Marlene Matos
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 168938 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marlene Matos |
| PRENOMES | Marlene |
| SOBRENOME | Matos |
| ASSINATURA | MATOS M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Minho |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2194-839X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The Effectiveness of Forensic Interview Procedures in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Forensic Psychological Assessment in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant global concern with profound emotional, social and legal implications. Forensic psychological assessments play a critical role in legal investigations, aiding in the validation of allegations and ensuring appropriate interventions for victims. This scoping review examines the existing empirical literature on forensic psychological assessment procedures in CSA cases, aiming to provide an overview of the me…
Adolescent bystanders in technology-facilitated sexual dating abuse
Adolescent bystander responses to technology-facilitated sexual dating abuse (TFSDA) and their associated factors remain understudied. This pioneering study applied latent class analysis to identify distinct profiles of adolescents’ bystander responses to TFSDA and examined, within the Action Coils Model of bystander intervention, the intra-individual, event-related, and post-intervention factors associated with each profile. Between February and…
Postpandemic levels of (complex) PTSD among domestic violence sheltered victims in Portugal
These results highlight the importance of tailored interventions to address these multifaceted factors, aiming to effectively mitigate the trauma's impact. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Bystanders’ Detection of Intervention Opportunities in Technology-Facilitated Sexual Dating Abuse
Technology-facilitated sexual dating abuse (TFSDA) involves non-consensual sexual behaviors in relationships—such as sharing nude/sexual content—often visible to bystanders, who can intervene and reduce its impact. In Portugal, the lack of assessment measures limits understanding of which intervention opportunities are detected and which adolescents detect them. This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of the Scale of Bystanders’ D…
Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence During the First Year of the Pandemic
This integrative review aims to analyze and synthesize existing literature to inform our understanding of the multifaceted dimensions of domestic violence during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, using a holistic and ecological framework. Utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) study design, searches were conducted on six databases, yielding a final sample of 58 articles. The study comprehe…
Sexual Exploitation
Sexual exploitation is a pervasive issue affecting individuals globally, characterized by the abuse of vulnerability, power, or trust for sexual purposes. This study aims to explore the perceptions of professionals and stakeholders in Portugal regarding the prevention, assistance, and protection of victims of sexual exploitation. Employing a qualitative research approach, four online focus groups were conducted with 17 participants from various p…
Honour-based violence and intimate partner homicide in Portugal
Nature and human well-being
Forensic psychological procedures in cases of technology‐facilitated sexual abuse among adolescents
Technology‐facilitated sexual abuse refers to the use of information and communication technologies to facilitate both virtual and in‐person sexual crimes. Research on this topic has focused on rates, risk factors, and consequences. This scoping review aims to understand whether and how forensic psychological procedures are adapted to assess adolescent victims and how Internet‐based information might be useful as complementary data. Following the…
Forensic Interview Techniques in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is widely recognized as a global public health problem with negative consequences for victims, their families, and society. The child’s testimony is essential to the case outcome, given the frequent absence of physical or biological evidence of the abusive acts. Thus, the child forensic interview plays a decisive role in criminal investigation. The present scoping review aims to identify and describe the judicial procedur…
A Systematic Review of Professionals’ Knowledge and Perceptions on Child Trafficking
Domestic violence professionals in Portuguese shelters
This study investigates the experiences of professionals working in shelters in Portugal and their responses to domestic violence within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed qualitative data from 30 semi-structured interviews, mostly women working as directors or coordinators of those institutions. Through thematic analysis, we identified three major challenges: (1) Supporting Victims During the Pandemic: increased risk for victims a…
Exploring Perceptions of Portuguese Police about Human Trafficking Victims and Perpetrators
Post break‐up stalking
Stalking is characterized by persistent unwanted behaviors and can disrupt the lives of victims. Its prevalence has been increasing with time. Due to the recent criminalization of stalking in Portugal and its being an understudied phenomenon, the objective of this study is to assess the perceptions of police officers ( n = 1212) about stalking post intimate relationship breakup. We developed an adaptation of the questionnaire “Reasonable Percepti…
Cyber‐harassment victimization of Portuguese adolescents
