Magda Sofia Roberto
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 782689 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Magda Sofia Roberto |
| PRENOMES | Magda Sofia |
| SOBRENOME | Roberto |
| ASSINATURA | ROBERTO M S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4127-561X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Meaningful ties
Social networks are key social determinants of migrants’ health, yet they remain understudied despite undergoing significant changes in composition and structure throughout the migration process. This study explores how migrants’ health-specific social networks evolve, focusing on tie strength (weak vs. strong) and structural holes (efficiency and constraint). A mixed-methods longitudinal diary study was conducted online with a convenience sample…
Alexithymia and Identity Development
Alexithymia is characterized by reduced emotional awareness, which may impair emotion regulation. While emotion regulation has shown to be closely related to identity development, the role of alexithymia remains largely unexplored. This study examined the relationship between alexithymia and identity development in emerging adulthood, as well as the moderating role of personality. Three hundred thirty-eight emerging adults completed an online que…
Executive Function Correlates of Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) significantly affects victims’ physical and mental health. Neurocognitive impairments, particularly in executive functioning, are crucial for daily functionality. However, no reviews or meta-analyses have focused on executive function (EF) alterations or the associated mechanisms contributing to a better understanding. This study aimed to synthesize and analyze differences in EF performance between women victims of…
Portuguese College Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Healthy Sleep and Strategies to Overcome Them
Poor sleep negatively influences college students’ health and school performance. Sleep and the behaviors that take place during the day are interrelated; as such, the aim of this work was to investigate the psycho-social-environmental factors in college life that may affect students’ sleep, using a mixed-method approach, with a view to informing the design of research-informed sleep-promotion initiatives. Six focus group interviews were conducte…
Addressing Teacher Occupational Health in Challenging Times
Teacher occupational health is a critical issue worldwide that COVID-19 has worsened. While previous research has highlighted the impact of chronic work-related stress and limited personal resources on burnout, much of this research relies on cross-sectional data that do not capture how these effects develop over time. Additionally, the role of positive organizational factors remains underexplored. Our study examined burnout trajectories among 10…
Effects of a Social–Emotional Learning Intervention on Social–Emotional Competencies and Behavioral Problems in Elementary Students Amid Covid-19
This study investigated whether a social-emotional learning program, implemented over a one-year period, could lead to gains in social-emotional competencies and to a reduction in internalizing and externalizing problems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the program analyzed how students (boys vs. girls) with varying levels of social-emotional competencies and externalizing and internalizing problems, and from different socioe…
Daily exhaustion and engagement in Portuguese health science students
In this study, a quantitative diary design was used to examine within-person relationships among daily negative events, emotional intelligence facets, and levels of academic exhaustion and engagement. The research was conducted with a sample of 63 Portuguese health science students (48 females and Mage = 22.3 years) from medicine (n = 33) and psychology (n = 30) degrees who completed a daily survey for 2 weeks (550 diary entries). The results sho…
Triggering competence may protect multiple minority members from hiring discrimination
Hiring managers may consider hundreds of applicants for one position, leading to rapid decisions based on minimal information which may discriminate against certain individuals. However, past research shows that individuals belonging to multiple minority groups may, in fact, benefit from their intersectional status in certain contexts. First, to identify possible types of prejudice, the Attitudes Toward Gay Men (ATG) and Attitudes Toward Brazilia…
Elementary school climate through teachers’ eyes
Employability narratives in digital storytelling
Migration has been steadily increasing worldwide, bringing with it precarious work conditions and the issue of overqualification, having repercussions on job satisfaction and the mental health of migrants. This study explores digital storytelling (DST) as a tool to promote debate on those issues among immigrant workers and potentiate soft skills valued in the job market. A threeday DST workshop and focus group with 7 semi and skilled Brazilian an…
Disentangling perceptions of social support and social capital as social determinants of mental health
Social network changes may occur during disruptive events (e.g., COVID-19), especially with immigrants who need to rebuild networks, undermining their mental health. Study 1 (N =18) investigates immigrants' perceived changes before and during the pandemic in their networks, mental health, social support and social capital. Study 2 (N =53) examines the same in a sample of non-migrants. Convenience samples were collected online between July and Nov…
