Mónica Costa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3882546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mónica Costa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mónica |
| FAMILY NAME | Costa |
| SIGNATURE | COSTA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8999-8695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Role of Parenting Styles and Emotional Regulation on Adolescents’ Bullying Behaviors
Emotion Regulation and Psychological Adjustment in Residential Care: Relational and Gender Dynamics
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents in residential care settings often face significant emotional and relational challenges related to prior experiences of adversity. Emotion regulation and the quality of relationships with professional caregivers are key factors in their psychological adjustment, and sex may play a role in how these processes develop. However, these associations have been little explored in residential care, particularly using longitudina…
Decision-making and goal setting among young people in residential care: Relationships with caregivers and the role of resilience
The Role of Attachment in the Life Aspirations of Portuguese Adolescents in Residential Care: The Mediating Effect of Emotion Regulation
The Role of Social Support and Sleep Quality in the Psychological Well-Being of Nurses and Doctors
Social support enhances the development of adaptive strategies to cope with difficulties, which may affect psychological well-being. Sleep quality has been highlighted as having a relevant role in psychological well-being. The present study aimed to analyse the role of social support and sleep quality in the psychological well-being of health professionals (nurses and doctors) compared to the general population. The sample comprised 466 adults ag…
Peer Attachment and Self-Control: Implication on Social Anxiety in Young Adults
Peers emerge as emotionally present figures in the lives of young adults, capable of protecting them from the challenges that can cause the development of social anxiety. In the context of anxiety, self-control highlights a relevant potential, which is positively correlated with mental health and academic path. The present study aims to understand the role of peer attachment and self-control in the development of social anxiety in young adults in…
Bullying Behaviors of Adolescents: The Role of Attachment to Teachers and Memories of Childhood Care
Bullying is a social phenomenon that involves the repetition of aggressive, intentional and harmful behaviors directed at a specific person. Currently, one in three children is a victim of bullying. The present study aimed to analyze the relationship between the quality of the relationship with teachers, memories of childhood care and bullying in adolescents. The sample consisted of 416 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years old. Data were coll…
Consequences of cyber dating abuse on adolescent victims: Systematic review
What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning
This study investigated the impact of an attachment-based intervention on care workers' reflexive functioning (RF), analyzing 212 professionals in a randomized control trial. The study employed a multi-group latent difference score model to investigate changes in professionals' certainty (i.e., hypermentalizing) while controlling for attachment-related anxiety and avoidance at T0. Furthermore, it examined whether these changes predicted the profe…
From Chaos to Normalization and Deconfinement: What did the Pandemic Unveil in Youth Residential Care
The conditions imposed by the Covid-19 outbreaks forced residential care (RC) facilities to experience new challenges and to adopt new practices. The aim of the current study is to analyze how RC facilities have experienced and managed confinement during the 1st wave of the pandemic. A thematic analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals responsible for managing crisis in RC facilities. The main implications of the…
Adolescents' attachment, quality of relationships with residential caregivers, and emotion regulation
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents in residential care are more likely to report insecure and especially disorganized attachments, which lead to difficulties in emotion regulation and compromise the quality of their interpersonal relationships. In residential care, it is expected that sensitive and responsive caregivers are able to help adolescents regulate their feelings of distress, enabling them to experience a sense of emotional security. The present …
Adolescência e saúde mental no acolhimento residencial: Retrato de uma década em Portugal
