Anabela Pereira
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anabela Pereira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anabela |
| FAMILY NAME | Pereira |
| SIGNATURE | PEREIRA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aveiro |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9868-3855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Development and perceptual validation of an optical see-through augmented reality paradigm for performance simulation research in music
This paper develops and validates an optical see-through augmented reality (OST-AR) performance simulation paradigm for the controlled manipulation of socially evaluative cues in musical performance contexts. Its methodological contribution is a reusable, perceptually validated stimulus set: an augmented reality – mediated virtual jury expressing differentiated evaluative states, designed to support research on affective perception, attentional a…
Music performance anxiety: A study of anxiety predictors in higher education music students in Portugal
Music performance anxiety (MPA) affects young musicians, and especially those in higher music education, due to the evaluation and performance demands of this context and their professional and personal expectations, with implications for health and wellbeing. This study investigates the following predictors of anxiety: gender, age, performance experience, health problems, coping strategies and medication use, among Portuguese higher education mu…
Validation of the third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire for Portugal
The prevalence and impact of exposure to psychosocial risk factors seems to be increasing in labour contexts in general. The assessment and measurement of psychosocial work factors is essential for the improvement of healthy workplaces and should be incorporated into health and safety management programmes. The assessment of psychosocial factors requires the selection of appropriate instruments that respond to the multidimensionality of that cons…
Binaural and/or stereo self-listening as a tool for musical performance simulation: Evaluating immersion and neural responses
This exploratory study investigated the effects of binaural and stereo self-listening on musicians’ neural responses during the mental simulation of their own musical performances. Six musicians participated in two EEG-monitored sessions in which they listened to binaural and stereo recordings of their performances in a counterbalanced order. Our hypothesis was that binaural recordings, by preserving head-related transfer functions, would elicit …
Stress-Inducing Factors and Coping Scale for Children (SICoS–C)
The main goal of this study was to establish the psychometric characteristics of the Stress-Inducing Factors and Coping Scale for Children (SICoS–C). This work also identified stress-inducing situations and coping mechanisms within educational settings, as reported by professionals working with children aged 3–10 years. The study surveyed 215 professionals, including Preschool Teachers and Psychologists who completed the SICoS–C, a new scale comp…
Music performance anxiety in Portuguese higher education: Contextual factors, perceptions, and strategies
Music performance anxiety (MPA) affects health, wellbeing, and performance quality. The characteristics of MPA are multifaceted and mainly caused by psychophysiological factors that generate a sense of loss of control. The aims of the present study were to understand MPA in the context of higher music education in Portugal through the individual and collective thoughts and perceptions reported by teachers and students; identify the strategies emp…
Burnout and technostress during the Covid-19 pandemic: The perception of higher education teachers and researchers
The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on working conditions of teachers and researchers, jeopardizing their mental health and increasing the risk of burnout and technostress. The purpose of this study was to assess the experiences of burnout and technostress among higher education teachers and researchers during the pandemic. A total of 333 participants responded to an assessment protocol which included the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) a…
Supporting Ph.D. students' skills development: A three-stage doctoral program
Introduction Sustainable development is increasingly recognized as a crucial component of education at all levels, including specialized academic work. As a result, the importance of Ph.D. training in producing highly skilled academics and professionals who can contribute to sustainable development has been acknowledged, leading to increased investments in doctoral training across Europe. However, the diversity in Ph.D. training across countries …
Promoting an Entrepreneurial Culture: Development, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Primary School-Based Program Focused on Soft Skills
This study aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention program designed to foster soft skills among primary-school students. Conducted in Portugal, the program employed face-to-face sessions and involved 2958 fourth-grade students from nine municipalities. The program “Players of Dreams” (PD) [“Brincadores de Sonhos”] is an active learning approach that encourages students and other educational community memb…
The portuguese version of the Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (Eros) in a clinical sample: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across sex
Back to basics? Portraits of the first Covid-19 lockdown in Portugal
In this essay, we analyse pictures taken by participants of a research study on their daily lives during the initial lockdown period in Portugal, as the result of the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photographs have the power to freeze a moment in time that, despite being represented in two-dimensions, is multi-layered. These images reveal the profound impact of the pandemic on people’s lives, affecting the most basic elements of their existe…
