Carla Tomás

Biographic Data

ID4215325
NAMECarla Tomás
GIVEN NAMESCarla
FAMILY NAMETomás
SIGNATURETOMÁS C
AFFILIATIONSInstituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes
ORCID0000-0002-3373-6474
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Validation of the Religious Orientation Scale—Revised (ROS-R) for the Portuguese Population

    Open AccessCarla Tomás, Ana Moreira et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2025

  • Battles of the Soul

    Open AccessCarla Tomás, Ana MoreiraARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2024

    This study aims to adapt and validate the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale for the Portuguese population. The sample consisted of 732 participants with various religious affiliations. The exploratory factor analysis showed that it consists of six dimensions, similar to the initial instrument. A KMO of 0.91 was obtained. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the existence of six factors and showed adequate fit indices. Internal consist…

  • Validation of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale for the Portuguese Population

    Open AccessCarla Tomás, Ana Moreira et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2024

  • Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Among Cancer Patients in Portugal

    Open AccessFereshteh Ahmadi, Rita Tavares et al.ARTICLEIllness Crisis & Loss2022Cited by: 1References: 35

    For understanding the role of culture in coping in different cultural settings, we have conducted studies among cancer patients in 10 countries, within the framework of an international study on meaning-making coping. This article reports on part of the results we obtained from a study in Portugal; specifically, the reported findings are restricted to nonreligious/spiritual coping methods, methods we call secular existential meaning-making coping…

  • Validation of a Scale of Religious and Spiritual Coping (RCOPE) for the Portuguese Population

    Open AccessCarla Tomás, Pedro J RosaARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2021

  • Religious/Spiritual Coping Methods Among Cancer Patients in Portugal

    Open AccessFereshteh Ahmadi, Paula M Matos et al.ARTICLEIllness Crisis & Loss2021Cited by: 2References: 30

    This article is part of an international study on meaning-making coping aimed at understanding the role of culture in coping in different cultural settings. The international study was conducted among cancer patients in 10 countries. This article contains the results obtained in the study in Portugal. The main aim is to investigate the impact of culture on the meaning-making coping methods used by cancer patients. In this article, only religious/…