Portugal é dos países da Europa com taxas mais elevadas de crianças/jovens em Acolhimento Residencial (AR), encontrando-se a maioria na adolescência. Neste artigo procede-se a uma análise comparativa de indicadores de ajustamento psicológico publicados nos relatórios de Caracterização Anual da Situação de Acolhimento na última década. Os resultados apontam para uma representatividade crescente da adolescência nos problemas de comportamento e nos …
Vinculação aos pais e as aspirações de vida na adolescência: O efeito mediador da sintomatologia depressiva
A literatura sugere que a qualidade relacional na díade pais-filhos poderá assumir-se como fator de risco ou protetor na formulação e projeção de aspirações de vida e no desenvolvimento de sintomatologia psicopatológica de natureza depressiva. O objetivo do presente estudo prende-se com a análise do papel da qualidade da vinculação aos pais no desenvolvimento de aspirações de vida de adolescentes, testando o efeito mediador da sintomatologia depr…
Attachment, Emotional Regulation and Perception of the Institutional Environment in Adolescents in Residential Care Context
Crescimento Urbano Em Zonas Costeiras: Análise Comparada Da Praia Da Boa Viagem (Brasil) E Da Praia Da Rocha (Portugal)
As zonas costeiras são áreas de sensibilidade ambiental e sofrem uma constante transformação pela ação humana. Estudos comparados sobre crescimento urbano nas zonas costeiras proporcionam novos paradigmas e análises dos impactos socioambientais. O artigo tem como objetivo realizar uma análise comparada do crescimento urbano, impactos socioeconômicos e ambientais associados ao crescimento urbano na Praia da Boa Viagem, Recife-Brasil e Praia da Roc…
Predictors of the quality of the relationship with caregivers in residential care
Stability and change in adolescents’ well-being: The role of relationships with caregivers in residential care
Estilos parentais e comportamentos de bullyingem adolescentes e jovens adultos: Efeito moderador da personalidade
Os estilos parentais caracterizam a natureza afetiva e a relação entre os pais e os filhos, apresentando por isso, uma contribuição importante para o desenvolvimento psicossocial dos jovens. A vivência familiar, a relação mantida com os pares e o desenvolvimento do adolescente contribuem para a formação da sua personalidade, sendo esta que dita muitos dos comportamentos futuros dos adolescentes e jovens adultos. Este estudo teve como objetivo ana…
Euclides Roxo e o movimento de reforma do ensino de Matemática na década de 30
Mostra como as idéias do educador brasileiro Euclides Roxo, determinantes para a elaboração dos programas de Matemática das reformas Campos e Capanema, enquadram-se no movimento renovador da Escola Nova e seguem as idéias do matemático alemão Felix Klein sobre a modernização do ensino da Matemática. Euclides Roxo contrapõe à orientação geral do ensino de Matemática da época, caracterizado por uma apresentação seca, abstrata e lógica, uma proposta…
Escola e instituição
O presente estudo testa o efeito preditor da qualidade da ligação a figuras significativas (professores, funcionários da escola e da instituição) no desenvolvimento do autoconceito dos jovens. Pretende-se ainda testar o efeito mediador da qualidade da ligação aos pares e o efeito moderador do tempo de acolhimento residencial nesta associação. A amostra é composta por 400 jovens em acolhimento residencial entre os 12 e 18 anos de ambos os sexos, e…
Gender-Focused Institutions in International Parliamentary Bodies: The Case of the Women's Caucus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries
Gender-focused bodies within international institutions play a significant role in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment. The particular contribution of those in international parliamentary institutions, however, has been a relatively neglected area of research. This article investigates the launch of a caucus of women parliamentarians in a relatively unknown international parliamentary institution, the Parliamentary Assembly of the P…
Expenditure Incidence Analysis: A Gender-Responsive Budgeting Tool for Educational Expenditure in Timor-Leste
Gender-disaggregated expenditure incidence analysis (EIA) is a tool for assessing the gender responsiveness of budgets and policies. However, to date there has been a limited take-up of gender-disaggregated EIA in policy and budget decision making. Using data from the 2007 Timor-Leste Living Standards Survey (TLLSS) and interviews and discussions with stakeholders, this paper conducts an EIA of expenditures on public schools and discusses the eff…
Women Acting for Women: Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Timor-Leste
