Teaching Activities
Teaching Year Semester Course Name Degree(s) Coordinator
2025/2026 Psychological Assessment Bachelor Degree in Psychology; Yes
2025/2026 Assessment and Intervention with Families at Risk Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2025/2026 Adoption, Foster and Residential Care and Child Development Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2025/2026 Perspectives & Theories of Emotion -- Yes
2025/2026 Project Seminar in Psychology Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Psychology; No
2025/2026 Doctoral Thesis in Psychology Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Psychology; No
2025/2026 Psychopathology and Clinical Evaluation Institutional Degree in Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas; Yes
2025/2026 Child and Adolescence Developmental Psychopathology Institutional Degree in Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas; Yes
2023/2024 Psychological Assessment Bachelor Degree in Psychology; Yes
2023/2024 Assessment and Intervention with Families at Risk Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2023/2024 Adoption, Foster and Residential Care and Child Development Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2023/2024 Internship Training in Community Psychology -- Yes
2023/2024 Personality Theories -- Yes
2023/2024 Research Seminar in Psychology - Advanced Methodologies -- Yes
2023/2024 Doctoral Thesis in Psychology Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Psychology; No
2023/2024 Psychopathology and Clinical Evaluation Institutional Degree in Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas; Yes
2022/2023 Internship Training in Community Psychology -- Yes
2022/2023 Research Seminar in Psychology - Advanced Methodologies -- Yes
2022/2023 Psychological Assessment Bachelor Degree in Psychology; Yes
2022/2023 Assessment and Intervention with Families at Risk Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2022/2023 Adoption, Foster and Residential Care and Child Development Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2022/2023 Psychological Assessment of the Child and Adult Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; No
2022/2023 Internship Training in Community Psychology -- Yes
2022/2023 Personality Theories -- Yes
2022/2023 Research Seminar in Psychology - Advanced Methodologies -- Yes
2022/2023 Doctoral Thesis in Psychology Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Psychology; No
2021/2022 Lectures in Psychology Or in Other Social Sciences and Humanities -- No
2021/2022 Psychological Assessment Bachelor Degree in Psychology; Yes
2021/2022 Assessment and Intervention with Families at Risk Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2021/2022 Adoption, Foster and Residential Care and Child Development Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2021/2022 Psychological Assessment of the Child and Adult Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; No
2021/2022 Personality Theories -- Yes
2020/2021 Ontogenesis of Emotion -- Yes
2020/2021 Psychological Assessment Bachelor Degree in Psychology; Yes
2020/2021 Assessment and Intervention with Families at Risk Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2020/2021 Adoption, Foster and Residential Care and Child Development Master Degree in Community Psychology, Protection of Children and Youth at Risk; Yes
2020/2021 Legislation, Organization and Competencies of Services in Social Intervention with Children and Youth at Risk and Danger -- Yes
2020/2021 Definition, Report and Assessment of Child Maltreatment and Neglect -- Yes
Supervisions
Post-doc Supervisions (1)
Ongoing (1)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Lorena Maneiro One care setting does not fit all. Unravelling developmental trajectories and caregiver-youth dynamics for resilience and wellbeing in adolescents in alternative care English Developing Iscte --
Ph.D. Thesis (6)
Ongoing (4)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Cláudia Sofia Cardona Azeitão Ramos Early mother-infant relationship and the development of executive function during the first year English Developing Iscte 2022
Vanessa Moutinho A differential susceptibility approach of early social cognition in boys and girls born preterm: The contribution of child temperament and parenting English Developing Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2017
Amber Feher Maternal Touch and the Development of Self-Regulation among Moderate-to-Late Preterm (MLPT) children English Developing Iscte --
Priska Stefanie Baieta Müller Development and validation of a novel observation scale for ADHD assessment during the preschool years English Developing Iscte --
Concluded (2)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Micaela Sofia da Silva Pinheiro Resilience of adolescents in residential care: From risk to protection English Iscte 2022 2025
Paulo Bulaque Child development and the qualiity of residential care in Beira-Mozambique Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho -- 2020
M.Sc. Dissertations (55)
Ongoing (8)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Mariana Filipa Ferreira Messias Maternal affective touch and psychopathological symptoms Portuguese Delivered Iscte 2024
Mafalda Novo Rodolfo de Varela Gomes Maternal sensitivity and psychopathological symptoms. Portuguese Delivered Iscte 2024
Luísa Santos da Silva Psicopatologia Materna e Funções Executivas do Bebé: o Papel Mediador da Intrusividade Materna Developing Iscte 2025
