Maria Vargas-Moniz
Biographic Data
| ID | 223202 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Vargas-Moniz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Vargas-Moniz |
| SIGNATURE | VARGAS-MONIZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISPA - Instituto Universitário |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4875-9118 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Putting mental health deinstitutionalisation back on track
The study findings constitute an important basis to inform the ongoing or future deinstitutionalisation processes of adults with mental illness diagnoses
Autonomy, competence, and relatedness
Service-learning (SL) has gained global popularity for promoting students' civic engagement and democratic and pluralistic values and impacting faculty and communities. It relies on foundational pillars (the 4 Rs): respect, reciprocity, relevance, and reflexivity. While the drivers of faculty motivation have received attention from researchers, a gap remains in understanding what sustains their motivation and engagement over time. This study aims…
Multiculturalism in dominant ethnic populations
Following a person-centered approach, the present study investigates support for multiculturalism of dominant ethnic members. Using Latent Profile Analysis, the current investigation aimed to identify subgroups of dominant ethnic participants and examine potential difference in their endorsement of multiculturalism towards subaltern ethnic groups. Based on the existing literature, subgroups of dominant members were identified along with the combi…
Distal supports, capabilities, and growth‐focused recovery
Adults who have substantial histories of homelessness and complex support needs may feel ambivalent about integrating into their communities and find it difficult to do so. Being familiar to and recognized by others as a resident in a neighborhood or community are sources of “distal support” that provide individuals with feelings of belonging to their community and are important to recovery from homelessness. We hypothesized that individuals enga…
Critical Insights on Social Connections in the Context of Resettlement for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Psychometric properties of the measure of achieved capabilities in homeless services
Findings demonstrate that the MACHS is a valid and reliable measure that may be used to assess the extent to which homeless services support their clients to develop capabilities needed for growth-related recovery. Implications for practice and future research directions are discussed
Structure and agency in capabilities‐enhancing homeless services
The capabilities approach, a framework for understanding and measuring inequality, stipulates that equality is best understood as the freedom to do and be within a particular context. Homelessness has been referred to as a situation of ‘capabilities deprivation’, and the extent to which homeless services restore or enhance capabilities is of increasing interest. As part of a large, eight‐country study of homelessness in Europe, we examined the ex…
Factors Associated with Providers’ Work Engagement and Burnout in Homeless Services
The complexity of homeless service users’ characteristics and the contextual challenges faced by services can make the experience of working with people in homelessness stressful and can put providers’ well‐being at risk. In the current study, we investigated the association between service characteristics (i.e., the availability of training and supervision and the capability‐fostering approach) and social service providers’ work engagement and b…
Home as a Base for a Well-Lived Life
Nussbaum’s Central Capabilities refer to the elements of a well-lived life, and many adults who experience homelessness are deprived of these capabilities. The study aim was to investigate whether service users experience different homeless services as affording or constraining capabilities. We conducted semi-structured interviews with homeless service users (n = 77) in Housing First (HF) and staircase services (SS) in eight European countries. W…
Homeless Adults’ Recovery Experiences in Housing First and Traditional Services Programs in Seven European Countries
Highlights Housing First reports more service user recovery but little is known about how this is achieved. Certain features of homeless services are likely to promote service users’ recovery. Housing First service users reported more choice, better housing quality, and more satisfaction. Service features predicted independent housing, psychiatric symptoms, and community integration. Across socio‐political and economic contexts, Housing First pre…
Goals and Principles of Providers Working with People Experiencing Homelessness
The implementation and adaptation of the Housing First (HF) model represented profound changes the structure and delivery, goals, and principles of homeless services. These features of homeless services directly influence providers, their work performance and the clients' outcomes. The present research, conducted in eight European countries, investigated how social providers working in HF or TS (Traditional Staircase) describe and conceptualize t…
Sentimento psicológico de comunidade
O Sentimento de Comunidade é um dos conceitos fundamentais da Psicologia Comunitária. Seymour Sarason, em 1974, define-o como a perceção de pertença, interdependência e compromisso mútuo que liga os indivíduos de uma comunidade. No modelo proposto por McMillan e Chavis (1986) identificam-se quatro dimensões: estatuto de membro, integração e satisfação de necessidades, influência e relações emocionais partilhadas.A investigação tem procurado desen…
Formação em psicologia comunitária e os seus contributos pedagógicos para a participação cívica