In the new country of Timor-Leste, women constituted in 2011 32 per cent of the parliament, a relatively high figure in the world and in the region. But to what extent has the presence of women in parliament contributed to progress towards gender equality? In this article we argue that the passage of a parliamentary resolution on gender-responsive budgeting in Timor-Leste was an act of substantive representation, and we draw on a range of data to…
Configuração familiar, género e coping em adolescentes: Papel Dos Pares
Relações interpessoais estabelecidas no contexto de institucionalização, nomeadamente com os pares, são fontes relevantes de suporte emocional e facilitador do processo adaptativo na fase de transição para a adultícia. O objectivo do presente estudo prende-se com a análise da qualidade da ligação de adolescentes aos pares e do seu efeito preditor nas estratégias de coping dos jovens. Pretende-se ainda testar o papel moderador da configuração fami…
Women Acting for Women: Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Timor-Leste
In the new country of Timor-Leste, women constituted in 2011 32 per cent of the parliament, a relatively high figure in the world and in the region. But to what extent has the presence of women in parliament contributed to progress towards gender equality? In this article we argue that the passage of a parliamentary resolution on gender-responsive budgeting in Timor-Leste was an act of substantive representation, and we draw on a range of data to…
Predictors of the quality of the relationship with caregivers in residential care
Stability and change in adolescents’ well-being: The role of relationships with caregivers in residential care
Gender-Focused Institutions in International Parliamentary Bodies: The Case of the Women's Caucus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries
Gender-focused bodies within international institutions play a significant role in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment. The particular contribution of those in international parliamentary institutions, however, has been a relatively neglected area of research. This article investigates the launch of a caucus of women parliamentarians in a relatively unknown international parliamentary institution, the Parliamentary Assembly of the P…
Escola e instituição
O presente estudo testa o efeito preditor da qualidade da ligação a figuras significativas (professores, funcionários da escola e da instituição) no desenvolvimento do autoconceito dos jovens. Pretende-se ainda testar o efeito mediador da qualidade da ligação aos pares e o efeito moderador do tempo de acolhimento residencial nesta associação. A amostra é composta por 400 jovens em acolhimento residencial entre os 12 e 18 anos de ambos os sexos, e…
Expenditure Incidence Analysis: A Gender-Responsive Budgeting Tool for Educational Expenditure in Timor-Leste
Gender-disaggregated expenditure incidence analysis (EIA) is a tool for assessing the gender responsiveness of budgets and policies. However, to date there has been a limited take-up of gender-disaggregated EIA in policy and budget decision making. Using data from the 2007 Timor-Leste Living Standards Survey (TLLSS) and interviews and discussions with stakeholders, this paper conducts an EIA of expenditures on public schools and discusses the eff…
Consequences of cyber dating abuse on adolescent victims: Systematic review
What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning
This study investigated the impact of an attachment-based intervention on care workers' reflexive functioning (RF), analyzing 212 professionals in a randomized control trial. The study employed a multi-group latent difference score model to investigate changes in professionals' certainty (i.e., hypermentalizing) while controlling for attachment-related anxiety and avoidance at T0. Furthermore, it examined whether these changes predicted the profe…
Configuração familiar, género e coping em adolescentes: Papel Dos Pares
Relações interpessoais estabelecidas no contexto de institucionalização, nomeadamente com os pares, são fontes relevantes de suporte emocional e facilitador do processo adaptativo na fase de transição para a adultícia. O objectivo do presente estudo prende-se com a análise da qualidade da ligação de adolescentes aos pares e do seu efeito preditor nas estratégias de coping dos jovens. Pretende-se ainda testar o papel moderador da configuração fami…
Women Acting for Women: Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Timor-Leste
In the new country of Timor-Leste, women constituted in 2011 32 per cent of the parliament, a relatively high figure in the world and in the region. But to what extent has the presence of women in parliament contributed to progress towards gender equality? In this article we argue that the passage of a parliamentary resolution on gender-responsive budgeting in Timor-Leste was an act of substantive representation, and we draw on a range of data to…
Configuração familiar, género e coping em adolescentes: Papel Dos Pares
