Romero Francisco
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 761872 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Romero Francisco |
| PRENOMES | Romero |
| SOBRENOME | Francisco |
| ASSINATURA | FRANCISCO R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9101-523X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1954 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Depression and subjective well-being in older adults living in low-density areas during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction: Participation in social activities contributes to enhanced well-being, reduced rates of comorbidities, and diminished feelings of depression among older adults. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered social interaction in many ways, and its impacts on the well-being and mental health of older adults, particularly those living in more isolated regions, are still poorly understood. This cross-sectional study intends to investigate…
Influenza and Covid-19 vaccination intention in Portuguese adults from at-risk groups
Psychosocial factors, including beliefs about disease severity and vaccine safety, play a central role in vaccination intention. Work-related structural barriers further contribute to hesitancy. These findings underscore the need for targeted communication strategies, healthcare providers engagement and employer-based vaccination programs to address both structural and motivational aspects of vaccination adherence within priority groups
The process in‐between
Practitioners are recognized as one of the key components that make parenting interventions meaningful and helpful to families, and the impact of practitioners' skills on the outcomes of parenting interventions has been consistently recognized in research. However, the mechanisms and ongoing processes through which the practitioners' actions and skills may impact parental engagement and other outcomes remain unknown. This qualitative study explor…
Crises social sensing
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy, social relations, health system, a…
Literacia em saúde nos estudantes do ensino superior
A literacia em saúde (LS) é hoje uma importante ferramenta na promoção da saúde e prevenção da doença. O presente estudo, exploratório e correlacional, tem como objetivos: caracterizar os estudantes do ensino superior (ES) relativamente aos seus níveis de LS e de LS digital (e-LS); explorar suas relações com a utilização de redes sociais e comportamentos de saúde; explorar possíveis preditores de LS e e-LS. Participaram no estudo 125 estudantes d…
HLS19-NAV—Validation of a New Instrument Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Eight European Countries
To manoeuvre a complex and fragmented health care system, people need sufficient navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). The objective of this study was to validate the HLS 19 -NAV measurement scale applied in the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS 19 ). From December 2019 to January 2021, data on NAV-HL was collected in eight European countries. The HLS 19 -NAV was translated into seven languages and successfully applied in…
Health Literacy in Portugal
Health literacy entails the knowledge, motivation, and competencies to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information in order to make judgments and decisions in everyday life concerning health care, disease prevention, and health promotion to maintain or improve quality of life throughout the life course. It has become an essential concept in public health. It is considered a modifiable determinant of health decisions, health behavio…
Psychological Symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Youth During the Covid-19 Health Crisis
Aiming to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, a lockdown was declared in the first term of 2020 in many European countries, applying different restrictions measures. Although the psychological effects of home confinement in children have been described, there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of the confinement over time. The present study analyzes the evolution of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents fr…
Portuguese Version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale
Marital satisfaction is considered a core dimension to understand marriage quality, influencing individual and family well-being. The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS) is one of the most used instruments to assess this dimension. This study presents the psychometric properties of the KMSS Portuguese version through two studies. In Study 1, 145 couples (parents of school-aged children) completed the KMSS, and the Co-parenting Questionnaire …
Daily Life, Communication and Affections of Siblings and Parents of Military Service Members in Mission
The Portuguese military in mission state that parents and siblings are a fundamental support; however, research is very scarce in this area. This study aimed to investigate the impact of a mission on the daily life, communication and emotional responses of 227 relatives of 92 military personnel, 114 siblings (M age = 29.14, SD = 9.81) e 113 parents (M age = 55.06, SD = 9.12). A questionnaire related to the mission was applied, focusing on changes…
Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forced the home confinement of the majority of population around the world, including a significant number of children and adolescents, for several weeks in 2020. Negative psychological effects have been identified in adults, but research about the impact of this type of social distancing measure on children and adolescents is scarce. The present study aimed to describe and compare the immediate psychol…
Bidirectional Relations Between Disordered Eating, Internalization of Beauty Ideals, and Self-Esteem
