Theo Brandao
Biographic Data
| ID | 703635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theo Brandao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theo |
| FAMILY NAME | Brandao |
| SIGNATURE | BRANDAO T |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISPA - Instituto Universitário |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7865-2445 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ethical Principles in European National Dementia Strategies
The prevalence of dementia is rising rapidly across the European Union, necessitating comprehensive national and international responses. National Dementia Strategies serve as key policy instruments, outlining priorities for dementia care across European countries. While numerous organizations have proposed ethical principles to guide dementia policy, limited knowledge exists on ethical priorities in EU dementia policies. This study examines the …
Living with a Veteran with Trauma
Introduction Although the psychological impact of war on veterans, particularly the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has been well documented, the long-term effects on their families have been less widely studied. Research suggests that veterans’ trauma can disrupt relationships and contribute to secondary/intergenerational trauma within the family. Objective This study uses genograms to explore how PTSD symptoms experienced …
What makes fathers involved? Fathers’ time, education, and cooperative coparenting
Exploring the psychological outcomes of cancer diagnosis on parental role and parent–child relationships
Religion and Emotion Regulation
The association between religion/spirituality and emotion regulation has been the subject of growing interest in the last years since studies have suggested that emotion regulation is likely to be shaped by religion/spirituality. The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesize the quantitative empirical studies toward understanding the relationship between religion/spirituality and emotion regulation. Database searches were conducted in d…
Perceived Parental Emotional Availability, Emotion Regulation, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents
This study examines differences in perceived parental emotional availability, emotion regulation (ER), and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adolescents, considering gender, age, and family structure. It also assesses contextual differences in ER (at home vs. at school) and investigates the mediating role of ER in the relationship between perceived parental emotional availability and HRQoL. The sample consisted of 202 Portuguese adoles…
Social and emotional competencies in Portuguese incarcerated males
This study departs from the acknowledged absence of validated measures to assess social and emotional competencies in incarcerated individuals. This is a critical gap given that most available programs aimed at fostering prosocial behavior and reducing antisocial behaviors are theoretically based on enhancing these competencies. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Social and Emotional Competencies Questionnaire (SEC-Q) in a sam…
Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health
The COVID‐19 pandemic had a huge impact on people's lives due to the fear of getting infected and having the disease, as well as the necessary prevention and containment measures. University students were one of the most affected groups, as they were forced to cope with significant life changes. However, not all displayed symptoms of psychological distress, which means that internal resources such as emotional regulation and resilience may have a…
Religious/Spiritual Coping, Emotion Regulation, Psychological Well-Being, and Life Satisfaction among University Students
Previous research has found that religious/spiritual coping, which is generally understood as the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies based on an individual’s beliefs and values to deal with stress, benefits individuals’ well-being, and life satisfaction. The current study examined this link in a sample of Portuguese university students and explored the mediating role of emotion regulation (ER; in terms of strategies and overall abilities)…
Mothers’ Responses to Children’s Emotions and Children’s Behavior
While prior research has clearly established links between maternal responses and children’s emotion regulation (ER), the implications of these links for children’s behaviors, especially at school (as reported by their teachers), remain much less explored. This study examined the mediating role of children’s ER in the relationship between maternal reactions to both negative and positive emotions of children and the subsequent behaviors of these c…
Posttraumatic growth in women after a childbirth experience
The results suggest that deliberate rumination can contribute to explain the occurrence of PTG. These findings could help develop psychosocial interventions to maximize opportunities for deliberate rumination for women with traumatic childbirth experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Perceived Emotional Invalidation, Psychological Distress and Relationship Satisfaction in Couples
Research has demonstrated a clear link between perceived emotional invalidation and increased psychological distress. However, available studies have predominantly focused on individual data, and leave the impact on relationship satisfaction largely unexplored. Considering the systemic-transactional model, our study aimed to examine the association between perceived emotional invalidation, psychological distress, and couple relationship satisfact…
Work–Family Conflict Influences Mothers’ Perception of Father Involvement with Childcare
Effect of online Kundalini Yoga mental health of university students during Covid-19 pandemic
University students were at an increased risk for psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a randomized controlled trial, we examined the efficacy of an online Kundalini Yoga intervention on students' psychological functioning. Healthy university students ( N = 106) were randomly assigned to a Kundalini Yoga group, an active control group, or a passive control group in a 1:1:1 ratio. The experimental group attended six Yoga sess…
Perceived emotional invalidation, emotion regulation, depression, and attachment in adults
The portuguese version of the Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (Eros) in a clinical sample
