Sílvia Luís
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6088504 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sílvia Luís |
| PRENOMES | Sílvia |
| SOBRENOME | Luís |
| ASSINATURA | LUIS S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2631-998X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Prolonged Grief and Perceived Mental and Physical Health
Past research showed that bereaved individuals with higher levels of prolonged grief symptoms report poorer health. However, research addressing the downstream consequences of prolonged grief to physical health and its potential underlying mechanisms is still limited. This study explored whether meaning in life explained the associations of prolonged grief symptoms with mental and physical health outcomes. In a cross-sectional study ( N = 332), p…
Predicting Digital Literacy
Information and communication technologies have become an integral part of daily life. However, the increasing reliance on technology in both personal and professional contexts presents significant challenges. Individuals′ levels of digital literacy affect their ability to complete everyday and work‐related tasks that depend on digital tools. The present systematic review is aimed at identifying the main predictors of digital literacy and underst…
Examining the relationships between eco-anxiety, sociodemographic factors, experience of climate events, pro-environmental behaviours, and life satisfaction in young adults
The findings suggest that eco-anxiety is a complex and multidimensional construct influenced by several factors, including direct and indirect psychosocial experiences related to climate events and information-seeking behaviours. Eco-anxiety is differently associated with pro-environmental behaviours and mental health variables, such as life satisfaction. Addressing eco-anxiety requires a multifaceted approach that considers its different dimensi…
Professional factors influencing internal migration
Migration is often viewed through the lens of international movement, yet internal migration within countries represents a significant aspect of human movements. This paper presents the results of a systematic review examining internal migration dynamics, specifically concentrating on studies that explore the professional determinants of internal migration, potentially alongside other influencing factors. The review draws upon data from SCOPUS, W…
Turning eco-anxiety into pro-environmental behaviour
Consumer demand for bioplastics
Bioplastics are emerging as an alternative to conventional plastics. These hold the promise of a more sustainable alternative that promotes the circular economy, while reducing dependency on fossil resources and negative environmental impacts of conventional plastics. Nevertheless, the success of bioplastics in replacing conventional plastics largely depends on consumers acceptance and demand. Here we conducted an umbrella review with the goal of…
The impact of community resilience, well-being, and community attachment on human service workers’ burnout
Burnout has become an increasingly prevalent condition, especially affecting professionals in direct contact with clients. Human service workers (HSWs) have quite emotionally taxing jobs supporting vulnerable groups. In developing a close relationship with the communities they work with, it could be possible that community-related variables have an impact on HSWs’ burnout. We aim to analyze the prevalence of burnout in a sample of HSWs from Portu…
Mental health during ecological crisis
These findings enhance the global initiative to investigate, explore and therefore comprehend eco-anxiety by introducing the first valid and reliable Spanish-language version of this psychometric instrument for its use within Spanish and Argentinian populations. This study augments the body of evidence supporting the robust psychometric properties of the HEAS, as demonstrated in prior validations for Australian, Turkish, Portuguese, German, Frenc…
Validating a measure for eco-anxiety in Portuguese young adults and exploring its associations with environmental action
Background Worsening environmental conditions may amplify people’s emotional responses to an environmental crisis (eco-anxiety). In Portugal, young people seem to be especially concerned about climate change. However, this phenomenon needs to be interpreted using accurate instruments. Thus, this study aimed to validate the Portuguese version of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) in young adults and examine the associations among eco-anxiety, socio…
Responding to everyday problems and crises
Resilience is of the upmost importance to deal with everyday problems faced by communities. The concept of community resilience is gaining prominence in disaster management policy and practice, and it has been shown to be an important factor during pandemic recovery such as during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. We present an instrument for community resilience assessment adapted for disasters like the pandemics. The instrument was based on the theory-b…
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Portuguese Welders
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders in welders may influence their health-related quality of life. However, few studies have addressed this issue and their results were inconclusive. This study investigates whether there are musculoskeletal disorders with a higher incidence in welders compared to non-welders, and whether these disorders lead to an increase in bodily pain which in turn decreases their health-related quality of life. Methods: A p…
Raising awareness of climate change causes? Cross-national evidence for the normalization of societal risk perception of climate change
Is it all about awareness? The normalization of coastal risk
Coastal risk is already high in several parts of the world and is expected to be amplified by climate change, which makes it necessary to outline effective risk management strategies. Risk managers assume that increasing awareness of coastal risk is the key to public support and endorsement of risk management strategies – an assumption that underlies a common worldview on the public understanding of science, which has been named the deficit model…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks
In accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposure effects, attitudes toward red meat…
Public policy and social norms
Research suggests public policy influences social norms, but little is known about how this process takes place. This study contributes toward diminishing this gap, by illustrating how a national smoking ban strengthened social norms related to no smoking in public places among college students (N = 204). Social norms were conceptualized using an integrative framework of social influence that intersected the nature of social norms (descriptive an…
Raising awareness of climate change causes? Cross-national evidence for the normalization of societal risk perception of climate change
Is it all about awareness? The normalization of coastal risk
Coastal risk is already high in several parts of the world and is expected to be amplified by climate change, which makes it necessary to outline effective risk management strategies. Risk managers assume that increasing awareness of coastal risk is the key to public support and endorsement of risk management strategies – an assumption that underlies a common worldview on the public understanding of science, which has been named the deficit model…