Mariana Manuel Bento Professionals' contributions to assessing the quality of parent-child interactions during parental visits for children in care Developing Iscte 2025
Ana Sofia Leal Quaresma The Effects of separation into out-of-home care: A qualitative study with birth parents Developing Iscte 2025
Inês Filipa Rodrigues Sobral Early Adversity and Trauma among Youth in Care Developing Iscte 2025
Maria Dias de Frias Quality of relational care in the foster family and children's socioemotional development Developing Iscte 2025
Laura Rafaela Gonçalves Vasconcelos Early Adverse Experiences and Their Relationship with Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors among Youths in Residential Care. Developing Iscte 2025
Concluded (47)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Beatriz Mendes Júlio Impact of ADHD in the Pre-School Period: Perceptions of Barriers and Enablers Portuguese Iscte 2024 2025
Beatriz Irina Pires dos Santos Fernandes Enablers and barriers to the initial implementation of the Integrated Model of Family Foster Care (MIAF) Portuguese Iscte 2024 2025
Sara Maria Gouveia Mourisco Mind-mindedness and psychological symptoms in mothers of babies between 9 and 13 months of age Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Maria Madalena Lopes Correia Perceptions about Family Foster Care Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Márcia Alexandra da Cruz Pereira Maternal Affective Touch in moderate-to-late preterm infants: Exploring the psychometric properties of the Maternal Touch Scale Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Sercileyne Nunes do Nascimento Attitudes about child maltreatment among imigrant mothers from Sao Tome and Principe Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Catarina Peres Pereira Contribution to the Assessment of the Quality of Parental Visits in Foster Care: The Parental Responsiveness Scale in Foster Care Visits Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Carolina dos Reis Di Sabbato Preschool Children’s Reaction to Maternal Touch Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Maria José Seabra Silva Positive Parenting in Mothers Exposed to Domestic Violence in Childhood Portuguese Iscte 2023 2023
Carolinne Afonso Marques Re-entries into Residential Care: An Ecological Analysis from the Professionals' Perspective English Iscte 2021 2023
Inês Teixeira Soares de Almeida TOXIC STRESS AND THE MATERNAL EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE BABY'S CRYING Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Bárbara Sofia Marques Claro Benevolent Childhood Experiences and Maternal Emotional Reaction to Infant Crying Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Beatriz Gonçalves da Silva The impact of COVID-19-related stressors on the social and emotional functioning of young Portuguese children. English Iscte 2021 2022
Luísa Weyerhauser Pereira Motivations and Perceptions about Foster Care in Portugal: Study of the psychometric properties of two questionnaires Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Christina Stella Zola Jacob Emotional regulation in adults exposed to adverse childhood experiences: from the cumulative model to the dimensional model Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Ana Beatriz Rodrigues Luzio The intention to become a foster family: evidence in the Portuguese context from the theory of planned behavior. Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Geórgia Gabriella Carvalho da Silva Subjective experience of childbirth: associations with the woman's emotional well-being and with the care provided during childbirth Portuguese Iscte 2021 2021
Inês Maria Batista Gaudêncio Health-related quality of life in children in residential care Portuguese Iscte 2018 2021
Vânia Alexandra Gonçalves Pires Parental self-regulation in parents with a history of residential care and parents who had never been in care exposed to early adversity experiences Portuguese Iscte 2021 2021
Adriana Filipa Jourdan Carrolino Parental acceptance and attachment in mother survivors of childhood maltreatment Portuguese Iscte 2020 2021
Patrícia Bettencourt Preto de Freitas Lopes Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA): Portuguese Version Portuguese Iscte 2020 2021
Sara Giuffre Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and peer problems in children and adolescents exposed to maltreatment English Iscte 2021 2021
Rita Francisca Buinho Pires Neves Teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic : A study with women about work- familiy articulation and coping strategies Portuguese Iscte 2020 2021
Vítor Hugo Alves Serrão Attention problems and hyperactivity in children in residential care and children in the community exposed to adversity Portuguese Iscte 2019 2020
Eva Santos Cabral Contacts with the biological family and the emotional and behavioral functioning of children in residential care: an exploratory study Portuguese Iscte 2019 2020
Cláudia Sofia Cardona Azeitão Ramos Study of psychometric properties of UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5 - Version for Parents/Caregivers Portuguese Iscte 2019 2020
Cindy Rego Sá Jogo social simbólico e o efeito preditor da sensibilidade materna: um estudo com crianças prematuras em idade pré-escolar [Social symbolic play and the predictive effect of maternal sensitivity: a study with preterm children in preschool age] English Iscte 2019 2020