Biofeedback from the inside: Impressões e percepções sobre os processos de simulação durante o treinamento para controle da ansiedade na performance musical
O presente trabalho investigou o treinamento em biofeedback para o controle da Ansiedade na Performance Musical (APM) pela ótica de um músico, com o objetivo de estudar processos de autorregulação fisiológica inerentes à atividade. A metodologia teve como ponto de partida o programa de treinamento em biofeedback estabelecido e testado por Chaló (2016) com estudantes universitários, adaptado para o âmbito da performance musical por Barros et al. (…
Validation of the Compassion Fatigue Short Scale among Portuguese firefighters
This study aimed to adapt the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale to Portugal and examine the reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the scale (Pt-CF-Short Scale) among Portuguese firefighters. The factor structure of the Pt-CF-Short Scale was compared to the one-factor model fit and a two-factor model and second-order factor model in a sample of 512 firefighters. Confirmatory factor analysis procedures confirmed the good fit of a secon…
Firefighters under alert: Psychological Morbidity, Empathy and Alexithymia Between Firefighters and Non-Firefighters
Firefighters have high exposure to traumatic events and have an increased risk of developing symptoms related to trauma. The current study assessed the psychological morbidity, empathy and alexithymia of volunteer firefighters compared to career firefighters and to non-firefighter comparators from the general population. Group differences were assessed using multivariate comparisons and univariate tests and discriminant analysis for individual me…
Anxiety and Coping Stress Strategies in Researchers During Covid-19 Pandemic
The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected the whole world, leading to changes in one's personal and working life. Researchers have undergone extensive changes in their roles, mainly in the area of health care, with research into the virus now the priority
Self-Efficacy, Resilience and Distress: Challenges in Education for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in a Health Context
The European Commission has highlighted the development of entrepreneurship competence in lifelong learning skills. In this way, the present study aims to contribute towards fostering the intrapreneurial mindset in healthcare settings. The focus of attention is on the relationship between organizational structures and processes (work-related content and content, specifically psychosocial risk factors), as well as individual wellbeing factors (dis…
Revisiting a taxonomy of social anxiety and assertiveness in adolescence: Evidence for a cognitive approach
Characteristics of music performance anxiety among undergraduate music students: A systematic review
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is described as a persistent apprehension that compromises performative skills both in solo and group performances. The aim of this systematic review was to discuss an overview of research articles addressing the characteristics of MPA as experienced by undergraduate music students. The search was undertaken in the databases Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Eric; of 1526 articles identified by the search keywords…
The Portuguese Third Version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire: Preliminary Validation Studies of the Middle Version among Municipal and Healthcare Workers
A third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III) was developed internationally aiming to respond to new trends in working conditions, theoretical concepts, and international experience. This article aims to present the preliminary validation studies for the Portuguese middle version of COPSOQ III. This is an exploratory cross-sectional study viewing the cross-cultural adaption of COPSOQ III to Portugal, ensuring the conte…
Healthcare Services and Formal Caregiver’s Psychosocial Risk Factors: An Observational Study
The prevention and management of chronic disease primarily requires risk reduction measures, through strategic coordination across various government areas. Recognizing that health workers and the public health workforce are integral to building strong and resilient health, the present study analyses the relation between Psychosocial Risk Factors (PRFs, to which formal caregivers are exposed in the healthcare settings), and the work system relate…
Development and Psychometric Properties of a Scale to Measure Resilience among Portuguese University Students: Resilience Scale-10
Higher education students lack skills to deal in a positive way with the crises inherent to the developmental phase in which they find themselves. However, the complexity of the current global context adds an urgent need for them to be resilient. For this purpose, it is necessary to evaluate their capacity for resilience, which requires the use of instruments that are easy to access, useful, simple, and fast. In this sense, this study aimed to de…
More than meets the eye: Traditions, nucleus and peripheries of the biographical research field
Comparing measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of emotions – Development and Validation of a Scale of Non-Spiritual Religiosity
This study aimed to compare measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of positive and negative emotions. For this purpose, a measure of non-spiritual religiosity (Religious Sense Scale) was developed. Method: The study has been conducted on a sample of 279 participants aged between 19 and 69 (M=24.42, SD=9.463) who completed a questionnaire that included the Religious Sense Scale, the Portuguese version of the Spiritual Well-bein…
Mindfulness profiles in a sample of self-reported sleep disturbance individuals
