaer et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    An international group of experts have developed a pictorial tool to measure perceived water competence for children aged from 5 to 8 years old: the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence (PSPWC). The aim of the present study was to verify the validity of this tool. In the first part of the study, 120 children were interviewed to investigate face validity of the PSPWC to ensure that all pictorial items were understandable. In the second pa…

  • Perceived and Real Aquatic Competence in Children from 6 to 10 Years Old

    Open AccessAldo M Costa, Alexandra Frias et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    This study aimed to analyze the relationship between perceived aquatic competence (PAC) and real aquatic competence (RAC) in 6 to 10 year old children in skills identified as relevant for surviving an aquatic accident. The study sample consisted of 105 children (8.2 + 1.3 years old). Two age groups were examined separately [G1, 6 to 7 years (n = 53); G2, 8 to 10 years (n = 52)]. Children's aquatic competence was evaluated twice for skills linked …

  • The Efficacy of Dog Assisted Therapy in Detained Drug Users

    Open AccessLaura Contalbrigo, Marta De Santis et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2017

    Drug addiction is a major care and safety challenge in prison context. Nowadays, rehabilitation and specific therapeutic programs are suggested to improve health and well-being of inmates during their detention time and to reduce substance abuse relapse after release from prison. Among these programs, several studies reported the benefits for inmates coming from animal assisted interventions. In this pilot controlled study, we investigated the ef…

  • Evaluation of dietary quality in relation to body composition and socio-economic status in European adolescents

    Open AccessT Spagnoli, Aldo M Costa et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    comparison with the group studied in 1998 (13?5 % v. 10 %). Overweight in boys aged 9 years occurred more often in 2008 in comparison with the study of peers in 1998. We did not find significant differences in prevalence of overweight for the remaining analysed boys' age groups. Variation in prevalence of obesity in boys from both the groups analysed were not statistically significant (7?3 % v. 6?2 %). We did not find considerable differences in …

  • Poster Abstracts

    Open AccessT Spagnoli, Aldo M Costa et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    comparison with the group studied in 1998 (13?5 % v. 10 %). Overweight in boys aged 9 years occurred more often in 2008 in comparison with the study of peers in 1998. We did not find significant differences in prevalence of overweight for the remaining analysed boys' age groups. Variation in prevalence of obesity in boys from both the groups analysed were not statistically significant (7?3 % v. 6?2 %). We did not find considerable differences in …