Orlanda Cruz

Dados Biográficos

ID138611
NOMEOrlanda Cruz
PRENOMESOrlanda
SOBRENOMECruz
ASSINATURACRUZ O
AFILIAÇÕESUniversidade do Porto
ORCID0000-0002-3646-5067
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS29
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES10
TOTAL COMO AUTOR29
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1969
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Food and physical activity parenting practices and children’s weight-related outcomes

    Open AccessMarco Martins, Catarina Canário et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    The objective of this study is to examine the associations between food parenting practices (FPP) and physical activity parenting practices (PAPP) with children’s weight-related outcomes (WRO), using food and physical activity parenting practices conceptual frameworks. Two systematic reviews with meta-analyses were conducted following PRISMA guidelines. Eligible studies included observational research reporting associations between FPP or PAPP do…

  • Families’ involvement with the child protection system in Portugal

    Open AccessRita Pinto, Catarina Canário et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025

  • The use of evidence-based programmes in family support across Europe

    Open AccessIsabel M Bernedo, Ana Almeida et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024Referências: 22

    The importance of using evidence-based programmes to ensure children’s rights and families’ well-being is increasingly recognized in Europe. However, there are few and partial attempts to gain insight into the scope of prevention and promotion programmes currently implemented in child and family services across Europe, often located outside the formal peer-reviewed channels. The objectives of this study are empirically examining the diversity of …

  • Academic Performance in Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Children

    Open AccessMariana Sousa, Maria Manuela Peixoto et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    More research is needed to understand the factors that contribute to low academic achievement in institutionalized children. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive and emotion regulation skills and academic performance, by comparing institutionalized and noninstitutionalized Portuguese children. The sample comprised 94 participants (46 institutionalized (22 boys) and 48 noninstitutionalized (23 boys) children)…

  • Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the physical activity parenting practices questionnaire

    Open AccessMarco Martins, Catarina Canário et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2023

    The constructs evaluated by PAPP questionnaire revealed adequate validity. The Portuguese version of the PAPP questionnaire is a reliable measure to assess relevant physical activity parenting practices, capable of differentiating the practices of parents with children of different weight statuses, and useful for both research and intervention purposes

  • The Relationship Between Temperament Characteristics and Emotion Regulation Abilities in Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Children

    Open AccessMariana Sousa, Maria Manuela Peixoto et al.ARTICLEPsychological Studies2023

  • Narrative Abilities and Episodic Memory in School-Aged Children Followed by Child Protective Services

    Open AccessSanmya Salomão, Catarina Canário et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    The ability to narrate routine familiar events develops gradually during middle childhood, in increasingly higher levels of coherence and temporal cohesion. Improvements in episodic memory are also observed, reflecting children's increasing ability to recall specific circumstances of past events and personal experiences. Even though several studies have evaluated children's narrative abilities and episodic memory, little information is available …

  • An Evaluation of the Quality of Parent-Child Interactions in Vulnerable Families That Are Followed by Child Protective Services

    Open AccessAnanda Stuart, Catarina Canário et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    In the current study, an observational procedure, recorded in video, was used to evaluate the quality of parent-child interactions in a sample of vulnerable Portuguese families ( n = 47) with school-aged children followed by Child Protective Services (CPS). The study sought to explore if the families presented different profiles of parent-child interaction quality, and to characterize such profiles in terms of discrete behaviors observed, parenti…

  • Group Triple P – A randomized controlled trial with low-income mothers

    Open AccessSandra Nogueira, Isabel Abreu-Lima et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021Citada por: 4Referências: 36

  • Loneliness, Love Attitudes and Satisfaction With Love Life Among University Students in Palestine

    Open AccessFilasteen I Nazzal, Orlanda Cruz et al.ARTICLEInterpersona An International…2021Citada por: 1Referências: 43

    The association between loneliness, love styles and satisfaction with love life among Palestinian university students was examined in this study. Gender differences in loneliness, love styles and satisfaction with love life was examined as well as the relationship among these variables. The study included 500 students (63.6% females and 36.4% males), aged between 18 and 26 years. Data were collected using the Loneliness Scale (UCLA), Love Attitud…

