Helder Miguel Fernandes

Biographic Data

ID223792
NAMEHelder Miguel Fernandes
GIVEN NAMESHelder Miguel
FAMILY NAMEFernandes
SIGNATUREFERNANDES H M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
ORCID0000-0001-8667-4871
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Emotional intelligence mediates the relationship between sport type and social anxiety in adolescents

    Open AccessHelder Miguel Fernandes, Henrique Costa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2026

    Background: Adolescence is a developmental period marked by heightened social anxiety vulnerability. Organized sport may protect mental health, but the psychological mechanisms linking sport type to social anxiety remain unclear. Objective: This study examined whether specific emotional intelligence dimensions mediate the association between sport type and social anxiety among adolescents, and whether sex or age moderates these relationships. Met…

  • Can the Urban Lifestyle Impact on Children BMI and Healthy Sleep

    Open AccessAristides M Machado‐rodrigue, Daniela Rodrigues et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2025

    OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to (i) compare children's lifestyle by urbanization level and (ii) examine the association between children's body mass index (BMI) and the risk of having unhealthy sleep (American Academy of Pediatrics). METHODS: Eight thousand one hundred fifty-nine children (4124 females) aged 6-9 years were observed and classified as urban or nonurban. Height and weight were measured, and the BMI was calculated. Sleep habits, sede…

  • Low Birth Weight and Related Metabolic Risk Factors, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and Physical Activity in Adolescents

    Open AccessAristides M Machado‐rodrigue, Cristina Padez et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    LBW was found to be independently correlated with the aggregated MRF (β = -0.01; 95% CI, -0.01-0.00) among boys aged 14-17 years

  • Intervention and mediation effects of a community-based singing group on older adults’ perceived physical and mental health: The Sing4Health randomized controlled trial

    Iolanda Costa Galinha, Helder Miguel Fernandes et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2023

    Objective To examine short- and long-term effects of a group singing program on older adults’ perceived physical and mental health levels, and also investigate subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive/negative affect and hedonic balance), body balance and serum biomarkers (C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate) as putative mediating mechanisms, controlling for the cognitive status of the participants. Design: The randomi…

  • Using Anthropometric Data and Physical Fitness Scores to Predict Selection in a National U19 Rugby Union Team

    Open AccessLuís Vaz, Wilbur Kraak et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The purpose of this study was to compare measures of anthropometry characteristics and physical fitness performance between rugby union players (17.9 ± 0.5 years old) recruited (n = 39) and non-recruited (n = 145) to the Portuguese under-19 (U19) national team, controlling for their playing position (forwards or backs). Standardized anthropometric, physical, and performance assessment tests included players' body mass and height, push up and pull…

  • Influencing Factors of Social Anxiety Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder in a Nonclinical Brazilian Population

    Open AccessPatrícia Tatiana Soler, Jefferson Da Silva Novaes et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2018

    The aims of this study were twofold: (i) to investigate the prevalence of social anxiety disorder and body dysmorphic disorder in a nonclinical, Brazilian population and (ii) to examine the effects of selected factors such as sociodemographic characteristics (sex, age, marital status, workload, education, and income), body mass index, current diet, physical activity, and use of aesthetic treatment. A total of 428 adults (279 women and 149 men) ag…

  • Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the lived experience component of the Spiritual Health And Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM)

    Open AccessSandra Adriana Neves Nunes, Helder Miguel Fernandes et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2018Cited by: 1References: 37

    This study had the following aims: (i) to translate the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM) into Brazilian Portuguese and adapt it to ensure the semantic/conceptual equivalence and content validity of the Brazilian version and (ii) to analyse the psychometric properties—reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity and factorial validity—of the lived experience component, also called the Spiritual Well-Being Questionn…

  • Tradução, adaptação transcultural e propriedades psicométricas da versão brasileira do Test of Performance Strategies

    Open AccessMarcos Gimenes Fernandes, Helder Miguel FernandesARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2015Cited by: 1

    Este estudo tem como objetivos proceder à tradução e adaptação transcultural (equivalência semântica/conceitual e validade de conteúdo) do Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS), assim como, verificar as suas propriedades psicométricas (confiabilidade e validade fatorial) em atletas brasileiros. A amostra foi constituída por 413 atletas (295 homens e 118 mulheres) com idades compreendidas entre os 16 e 69 anos (M = 25,87, DP = 7,82). As propriedad…

  • Physical Activity, Depression and Anxiety Among the Elderly

    Open AccessCarla M Teixeira, José Vasconcelos-Raposo et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2013Cited by: 2References: 42

  • Propriedades psicométricas do CSAI-2 em atletas brasileiros

    Open AccessMarcos Gimenes Fernandes, José Vasconcelos-Raposo et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2012

    O propósito do estudo foi examinar a confiabilidade, evidências de validade fatorial, invariância (por género, tipo de esporte e nível competitivo) e evidências de validade convergente do CSAI-2. A amostra total foi composta de 375 atletas (284 do sexo masculino e 91 do sexo feminino). Para as evidências de validade convergente, a amostra foi constituída de 163 atletas (115 do sexo masculino e 48 do sexo feminino). Os atletas responderam aos inst…

  • Factorial Validity and Invariance of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Among Portuguese Youngsters

    Open AccessJosé Vasconcelos-Raposo, Helder Miguel Fernandes et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2011Cited by: 7References: 10

  • Análise factorial confirmatória do Teosqp

    Open AccessHelder Miguel Fernandes, José Vasconcelos-Raposo et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2010Cited by: 1

    O propósito do presente estudo foi avaliar a confiabilidade, a validade factorial e a invariância (por sexo) da versão portuguesa do TEOSQ (Fonseca & Biddle, 2001). Integraram a amostra 1010 estudantes com uma média de idade de 15,42 anos. A análise factorial e da invariância foi avaliada através da análise factorial confirmatória. Os resultados corroboram a proposta de uma estrutura de duas subescalas (tarefa e ego). Com base nos índices de modi…