Raquel Costa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3705204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raquel Costa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raquel |
| FAMILY NAME | Costa |
| SIGNATURE | COSTA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1614-540X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Assessment of childbirth-related PTSD
City BiTS proved to be a reliable and valid measure, recommended for use among Ukrainian women in the postpartum period as a screening tool. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The impact of tourist visits on mountain gorilla behavior in Uganda
Tourism can play a significant role in the conservation of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) by financing the protection of their habitat, but few systematic studies have focused on the impacts of tourist presence on gorilla behavior. We assessed stress-coping mechanisms (Prosocial behaviors), behavioral indicators of stress (Self-scratching), and Human-directed behavior, in the presence and absence of tourist groups visiting one grou…
Health workers’ perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn health care around the time of childbirth
Background: Health workers' (HWs') perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) are not routinely collected. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to document HWs' perspectives on QMNC around childbirth in 12 World Health Organization (WHO) European countries. Methods: HWs involved in maternal/neonatal care for at least one year between March 2020 and March 2023 answered an online validated WHO standards-based questionnaire c…
Psychometric properties of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory in Portuguese children
The Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) is a teacher-reported instrument to assess psychopathic personality traits in 3 to 6-year-old children (M=4.78, SD=.60). This is the first study to test the reliability and validity of this instrument within a Portuguese sample of 264 children aged between 3 to 6 years (43.2% female). Cronbach alpha values greater than .80 were observed for all CPTI scale scores. Regarding the criterion validity, CPTI…
Childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and mother–infant neurophysiological and behavioral co-regulation during dyadic interaction
Data from this study will inform psychological interventions targeting mother-infant interaction, co-regulation, and infant development. Moreover, these results can contribute to designing effective screenings to identify mothers at risk of perinatal mental health problems and those who may need specialized perinatal mental health care
The influence of maternal reflective functioning and parenting behavior on infant development in the context of perinatal intimate partner violence
Our study's innovative focus on maternal neuro and cognitive processes and their impact on infant development will inform evidence-based early intervention and clinical practices for vulnerable infants exposed to IPV
Feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment
INTRODUCTION: Many people undergo fertility treatment to have biological children, but around four in ten patients complete all treatment cycles without having the children they desire. This triggers intense grief from which patients report taking on average 2 years to recover. Fertility guidelines and regulators stress the need to support patients through this process, but there is a scarcity of evaluated interventions to this end and evidence a…
Health-related quality of life of children born very preterm
The findings suggest that HRQoL is particularly impaired by extremely preterm birth and the concomitant complications of preterm birth such as BPD and severe non-respiratory morbidity
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-Covid-19)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04595123
Water games by mountain gorillas
Hormonal changes after competition predict sex‐differentiated decision‐making
Recent neuroendocrinology research has pointed out that testosterone (T) and cortisol (C) changes after social interactions can predict risk‐taking behavior in decision‐making, depending on the sex of participants. However, previous research has focused on the effects of the changes in only one hormone, rather than the interaction between them, even though C can suppress T activity. Our aim was to test, in men and women, the role of T changes mod…
Aspetos psicofisiológicos da interação mãe/pai-bebé
Apesar de se conhecer a importância da qualidade dos comportamentos na interação mãe-bebé e pai-bebé, pouco se conhece sobre os aspetos fisiológicos que lhes estão subjacentes. Objectivo: descrever a resposta fisiológica de mães e pais durante a interação com os filhos. Para o efeito registou-se a frequência cardíaca, a arritmia sinusal respiratória e a condutância da pele de 24 mães e 13 pais durante a interacção com o bebé de acordo com o proto…
Qualidade da vinculação e dos relacionamentos significativos na gravidez
O estudo apresentado neste artigo destinou-se a investigar a qualidade da vinculação e das relações significativas na gravidez. Mais precisamente, teve por objectivos (1) determinar as características sociais e demográficas e as condições anteriores de existência que se associam e permitem prever um estilo de vinculação (in)seguro e (2) estimar o impacto do estilo de vinculação na qualidade do relacionamento e do apoio por parte do companheiro e …