Cyber‐harassment refers to a pattern of repeated, intentional, and unwanted annoyances, impositions, threats, or other aggravating actions mediated by Information and Communication Technologies. Globally, substantial proportions of adolescents experience cyber‐harassment, resulting in a host of deleterious health‐related consequences. This study tested the empirical utility of the Lifestyle‐Routine Activities Theory in accounting for adolescent c…
Clinical profiles and factors associated with treatment initiation in survivors of sex trafficking
This research highlights some important predictors of formal help-seeking, including perceived social relationships. Assessing for support systems in these three groups of survivors of interpersonal violence early when engaging survivors is recommended. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
It takes a community to save a child”
This study aims to explore the knowledge of the Portuguese community on child trafficking. Through an online inventory, with a sample of 492 community members, with a mean age of 40.53 and mostly female (70.7%), participants were more knowledgeable about forms of exploitation, risk and vulnerability factors, the profile of the victims, and the situation in Portugal about child trafficking. On the contrary, they were less knowledgeable about the d…
The Compass of Shame Scale
Different shame coping strategies directly influence shame experience. However, the assessment of these strategies has received little attention. The Compass of Shame Scale (CoSS-5) was developed to assess shame-coping styles and has proven to be a valid measure. In this study, the CoSS-5 dimensionality was examined throughout confirmatory analysis and its measurement invariance across gender was investigated for the original (four-factor) and a …
Police officers’ discourses about male victims of intimate partner violence in Portugal
An assessment of Portuguese social professionals awareness of human trafficking
As social professionals are increasingly called on to assist in human trafficking cases, the present study used a qualitative approach to explore how this crime and its victims and traffickers are perceived by these workers. Forty-eight social professionals (aged 24–57) completed an online human trafficking knowledge survey. The data reported suggest a narrative congruent with the European image of the ‘iconic’ victim and trafficker. Those stereo…
Violência na intimidade
Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar as crenças da comunidade luso-africana, residente em Portugal, sobre a violência na intimidade. Os participantes (n=70) responderam a um questionário online, adaptado da Escala de Crenças sobre a Violência Conjugal. Os resultados apontaram para uma reduzida legitimação da violência, na intimidade, sendo a "pequena" violência a mais legitimada. Os participantes do sexo masculino, sem contacto com a proble…
Victimized immigrant women in Portugal
Few studies have focused on immigrant women’s help-seeking that is due to factors such as having a history of multiple victimization. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of help-seeking and the factors associated with informal or formal sources. The participants were 84 immigrant women in Portugal who had experienced any form of violence in the host country. The results showed that 92% of the participants had experienced victimization for …
Child trafficking, comprehensive needs and professional practices
Interpersonal Violence in Immigrant Women in Portugal
The vast majority of studies concerning the victimization of immigrant women focus only on intimate violence, disregarding other types of interpersonal violence, other contexts of occurrence, and the potential cumulative experience of victimization. The main objectives of this study were to establish the frequency of multiple victimization in a community sample of 107 immigrant women living in Portugal and to evaluate, using an intersectional app…
Exploring Help Seeking Experiences of Male Victims of Female Perpetrators of IPV
Help-seeking and needs of male victims of intimate partner violence in Portugal
A large body of research clearly indicates that men are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). However, in Portugal, the phenomenon of male victims of IPV remains hidden and is not a target of research, public policy, or social attention. This exploratory study analyzed the prevalence of victimization, help-seeking behaviors, and needs of 89 men who defined themselves as victims of IPV. Men reported that they had been the victims of at least…
Multiple Victimization and Social Exclusion
This work explores life stories of socially excluded women who experienced multiple victimization. It seeks to understand the existential dimension of victimization experience, particularly how victims integrate their victimization experiences in their meaning or sense that they give to their existence and their lives. The study included 12 participants who suffered multiple victimization and who were in a situation of social exclusion. Individua…
Trafficking in Human Beings
Trafficking in human beings is a global problem, and countries worldwide have joined efforts and built strategies to fight this phenomenon. This study sought to examine the knowledge of Portuguese college students regarding trafficking in human beings. The study was conducted with 223 students from different Portuguese universities. The results revealed that college students presented high levels of knowledge about the phenomena's dynamics, traff…
Trafficking in human beings
Trafficking in human beings (THB) has been gaining prominence in the political agendas of governments, both nationally and internationally. The fight against this crime involves the entire justice system with it being the job of the police, prosecutors, and magistrates to investigate, try, and convict the violators accordingly. The objective of this study was to access the perceptions of the magistrates regarding the phenomenon, in general, and t…
