Eunice Magalhães
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 761244 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Eunice Magalhães |
| PRENOMES | Eunice |
| SOBRENOME | Magalhães |
| ASSINATURA | MAGALHÃES E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1421-0397 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1969 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Secondary Victimization Following Sexual Violence
Evidence suggests that secondary victimization exacerbates the impact of sexual violence and undermines victim recovery. This study aims to a) provide evidence of the validity and reliability of the Secondary Victimization Scale (SVS) and b) test the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between personality and secondary victimization. A sample of 285 Portuguese adults (aged 18-75, 86% females) completed an online survey. The original thr…
Benevolent Childhood Experiences, Child Maltreatment, Adult Well-Being and Resilience
Several studies have established a link between child maltreatment and mental health problems in adulthood, as well as between benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) and positive outcomes. However, less is known about how BCEs may lead to better adult mental health when maltreatment was also present. This study aimed to explore the moderating role of BCEs in the relationship between child maltreatment and psychological well-being and resilience.…
Juvenile Victimization, Psychopathology and Quality of Life
Extensive research on childhood victimization has consistently revealed that a significant number of children experience various forms of violence throughout their development, resulting in lasting impacts on their mental health. The Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ) establishes a comprehensive assessment of childhood victimization. Assessing psychometric evidence in different contexts is of utmost importance for further exploring the ro…
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Factors Related to Child Sexual Abuse and Rape Myths
The endorsement of myths about sexual violence, victims, and perpetrators may harm victims’ well-being. Thus, understanding the factors associated with their endorsement is crucial. To our knowledge, no systematic review or meta-analysis has specifically focused on both child sexual abuse (CSAM) and rape myths (RM). This study aims to address this gap. Following the PRISMA statement, a systematic search across eight databases yielded 4.019 articl…
Re-entries into residential care
Pre-adoption Experiences and Attachment Disorders in Portuguese Adopted Children
How Young People Portrayed Their Experiences in Therapeutic Residential Care in Portugal
Social images of youth in residential care
The study investigates the social images of children and youth in residential care settings (RCSs) in Israel, with a focus on the role of personal contact with individuals who have experienced residential care. Conducted among 545 Israeli undergraduate students aged 18–45, the research reveals that approximately 37% of participants have had personal contact with individuals placed in RCSs through life experiences, work, or training. The findings …
Theory‐Driven Factors Related to the Decision to Become a Foster Caregiver Among Portuguese Adults
The persistent shortage of foster families remains a global concern. To support recruitment efforts, it is important to understand which factors are associated with different types of engagement with foster care among community samples. This study examined how several theory‐informed psychological and contextual variables (e.g., self‐efficacy, motivations, time availability and planning) were associated with awareness, willingness and intention t…
How Do Professionals Portray Adolescents' Resilience in Residential Care? A Qualitative Study
Adolescents in residential care may achieve positive outcomes despite previous adverse experiences. However, literature focuses more on negative outcomes than resilience. Supportive relationships between professionals and adolescents in residential care are key to ensuring resilience in adolescents. Therefore, professionals' perspectives need to be explored. This study aimed to identify professionals' perspectives on resilience factors among adol…
Obstetric Violence Against Women in the Portuguese Context
Evidence suggests that women worldwide experience mistreatment during institutional childbirth. This qualitative study aimed to explore obstetric violence in Portugal, specifically, its related factors and perceived impact. The inductive thematic analysis of 19 semi-structured interviews with women living in Portugal (22-41 years old), who identified themselves as victims, revealed six central themes: (1) obstetric violence, (2) the impact of obs…
Out of sight is not out of mind
1.72) from RC settings filled out self-report questionnaires to evaluate their perceptions of maternal attachment and self-representations. Results indicated that lower perceived maternal attachment was associated with higher levels of global negative self-representations. Moreover, compared to young men, young women with lower levels of perceived maternal attachment perceived themselves as having more negative self-representations. No moderating…
Why do people become a foster parent? Insights from a national study
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Quality of Relationships Between Residential Staff and Youth
Regardless of the type of residential care context, entering in care is an impactful event that involves the separation of young people from their relatives, as well as the need to adapt to a new context. This adaptation might be facilitated by the quality of relationships with professionals in these settings, which in turn may positively impact young people’s psychological adjustment. Purpose: The current systematic review aims to identify the f…