Psychometric Properties of Revised Conflict Tactics Scales
The Alarm Distress Baby Scale in a Longitudinal Portuguese Study Reanalyzed With Attachment Data
The relationship established between the infant and the caregiver is central to both parents and infants, and provides one of the most important environments in wich children develop. This study aimed to assess the effect of infant's psychophysiological functioning early in life on the quality of mother–infant interaction and on later attachment, and to explore the mediation effects of the quality of mother–infant interaction on the association b…
Memória de cuidados na infância, estilo de vinculação e qualidade da relação com pessoas significativas
O presente estudo teve como principal objectivo estimar a influência das memórias de cuidados pelos pais durante a infância no estilo de vinculação e na qualidade das relações com pessoas significativas na gravidez. Contou com uma amostra de 48 adolescentes a quem se administrou, no terceiro trimestre de gestação, a versão portuguesa dos seguintes instrumentos: Inventory for Assessing Memories of Parental Rearing Behaviour (EMBU) (Perris, Jacobso…
Experiência de parto
Neste artigo os autores começam por fazer uma breve explanação da diversidade cultural na concepção do parto e das consequências que advêm desta diversidade, quer em termos dos métodos utilizados, quer em termos da experiência de parto proporcionada à mulher. Seguidamente, apresentam uma revisão teórica e empírica dos estudos que investigam a experiência de parto, tal como é geralmente descrita pela mulher, nomeadamente, os acontecimentos tidos c…
The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in the European freshwater-dependent industry
Mother-to-Infant Emotional Involvement at Birth
Heart rate and blood pressure responses to a competitive role‐playing game
The effects of the outcome of competitive encounters on physiological parameters have been studied, especially testosterone levels, but hardly on other systems that, however, present a high sensitivity to stress. This study assessed the effect of a competitive game on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) in a sample of university students. In addition, the influence of anxiety and attributions of the outcome was also explored. Only winners sig…
Heart rate and blood pressure responses to a competitive role‐playing game
The effects of the outcome of competitive encounters on physiological parameters have been studied, especially testosterone levels, but hardly on other systems that, however, present a high sensitivity to stress. This study assessed the effect of a competitive game on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) in a sample of university students. In addition, the influence of anxiety and attributions of the outcome was also explored. Only winners sig…
Heart rate and blood pressure responses to a competitive role‐playing game
The effects of the outcome of competitive encounters on physiological parameters have been studied, especially testosterone levels, but hardly on other systems that, however, present a high sensitivity to stress. This study assessed the effect of a competitive game on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) in a sample of university students. In addition, the influence of anxiety and attributions of the outcome was also explored. Only winners sig…
Heart rate and blood pressure responses to a competitive role‐playing game
The effects of the outcome of competitive encounters on physiological parameters have been studied, especially testosterone levels, but hardly on other systems that, however, present a high sensitivity to stress. This study assessed the effect of a competitive game on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) in a sample of university students. In addition, the influence of anxiety and attributions of the outcome was also explored. Only winners sig…
Mother-to-Infant Emotional Involvement at Birth
The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in the European freshwater-dependent industry
Memória de cuidados na infância, estilo de vinculação e qualidade da relação com pessoas significativas
O presente estudo teve como principal objectivo estimar a influência das memórias de cuidados pelos pais durante a infância no estilo de vinculação e na qualidade das relações com pessoas significativas na gravidez. Contou com uma amostra de 48 adolescentes a quem se administrou, no terceiro trimestre de gestação, a versão portuguesa dos seguintes instrumentos: Inventory for Assessing Memories of Parental Rearing Behaviour (EMBU) (Perris, Jacobso…
Experiência de parto
Neste artigo os autores começam por fazer uma breve explanação da diversidade cultural na concepção do parto e das consequências que advêm desta diversidade, quer em termos dos métodos utilizados, quer em termos da experiência de parto proporcionada à mulher. Seguidamente, apresentam uma revisão teórica e empírica dos estudos que investigam a experiência de parto, tal como é geralmente descrita pela mulher, nomeadamente, os acontecimentos tidos c…
Psychometric Properties of Revised Conflict Tactics Scales
The Alarm Distress Baby Scale in a Longitudinal Portuguese Study Reanalyzed With Attachment Data
The relationship established between the infant and the caregiver is central to both parents and infants, and provides one of the most important environments in wich children develop. This study aimed to assess the effect of infant's psychophysiological functioning early in life on the quality of mother–infant interaction and on later attachment, and to explore the mediation effects of the quality of mother–infant interaction on the association b…
