Luísa Barros
Biographic Data
| ID | 3679870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luísa Barros |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luísa |
| FAMILY NAME | Barros |
| SIGNATURE | BARROS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5075-0104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Readiness for change in at-risk families
It is critical to increase engagement among at-risk families in parenting programs. • Assessing parent readiness for change is crucial to prevent dropout and low adherence. • We developed a brief, reliable measure of parental readiness for change for at-risk parents. • The results support the validity and reliability of the PFRCS-SV. • The scale is suitable for various settings, including research and clinical or social services. Low education an…
Social inequalities in child mental health
Socioeconomic inequalities are important determinants of children’s mental health, yet evidence from socially vulnerable populations is limited. This study investigates the associations between parental socioeconomic factors and children’s mental health and well-being in disadvantaged schools. In this cross-sectional, analytical study, 735 children (51.7% boys) and their parents were included. Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured through paren…
Parenting and Coparenting
Promoting functional family relationships during adolescence is an important need, underscoring the relevance of programs designed to foster positive parenting for this population. This study aimed to describe parenting and coparenting among parents of adolescents before and after participation in an intervention program. The sample consisted of 22 participants (20 mothers and 2 fathers) who completed the Brazilian version of the Coparenting Rela…
Continuity, Stability, and Prediction of Sensitivity and Involvement in Portuguese Father-Infant Free Play Interactions at 3 and 9 Months
Objective. Although continuity and stability in parental sensitivity promote a sense of security and predictability for infants and are linked to a variety of positive child outcomes, research with fathers is relatively rare. The present Portuguese longitudinal study investigates mean group-level continuity (vs. discontinuity) and individual-order stability (vs. instability) of ratings of paternal sensitivity and other dimensions of father-infant…
Predicting attachment in Portuguese infants born very or extremely preterm
A growing body of research shows that early attachment relationships are foundational for children's later developmental and psychosocial outcomes. However, findings are mixed regarding whether preterm birth predicts later attachment, but insecurity is generally more prevalent among infants at higher medical and/or social/familial risk. This longitudinal study aimed to identify specific relational, familial/demographic, and perinatal predictors o…
Validation of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) with Portuguese Caregivers of 2-to-8-Year-Olds
Recent findings have demonstrated an increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in Portugal, urging the need to study modifiable risk factors such as parental feeding practices. The Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) is an important self-report measure assessing a broad range of responsive and non-responsive feeding practices. However, the CFPQ has not yet been validated in Portugal. Therefore, the present st…
Examining Empowerment Interventions With Families and Preschool Children
Empowerment is a core construct in health behavior and an emerging trend in pediatrics. Although it has been suggested as an approach that may promote the person’s participation in health care decisions and positive outcomes, little is known about the nature and effectiveness of interventions to support empowerment in families and preschool-age children. The aim of this review is to identify, appraise, and synthesize the evidence on health interv…
Patterns of Parental Reactions to Their Children’s Negative Emotions
Parents' emotion socialization practices are an important source of influence in the development of children's emotional competencies This study examined parental reactions to child negative emotions in a clinical sample using a cluster analysis approach and explored the associations between clusters of parents' reactions and children's and parents' adjustment. The sample comprised 80 parents of Portuguese children (aged 3-13 years) attending a c…
Family Caregiver’s Anticipatory Grief—Clinical Interview
This study describes the development and the preliminary validation of the Family Caregiver Anticipatory Grief Clinical Interview (FcAG-CI). This instrument, conceptually based in Adult Attachment Theory, evaluates Anticipatory Grief response patterns of cancer family caregivers; semistructured interviews were conducted in a sample of family caregivers in palliative care ( n = 72, mostly women, adult children, or spouses, mean age of 52.37) and c…
Parental control in different life contexts for paediatric cystic fibrosis patients
This study aimed to comprehensively describe parental control strategies (appropriate support, critical control or overprotection) in the distinct living contexts of paediatric cystic fibrosis patients (namely daily routine and peer interaction). Fourteen mothers and two fathers of children with cystic fibrosis participated in the study. Children’s ages ranged from 5 to 12 years old (M=7.00; SD=2.25). Participants answered the Interview on Childr…