Post-Relationship Stalking
An assessment of Portuguese social professionals awareness of human trafficking
As social professionals are increasingly called on to assist in human trafficking cases, the present study used a qualitative approach to explore how this crime and its victims and traffickers are perceived by these workers. Forty-eight social professionals (aged 24–57) completed an online human trafficking knowledge survey. The data reported suggest a narrative congruent with the European image of the ‘iconic’ victim and trafficker. Those stereo…
Stalking victimization in Portugal
Cyber-aggression in adolescence and internet parenting styles
Domestic violence professionals in Portuguese shelters
This study investigates the experiences of professionals working in shelters in Portugal and their responses to domestic violence within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed qualitative data from 30 semi-structured interviews, mostly women working as directors or coordinators of those institutions. Through thematic analysis, we identified three major challenges: (1) Supporting Victims During the Pandemic: increased risk for victims a…
Interpersonal Violence in Immigrant Women in Portugal
The vast majority of studies concerning the victimization of immigrant women focus only on intimate violence, disregarding other types of interpersonal violence, other contexts of occurrence, and the potential cumulative experience of victimization. The main objectives of this study were to establish the frequency of multiple victimization in a community sample of 107 immigrant women living in Portugal and to evaluate, using an intersectional app…
Homens vítimas na intimidade
A violência contra os homens na intimidade é um tema controverso e negligenciado. No entanto, são já vários os estudos que avançam que os homens podem ser vítimas na intimidade. Este artigo contempla uma análise metodológica dos estudos de prevalência acerca da violência contra os homens em relações heterossexuais. A violência contra o sexo masculino perpetrada pelo sexo feminino varia de 0.6% a 100%, dependendo do tipo de violência que abrange, …
Vitimação múltipla feminina ao longo da vida
No contexto internacional assistimos a um crescente reconhecimento científico de que as mulheres, vítimas preferenciais de diferentes formas de vitimação, tendem a coo-experienciar outras formas de vitimação ao longo da vida. Neste artigo realizamos uma revisão sistemática da literatura existente sobre a vitimação múltipla de mulheres ao longo da vida. Conclui-se que predominam os estudos quantitativos de natureza transversal, retrospectivos e co…
Vitimação por stalking
Este artigo pretende reflectir sobre uma realidade ainda pouco conhecida no contexto nacional – o stalking – e analisar os factores que concorrem para o sentimento de medo face a esta experiência de vitimação. O estudo foi conduzido junto de uma amostra de 236 participantes que relataram ter sido alvo de stalking em algum momento das suas vidas. O sexo e a idade da vítima, assim como ser alvo de vigilância pelo stalker emergiram como preditores d…
Nota de Abertura
Número de Homenagem a Carla Machado
Intervenção em grupo com vítimas de violência doméstica
Após o reconhecimento social, a violência doméstica tem adquirido progressivamente uma expressão significativa nas estatísticas criminais no nosso país. Paralelamente, atendendo aos elevados custos que habitualmente estão associados a esta experiência (e.g., saúde física e psicológica), a actuação de profissionais especializados nesta área foi assumindo cada vez mais relevância, constituindo-se a mulher vítima como um dos principais alvos da inte…
Apresentação do Número
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v27i1.239
Interacção terapêutica em momentos de ambivalência
No processo psicoterapêutico a mudança constrói-se através da emergência e expansão de excepções ao funcionamento problemático do cliente. Contudo, o potencial de mudança destas excepções ou inovações pode ser abortado através da atenuação do seu significado quando o cliente as desvaloriza, trivializa ou nega. Quando este processo se repete ao longo da terapia estamos na presença de ambivalência, na medida em que ocorre uma oscilação recorrente e…
Post-Relationship Stalking
Violência sexual no namoro
Estudos internacionais realizados em contexto universitário apontam consistentemente para a sobrerrepresentação dos atletas como perpetradores frequentes de agressões sexuais nas relações íntimas. A literatura científica tem vindo a sustentar que há aspetos da cultura atlética que contribuem para a maior adesão a mitos socioculturais e a atitudes estereotipadas de género, aumentando a propensão dos atletas para a adoção de condutas sexualmente ab…
Violência doméstica e stalking pós-rutura
Este artigo reflete uma realidade pouco conhecida no plano nacional - o stalking após a rutura de uma relação abusiva. Nesse contexto, o objectivo era conhecer as dinâmicas associadas a esta modalidade de vitimação, as respostas das vítimas face à mesma e os preditores de desajustamento psicossocial na vítima. A amostra foi constituída por 104 mulheres que foram vítimas de abuso na relação e de stalking após o seu término. Os resultados ilustram …
Vitimação múltipla feminina ao longo da vida
No contexto internacional assistimos a um crescente reconhecimento científico de que as mulheres, vítimas preferenciais de diferentes formas de vitimação, tendem a coo-experienciar outras formas de vitimação ao longo da vida. Neste artigo realizamos uma revisão sistemática da literatura existente sobre a vitimação múltipla de mulheres ao longo da vida. Conclui-se que predominam os estudos quantitativos de natureza transversal, retrospectivos e co…