Job Stress, Burnout and Coping in Police Officers: Relationships and Psychometric Properties of the Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire
Policing is a stressful occupation, which impairs police officers' physical/mental health and elicits burnout, aggressive behaviors and suicide. Resilience and coping facilitate the management of job stress policing, which can be operational or organizational. All these constructs are associated, and they must be assessed by instruments sensitive to policing idiosyncrasies. This study aims to identify operational and organizational stress, burnou…
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Sucesso e desenvolvimento psicológico no Ensino Superior: Estratégias de intervenção
O insucesso escolar destaca-se, actualmente, como uma das grandes preocupações em todas as reflexões sobre o Ensino Superior, situação que tem conduzido ao desenvolvimento de estratégias para intervir ao nível do combate a este fenómeno. O presente trabalho tem como objectivo apresentar um programa de intervenção interdisciplinar ao nível da promoção do sucesso académico, aliando apoio psicológico, suporte social e promoção de estilos de vida sau…
Validação da versão reduzida da escala de comportamento interpessoal para adolescentes Portugueses
Este trabalho apresenta a adaptação linguística para português da Escala de Comportamento Interpessoal - versão reduzida, e a avaliação das suas características psicométricas, em uma amostra de adolescentes tardios (dos 16 aos 21 anos; N = 872). Foi encontrada uma organização interna em quatro dimensões e uma medida geral para os dois componentes avaliados: desconforto ao ser assertivo e frequência de prática de comportamento assertivo. Todas as …
Exposure to psychosocial risk factors in the context of work: A systematic review
OBJECTIVE To analyze the scientific literature about the effects of exposure to psychosocial risk factors in work contexts. METHODS A systematic review was performed using the terms “psychosocial factors” AND “COPSOQ” in the databases PubMed, Medline, and Scopus. The period analyzed was from January 1, 2004 to June 30, 2012. We have included articles that used the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) as a measuring instrument of the psy…
Contrasting (power of) visual and textual discourses in art studies: A critical perspective
This article begins with the assumption that analysing visual discourse is a question of exploring the hermeneutic potentials and epistemological emergence of images as depending on individual perception, ways of seeing and social interaction, strengthening their agency, to ascertain their significance and recognition as aesthetical symbols, as meaning-making processes. The article presents a case study based on two world-renowned Portuguese arti…
Perceived Spirituality, Mindfulness and Quality of Life in Psychiatric Patients
Factor structure and construct validity of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) among Portuguese college students
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale has been presented as a reliable and valid measure to assess generalized anxiety symptoms in several clinical settings and among the general population. However, some researches did not support the original one-dimensional structure of the GAD-7 tool. Our main aim was to examine the factor structure of GAD-7 comparing the one-factor model fit with a two-factor model (3 somatic nature symptoms …
Reliability and Factor Structure of the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) among Portuguese adults
The 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) has been presented as a valid measure to assess psychological distress levels in population surveys but its dimensional structure was not consensual. Our main objective was to provide a Portuguese version of the K10 exploring the reliability and factor structure of this measure. This cross-sectional study included 694 adults collected from a web-based survey and in training entities. Results …
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Examining the construct validity of the Portuguese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 among college students
The present study examines a new factor structure and the convergent validity of the Portuguese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) with college students. This measure has been used to evaluate depressive symptoms in adults. The total sample included 958 college students. Data were collected from a Web-based survey carried out in schools forming the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. Students completed the PHQ-9 and Hospital Anxi…
Comparing measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of emotions – Development and Validation of a Scale of Non-Spiritual Religiosity
This study aimed to compare measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of positive and negative emotions. For this purpose, a measure of non-spiritual religiosity (Religious Sense Scale) was developed. Method: The study has been conducted on a sample of 279 participants aged between 19 and 69 (M=24.42, SD=9.463) who completed a questionnaire that included the Religious Sense Scale, the Portuguese version of the Spiritual Well-bein…
Mindfulness profiles in a sample of self-reported sleep disturbance individuals
Job Stress, Burnout and Coping in Police Officers: Relationships and Psychometric Properties of the Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire
Policing is a stressful occupation, which impairs police officers' physical/mental health and elicits burnout, aggressive behaviors and suicide. Resilience and coping facilitate the management of job stress policing, which can be operational or organizational. All these constructs are associated, and they must be assessed by instruments sensitive to policing idiosyncrasies. This study aims to identify operational and organizational stress, burnou…
The Soft Skills Inventory: Developmental procedures and psychometric analysis