Responding to everyday problems and crises
Resilience is of the upmost importance to deal with everyday problems faced by communities. The concept of community resilience is gaining prominence in disaster management policy and practice, and it has been shown to be an important factor during pandemic recovery such as during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. We present an instrument for community resilience assessment adapted for disasters like the pandemics. The instrument was based on the theory-b…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks
In accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposure effects, attitudes toward red meat…
Is it all about awareness? The normalization of coastal risk
Coastal risk is already high in several parts of the world and is expected to be amplified by climate change, which makes it necessary to outline effective risk management strategies. Risk managers assume that increasing awareness of coastal risk is the key to public support and endorsement of risk management strategies – an assumption that underlies a common worldview on the public understanding of science, which has been named the deficit model…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks
In accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposure effects, attitudes toward red meat…
Public policy and social norms
Research suggests public policy influences social norms, but little is known about how this process takes place. This study contributes toward diminishing this gap, by illustrating how a national smoking ban strengthened social norms related to no smoking in public places among college students (N = 204). Social norms were conceptualized using an integrative framework of social influence that intersected the nature of social norms (descriptive an…
Raising awareness of climate change causes? Cross-national evidence for the normalization of societal risk perception of climate change
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Portuguese Welders
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders in welders may influence their health-related quality of life. However, few studies have addressed this issue and their results were inconclusive. This study investigates whether there are musculoskeletal disorders with a higher incidence in welders compared to non-welders, and whether these disorders lead to an increase in bodily pain which in turn decreases their health-related quality of life. Methods: A p…
Validating a measure for eco-anxiety in Portuguese young adults and exploring its associations with environmental action
Background Worsening environmental conditions may amplify people’s emotional responses to an environmental crisis (eco-anxiety). In Portugal, young people seem to be especially concerned about climate change. However, this phenomenon needs to be interpreted using accurate instruments. Thus, this study aimed to validate the Portuguese version of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS) in young adults and examine the associations among eco-anxiety, socio…
Responding to everyday problems and crises
Resilience is of the upmost importance to deal with everyday problems faced by communities. The concept of community resilience is gaining prominence in disaster management policy and practice, and it has been shown to be an important factor during pandemic recovery such as during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. We present an instrument for community resilience assessment adapted for disasters like the pandemics. The instrument was based on the theory-b…
The impact of community resilience, well-being, and community attachment on human service workers’ burnout
Burnout has become an increasingly prevalent condition, especially affecting professionals in direct contact with clients. Human service workers (HSWs) have quite emotionally taxing jobs supporting vulnerable groups. In developing a close relationship with the communities they work with, it could be possible that community-related variables have an impact on HSWs’ burnout. We aim to analyze the prevalence of burnout in a sample of HSWs from Portu…
Mental health during ecological crisis
These findings enhance the global initiative to investigate, explore and therefore comprehend eco-anxiety by introducing the first valid and reliable Spanish-language version of this psychometric instrument for its use within Spanish and Argentinian populations. This study augments the body of evidence supporting the robust psychometric properties of the HEAS, as demonstrated in prior validations for Australian, Turkish, Portuguese, German, Frenc…
Predicting Digital Literacy
Information and communication technologies have become an integral part of daily life. However, the increasing reliance on technology in both personal and professional contexts presents significant challenges. Individuals′ levels of digital literacy affect their ability to complete everyday and work‐related tasks that depend on digital tools. The present systematic review is aimed at identifying the main predictors of digital literacy and underst…
Examining the relationships between eco-anxiety, sociodemographic factors, experience of climate events, pro-environmental behaviours, and life satisfaction in young adults
The findings suggest that eco-anxiety is a complex and multidimensional construct influenced by several factors, including direct and indirect psychosocial experiences related to climate events and information-seeking behaviours. Eco-anxiety is differently associated with pro-environmental behaviours and mental health variables, such as life satisfaction. Addressing eco-anxiety requires a multifaceted approach that considers its different dimensi…
Professional factors influencing internal migration
Migration is often viewed through the lens of international movement, yet internal migration within countries represents a significant aspect of human movements. This paper presents the results of a systematic review examining internal migration dynamics, specifically concentrating on studies that explore the professional determinants of internal migration, potentially alongside other influencing factors. The review draws upon data from SCOPUS, W…
Turning eco-anxiety into pro-environmental behaviour
Consumer demand for bioplastics
Bioplastics are emerging as an alternative to conventional plastics. These hold the promise of a more sustainable alternative that promotes the circular economy, while reducing dependency on fossil resources and negative environmental impacts of conventional plastics. Nevertheless, the success of bioplastics in replacing conventional plastics largely depends on consumers acceptance and demand. Here we conducted an umbrella review with the goal of…
Prolonged Grief and Perceived Mental and Physical Health
Past research showed that bereaved individuals with higher levels of prolonged grief symptoms report poorer health. However, research addressing the downstream consequences of prolonged grief to physical health and its potential underlying mechanisms is still limited. This study explored whether meaning in life explained the associations of prolonged grief symptoms with mental and physical health outcomes. In a cross-sectional study ( N = 332), p…
Medicine (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 obras) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 obras) · Psychiatry (5 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Perception (4 obras) · Risk Perception and Management (4 obras) · Social Psychology (4 obras) · Anxiety (3 obras)