Multiple Victimization and Social Exclusion
This work explores life stories of socially excluded women who experienced multiple victimization. It seeks to understand the existential dimension of victimization experience, particularly how victims integrate their victimization experiences in their meaning or sense that they give to their existence and their lives. The study included 12 participants who suffered multiple victimization and who were in a situation of social exclusion. Individua…
Mudança terapêutica e momentos de inovação
De acordo com White e Epston (1990), a construção da mudança em psicoterapia ocorre a partir da ampliação de resultados únicos, ou de momentos de inovação (MIs), como preferimos denominá-los. Os resultados únicos são excepções à história saturada pelo problema que podem viabilizar uma nova narrativa. Neste estudo, analisam-se os MIs em cinco casos com bons resultados terapêuticos e cinco casos com reduzido sucesso terapêutico. Os resultados revel…
Homens vítimas na intimidade
A violência contra os homens na intimidade é um tema controverso e negligenciado. No entanto, são já vários os estudos que avançam que os homens podem ser vítimas na intimidade. Este artigo contempla uma análise metodológica dos estudos de prevalência acerca da violência contra os homens em relações heterossexuais. A violência contra o sexo masculino perpetrada pelo sexo feminino varia de 0.6% a 100%, dependendo do tipo de violência que abrange, …
Vitimização múltipla feminina ao longo da vida
Estudos da área de Psicologia indicam a existência de uma correlação entre vitimização múltipla e maior complexidade na sintomatologia. Contudo, há mulheres expostas à adversidade cumulativa que não desenvolvem problemas de ajustamento psicológico. Este estudo procurou identificar as estratégias de coping pelas quais as mulheres, com e sem sintomatologia depressiva, lidam com a vitimização múltipla que sofreram ao longo da vida. Para tal, recorre…
Prevalence of Violence against Immigrant Women
Help-seeking and needs of male victims of intimate partner violence in Portugal
A large body of research clearly indicates that men are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). However, in Portugal, the phenomenon of male victims of IPV remains hidden and is not a target of research, public policy, or social attention. This exploratory study analyzed the prevalence of victimization, help-seeking behaviors, and needs of 89 men who defined themselves as victims of IPV. Men reported that they had been the victims of at least…
Exploring Help Seeking Experiences of Male Victims of Female Perpetrators of IPV
Regulação das responsabilidades parentais
A avaliação psicológica no âmbito da regulação das responsabilidades parentais é uma das áreas mais exigentes da prática forense, devido ao conflito e à carga emocional que lhe estão subjacentes. A lei concede aos magistrados a opção de recorrer à perícia psicológica como auxiliar da sua tomada de decisão. Com o intuito de conhecer a valoração e o impacto que as perícias psicológicas têm na decisão judicial, analisaram-se os discursos de dez magi…
Domestic Violence
Several studies have highlighted the benefits of nature for human well-being. Nevertheless, the incorporation of nature as an operative resource in social support processes of vulnerable groups such as domestic violence victims is not a common practice. The complexity and prevalence of domestic violence result in a growing need for innovative intervention modalities that can contribute to provide more effective support for victims. Project CarryO…
Cyber-aggression in adolescence and internet parenting styles
Stalking victimization in Portugal
The prevalence of Bi-Directional intimate partner violence reported by Portuguese men
Trafficking in human beings
Trafficking in human beings (THB) has been gaining prominence in the political agendas of governments, both nationally and internationally. The fight against this crime involves the entire justice system with it being the job of the police, prosecutors, and magistrates to investigate, try, and convict the violators accordingly. The objective of this study was to access the perceptions of the magistrates regarding the phenomenon, in general, and t…
Victimized immigrant women in Portugal
Few studies have focused on immigrant women’s help-seeking that is due to factors such as having a history of multiple victimization. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of help-seeking and the factors associated with informal or formal sources. The participants were 84 immigrant women in Portugal who had experienced any form of violence in the host country. The results showed that 92% of the participants had experienced victimization for …
Child trafficking, comprehensive needs and professional practices
Interpersonal Violence in Immigrant Women in Portugal
The vast majority of studies concerning the victimization of immigrant women focus only on intimate violence, disregarding other types of interpersonal violence, other contexts of occurrence, and the potential cumulative experience of victimization. The main objectives of this study were to establish the frequency of multiple victimization in a community sample of 107 immigrant women living in Portugal and to evaluate, using an intersectional app…
Psychology (33 obras) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (25 obras) · Medicine (17 obras) · Criminology (14 obras) · Poison control (14 obras) · Social Psychology (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Domestic violence (11 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Suicide prevention (11 obras)