Cumulative Risk Exposure and Social Isolation as Correlates of Carer and Child Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Predictors of outcomes following a brief Portuguese parental nutrition intervention
Early childhood is largely recognized as a critical period for shaping the child’s eating patterns.Although interventions studies that focus on first years of life are increasing, with positive impact,the moderators of treatment gains and the relative importance of each determinant of the changeprocess have been rarely explored. This study aimed to identify potential predictors of outcomesconcerning children’s healthy and unhealthy eating behavio…
Factor structure of the "Me as A Parent" scale in a community sample of portuguese mothers
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of a parental self-regulation measure: "Me as a Parent" (MaaP). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an online convenience sample of 370 mothers of children aged between 3 and 15 (M = 9, SD = 3.74). Results showed that in this sample, the original structure of the MaaP was not confirmed. The revised model with three first-order factors showed good fit indices,…
Family Caregivers' Anticipatory Grief
The end-of-life trajectory of cancer patients in palliative care (PC) elicits an anticipatory grief (AG) process in family caregivers (FCs). Although widely recognized, AG lacks conceptual clarification. This study aims to qualitatively explore the experience of FCs of patients with terminal cancer to identify the core characteristics and the specific adaptive challenges related to AG in the context of end-of-life caregiving. Data were collected …
Preferências dos adolescentes sobre os cuidados de saúde
Os adolescentes subutilizam os serviços de saúde sobretudo para efeitos de vigilância, o que constitui uma preocupação para os profissionais. Porque a adolescência é uma fase crucial à aquisição de comportamentos saudáveis e de atitudes facilitadoras do acesso a estes serviços, por isso encontrar formas de responder às necessidades específicas dos adolescentes, através da sua participação, constitui um importante investimento no bem-estar das ger…
Parents’ perspectives about their experience in the ACT-Raising Safe Kids program
A presente investigação teve como principal objetivo compreender a perspetiva dos pais acerca da sua experiência e participação no ACT-Raising Safe Kids (RSK), um programa parental universal que visa prevenir a violência na infância. Realizaram-se entrevistas semiestruturadas presenciais a 10 pais (9 mães e 1 pai) de crianças entre os 3 e os 8 anos. Recorreu-se à análise de conteúdo e a procedimentos de estatística descritiva para analisar os dad…
Effectiveness of a parental school-based intervention to improve young children’s eating patterns
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot study of a parental school-based intervention to promote healthy eating behaviours in young children. Design A quasi-experimental longitudinal design with three conditions (complete intervention (CIG), minimal intervention (MIG), control (CG)), with repeated measures at baseline, immediately after the intervention, 6 months and 1 year after intervention. Setting Fourteen public and state-funded k…
Supporting health-related parenting
eHealth interventions have been proposed as a possible solution to overcome major obstacles associated with low adherence rates, low accessibility, and high costs of parenting programs. Due to the number and variety of interventions found in the literature, this study aimed to conduct a scoping review of parenting interventions directed at supporting parents in promoting their child’s health and carrying out disease-related tasks. The scoping rev…
Examining the Mechanisms of Therapeutic Change in a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Anxious Children
Predictors of parental concerns about child weight in parents of healthy-weight and overweight 2–6 year olds
Aceitação e eficácia de um programa de intervenção psicoeducativa para pais de crianças com asma
Considerando a importância que a educação sobre a asma deve assumir no plano de gestão familiar da doença, construímos uma intervenção psicoeducativa breve para pais de crianças com asma, visando a aquisição de atitudes mais positivas na gestão da doença. O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a aplicabilidade em contexto clínico e a eficácia da intervenção com pais de crianças entre os 7 e os 13 anos. Completaram a intervenção 10 mães, tendo partic…
Parenting Strategies to Deal with Children’s Anxiety
Comportamentos de coping no contexto da hospitalização infantil
A criança hospitalizada precisa lidar com estressores que geram ansiedade e sofrimento. Com o objetivo de descrever comportamentos de coping de crianças hospitalizadas e suas relações com idade, sexo e motivo da hospitalização, foram analisadas respostas ao Instrumento de Avaliação das Estratégias de Enfrentamento da Hospitalização de 148 crianças (6-12 anos, M = 9,5 anos), a partir de um banco de dados integrado. Os resultados foram analisados p…
Parental self-regulation, emotional regulation and temperament
This work presents a theoretical and integrative review about parental self-regulation and emotional regulation processes, and its connections with parental coping and temperament. Parents' adaptation requires the ability to regulate their own behavior in reaction to their perception and interpretation of the child's behavior. These self-regulation processes are often intertwined with intense emotions that need to be regulated. Parenting attitude…