Leonor Anachorêta Matoso Pereira da Silva Beliefs about sensitive care among parents of children with disabilities Portuguese Iscte 2019 2019
Maria Sousa de Freitas Relação entre a corticoterapia e o contributo dos comportamentos interativos maternos em crianças nascidas prematuramente [Corticosteroid therapy and the quality of maternal interactive behaviors in prematurely born children] Portuguese Universidade do Minho 2018 2019
Cátia Molho Cuidados relacionais e comportamentos interativos de crianças em acolhimento residencial: Estudo longitudinal [Relational care and child’s interactive behaviors in residential care: longitudinal study] Portuguese Universidade do Minho 2018 2019
Sofia Pádua Autorregulação em crianças nascidas prematuras: Relação com a qualidade do discurso materno [Self-regulation in children born preterm: relation to the quality of maternal discourse] Portuguese Universidade do Minho 2018 2019
Ana Cristina Bernardo Funcionamento neuroendócrino, psicopatologia materna e os comportamentos interativos em bebés prematuros [Neuroendocrine functioning, maternal psychopathology and the interactive behaviors of preterm infants] Portuguese Universidade do Minho 2018 2019
Catarina Magalhães Superproteção parental e problemas emocionais e de comportamento em crianças nascidas prematuras [Parental overprotection and emotional and behavioral problems in child born preterm] Portuguese Universidade do Minho 2018 2019
Ana Cláudia Silva O contributo do discurso materno para o desenvolvimento mental e social de bebés prematuros [Contribution of the quality of maternal care to the mental development and social withdrawal in preterm infants] Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2016 2017
Márcia Silva O papel moderador do temperamento na relação entre o desamparo materno e a desorganização da vinculação [Relations between maternal helplessness, negative affectivity and attachment representation among preschoolers] Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2015 2016
Carolina Toscano Psychometric qualities study of Caregiving Helplessness Questionnaire (CHQ) to caregiving evaluation of Portuguese mothers of preschool-aged children Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2014 2015
Diana Sousa Representação da vinculação, qualidade do discurso e interação pai-criança e referência a estados mentais: Relação com a teoria da mente da criança [Attachment representations, quality of speech and parent-child interaction and reference to mental states: relationship with children's Theory of Mind] Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2014 2015
Elisa Lacerda Problemas de internalização e de externalização em crianças em acolhimento institucional e em risco psicossocial da comunidade [Internalization and externalization problems in children of the community in psychosocial risk and in institutional care] Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2013 2014
Carla Ravazzini Narrativas de vinculação, desenvolvimento e psicopatologia em crianças institucionalizadas e em risco na comunidade [Attachment narratives, development, and psychopathology in institutionalized children and in children at risk in the community] Portuguese Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho 2013 2014
Maria Roças O papel da vinculação e do temperamento: Um estudo sobre problemas de emocionais e comportamentais em crianças em idade escolar [Emotional and behavior problems in school-aged children: The role of attachment and child temperament] Portuguese Universidade Lusófona do Porto 2012 2014
Luiza Valladares Identification, diagnosis and early intervention in hearing loss: The importance of the participation of the staff in early childhood education Portuguese -- 2013
Luciana Oliveira Comportamento pró-social em idade escolar: O contributo da qualidade da relação mãe-criança e pai-criança [Prosocial behavior at school age: The contribution of the quality of the mother-child and father-child relationship] Portuguese Universidade Lusófona do Porto 2013 2013
Ana Guedes A qualidade da relação professor-aluno em crianças com Perturbação do Espectro do Autismo [The quality of the teacher-student relationship in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder] Portuguese Universidade Lusófona do Porto 2012 2013
Luiza Valladares Identificação, diagnóstico e intervenção precoce na deficiência auditiva: A importância da participação dos educadores de infância e dos auxiliares de ação educativa [Identification, diagnosis and early intervention in hearing loss: The importance of the participation of the staff in early childhood education] English Iscte 2012 2013
Patrícia Correia Práticas educativas parentais e crenças sobre punição física: Um estudo sobre a ansiedade na criança em idade escolar [Parental educational practices and beliefs about physical punishment and child anxiety ] Portuguese Universidade Lusófona do Porto 2012 2013
Carla Verdial de Sousa Qualidade da relação professor-criança: Do indivíduo ao contexto [The quality of the teacher-child relationship: Individual and contextual factors] Portuguese Universidade Lusófona do Porto 2012 2013
Eliana Consciência Perturbação Reativa de Vinculação e competências socias em crianças institucionalizadas [Reactive Attachment Disorder and social skills in institutionalized children] Portuguese Universidade Lusófona do Porto 2012 2013