Qualidade da vinculação e dos relacionamentos significativos na gravidez
O estudo apresentado neste artigo destinou-se a investigar a qualidade da vinculação e das relações significativas na gravidez. Mais precisamente, teve por objectivos (1) determinar as características sociais e demográficas e as condições anteriores de existência que se associam e permitem prever um estilo de vinculação (in)seguro e (2) estimar o impacto do estilo de vinculação na qualidade do relacionamento e do apoio por parte do companheiro e …
Aspetos psicofisiológicos da interação mãe/pai-bebé
Apesar de se conhecer a importância da qualidade dos comportamentos na interação mãe-bebé e pai-bebé, pouco se conhece sobre os aspetos fisiológicos que lhes estão subjacentes. Objectivo: descrever a resposta fisiológica de mães e pais durante a interação com os filhos. Para o efeito registou-se a frequência cardíaca, a arritmia sinusal respiratória e a condutância da pele de 24 mães e 13 pais durante a interacção com o bebé de acordo com o proto…
Water games by mountain gorillas
Hormonal changes after competition predict sex‐differentiated decision‐making
Recent neuroendocrinology research has pointed out that testosterone (T) and cortisol (C) changes after social interactions can predict risk‐taking behavior in decision‐making, depending on the sex of participants. However, previous research has focused on the effects of the changes in only one hormone, rather than the interaction between them, even though C can suppress T activity. Our aim was to test, in men and women, the role of T changes mod…
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-Covid-19)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04595123
Feasibility and acceptability of psychosocial care for unsuccessful fertility treatment
INTRODUCTION: Many people undergo fertility treatment to have biological children, but around four in ten patients complete all treatment cycles without having the children they desire. This triggers intense grief from which patients report taking on average 2 years to recover. Fertility guidelines and regulators stress the need to support patients through this process, but there is a scarcity of evaluated interventions to this end and evidence a…
Health-related quality of life of children born very preterm
The findings suggest that HRQoL is particularly impaired by extremely preterm birth and the concomitant complications of preterm birth such as BPD and severe non-respiratory morbidity
Childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and mother–infant neurophysiological and behavioral co-regulation during dyadic interaction
Data from this study will inform psychological interventions targeting mother-infant interaction, co-regulation, and infant development. Moreover, these results can contribute to designing effective screenings to identify mothers at risk of perinatal mental health problems and those who may need specialized perinatal mental health care
The influence of maternal reflective functioning and parenting behavior on infant development in the context of perinatal intimate partner violence
Our study's innovative focus on maternal neuro and cognitive processes and their impact on infant development will inform evidence-based early intervention and clinical practices for vulnerable infants exposed to IPV
The impact of tourist visits on mountain gorilla behavior in Uganda
Tourism can play a significant role in the conservation of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) by financing the protection of their habitat, but few systematic studies have focused on the impacts of tourist presence on gorilla behavior. We assessed stress-coping mechanisms (Prosocial behaviors), behavioral indicators of stress (Self-scratching), and Human-directed behavior, in the presence and absence of tourist groups visiting one grou…
Health workers’ perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn health care around the time of childbirth
Background: Health workers' (HWs') perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) are not routinely collected. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to document HWs' perspectives on QMNC around childbirth in 12 World Health Organization (WHO) European countries. Methods: HWs involved in maternal/neonatal care for at least one year between March 2020 and March 2023 answered an online validated WHO standards-based questionnaire c…
Psychometric properties of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory in Portuguese children
The Child Problematic Traits Inventory (CPTI) is a teacher-reported instrument to assess psychopathic personality traits in 3 to 6-year-old children (M=4.78, SD=.60). This is the first study to test the reliability and validity of this instrument within a Portuguese sample of 264 children aged between 3 to 6 years (43.2% female). Cronbach alpha values greater than .80 were observed for all CPTI scale scores. Regarding the criterion validity, CPTI…
Assessment of childbirth-related PTSD
City BiTS proved to be a reliable and valid measure, recommended for use among Ukrainian women in the postpartum period as a screening tool. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Anxiety (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Nursing (5 works)