Father involvement during early childhood
Attachment Orientations and Family Functioning
Attachment insecurity has been found to be associated with poor family functioning. The mechanisms underlying this link, however, are less explored. This study examines the potential mediating role of emotion regulation in the association between attachment orientations and family functioning. Self-report scales measuring attachment, family functioning, and emotion regulation were administered to 132 adults (58% women; 57.63 years). Results showe…
The perceived invalidation of emotion scale (Pies) in a Portuguese sample
Academic stress, coping, emotion regulation, affect and psychosomatic symptoms in higher education
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a relaxation intervention on distress in university students
University students are particularly vulnerable to stress due to the demands of higher education and the developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood. The adverse effects of prolonged stress responses highlight the importance of the development of coping skills. Relaxation appears as a tool capable of restoring the resources depleted by stress and increasing positive emotions,cultivating also self-compassion. This study aimed (1) evalua…
Father Involvement During Early Childhood
During recent years, fathers' involvement has been addressed as a key source of family well‐being and positive child development. However, the pathways to father involvement and its consequences for child development are varied, influenced by social, cultural, and ecological variables, and lack a systematic integration. This paper aims to bridge this gap by offering a systematic review of studies examining the psychosocial processes of father inv…
Parenting and child well-being during the Covid-19 outbreak
The pandemic situation of COVID-19 has introduced new challenges on family routines, affecting interpersonal relationships, which may have detrimental consequences to child well-being. The current study aimed to examine the direct effects of marital adjustment on child socioemotional adjustment and to test if parental self-efficacy mediated this association during home confinement due to COVID-19. A final sample of 163 caregivers was recruited on…
Attachment, emotion regulation, and well‐being in couples
OBJECTIVE: There is a well-established link in the literature between secure romantic attachment orientation and psychological well-being. The underlying processes of this link and the couple interplay between attachment and well-being are notably less explored. Using a dyadic framework, this study examines both couple members' emotion regulation strategies as potential mediators of this link. METHOD: One hundred and nineteen heterosexual couples…
Trait-based Measure of Dehumanization
Although dehumanization (i.e., the denial of full humanness to others; Haslam, 2006) has been a frequent subject in social psychology, a set of traits designed to evaluate this phenomenon has not been validated to the Portuguese population. The main purpose of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and validate a set of dehumanization traits proposed by Haslam and colleagues (Haslam & Bain, 2007; Haslam, Bain, Douge, Lee & Bastian, 2005), …
Anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy, perceived control and posttraumatic stress symptoms after childbirth
This longitudinal study evaluated the mediating role of sense of control during labour in the association between anxiety and depression levels during pregnancy and postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Participants were 57 women. Anxiety and depression were assessed during pregnancy; sense of control and childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were collected 6-8 weeks after childbirth. Higher levels of anxiety and …
Trovas Populares de Alagoas
Visionários ou alienados
O prolongamento da transição para a idade adulta e o conceito de adultez emergente
A diminuição da regulação normativa das trajectórias de transição para a vida adulta, nas sociedades da modernidade tardia, favoreceu o prolongamento da condição juvenil até ao final da terceira década de vida e a progressiva privatização e flexibilização dos percursos biográficos. As novas características das sociedades pós-industriais levaram à definição de novos conceitos e perspectivas no âmbito da Psicologia do Desenvolvimento, das quais se …
Economic Insecurity and Separation–individuation in Portuguese Emerging Adults
Scholars have widely agreed that the transition to adulthood has become destandardized and more extended in time. Although this prolonged transition to adulthood is common in late-modern societies, it is not universal, and the pathways towards adulthood may vary according to contextual factors and personal resources. This study examined the association between perceived economic insecurity and the process of separation–individuation regarding the…
Metodologia nas pesquisas em Artes Cênicas no Brasil
Attachment, emotion regulation, and well‐being in couples
OBJECTIVE: There is a well-established link in the literature between secure romantic attachment orientation and psychological well-being. The underlying processes of this link and the couple interplay between attachment and well-being are notably less explored. Using a dyadic framework, this study examines both couple members' emotion regulation strategies as potential mediators of this link. METHOD: One hundred and nineteen heterosexual couples…
Trait-based Measure of Dehumanization
Although dehumanization (i.e., the denial of full humanness to others; Haslam, 2006) has been a frequent subject in social psychology, a set of traits designed to evaluate this phenomenon has not been validated to the Portuguese population. The main purpose of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and validate a set of dehumanization traits proposed by Haslam and colleagues (Haslam & Bain, 2007; Haslam, Bain, Douge, Lee & Bastian, 2005), …
Anxiety and depressive symptoms during pregnancy, perceived control and posttraumatic stress symptoms after childbirth
This longitudinal study evaluated the mediating role of sense of control during labour in the association between anxiety and depression levels during pregnancy and postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Participants were 57 women. Anxiety and depression were assessed during pregnancy; sense of control and childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were collected 6-8 weeks after childbirth. Higher levels of anxiety and …