Parental Involvement in Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Anxious Children
Family Caregivers' Anticipatory Grief
The end-of-life trajectory of cancer patients in palliative care (PC) elicits an anticipatory grief (AG) process in family caregivers (FCs). Although widely recognized, AG lacks conceptual clarification. This study aims to qualitatively explore the experience of FCs of patients with terminal cancer to identify the core characteristics and the specific adaptive challenges related to AG in the context of end-of-life caregiving. Data were collected …
Psicologia Pediátrica e seus desafios actuais na formação, pesquisa e intervenção
O presente artigo visa apresentar os desafios actuais da psicologia pediátrica no âmbito da formação, pesquisa e intervenção. Após breve resgate histórico das diferentes áreas que se conjugam na psicologia pediátrica, enquanto campo teórico-científico, analisa-se a formação nessa área, observando-se o constante processo de “desconstrução de saberes tradicionais”, não os renegando enquanto conhecimentos já instituídos cientificamente, mas integran…
Intervenção desenvolvimentista em psicologia da doença
As teorias mais eloquentes da Psicologia da Saúde têm sobretudo a ver com a doença. Esta Psicologia, centrada nas significações das pessoas doentes, coloca questões metodológicas muito mais complexas do que a Psicologia interessada na promoção da Saúde. Na perspectiva aqui defendida, as grandes dificuldades metodológicas da Psicologia da Doença provêm do paradigma estrutural que orienta os modelos cognitivistas mais frequentemente usados.Em alter…
Cognitive errors and anxiety in school aged children
Cognitive models of emotional disorders emphasize the role of biased information processing in the psychological functioning of anxious individuals. So far, the role of cognitive errors in problems of childhood anxiety disorders has received little empirical attention. This study analyzes the relations between cognitive errors and symptoms of anxiety in a sample of school aged children. The sample, comprised by 205 children (8 to 13 years old), a…
Cognitive Vulnerability Profiles of Highly Anxious and Non-anxious Children
Enfrentamento em crianças portuguesas hospitalizadas por câncer
Condições associadas à hospitalização e tratamentos de crianças com câncer têm sido identificadas como fontes de estresse, sendo pertinente estudar as estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas por essas crianças. Este estudo objetivou comparar duas metodologias de avaliação do enfrentamento em contexto de hospitalização pediátrica. Dezenove crianças com câncer, com idade entre 6 e 12 anos, em tratamento em um hospital português, responderam ao Kidc…
Comportamentos de coping no contexto da hospitalização infantil
A criança hospitalizada precisa lidar com estressores que geram ansiedade e sofrimento. Com o objetivo de descrever comportamentos de coping de crianças hospitalizadas e suas relações com idade, sexo e motivo da hospitalização, foram analisadas respostas ao Instrumento de Avaliação das Estratégias de Enfrentamento da Hospitalização de 148 crianças (6-12 anos, M = 9,5 anos), a partir de um banco de dados integrado. Os resultados foram analisados p…
Parental self-regulation, emotional regulation and temperament
This work presents a theoretical and integrative review about parental self-regulation and emotional regulation processes, and its connections with parental coping and temperament. Parents' adaptation requires the ability to regulate their own behavior in reaction to their perception and interpretation of the child's behavior. These self-regulation processes are often intertwined with intense emotions that need to be regulated. Parenting attitude…
Parental Involvement in Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Anxious Children
Preliminary Analysis of the Portuguese Version of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale
Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent among school-aged children. These disorders become chronic in a substantial proportion of youths and cause significant interference with daily functioning. The purpose of the current investigation was to examine the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale - Parent and Child versions (CALIS-P and CALIS-C). The sample consisted of 132 children between the …
Aceitação e eficácia de um programa de intervenção psicoeducativa para pais de crianças com asma
Considerando a importância que a educação sobre a asma deve assumir no plano de gestão familiar da doença, construímos uma intervenção psicoeducativa breve para pais de crianças com asma, visando a aquisição de atitudes mais positivas na gestão da doença. O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a aplicabilidade em contexto clínico e a eficácia da intervenção com pais de crianças entre os 7 e os 13 anos. Completaram a intervenção 10 mães, tendo partic…
Parenting Strategies to Deal with Children’s Anxiety
Supporting health-related parenting
eHealth interventions have been proposed as a possible solution to overcome major obstacles associated with low adherence rates, low accessibility, and high costs of parenting programs. Due to the number and variety of interventions found in the literature, this study aimed to conduct a scoping review of parenting interventions directed at supporting parents in promoting their child’s health and carrying out disease-related tasks. The scoping rev…
Examining the Mechanisms of Therapeutic Change in a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Anxious Children