Relações interpessoais estabelecidas no contexto de institucionalização, nomeadamente com os pares, são fontes relevantes de suporte emocional e facilitador do processo adaptativo na fase de transição para a adultícia. O objectivo do presente estudo prende-se com a análise da qualidade da ligação de adolescentes aos pares e do seu efeito preditor nas estratégias de coping dos jovens. Pretende-se ainda testar o papel moderador da configuração fami…
Expenditure Incidence Analysis: A Gender-Responsive Budgeting Tool for Educational Expenditure in Timor-Leste
Gender-disaggregated expenditure incidence analysis (EIA) is a tool for assessing the gender responsiveness of budgets and policies. However, to date there has been a limited take-up of gender-disaggregated EIA in policy and budget decision making. Using data from the 2007 Timor-Leste Living Standards Survey (TLLSS) and interviews and discussions with stakeholders, this paper conducts an EIA of expenditures on public schools and discusses the eff…
Gender-Focused Institutions in International Parliamentary Bodies: The Case of the Women's Caucus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries
Gender-focused bodies within international institutions play a significant role in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment. The particular contribution of those in international parliamentary institutions, however, has been a relatively neglected area of research. This article investigates the launch of a caucus of women parliamentarians in a relatively unknown international parliamentary institution, the Parliamentary Assembly of the P…
Escola e instituição
O presente estudo testa o efeito preditor da qualidade da ligação a figuras significativas (professores, funcionários da escola e da instituição) no desenvolvimento do autoconceito dos jovens. Pretende-se ainda testar o efeito mediador da qualidade da ligação aos pares e o efeito moderador do tempo de acolhimento residencial nesta associação. A amostra é composta por 400 jovens em acolhimento residencial entre os 12 e 18 anos de ambos os sexos, e…
Estilos parentais e comportamentos de bullyingem adolescentes e jovens adultos: Efeito moderador da personalidade
Os estilos parentais caracterizam a natureza afetiva e a relação entre os pais e os filhos, apresentando por isso, uma contribuição importante para o desenvolvimento psicossocial dos jovens. A vivência familiar, a relação mantida com os pares e o desenvolvimento do adolescente contribuem para a formação da sua personalidade, sendo esta que dita muitos dos comportamentos futuros dos adolescentes e jovens adultos. Este estudo teve como objetivo ana…
Euclides Roxo e o movimento de reforma do ensino de Matemática na década de 30
Mostra como as idéias do educador brasileiro Euclides Roxo, determinantes para a elaboração dos programas de Matemática das reformas Campos e Capanema, enquadram-se no movimento renovador da Escola Nova e seguem as idéias do matemático alemão Felix Klein sobre a modernização do ensino da Matemática. Euclides Roxo contrapõe à orientação geral do ensino de Matemática da época, caracterizado por uma apresentação seca, abstrata e lógica, uma proposta…
Predictors of the quality of the relationship with caregivers in residential care
Stability and change in adolescents’ well-being: The role of relationships with caregivers in residential care
Attachment, Emotional Regulation and Perception of the Institutional Environment in Adolescents in Residential Care Context
Crescimento Urbano Em Zonas Costeiras: Análise Comparada Da Praia Da Boa Viagem (Brasil) E Da Praia Da Rocha (Portugal)
As zonas costeiras são áreas de sensibilidade ambiental e sofrem uma constante transformação pela ação humana. Estudos comparados sobre crescimento urbano nas zonas costeiras proporcionam novos paradigmas e análises dos impactos socioambientais. O artigo tem como objetivo realizar uma análise comparada do crescimento urbano, impactos socioeconômicos e ambientais associados ao crescimento urbano na Praia da Boa Viagem, Recife-Brasil e Praia da Roc…
Adolescents' attachment, quality of relationships with residential caregivers, and emotion regulation
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents in residential care are more likely to report insecure and especially disorganized attachments, which lead to difficulties in emotion regulation and compromise the quality of their interpersonal relationships. In residential care, it is expected that sensitive and responsive caregivers are able to help adolescents regulate their feelings of distress, enabling them to experience a sense of emotional security. The present …
Adolescência e saúde mental no acolhimento residencial: Retrato de uma década em Portugal
