Sofia Ferreira
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofia Ferreira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferreira |
| SIGNATURE | FERREIRA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-6277-6445 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Vulnerability and academic burnout in the university context: Interaction events, social exchanges, and resilience behaviours
This study focuses on how levels of burnout impact on the quality of sleep and academic performance of university students. Previous research has found limited evidence on the prevalence of burnout in university students, in addition to the relationship between exhaustion behaviours and sleep quality. The social exchange theory (SET) is important for understanding how the various actors in that context behave and with what effect on their social …
Health literacy and its determinants among pregnant women in Portugal
A considerable proportion of pregnant women demonstrated limited health literacy, particularly among socioeconomically vulnerable and migrant groups. These findings underscore the urgency of adopting antenatal care approaches that are responsive to health literacy needs. Incorporating brief assessments during early prenatal visits, using plain language and visual communication tools, and offering targeted support to high-risk groups may enhance i…
Theory‐Driven Factors Related to the Decision to Become a Foster Caregiver Among Portuguese Adults
The persistent shortage of foster families remains a global concern. To support recruitment efforts, it is important to understand which factors are associated with different types of engagement with foster care among community samples. This study examined how several theory‐informed psychological and contextual variables (e.g., self‐efficacy, motivations, time availability and planning) were associated with awareness, willingness and intention t…
Why do people become a foster parent? Insights from a national study
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Reasons, willingness, and intention to be a foster family: A community-sample study
Youth's rights and mental health: The role of supportive relations in care
A rights-based approach calls for studies to explore further the extent to which rights' fulfillment in residential care affects young people's mental health. A focus on protective factors, such as supportive relations, can inform policies and practices in residential care which is critical for youths' empowerment and adaptive outcomes. However, existing studies on social support are mainly descriptive and qualitative in nature or focus on the ef…
Carbon Dust na comunicação científica – potencialidades e perspetiva
The use of scientific illustration to communicate and disseminate science is based on the collection / selection and visual encoding of a message, in the format of an image constructed to be able to transmit scientific knowledge in a fluid and effective way. It should also stimulate and motivate an observer's need. To communicate Science visually denotes a strong dependence on plastic expression
Youth's rights and mental health: The role of supportive relations in care
A rights-based approach calls for studies to explore further the extent to which rights' fulfillment in residential care affects young people's mental health. A focus on protective factors, such as supportive relations, can inform policies and practices in residential care which is critical for youths' empowerment and adaptive outcomes. However, existing studies on social support are mainly descriptive and qualitative in nature or focus on the ef…
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Carbon Dust na comunicação científica – potencialidades e perspetiva
The use of scientific illustration to communicate and disseminate science is based on the collection / selection and visual encoding of a message, in the format of an image constructed to be able to transmit scientific knowledge in a fluid and effective way. It should also stimulate and motivate an observer's need. To communicate Science visually denotes a strong dependence on plastic expression
Youth's rights and mental health: The role of supportive relations in care
A rights-based approach calls for studies to explore further the extent to which rights' fulfillment in residential care affects young people's mental health. A focus on protective factors, such as supportive relations, can inform policies and practices in residential care which is critical for youths' empowerment and adaptive outcomes. However, existing studies on social support are mainly descriptive and qualitative in nature or focus on the ef…
Reasons, willingness, and intention to be a foster family: A community-sample study
Vulnerability and academic burnout in the university context: Interaction events, social exchanges, and resilience behaviours
This study focuses on how levels of burnout impact on the quality of sleep and academic performance of university students. Previous research has found limited evidence on the prevalence of burnout in university students, in addition to the relationship between exhaustion behaviours and sleep quality. The social exchange theory (SET) is important for understanding how the various actors in that context behave and with what effect on their social …
Health literacy and its determinants among pregnant women in Portugal
A considerable proportion of pregnant women demonstrated limited health literacy, particularly among socioeconomically vulnerable and migrant groups. These findings underscore the urgency of adopting antenatal care approaches that are responsive to health literacy needs. Incorporating brief assessments during early prenatal visits, using plain language and visual communication tools, and offering targeted support to high-risk groups may enhance i…
Theory‐Driven Factors Related to the Decision to Become a Foster Caregiver Among Portuguese Adults
The persistent shortage of foster families remains a global concern. To support recruitment efforts, it is important to understand which factors are associated with different types of engagement with foster care among community samples. This study examined how several theory‐informed psychological and contextual variables (e.g., self‐efficacy, motivations, time availability and planning) were associated with awareness, willingness and intention t…
Why do people become a foster parent? Insights from a national study
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Psychology (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works)