The white human stain
Prejudice against people with Vitiligo is pervasive across societies. However, little attention has been given to measuring individual differences on the way that it is expressed. To overcome this gap, we developed and validated the Scale of Prejudice towards People with Vitiligo (SPV) throughout six online studies. Studies 1a and 1b (N = 136) addressed the development of the SPV’s items, their content and semantic validity. Study 2 (N = 121) sho…
Patterns of Parental Reactions to Their Children’s Negative Emotions
Parents' emotion socialization practices are an important source of influence in the development of children's emotional competencies This study examined parental reactions to child negative emotions in a clinical sample using a cluster analysis approach and explored the associations between clusters of parents' reactions and children's and parents' adjustment. The sample comprised 80 parents of Portuguese children (aged 3-13 years) attending a c…
Family Caregiver’s Anticipatory Grief—Clinical Interview
This study describes the development and the preliminary validation of the Family Caregiver Anticipatory Grief Clinical Interview (FcAG-CI). This instrument, conceptually based in Adult Attachment Theory, evaluates Anticipatory Grief response patterns of cancer family caregivers; semistructured interviews were conducted in a sample of family caregivers in palliative care ( n = 72, mostly women, adult children, or spouses, mean age of 52.37) and c…
The concept of lying, moral reasoning and children's willingness to lie at the request of an adult
This research aims to understand how children conceptualise lying and how they associate it with moral reasoning within a narrative that contains everyday moral transgressions. This study also explores whether children are willing to lie when they are asked to do so by close adults, such as mothers, fathers and teachers, even after declaring that lying is wrong. We interviewed children (N = 146) from first to fourth grade on these themes, and dis…
Cumulative Risk Exposure and Social Isolation as Correlates of Carer and Child Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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 …
A Transdiagnostic Approach to Sexual Distress and Sexual Pleasure
Sexual distress is a core characteristic of sexual dysfunction; however, little is known about its correlates. In the current study, we aimed to contribute to the understanding of both sexual distress and its positive counterpart, sexual pleasure, by taking a transdiagnostic approach to sexual distress using two types of repetitive negative thinking: worry and rumination. Because sexual activity mostly occurs in a dyadic context, we also looked a…
Factor structure of the "Me as A Parent" scale in a community sample of portuguese mothers
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of a parental self-regulation measure: "Me as a Parent" (MaaP). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an online convenience sample of 370 mothers of children aged between 3 and 15 (M = 9, SD = 3.74). Results showed that in this sample, the original structure of the MaaP was not confirmed. The revised model with three first-order factors showed good fit indices,…
Effectiveness of a parental school-based intervention to improve young children’s eating patterns
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot study of a parental school-based intervention to promote healthy eating behaviours in young children. Design A quasi-experimental longitudinal design with three conditions (complete intervention (CIG), minimal intervention (MIG), control (CG)), with repeated measures at baseline, immediately after the intervention, 6 months and 1 year after intervention. Setting Fourteen public and state-funded k…
Parenting stress and preschoolers’ socio-emotional adjustment
This study examined the mediating effect of parenting styles in the relationship between parenting stress and children’s socio-emotional adjustment through Structural Equation Modeling. The moderating role of parent and child gender was also examined by means of a multi-group analysis. A sample of 552 mothers and 501 fathers of Portuguese families with preschoolers participated in the study. Mothers and fathers independently completed self-report…
Adoptive parents' evaluation of expectations and children's behavior problems
Examining the Mechanisms of Therapeutic Change in a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Anxious Children
Parenting and emotional well-being of adoptive school-aged children
The “Inventory of Father Involvement–Short Form” among Portuguese fathers
The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Inventory of Father Involvement–Short Form (IFI-SF) with respect to its factor structure, reliability, and preliminary concurrent and discriminant validity (Study 1), and to confirm the factor structure
Parenting stress and preschoolers’ socio-emotional adjustment
This study examined the mediating effect of parenting styles in the relationship between parenting stress and children’s socio-emotional adjustment through Structural Equation Modeling. The moderating role of parent and child gender was also examined by means of a multi-group analysis. A sample of 552 mothers and 501 fathers of Portuguese families with preschoolers participated in the study. Mothers and fathers independently completed self-report…