Neste trabalho procura-se documentar os processos através dos quais a formação académica avançada pode contribuir para o aprofundamento da formação cívica dos estudantes e para gerar novos polos de liderança e/ou mudança social em contextos sociais diversificados. Descreve-se o percurso do ensino da Psicologia Comunitária como formação especializada no âmbito da Psicologia e como curriculum formativo autónomo, bem como o debate sobre as competênc…
Sentimento de comunidade, qualidade e satisfação de vida
O sentimento de comunidade percebido numa localidade específica, como num bairro residencial, providencia vários benefícios, quer a nível individual, quer a nível comunitário. A nível individual, quanto maior for o sentimento de comunidade, maior será a participação nos processos da comunidade, maior será o capital e suporte social percebido através das relações em vizinhança e maior será a satisfação e qualidade de vida. A nível comunitário, qua…
Parcerias e coligações comunitárias
O artigo procura proporcionar uma panorâmica global sobre o enquadramento conceptual de parcerias e coligações comunitárias e como estas envolvem os esforços de colaboração entre indivíduos, grupos, organizações ou mesmo comunidades constituindo-se como veículos privilegiados para a activação de recursos locais e para a resolução de problemas que uma organização, serviço ou um grupo autonomamente não tem capacidade para resolver ou ultrapassar. P…
Parcerias comunitárias e intervenção preventiva
Este trabalho resulta da participação nos Encontros a nível nacional promovidos pela Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens em Risco ou Perigo que tiveram lugar em Setembro de 2006 em Vila Real de Santo António, Guimarães e Santarém. A conceptualização e os critérios para um funcionamento eficaz das Parcerias Comunitárias constituem-se como o ponto de partida para uma perspectiva panorâmica acerca do tema. Procura-se neste trabalho e…
Homeless Adults’ Recovery Experiences in Housing First and Traditional Services Programs in Seven European Countries
Highlights Housing First reports more service user recovery but little is known about how this is achieved. Certain features of homeless services are likely to promote service users’ recovery. Housing First service users reported more choice, better housing quality, and more satisfaction. Service features predicted independent housing, psychiatric symptoms, and community integration. Across socio‐political and economic contexts, Housing First pre…
Factors Associated with Providers’ Work Engagement and Burnout in Homeless Services
The complexity of homeless service users’ characteristics and the contextual challenges faced by services can make the experience of working with people in homelessness stressful and can put providers’ well‐being at risk. In the current study, we investigated the association between service characteristics (i.e., the availability of training and supervision and the capability‐fostering approach) and social service providers’ work engagement and b…
Home as a Base for a Well-Lived Life
Nussbaum’s Central Capabilities refer to the elements of a well-lived life, and many adults who experience homelessness are deprived of these capabilities. The study aim was to investigate whether service users experience different homeless services as affording or constraining capabilities. We conducted semi-structured interviews with homeless service users (n = 77) in Housing First (HF) and staircase services (SS) in eight European countries. W…
Structure and agency in capabilities‐enhancing homeless services
The capabilities approach, a framework for understanding and measuring inequality, stipulates that equality is best understood as the freedom to do and be within a particular context. Homelessness has been referred to as a situation of ‘capabilities deprivation’, and the extent to which homeless services restore or enhance capabilities is of increasing interest. As part of a large, eight‐country study of homelessness in Europe, we examined the ex…
Critical Insights on Social Connections in the Context of Resettlement for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Sentimento de comunidade, qualidade e satisfação de vida
O sentimento de comunidade percebido numa localidade específica, como num bairro residencial, providencia vários benefícios, quer a nível individual, quer a nível comunitário. A nível individual, quanto maior for o sentimento de comunidade, maior será a participação nos processos da comunidade, maior será o capital e suporte social percebido através das relações em vizinhança e maior será a satisfação e qualidade de vida. A nível comunitário, qua…
Parcerias e coligações comunitárias
O artigo procura proporcionar uma panorâmica global sobre o enquadramento conceptual de parcerias e coligações comunitárias e como estas envolvem os esforços de colaboração entre indivíduos, grupos, organizações ou mesmo comunidades constituindo-se como veículos privilegiados para a activação de recursos locais e para a resolução de problemas que uma organização, serviço ou um grupo autonomamente não tem capacidade para resolver ou ultrapassar. P…
Parcerias comunitárias e intervenção preventiva
Este trabalho resulta da participação nos Encontros a nível nacional promovidos pela Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens em Risco ou Perigo que tiveram lugar em Setembro de 2006 em Vila Real de Santo António, Guimarães e Santarém. A conceptualização e os critérios para um funcionamento eficaz das Parcerias Comunitárias constituem-se como o ponto de partida para uma perspectiva panorâmica acerca do tema. Procura-se neste trabalho e…
Formação em psicologia comunitária e os seus contributos pedagógicos para a participação cívica