A Systematic Review of Quality Indicators in Therapeutic Residential Care Drawn from Young People ́s Beliefs and Experiences
Resilience in residential care
Professionals' Insights on Supervision in Portuguese Residential Care
The scarcity of evidence on how supervision in the child protection system (CPS) is developed, specifically in residential care, calls for further research on this issue. The aim of this study is to provide new insights on staff perceptions in residential care about supervision's strengths, opportunities, threats and weaknesses, as well as their conceptions about the impact of supervision in this context. A total of 94 professionals ( M age = 28.…
Youth-caregiver relationship quality in residential youth care
This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of professionals working in residential care (RC) settings (i.e., caregivers and directors) about youth-caregiver relationship quality (YCRQ). Method: A qualitative study was developed in Portugal including 15 caregivers (73.3% women, 23-50 years) and 15 directors (73.3% women, 34-45 years) working in 18 generalist RC units. Data were collected through six focus groups using a semi-struc…
A systematic review of non-specific and specific treatment factors associated with lower or greater internalising and externalising symptoms in therapeutic residential care
Perceived barriers, drivers and enablers to becoming a foster family
Organizational social context and psychopathology of youth in residential care
Drawing on an ecological approach with multiple informants, this study investigated the mediating role of youth–caregiver relationship quality in associations between different features of residential care settings' organizational social context and youth's psychopathology. Participants were 378 youth aged between 12 and 25 years old, and 54 caregivers aged between 24 and 57 years old, from 29 generalist residential youth care settings in Portuga…
Adolescents’ Resilience in Residential Care
Profiles of Young Children Involved with Child Protection Services in Portugal
Organizational social context and academic achievement of youth in residential care
Youth's rights and mental health
A rights-based approach calls for studies to explore further the extent to which rights' fulfillment in residential care affects young people's mental health. A focus on protective factors, such as supportive relations, can inform policies and practices in residential care which is critical for youths' empowerment and adaptive outcomes. However, existing studies on social support are mainly descriptive and qualitative in nature or focus on the ef…
Youth-caregiver relationship quality in residential youth care
This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of professionals working in residential care (RC) settings (i.e., caregivers and directors) about youth-caregiver relationship quality (YCRQ). Method: A qualitative study was developed in Portugal including 15 caregivers (73.3% women, 23-50 years) and 15 directors (73.3% women, 34-45 years) working in 18 generalist RC units. Data were collected through six focus groups using a semi-struc…
A dual-factor model of mental health and social support
I Always Say What I Think’
Why Place Matters in Residential Care
To be or not to be a rights holder
Using the Parent–infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale to Identify Caregiver–infant/Toddler Dyads With Abusive Relationship Patterns in Six European Countries
The study examined whether the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, Revised Edition (DC: 0–3R; ZERO TO THREE, 2005) Parent–Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR‐GAS) is applicable to six European countries and contributes to the identification of caregiver–infant/toddler dyads with abusive relationship patterns. The sample consisted of 115 dyads with children's ages rang…
Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study
Neo-Ffi
The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the Portuguese adaptation of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and to compare the obtained structure to the original North American version. The methods of analysis used for cross-validation of the factorial structure were the Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) and the Confi rmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). PAF reproduced the original structure of NEO-FF…
Auto-conceito em adolescentes institucionalizadas
A literatura sugere que o acolhimento institucional poderá ter impacto psicológico negativo na infância, nomeadamente, níveis de auto?estima reduzidos, auto?culpabilização, sentimentos de incompetência e uma percepção por parte dos jovens de uma elevada incerteza relativamente ao seu percurso de vida futuro. Neste trabalho serão apresentados resultados de um estudo comparativo ao nível do auto?conceito entre adolescentes institucionalizadas e ado…
Organizational social context and academic achievement of youth in residential care
Group Identification of Youth in Residential Care
Auto-conceito em adolescentes institucionalizadas
A literatura sugere que o acolhimento institucional poderá ter impacto psicológico negativo na infância, nomeadamente, níveis de auto?estima reduzidos, auto?culpabilização, sentimentos de incompetência e uma percepção por parte dos jovens de uma elevada incerteza relativamente ao seu percurso de vida futuro. Neste trabalho serão apresentados resultados de um estudo comparativo ao nível do auto?conceito entre adolescentes institucionalizadas e ado…
Group Identification of Youth in Residential Care
Capacidade discriminante do inventário de potencial de abuso na infância
This study aims to test discriminant ability of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP) in a sample of 641 Portuguese parents. Thirty-seven percent of the sample is composed by abusive parents reported to the Comissions for the Protection of Children and Young People and evaluated by an assessment questionnaire of maltreatment, neglect and sexual abuse. Abusive parents showed significantly higher scores on the Abuse Scale and in all of its dime…