The “Inventory of Father Involvement–Short Form” among Portuguese fathers
The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Inventory of Father Involvement–Short Form (IFI-SF) with respect to its factor structure, reliability, and preliminary concurrent and discriminant validity (Study 1), and to confirm the factor structure
Adoptive parents' evaluation of expectations and children's behavior problems
Parenting and emotional well-being of adoptive school-aged children
The “Inventory of Father Involvement–Short Form” among Portuguese fathers
The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Inventory of Father Involvement–Short Form (IFI-SF) with respect to its factor structure, reliability, and preliminary concurrent and discriminant validity (Study 1), and to confirm the factor structure
Examining the Mechanisms of Therapeutic Change in a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Anxious Children
Parenting and emotional well-being of adoptive school-aged children
Effectiveness of a parental school-based intervention to improve young children’s eating patterns
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot study of a parental school-based intervention to promote healthy eating behaviours in young children. Design A quasi-experimental longitudinal design with three conditions (complete intervention (CIG), minimal intervention (MIG), control (CG)), with repeated measures at baseline, immediately after the intervention, 6 months and 1 year after intervention. Setting Fourteen public and state-funded k…
Parenting stress and preschoolers’ socio-emotional adjustment
This study examined the mediating effect of parenting styles in the relationship between parenting stress and children’s socio-emotional adjustment through Structural Equation Modeling. The moderating role of parent and child gender was also examined by means of a multi-group analysis. A sample of 552 mothers and 501 fathers of Portuguese families with preschoolers participated in the study. Mothers and fathers independently completed self-report…
Adoptive parents' evaluation of expectations and children's behavior problems
A Transdiagnostic Approach to Sexual Distress and Sexual Pleasure
Sexual distress is a core characteristic of sexual dysfunction; however, little is known about its correlates. In the current study, we aimed to contribute to the understanding of both sexual distress and its positive counterpart, sexual pleasure, by taking a transdiagnostic approach to sexual distress using two types of repetitive negative thinking: worry and rumination. Because sexual activity mostly occurs in a dyadic context, we also looked a…
Factor structure of the "Me as A Parent" scale in a community sample of portuguese mothers
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of a parental self-regulation measure: "Me as a Parent" (MaaP). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with an online convenience sample of 370 mothers of children aged between 3 and 15 (M = 9, SD = 3.74). Results showed that in this sample, the original structure of the MaaP was not confirmed. The revised model with three first-order factors showed good fit indices,…
The concept of lying, moral reasoning and children's willingness to lie at the request of an adult
This research aims to understand how children conceptualise lying and how they associate it with moral reasoning within a narrative that contains everyday moral transgressions. This study also explores whether children are willing to lie when they are asked to do so by close adults, such as mothers, fathers and teachers, even after declaring that lying is wrong. We interviewed children (N = 146) from first to fourth grade on these themes, and dis…
Cumulative Risk Exposure and Social Isolation as Correlates of Carer and Child Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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 …
The white human stain
Prejudice against people with Vitiligo is pervasive across societies. However, little attention has been given to measuring individual differences on the way that it is expressed. To overcome this gap, we developed and validated the Scale of Prejudice towards People with Vitiligo (SPV) throughout six online studies. Studies 1a and 1b (N = 136) addressed the development of the SPV’s items, their content and semantic validity. Study 2 (N = 121) sho…
Patterns of Parental Reactions to Their Children’s Negative Emotions
Parents' emotion socialization practices are an important source of influence in the development of children's emotional competencies This study examined parental reactions to child negative emotions in a clinical sample using a cluster analysis approach and explored the associations between clusters of parents' reactions and children's and parents' adjustment. The sample comprised 80 parents of Portuguese children (aged 3-13 years) attending a c…
Family Caregiver’s Anticipatory Grief—Clinical Interview
This study describes the development and the preliminary validation of the Family Caregiver Anticipatory Grief Clinical Interview (FcAG-CI). This instrument, conceptually based in Adult Attachment Theory, evaluates Anticipatory Grief response patterns of cancer family caregivers; semistructured interviews were conducted in a sample of family caregivers in palliative care ( n = 72, mostly women, adult children, or spouses, mean age of 52.37) and c…
Triggering competence may protect multiple minority members from hiring discrimination