Neste trabalho procura-se documentar os processos através dos quais a formação académica avançada pode contribuir para o aprofundamento da formação cívica dos estudantes e para gerar novos polos de liderança e/ou mudança social em contextos sociais diversificados. Descreve-se o percurso do ensino da Psicologia Comunitária como formação especializada no âmbito da Psicologia e como curriculum formativo autónomo, bem como o debate sobre as competênc…
Sentimento psicológico de comunidade
O Sentimento de Comunidade é um dos conceitos fundamentais da Psicologia Comunitária. Seymour Sarason, em 1974, define-o como a perceção de pertença, interdependência e compromisso mútuo que liga os indivíduos de uma comunidade. No modelo proposto por McMillan e Chavis (1986) identificam-se quatro dimensões: estatuto de membro, integração e satisfação de necessidades, influência e relações emocionais partilhadas.A investigação tem procurado desen…
Goals and Principles of Providers Working with People Experiencing Homelessness
The implementation and adaptation of the Housing First (HF) model represented profound changes the structure and delivery, goals, and principles of homeless services. These features of homeless services directly influence providers, their work performance and the clients' outcomes. The present research, conducted in eight European countries, investigated how social providers working in HF or TS (Traditional Staircase) describe and conceptualize t…
Home as a Base for a Well-Lived Life
Nussbaum’s Central Capabilities refer to the elements of a well-lived life, and many adults who experience homelessness are deprived of these capabilities. The study aim was to investigate whether service users experience different homeless services as affording or constraining capabilities. We conducted semi-structured interviews with homeless service users (n = 77) in Housing First (HF) and staircase services (SS) in eight European countries. W…
Homeless Adults’ Recovery Experiences in Housing First and Traditional Services Programs in Seven European Countries
Highlights Housing First reports more service user recovery but little is known about how this is achieved. Certain features of homeless services are likely to promote service users’ recovery. Housing First service users reported more choice, better housing quality, and more satisfaction. Service features predicted independent housing, psychiatric symptoms, and community integration. Across socio‐political and economic contexts, Housing First pre…
Structure and agency in capabilities‐enhancing homeless services
The capabilities approach, a framework for understanding and measuring inequality, stipulates that equality is best understood as the freedom to do and be within a particular context. Homelessness has been referred to as a situation of ‘capabilities deprivation’, and the extent to which homeless services restore or enhance capabilities is of increasing interest. As part of a large, eight‐country study of homelessness in Europe, we examined the ex…
Factors Associated with Providers’ Work Engagement and Burnout in Homeless Services
The complexity of homeless service users’ characteristics and the contextual challenges faced by services can make the experience of working with people in homelessness stressful and can put providers’ well‐being at risk. In the current study, we investigated the association between service characteristics (i.e., the availability of training and supervision and the capability‐fostering approach) and social service providers’ work engagement and b…
Psychometric properties of the measure of achieved capabilities in homeless services
Findings demonstrate that the MACHS is a valid and reliable measure that may be used to assess the extent to which homeless services support their clients to develop capabilities needed for growth-related recovery. Implications for practice and future research directions are discussed
Autonomy, competence, and relatedness
Service-learning (SL) has gained global popularity for promoting students' civic engagement and democratic and pluralistic values and impacting faculty and communities. It relies on foundational pillars (the 4 Rs): respect, reciprocity, relevance, and reflexivity. While the drivers of faculty motivation have received attention from researchers, a gap remains in understanding what sustains their motivation and engagement over time. This study aims…
Multiculturalism in dominant ethnic populations
Following a person-centered approach, the present study investigates support for multiculturalism of dominant ethnic members. Using Latent Profile Analysis, the current investigation aimed to identify subgroups of dominant ethnic participants and examine potential difference in their endorsement of multiculturalism towards subaltern ethnic groups. Based on the existing literature, subgroups of dominant members were identified along with the combi…
Distal supports, capabilities, and growth‐focused recovery
Adults who have substantial histories of homelessness and complex support needs may feel ambivalent about integrating into their communities and find it difficult to do so. Being familiar to and recognized by others as a resident in a neighborhood or community are sources of “distal support” that provide individuals with feelings of belonging to their community and are important to recovery from homelessness. We hypothesized that individuals enga…
Critical Insights on Social Connections in the Context of Resettlement for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Putting mental health deinstitutionalisation back on track
The study findings constitute an important basis to inform the ongoing or future deinstitutionalisation processes of adults with mental illness diagnoses
Psychology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works) · Housing First (5 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (5 works)