Father Involvement During Early Childhood
During recent years, fathers' involvement has been addressed as a key source of family well‐being and positive child development. However, the pathways to father involvement and its consequences for child development are varied, influenced by social, cultural, and ecological variables, and lack a systematic integration. This paper aims to bridge this gap by offering a systematic review of studies examining the psychosocial processes of father inv…
Parenting and child well-being during the Covid-19 outbreak
The pandemic situation of COVID-19 has introduced new challenges on family routines, affecting interpersonal relationships, which may have detrimental consequences to child well-being. The current study aimed to examine the direct effects of marital adjustment on child socioemotional adjustment and to test if parental self-efficacy mediated this association during home confinement due to COVID-19. A final sample of 163 caregivers was recruited on…
The perceived invalidation of emotion scale (Pies) in a Portuguese sample
Academic stress, coping, emotion regulation, affect and psychosomatic symptoms in higher education
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a relaxation intervention on distress in university students
University students are particularly vulnerable to stress due to the demands of higher education and the developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood. The adverse effects of prolonged stress responses highlight the importance of the development of coping skills. Relaxation appears as a tool capable of restoring the resources depleted by stress and increasing positive emotions,cultivating also self-compassion. This study aimed (1) evalua…
Perceived emotional invalidation, emotion regulation, depression, and attachment in adults
The portuguese version of the Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (Eros) in a clinical sample
Father involvement during early childhood
Attachment Orientations and Family Functioning
Attachment insecurity has been found to be associated with poor family functioning. The mechanisms underlying this link, however, are less explored. This study examines the potential mediating role of emotion regulation in the association between attachment orientations and family functioning. Self-report scales measuring attachment, family functioning, and emotion regulation were administered to 132 adults (58% women; 57.63 years). Results showe…
Social and emotional competencies in Portuguese incarcerated males
This study departs from the acknowledged absence of validated measures to assess social and emotional competencies in incarcerated individuals. This is a critical gap given that most available programs aimed at fostering prosocial behavior and reducing antisocial behaviors are theoretically based on enhancing these competencies. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Social and Emotional Competencies Questionnaire (SEC-Q) in a sam…
Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health
The COVID‐19 pandemic had a huge impact on people's lives due to the fear of getting infected and having the disease, as well as the necessary prevention and containment measures. University students were one of the most affected groups, as they were forced to cope with significant life changes. However, not all displayed symptoms of psychological distress, which means that internal resources such as emotional regulation and resilience may have a…
Religious/Spiritual Coping, Emotion Regulation, Psychological Well-Being, and Life Satisfaction among University Students
Previous research has found that religious/spiritual coping, which is generally understood as the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies based on an individual’s beliefs and values to deal with stress, benefits individuals’ well-being, and life satisfaction. The current study examined this link in a sample of Portuguese university students and explored the mediating role of emotion regulation (ER; in terms of strategies and overall abilities)…
Mothers’ Responses to Children’s Emotions and Children’s Behavior
While prior research has clearly established links between maternal responses and children’s emotion regulation (ER), the implications of these links for children’s behaviors, especially at school (as reported by their teachers), remain much less explored. This study examined the mediating role of children’s ER in the relationship between maternal reactions to both negative and positive emotions of children and the subsequent behaviors of these c…
Posttraumatic growth in women after a childbirth experience
The results suggest that deliberate rumination can contribute to explain the occurrence of PTG. These findings could help develop psychosocial interventions to maximize opportunities for deliberate rumination for women with traumatic childbirth experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Perceived Emotional Invalidation, Psychological Distress and Relationship Satisfaction in Couples
Research has demonstrated a clear link between perceived emotional invalidation and increased psychological distress. However, available studies have predominantly focused on individual data, and leave the impact on relationship satisfaction largely unexplored. Considering the systemic-transactional model, our study aimed to examine the association between perceived emotional invalidation, psychological distress, and couple relationship satisfact…
Work–Family Conflict Influences Mothers’ Perception of Father Involvement with Childcare
Effect of online Kundalini Yoga mental health of university students during Covid-19 pandemic
University students were at an increased risk for psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a randomized controlled trial, we examined the efficacy of an online Kundalini Yoga intervention on students' psychological functioning. Healthy university students ( N = 106) were randomly assigned to a Kundalini Yoga group, an active control group, or a passive control group in a 1:1:1 ratio. The experimental group attended six Yoga sess…
Psychology (22 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Psychotherapist (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Anxiety (7 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Mental health (6 works)