  • Psychological predictors of loneliness among Palestinian university students in the West Bank

    Open AccessFilasteen I Nazzal, Orlanda Cruz et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatry2020Citada por: 2Referências: 40

    The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive role of life satisfaction, perceived social support, and psychological problems on loneliness among Palestinian university students in the West Bank. Participants were 254 volunteer undergraduate students (50.4% males and 49.6% females), ranging from 18 to 26 years of age. Data was collected using the Loneliness Scale (UCLA), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Multidimensional Scale of Per…

  • Do Adolescents’ Perceptions of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Parenting Behaviors Predict Academic Achievement and Social Skills

    Open AccessOrlanda Cruz, Maria Barbosa-Ducharne et al.ARTICLEChild Indicators Research2019Referências: 6

  • Measuring the restrictiveness of Portuguese residential care for children and youth

    Open AccessMary Elizabeth Rauktis, Margarida Henriques et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2019Referências: 2

    Restriction of living environment refers to limits, rules, and structures in place in an out‐of‐home residential placement for children/youth. This article describes the process of revising a measure of out‐of‐home living restrictiveness to be culturally congruent for Portugal, providing preliminary data on validity and reliability, and discusses the feasibility of using this measure in Portugal. The findings suggest that the Portuguese language …

  • Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction With Love Life Among Palestinian College Students

    Open AccessFilasteen I Nazzal, Filasteen Nazzal et al.ARTICLEInterpersona An International…2019Citada por: 2Referências: 49

    The main goal of this investigation is to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Satisfaction with Love Life Scale (SWLLS) among Palestinian college students. This scale assesses a personâ€TMs global evaluation of love satisfaction. The factorial structure, the reliability, and validity of this measure were examined. The sample included 201 college students aged 18-26 years. Confirmatory factor analysis of the SWLLS confirmed a single un…

  • The development of episodic foresight in preschoolers

    Open AccessAlejandro Vásquez-Echeverría, Clementina Tomás et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2019Referências: 29

    Episodic foresight (EF) refers to the ability to anticipate future states of the self. Despite almost two decades of research, no studies explored how family context variables relate to the development of this ability. The objectives of this study were to explore the association of socioeconomic status (SES), parental consideration of future consequences (CFC), and family environment quality on the development of episodic foresight and to compare…

  • Disciplinary behavior of mothers of preschool children

    Open AccessCarla Carvalho, Carla Sofia de Peixoto Sampaio Carvalho et al.ARTICLEEstudos de Psicologia (Campinas)2018

    Disciplining a child is one of the most challenging parental tasks. Efficacy beliefs contribute to make this experience more or less successful. The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive role of efficacy beliefs on maternal disciplinary behavior. A total of 128 mothers of pre-school aged children participated in this study. They were asked to complete the Parental Disciplinary Behavior Scale and the Efficacy Subscale of the Parenting…

  • Questionário de Estilos Educativos Parentais revisto (Qeep-r)

    Open AccessOrlanda Cruz, Catarina Canário et al.ARTICLEAnálise Psicológica2018

    Este artigo apresenta o Questionário de Estilos Educativos Parentais revisto (QEEP-r), que oferece uma medida da perceção dos adolescentes quanto aos estilos educativos parentais (tal como a sua primeira versão, o QEEP), mas distinguindo o alvo da avaliação em pai e mãe e focando a dimensão da promoção da autonomia. São estudadas as propriedades psicométricas e avaliada a invariância da escala quanto aos estilos educativos do pai e aos estilos ed…

  • Competência social em adolescentes adotados

    Open AccessRosa Barroso, Raquel Barroso et al.ARTICLEAnálise Psicológica2018

    Os adolescentes que foram adotados são frequentemente identificados como um grupo em risco em termos de competência social. Neste estudo pretendeu-se analisar a competência social de um grupo de adolescentes adotados, através da comparação com um grupo de adolescentes em acolhimento residencial (AR) e de um grupo de adolescentes que viviam com a família de nascimento e explorar a sua relação com variáveis relativas à adoção. Participaram neste es…