Neo-Ffi
The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the Portuguese adaptation of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and to compare the obtained structure to the original North American version. The methods of analysis used for cross-validation of the factorial structure were the Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) and the Confi rmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). PAF reproduced the original structure of NEO-FF…
The Portuguese version of the NEO-FFI
The present study aims to present descriptive and multivariate data obtained with the NEO-FFI, a reduced version of the NEO-PI-R, with a sample of Portuguese participants. To make possible this objective, the personality inventory was administered to 1178 subjects, 68% were female, with ages between 18 and 90 years (M = 41.8, SD = 22.3). The Portuguese version of the NEO-FFI reflects the universality of basic dimensions of personality and may, th…
To be or not to be a rights holder
Using the Parent–infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale to Identify Caregiver–infant/Toddler Dyads With Abusive Relationship Patterns in Six European Countries
The study examined whether the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, Revised Edition (DC: 0–3R; ZERO TO THREE, 2005) Parent–Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR‐GAS) is applicable to six European countries and contributes to the identification of caregiver–infant/toddler dyads with abusive relationship patterns. The sample consisted of 115 dyads with children's ages rang…
I Always Say What I Think’
A dual-factor model of mental health and social support
Social Well-Being Scales
This study aims to provide evidence of validity and reliability of the Social Well-being Scales in the Portuguese context. A cross-sectional study was developed with 322 adults (M = 30.45; SD = 8.52) aged from 18 to 58 years old, mostly females (65.8%). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good model fit considering the five-factor model consistent with the original theoretical proposal. Also, additional validity evidence was obtained with sta…
Tipologias de funcionamento familiar
O funcionamento familiar contribui diferentemente para ajustamento psicológico, de acordo com as etapas de desenvolvimento e com as tarefas que lhes estão subjacentes. Através de um desenho quantitativo transversal, e com recurso a uma amostra de 387 participantes com idades compreendidas entre os 15 e os 25 anos (M=20.06, DP=3.21), este estudo pretendeu: identificar as tipologias de funcionamento familiar, a partir das dimensões coesão e conflit…
Relação entre valores pessoais, social connectedness e desenvolvimento da identidade em adultos emergentes portugueses
Os valores pessoais e o social connectedness contribuem para o desenvolvimento identitário. Através de um desenho quantitativo transversal e de uma amostra de 275 adultos emergentes, o presente estudo pretendeu analisar: a relação entre os valores pessoais coletivistas e individualistas, os dois ciclos de desenvolvimento da identidade (formação e avaliação do compromisso) e o social connectedness; se os valores pessoais são preditores dos ciclos …
Why Place Matters in Residential Care
Interparental violence
The collaboration between early childhood intervention and child protection systems
Youth's rights and mental health
A rights-based approach calls for studies to explore further the extent to which rights' fulfillment in residential care affects young people's mental health. A focus on protective factors, such as supportive relations, can inform policies and practices in residential care which is critical for youths' empowerment and adaptive outcomes. However, existing studies on social support are mainly descriptive and qualitative in nature or focus on the ef…
Organizational social context and psychopathology of youth in residential care
Drawing on an ecological approach with multiple informants, this study investigated the mediating role of youth–caregiver relationship quality in associations between different features of residential care settings' organizational social context and youth's psychopathology. Participants were 378 youth aged between 12 and 25 years old, and 54 caregivers aged between 24 and 57 years old, from 29 generalist residential youth care settings in Portuga…
Adolescents’ Resilience in Residential Care
Profiles of Young Children Involved with Child Protection Services in Portugal
Organizational social context and academic achievement of youth in residential care
Reasons, willingness, and intention to be a foster family
A systematic review of non-specific and specific treatment factors associated with lower or greater internalising and externalising symptoms in therapeutic residential care
Perceived barriers, drivers and enablers to becoming a foster family
Quality of Relationships Between Residential Staff and Youth
Regardless of the type of residential care context, entering in care is an impactful event that involves the separation of young people from their relatives, as well as the need to adapt to a new context. This adaptation might be facilitated by the quality of relationships with professionals in these settings, which in turn may positively impact young people’s psychological adjustment. Purpose: The current systematic review aims to identify the f…
A Systematic Review of Quality Indicators in Therapeutic Residential Care Drawn from Young People ́s Beliefs and Experiences
Psychology (31 obras) · Medicine (20 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (17 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (14 obras) · Social Psychology (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (12 obras) · Developmental psychology (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Nursing (11 obras) · Residential care (11 obras)