When attending and participating in Higher Education, students face a multitude of personal, social, and work-related challenges, which may increase the risk of developing psychopathological symptomatology. To date, there is no instrument that grasps the non-technical skills that may help prepare students to respond to these challenges. This paper presents the development and psychometric properties of the Soft Skills Inventory (SSI). The invento…
Development and Psychometric Properties of a Scale to Measure Resilience among Portuguese University Students: Resilience Scale-10
Higher education students lack skills to deal in a positive way with the crises inherent to the developmental phase in which they find themselves. However, the complexity of the current global context adds an urgent need for them to be resilient. For this purpose, it is necessary to evaluate their capacity for resilience, which requires the use of instruments that are easy to access, useful, simple, and fast. In this sense, this study aimed to de…
More than meets the eye: Traditions, nucleus and peripheries of the biographical research field
Anxiety and Coping Stress Strategies in Researchers During Covid-19 Pandemic
The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected the whole world, leading to changes in one's personal and working life. Researchers have undergone extensive changes in their roles, mainly in the area of health care, with research into the virus now the priority
Self-Efficacy, Resilience and Distress: Challenges in Education for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in a Health Context
The European Commission has highlighted the development of entrepreneurship competence in lifelong learning skills. In this way, the present study aims to contribute towards fostering the intrapreneurial mindset in healthcare settings. The focus of attention is on the relationship between organizational structures and processes (work-related content and content, specifically psychosocial risk factors), as well as individual wellbeing factors (dis…
Revisiting a taxonomy of social anxiety and assertiveness in adolescence: Evidence for a cognitive approach
Characteristics of music performance anxiety among undergraduate music students: A systematic review
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is described as a persistent apprehension that compromises performative skills both in solo and group performances. The aim of this systematic review was to discuss an overview of research articles addressing the characteristics of MPA as experienced by undergraduate music students. The search was undertaken in the databases Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Eric; of 1526 articles identified by the search keywords…
The Portuguese Third Version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire: Preliminary Validation Studies of the Middle Version among Municipal and Healthcare Workers
A third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III) was developed internationally aiming to respond to new trends in working conditions, theoretical concepts, and international experience. This article aims to present the preliminary validation studies for the Portuguese middle version of COPSOQ III. This is an exploratory cross-sectional study viewing the cross-cultural adaption of COPSOQ III to Portugal, ensuring the conte…
Healthcare Services and Formal Caregiver’s Psychosocial Risk Factors: An Observational Study
The prevention and management of chronic disease primarily requires risk reduction measures, through strategic coordination across various government areas. Recognizing that health workers and the public health workforce are integral to building strong and resilient health, the present study analyses the relation between Psychosocial Risk Factors (PRFs, to which formal caregivers are exposed in the healthcare settings), and the work system relate…
Burnout and technostress during the Covid-19 pandemic: The perception of higher education teachers and researchers
The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on working conditions of teachers and researchers, jeopardizing their mental health and increasing the risk of burnout and technostress. The purpose of this study was to assess the experiences of burnout and technostress among higher education teachers and researchers during the pandemic. A total of 333 participants responded to an assessment protocol which included the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) a…
Supporting Ph.D. students' skills development: A three-stage doctoral program
Introduction Sustainable development is increasingly recognized as a crucial component of education at all levels, including specialized academic work. As a result, the importance of Ph.D. training in producing highly skilled academics and professionals who can contribute to sustainable development has been acknowledged, leading to increased investments in doctoral training across Europe. However, the diversity in Ph.D. training across countries …
Promoting an Entrepreneurial Culture: Development, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Primary School-Based Program Focused on Soft Skills
This study aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention program designed to foster soft skills among primary-school students. Conducted in Portugal, the program employed face-to-face sessions and involved 2958 fourth-grade students from nine municipalities. The program “Players of Dreams” (PD) [“Brincadores de Sonhos”] is an active learning approach that encourages students and other educational community memb…
The portuguese version of the Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (Eros) in a clinical sample: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across sex
Psychology (26 works) · Clinical Psychology (17 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Anxiety (8 works) · Portuguese (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Psychometrics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works)