Helena Maria Amaral Do Espírito-Santo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1409523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena Maria Amaral Do Espírito-Santo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena Maria Amaral |
| FAMILY NAME | Do Espírito-Santo |
| SIGNATURE | DO ESPÍRITO-SANTO H M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Superior Miguel Torga |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2625-3754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rights-Based Vision
Integrating human rights principles into social work practice is essential for advocating and protecting clients’ rights. The Human Rights Lens in Social Work (HRLSW) scale, which measures social workers’ ability to see the human rights dimensions of their work, can be used to promote rights-based practices within social work. Originally developed in the USA, the scale requires validation in different cultural contexts to ensure its applicability…
Psychological distress and the Covid-19 pandemic
Personality traits and coping strategies significantly predict predisposition to psychopathology. This study aimed to examine the predictive role of coping strategies in psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Portuguese individuals, considering personality and sociodemographic variables. Data were collected using Google Forms from 2402 individuals (86.8% women; mean age ± SD = 36.80 ± 11.80) between March and June 2020…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sleep and dreams
Do impulsivity and alexithymia predict aggressiveness in institutionalized older adults
Introduction: Alexithymia and impulsivity are related and predict aggressiveness in younger adults, especially in forensic contexts. However, little is known about this relationship in older adults,especially in geriatric institutionalized settings, where aggressiveness presents a high prevalence. Thus, we aimed to analyze the impact of impulsivity and alexithymia in institutionalized older adults’ aggressiveness after examining the relationships…
Children’s social and emotional behavior
Research has demonstrated that maternal emotion regulation strategies (self-criticism and self-compassion), mental health, and family functioning impacts child functioning. Due to the paucity of studies, we aimed to analyze: (1) the associations between maternal emotion regulation strategies, psychopathological symptomatology, family functioning, and mother’s perceived child social and emotional behavior (SEB); (2) the differences in mother’s per…
Values, Ethics and Theoretical Perspectives of the Hartford Social Competency Scale-II
Social work practice with the older population demands assessing gerontological competencies, for which values and ethics are central. This study aimed to test the adjustment of the Portuguese version of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Competency Scale II subscale—values, ethics and theoretical perspectives (GSWCS-II-VEPT) to a bifactor structure and to analyse its reliability in a sample of social workers. The study enrolled 534 social worker…
Rastreio cognitivo em estruturas residenciais para pessoas idosas no Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, Portugal
Com o objetivo de efetuar o rastreio do perfil cognitivo dos residentes em Estruturas Para Idosos no Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, avaliaram-se 174 participantes recorrendo ao Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (n=96) e ao diagnóstico de demência reportado nos prontuários dos pacientes (n=78). Verificou-se, através do MMSE, que 41,7% dos inquiridos apresentavam pontuações sugestivas de déficit cognitivo. Adicionando a este resultado o diagnósti…
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Rastreio cognitivo em estruturas residenciais para pessoas idosas no Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, Portugal
Com o objetivo de efetuar o rastreio do perfil cognitivo dos residentes em Estruturas Para Idosos no Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, avaliaram-se 174 participantes recorrendo ao Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (n=96) e ao diagnóstico de demência reportado nos prontuários dos pacientes (n=78). Verificou-se, através do MMSE, que 41,7% dos inquiridos apresentavam pontuações sugestivas de déficit cognitivo. Adicionando a este resultado o diagnósti…
Do impulsivity and alexithymia predict aggressiveness in institutionalized older adults
Introduction: Alexithymia and impulsivity are related and predict aggressiveness in younger adults, especially in forensic contexts. However, little is known about this relationship in older adults,especially in geriatric institutionalized settings, where aggressiveness presents a high prevalence. Thus, we aimed to analyze the impact of impulsivity and alexithymia in institutionalized older adults’ aggressiveness after examining the relationships…
Children’s social and emotional behavior
Research has demonstrated that maternal emotion regulation strategies (self-criticism and self-compassion), mental health, and family functioning impacts child functioning. Due to the paucity of studies, we aimed to analyze: (1) the associations between maternal emotion regulation strategies, psychopathological symptomatology, family functioning, and mother’s perceived child social and emotional behavior (SEB); (2) the differences in mother’s per…
Values, Ethics and Theoretical Perspectives of the Hartford Social Competency Scale-II
Social work practice with the older population demands assessing gerontological competencies, for which values and ethics are central. This study aimed to test the adjustment of the Portuguese version of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Competency Scale II subscale—values, ethics and theoretical perspectives (GSWCS-II-VEPT) to a bifactor structure and to analyse its reliability in a sample of social workers. The study enrolled 534 social worker…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sleep and dreams
Psychological distress and the Covid-19 pandemic
Personality traits and coping strategies significantly predict predisposition to psychopathology. This study aimed to examine the predictive role of coping strategies in psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Portuguese individuals, considering personality and sociodemographic variables. Data were collected using Google Forms from 2402 individuals (86.8% women; mean age ± SD = 36.80 ± 11.80) between March and June 2020…
Rights-Based Vision
Integrating human rights principles into social work practice is essential for advocating and protecting clients’ rights. The Human Rights Lens in Social Work (HRLSW) scale, which measures social workers’ ability to see the human rights dimensions of their work, can be used to promote rights-based practices within social work. Originally developed in the USA, the scale requires validation in different cultural contexts to ensure its applicability…
Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Portuguese (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works)