Predictors of parental concerns about child weight in parents of healthy-weight and overweight 2–6 year olds
Effectiveness of a parental school-based intervention to improve young children’s eating patterns
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot study of a parental school-based intervention to promote healthy eating behaviours in young children. Design A quasi-experimental longitudinal design with three conditions (complete intervention (CIG), minimal intervention (MIG), control (CG)), with repeated measures at baseline, immediately after the intervention, 6 months and 1 year after intervention. Setting Fourteen public and state-funded k…
Preferências dos adolescentes sobre os cuidados de saúde
Os adolescentes subutilizam os serviços de saúde sobretudo para efeitos de vigilância, o que constitui uma preocupação para os profissionais. Porque a adolescência é uma fase crucial à aquisição de comportamentos saudáveis e de atitudes facilitadoras do acesso a estes serviços, por isso encontrar formas de responder às necessidades específicas dos adolescentes, através da sua participação, constitui um importante investimento no bem-estar das ger…
Parents’ perspectives about their experience in the ACT-Raising Safe Kids program
A presente investigação teve como principal objetivo compreender a perspetiva dos pais acerca da sua experiência e participação no ACT-Raising Safe Kids (RSK), um programa parental universal que visa prevenir a violência na infância. Realizaram-se entrevistas semiestruturadas presenciais a 10 pais (9 mães e 1 pai) de crianças entre os 3 e os 8 anos. Recorreu-se à análise de conteúdo e a procedimentos de estatística descritiva para analisar os dad…
Predictors of outcomes following a brief Portuguese parental nutrition intervention
Early childhood is largely recognized as a critical period for shaping the child’s eating patterns.Although interventions studies that focus on first years of life are increasing, with positive impact,the moderators of treatment gains and the relative importance of each determinant of the changeprocess have been rarely explored. This study aimed to identify potential predictors of outcomesconcerning children’s healthy and unhealthy eating behavio…
Factor structure of the "Me as A Parent" scale in a community sample of portuguese mothers
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of a parental self-regulation measure: "Me as a Parent" (MaaP). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an online convenience sample of 370 mothers of children aged between 3 and 15 (M = 9, SD = 3.74). Results showed that in this sample, the original structure of the MaaP was not confirmed. The revised model with three first-order factors showed good fit indices,…
Family Caregivers' Anticipatory Grief
The end-of-life trajectory of cancer patients in palliative care (PC) elicits an anticipatory grief (AG) process in family caregivers (FCs). Although widely recognized, AG lacks conceptual clarification. This study aims to qualitatively explore the experience of FCs of patients with terminal cancer to identify the core characteristics and the specific adaptive challenges related to AG in the context of end-of-life caregiving. Data were collected …
Parental control in different life contexts for paediatric cystic fibrosis patients
This study aimed to comprehensively describe parental control strategies (appropriate support, critical control or overprotection) in the distinct living contexts of paediatric cystic fibrosis patients (namely daily routine and peer interaction). Fourteen mothers and two fathers of children with cystic fibrosis participated in the study. Children’s ages ranged from 5 to 12 years old (M=7.00; SD=2.25). Participants answered the Interview on Childr…
Cumulative Risk Exposure and Social Isolation as Correlates of Carer and Child Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Examining Empowerment Interventions With Families and Preschool Children
Empowerment is a core construct in health behavior and an emerging trend in pediatrics. Although it has been suggested as an approach that may promote the person’s participation in health care decisions and positive outcomes, little is known about the nature and effectiveness of interventions to support empowerment in families and preschool-age children. The aim of this review is to identify, appraise, and synthesize the evidence on health interv…
Patterns of Parental Reactions to Their Children’s Negative Emotions
Parents' emotion socialization practices are an important source of influence in the development of children's emotional competencies This study examined parental reactions to child negative emotions in a clinical sample using a cluster analysis approach and explored the associations between clusters of parents' reactions and children's and parents' adjustment. The sample comprised 80 parents of Portuguese children (aged 3-13 years) attending a c…
Family Caregiver’s Anticipatory Grief—Clinical Interview
This study describes the development and the preliminary validation of the Family Caregiver Anticipatory Grief Clinical Interview (FcAG-CI). This instrument, conceptually based in Adult Attachment Theory, evaluates Anticipatory Grief response patterns of cancer family caregivers; semistructured interviews were conducted in a sample of family caregivers in palliative care ( n = 72, mostly women, adult children, or spouses, mean age of 52.37) and c…
Psychology (26 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (14 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Anxiety (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Portuguese (6 works)