Associations between disordered eating, internalization of beauty ideals, and self-esteem have been mainly studied in a unidirectional way. Therefore, this study explored the potential bidirectional associations between these three aspects, in a sample of 303 adolescents aged 12 to 15 (140 females and 163 males), in a 16-month longitudinal prospective study. Participants self-reported disordered eating, internalization of beauty ideals, and self-…
ICTs and Family Functioning
Family Dynamics in Digital Homes
Use of Facebook in the maternal grief process
This study seeks to explore the potential implications of Facebook use in the process of maternal grief. The participants were 11 women who had lost their children due to accidents or prolonged illness. Semistructured interviews were conducted and subjected to thematic analysis. The participants stated that they used Facebook to receive support, to identify with other mothers, to remember the child who died, to access the child's information, to …
Impacto das missões internacionais nos jovens filhos de pais militares e a importância do apoio da comunidade escolar
Pretende-se com este estudo conhecer o impacto das missões internacionais no bem-estar dos filhos de militares e a forma como a comunidade escolar pode promover um ajustamento positivo destes durante uma missão. Neste estudo exploratório e qualitativo participaram nove alunos, filhos de militares, e oito professores que lidam e/ou lidaram com este tipo de estudantes (N = 17). Realizaram-se três focus groups, cujas transcrições foram analisadas at…
Family Functioning and Adolescent Psychological Maladjustment
Perfecionismo, perturbações emocionais e suas relações com o comportamento alimentar perturbado
O perfecionismo tem sido associado ao desenvolvimento de sintomatologia de perturbação alimentar, apesar de ser ainda necessário o seu escrutínio em adolescentes dos dois sexos. Pretendeu-se investigar o contributo e as relações entre o perfecionismo e a sintomatologia emocional no desenvolvimento de comportamento alimentar perturbado em ambos os sexos numa amostra de 531 adolescentes. Utilizaram-se o Eating Attitudes Test 26, Cuestionario Educat…
Entre marido e mulher, a crise mete a colher
Considerando a crise económica que Portugal atravessa, e com base no modelo de stress familiar económico (MSFE), o presente estudo teve como objectivo investigar o papel mediador do stress emocional na relação entre a percepção de pressão económica e o conflito e satisfação conjugais. Procurou-se, ainda, alargar a aplicabilidade do MSFE, testando-o no contexto português, bem como contribuir para um maior conhecimento do modelo através da utilizaç…
Inventário como ferramenta de preservação
This paper presents the experience of Campinas City, São Paulo State (Brazil), in the accomplishment of an inventory of cultural resources. Initially are pointed out aspects concerning the beginning of local conservationist practices, rescuing some initiatives that culminated in 1987, the creation of the Conselho de Defesa do Patrimônio Cultural de Campinas [Council for Protection of Campinas Cultural Heritage] (Condepacc). It shows how the prese…
Sobre la Filosofía en América
Sobre la Filosofía en América
Inventário como ferramenta de preservação
This paper presents the experience of Campinas City, São Paulo State (Brazil), in the accomplishment of an inventory of cultural resources. Initially are pointed out aspects concerning the beginning of local conservationist practices, rescuing some initiatives that culminated in 1987, the creation of the Conselho de Defesa do Patrimônio Cultural de Campinas [Council for Protection of Campinas Cultural Heritage] (Condepacc). It shows how the prese…
Family Functioning and Adolescent Psychological Maladjustment
Perfecionismo, perturbações emocionais e suas relações com o comportamento alimentar perturbado
O perfecionismo tem sido associado ao desenvolvimento de sintomatologia de perturbação alimentar, apesar de ser ainda necessário o seu escrutínio em adolescentes dos dois sexos. Pretendeu-se investigar o contributo e as relações entre o perfecionismo e a sintomatologia emocional no desenvolvimento de comportamento alimentar perturbado em ambos os sexos numa amostra de 531 adolescentes. Utilizaram-se o Eating Attitudes Test 26, Cuestionario Educat…
Entre marido e mulher, a crise mete a colher
Considerando a crise económica que Portugal atravessa, e com base no modelo de stress familiar económico (MSFE), o presente estudo teve como objectivo investigar o papel mediador do stress emocional na relação entre a percepção de pressão económica e o conflito e satisfação conjugais. Procurou-se, ainda, alargar a aplicabilidade do MSFE, testando-o no contexto português, bem como contribuir para um maior conhecimento do modelo através da utilizaç…
ICTs and Family Functioning
Family Dynamics in Digital Homes
Use of Facebook in the maternal grief process
This study seeks to explore the potential implications of Facebook use in the process of maternal grief. The participants were 11 women who had lost their children due to accidents or prolonged illness. Semistructured interviews were conducted and subjected to thematic analysis. The participants stated that they used Facebook to receive support, to identify with other mothers, to remember the child who died, to access the child's information, to …
Impacto das missões internacionais nos jovens filhos de pais militares e a importância do apoio da comunidade escolar
Pretende-se com este estudo conhecer o impacto das missões internacionais no bem-estar dos filhos de militares e a forma como a comunidade escolar pode promover um ajustamento positivo destes durante uma missão. Neste estudo exploratório e qualitativo participaram nove alunos, filhos de militares, e oito professores que lidam e/ou lidaram com este tipo de estudantes (N = 17). Realizaram-se três focus groups, cujas transcrições foram analisadas at…