Portugal é dos países da Europa com taxas mais elevadas de crianças/jovens em Acolhimento Residencial (AR), encontrando-se a maioria na adolescência. Neste artigo procede-se a uma análise comparativa de indicadores de ajustamento psicológico publicados nos relatórios de Caracterização Anual da Situação de Acolhimento na última década. Os resultados apontam para uma representatividade crescente da adolescência nos problemas de comportamento e nos …
Vinculação aos pais e as aspirações de vida na adolescência: O efeito mediador da sintomatologia depressiva
A literatura sugere que a qualidade relacional na díade pais-filhos poderá assumir-se como fator de risco ou protetor na formulação e projeção de aspirações de vida e no desenvolvimento de sintomatologia psicopatológica de natureza depressiva. O objetivo do presente estudo prende-se com a análise do papel da qualidade da vinculação aos pais no desenvolvimento de aspirações de vida de adolescentes, testando o efeito mediador da sintomatologia depr…
From Chaos to Normalization and Deconfinement: What did the Pandemic Unveil in Youth Residential Care
The conditions imposed by the Covid-19 outbreaks forced residential care (RC) facilities to experience new challenges and to adopt new practices. The aim of the current study is to analyze how RC facilities have experienced and managed confinement during the 1st wave of the pandemic. A thematic analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals responsible for managing crisis in RC facilities. The main implications of the…
The Role of Attachment in the Life Aspirations of Portuguese Adolescents in Residential Care: The Mediating Effect of Emotion Regulation
The Role of Social Support and Sleep Quality in the Psychological Well-Being of Nurses and Doctors
Social support enhances the development of adaptive strategies to cope with difficulties, which may affect psychological well-being. Sleep quality has been highlighted as having a relevant role in psychological well-being. The present study aimed to analyse the role of social support and sleep quality in the psychological well-being of health professionals (nurses and doctors) compared to the general population. The sample comprised 466 adults ag…
Peer Attachment and Self-Control: Implication on Social Anxiety in Young Adults
Peers emerge as emotionally present figures in the lives of young adults, capable of protecting them from the challenges that can cause the development of social anxiety. In the context of anxiety, self-control highlights a relevant potential, which is positively correlated with mental health and academic path. The present study aims to understand the role of peer attachment and self-control in the development of social anxiety in young adults in…
Bullying Behaviors of Adolescents: The Role of Attachment to Teachers and Memories of Childhood Care
Bullying is a social phenomenon that involves the repetition of aggressive, intentional and harmful behaviors directed at a specific person. Currently, one in three children is a victim of bullying. The present study aimed to analyze the relationship between the quality of the relationship with teachers, memories of childhood care and bullying in adolescents. The sample consisted of 416 adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years old. Data were coll…
Consequences of cyber dating abuse on adolescent victims: Systematic review
What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning
This study investigated the impact of an attachment-based intervention on care workers' reflexive functioning (RF), analyzing 212 professionals in a randomized control trial. The study employed a multi-group latent difference score model to investigate changes in professionals' certainty (i.e., hypermentalizing) while controlling for attachment-related anxiety and avoidance at T0. Furthermore, it examined whether these changes predicted the profe…
Decision-making and goal setting among young people in residential care: Relationships with caregivers and the role of resilience
The Role of Parenting Styles and Emotional Regulation on Adolescents’ Bullying Behaviors
Emotion Regulation and Psychological Adjustment in Residential Care: Relational and Gender Dynamics
INTRODUCTION: Adolescents in residential care settings often face significant emotional and relational challenges related to prior experiences of adversity. Emotion regulation and the quality of relationships with professional caregivers are key factors in their psychological adjustment, and sex may play a role in how these processes develop. However, these associations have been little explored in residential care, particularly using longitudina…
Psychology (15 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (7 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Family Support in Illness (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)