  • Does Temperament Moderate the Relation between Preschool Parenting and School-Age Self-Regulation? Contrasting Diathesis-Stress and Differential Susceptibility Models

    Orlanda Cruz, Isabel Abreu‐Lima et al.ARTICLEParenting2018Referências: 6

    SYNOPSISObjective. Children vary in how sensitive they are to environmental influences. Child temperament is an individual difference factor that appears to moderate the impact of environment on early child development. This study contrasts the “diathesis-stress/dual risk” and “differential susceptibility” models in examining difficult temperament as a moderator of the relation between preschool parenting and school-aged child persistence. Design…

  • Psychometric Analysis of the Short-Form Ucla Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) Among Palestinian University Students

    Open AccessFilasteen I Nazzal, Orlanda Cruz et al.ARTICLEInterpersona An International…2018Citada por: 1Referências: 48

    The purpose of this research was to analyze the psychometric characteristics of the short-form UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) among Palestinian university students. The sample consisted of 288 university students (56% women and 44% men), aged 18-22 years. The psychometric characteristics of the ULS-6 were examined using confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and criterion-related validity methods. The unidimensionality of the ULS-6 wa…

  • Expressividade emocional da criança e expressividade emocional atribuída às personagens nas narrativas das crianças maltratadas e não maltratadas

    Open AccessMariana Sousa, Mariana Lopes de Sousa et al.ARTICLEAnálise Psicológica2017

    Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a expressividade emocional, nas narrativas das crianças maltratadas e não maltratadas. Participaram, nesta investigação, 100 crianças, entre os 5 e os 8 anos. Destas, 50 sofreram experiências de mau-trato e encontravam-se institucionalizadas, enquanto as restantes 50 não sofreram mau-trato e viviam com a família biológica. Foi apresentado às crianças um conjunto de seis inícios de histórias, que lhes era ped…

  • Portuguese validation of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE-30)

    Open AccessAlejandro Vásquez Echeverría, Tânia Rocha et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2016Referências: 11

    The Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE-30) is a 30-item questionnaire designed to assess preschoolers’ behavioral problems (externalizing and internalizing) and social competence. It is widely used in the developmental research. This study aims to contribute to the adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the teachers’ short form of the SCBE-30 (Psychol. Assess. 8:369–777, 1996). Participants were 361 children fro…

  • O envolvimento do pai no processo desenvolvimental dos filhos

    Open AccessAlbino Lima, Rui Serôdio et al.ARTICLEPsicologia2014

    Neste estudo exploramos a relação entre as formas de envolvimento do pai contemporâneo no processo desenvolvimental dos filhos em idade escolar e a representação que o pai faz acerca do envolvimento do seu próprio pai, ao longo da infância e adolescência. Considerámos duas formas de envolvimento paterno: tempo despendido em Interacção e em Acessibilidade, avaliadas a partir do Guião de Entrevista Interacção e Acessibilidade. Foi ainda utilizada a…

  • Preditores emocionais e sociais da aceitação pelos pares em crianças de idade escolar

    Open AccessDiana Rute Pereira Alves, Diana Alves et al.ARTICLEPsicologia2014

    Este estudo pretende contribuir para uma visão compreensiva dos processos emocionais e sociais no domínio das relações entre pares. Mais especificamente trata-se de estudar a capacidade preditiva do conhecimento emocional e das habilidades sociais na determinação da aceitação pelos pares. Participaram neste estudo, 131 crianças que frequentavam o 3o ano de escolaridade. Os resultados revelaram que as habilidades sociais medeiam o efeito do conhec…

  • Comportamento interactivo materno e envolvimento dos filhos

    Open AccessOrlanda Cruz, Cecília AguiarARTICLEPsicologia2014

    Este estudo teve como objectivo estudar os efeitos dos comportamentos interactivos maternos e da qualidade da creche no envolvimento sofisticado e no não-envolvimento da criança, observados naquele contexto, após controlar a idade e o sexo das crianças e a escolaridade das mães. Especificamente, pretendeu-se testar o papel moderador da qualidade das salas na associação entre os comportamentos interactivos maternos e o envolvimento da criança. For…