Bidirectional Relations Between Disordered Eating, Internalization of Beauty Ideals, and Self-Esteem
Associations between disordered eating, internalization of beauty ideals, and self-esteem have been mainly studied in a unidirectional way. Therefore, this study explored the potential bidirectional associations between these three aspects, in a sample of 303 adolescents aged 12 to 15 (140 females and 163 males), in a 16-month longitudinal prospective study. Participants self-reported disordered eating, internalization of beauty ideals, and self-…
Daily Life, Communication and Affections of Siblings and Parents of Military Service Members in Mission
The Portuguese military in mission state that parents and siblings are a fundamental support; however, research is very scarce in this area. This study aimed to investigate the impact of a mission on the daily life, communication and emotional responses of 227 relatives of 92 military personnel, 114 siblings (M age = 29.14, SD = 9.81) e 113 parents (M age = 55.06, SD = 9.12). A questionnaire related to the mission was applied, focusing on changes…
Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forced the home confinement of the majority of population around the world, including a significant number of children and adolescents, for several weeks in 2020. Negative psychological effects have been identified in adults, but research about the impact of this type of social distancing measure on children and adolescents is scarce. The present study aimed to describe and compare the immediate psychol…
Psychological Symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Youth During the Covid-19 Health Crisis
Aiming to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, a lockdown was declared in the first term of 2020 in many European countries, applying different restrictions measures. Although the psychological effects of home confinement in children have been described, there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of the confinement over time. The present study analyzes the evolution of the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents fr…
Portuguese Version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale
Marital satisfaction is considered a core dimension to understand marriage quality, influencing individual and family well-being. The Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS) is one of the most used instruments to assess this dimension. This study presents the psychometric properties of the KMSS Portuguese version through two studies. In Study 1, 145 couples (parents of school-aged children) completed the KMSS, and the Co-parenting Questionnaire …
HLS19-NAV—Validation of a New Instrument Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Eight European Countries
To manoeuvre a complex and fragmented health care system, people need sufficient navigational health literacy (NAV-HL). The objective of this study was to validate the HLS 19 -NAV measurement scale applied in the European Health Literacy Population Survey 2019-2021 (HLS 19 ). From December 2019 to January 2021, data on NAV-HL was collected in eight European countries. The HLS 19 -NAV was translated into seven languages and successfully applied in…
Health Literacy in Portugal
Health literacy entails the knowledge, motivation, and competencies to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information in order to make judgments and decisions in everyday life concerning health care, disease prevention, and health promotion to maintain or improve quality of life throughout the life course. It has become an essential concept in public health. It is considered a modifiable determinant of health decisions, health behavio…
Crises social sensing
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy, social relations, health system, a…
Literacia em saúde nos estudantes do ensino superior
A literacia em saúde (LS) é hoje uma importante ferramenta na promoção da saúde e prevenção da doença. O presente estudo, exploratório e correlacional, tem como objetivos: caracterizar os estudantes do ensino superior (ES) relativamente aos seus níveis de LS e de LS digital (e-LS); explorar suas relações com a utilização de redes sociais e comportamentos de saúde; explorar possíveis preditores de LS e e-LS. Participaram no estudo 125 estudantes d…
The process in‐between
Practitioners are recognized as one of the key components that make parenting interventions meaningful and helpful to families, and the impact of practitioners' skills on the outcomes of parenting interventions has been consistently recognized in research. However, the mechanisms and ongoing processes through which the practitioners' actions and skills may impact parental engagement and other outcomes remain unknown. This qualitative study explor…
Influenza and Covid-19 vaccination intention in Portuguese adults from at-risk groups
Psychosocial factors, including beliefs about disease severity and vaccine safety, play a central role in vaccination intention. Work-related structural barriers further contribute to hesitancy. These findings underscore the need for targeted communication strategies, healthcare providers engagement and employer-based vaccination programs to address both structural and motivational aspects of vaccination adherence within priority groups
Depression and subjective well-being in older adults living in low-density areas during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction: Participation in social activities contributes to enhanced well-being, reduced rates of comorbidities, and diminished feelings of depression among older adults. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered social interaction in many ways, and its impacts on the well-being and mental health of older adults, particularly those living in more isolated regions, are still poorly understood. This cross-sectional study intends to investigate…
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