Hiring managers may consider hundreds of applicants for one position, leading to rapid decisions based on minimal information which may discriminate against certain individuals. However, past research shows that individuals belonging to multiple minority groups may, in fact, benefit from their intersectional status in certain contexts. First, to identify possible types of prejudice, the Attitudes Toward Gay Men (ATG) and Attitudes Toward Brazilia…
Elementary school climate through teachers’ eyes
Employability narratives in digital storytelling
Migration has been steadily increasing worldwide, bringing with it precarious work conditions and the issue of overqualification, having repercussions on job satisfaction and the mental health of migrants. This study explores digital storytelling (DST) as a tool to promote debate on those issues among immigrant workers and potentiate soft skills valued in the job market. A threeday DST workshop and focus group with 7 semi and skilled Brazilian an…
Disentangling perceptions of social support and social capital as social determinants of mental health
Social network changes may occur during disruptive events (e.g., COVID-19), especially with immigrants who need to rebuild networks, undermining their mental health. Study 1 (N =18) investigates immigrants' perceived changes before and during the pandemic in their networks, mental health, social support and social capital. Study 2 (N =53) examines the same in a sample of non-migrants. Convenience samples were collected online between July and Nov…
Effects of a Social–Emotional Learning Intervention on Social–Emotional Competencies and Behavioral Problems in Elementary Students Amid Covid-19
This study investigated whether a social-emotional learning program, implemented over a one-year period, could lead to gains in social-emotional competencies and to a reduction in internalizing and externalizing problems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the program analyzed how students (boys vs. girls) with varying levels of social-emotional competencies and externalizing and internalizing problems, and from different socioe…
Daily exhaustion and engagement in Portuguese health science students
In this study, a quantitative diary design was used to examine within-person relationships among daily negative events, emotional intelligence facets, and levels of academic exhaustion and engagement. The research was conducted with a sample of 63 Portuguese health science students (48 females and Mage = 22.3 years) from medicine (n = 33) and psychology (n = 30) degrees who completed a daily survey for 2 weeks (550 diary entries). The results sho…
Executive Function Correlates of Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) significantly affects victims’ physical and mental health. Neurocognitive impairments, particularly in executive functioning, are crucial for daily functionality. However, no reviews or meta-analyses have focused on executive function (EF) alterations or the associated mechanisms contributing to a better understanding. This study aimed to synthesize and analyze differences in EF performance between women victims of…
Portuguese College Students’ Perceptions of Barriers to Healthy Sleep and Strategies to Overcome Them
Poor sleep negatively influences college students’ health and school performance. Sleep and the behaviors that take place during the day are interrelated; as such, the aim of this work was to investigate the psycho-social-environmental factors in college life that may affect students’ sleep, using a mixed-method approach, with a view to informing the design of research-informed sleep-promotion initiatives. Six focus group interviews were conducte…
Addressing Teacher Occupational Health in Challenging Times
Teacher occupational health is a critical issue worldwide that COVID-19 has worsened. While previous research has highlighted the impact of chronic work-related stress and limited personal resources on burnout, much of this research relies on cross-sectional data that do not capture how these effects develop over time. Additionally, the role of positive organizational factors remains underexplored. Our study examined burnout trajectories among 10…
Meaningful ties
Social networks are key social determinants of migrants’ health, yet they remain understudied despite undergoing significant changes in composition and structure throughout the migration process. This study explores how migrants’ health-specific social networks evolve, focusing on tie strength (weak vs. strong) and structural holes (efficiency and constraint). A mixed-methods longitudinal diary study was conducted online with a convenience sample…
Alexithymia and Identity Development
Alexithymia is characterized by reduced emotional awareness, which may impair emotion regulation. While emotion regulation has shown to be closely related to identity development, the role of alexithymia remains largely unexplored. This study examined the relationship between alexithymia and identity development in emerging adulthood, as well as the moderating role of personality. Three hundred thirty-eight emerging adults completed an online que…
Psychology (20 obras) · Developmental psychology (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (10 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (8 obras) · Portuguese (7 obras) · Psychiatry (7 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 obras) · Medicine (6 obras)