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A Health-Related Satisfaction with Life Scale Measure for Use with Cross-National Older Adults: A Validation Study

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A Structural Model for Adjustment to Aging among Older Women in Breast Cancer Remission

A Study on Sexual Unwellness in Old Age: Assessing a Cross-National Sample of Older Adults

A amamentação, o feminino e o materno

A consulta no setting odontopediátrico: A percepção subjectiva do medo

A cross-cultural perspective on psychological determinants of chronic fatigue syndrome: a comparison between a Portuguese and a Dutch patient sample.

scientific article published in June 2013

A homofobia internalizada e os comportamentos para a saúde numa amostra de homens homossexuais

A identidade (homo)sexual e os seus determinantes: Implicações para a saúde

A perturbação de pós-stress traumático e o sentido de coerência em mulheres com cancro da mama

ADAPTION STUDY OF PARENTAL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE (PSQ-6)- SHORT FORM FOR TEEN

Abortion counselling according to healthcare providers: a qualitative study in the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal

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Adaptation and development of a Parenting Behaviours Inventory

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Adaptation of the Utian quality of life scale to Portuguese using a community sample of Portuguese women in premenopause, perimenopause, and postmenopause

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Adaptação da “The Resilience Scale” para a população adulta portuguesa

Adaptação e validação brasileira do instrumento de avaliação do luto prolongado – PG-13

Adjustment to Aging in Late Adulthood: A Systematic Review

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Adjustment to Aging, Subjective Age and Age Representation: Assessing a Nationally-Diverse Population of Older Adults

Adolescent's subjective perceptions of chronic disease and related psychosocial factors: highlights from an outpatient context study

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Aging with Diabetes: Sense of Coherence and Satisfaction with Life in European Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Ajustamento conjugal: Características psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Dyadic Adjustment Scale

An Item-Level Analysis of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory and Its Associations With Challenge to Core Beliefs and Rumination

Analyzing Adjustment to Aging and Subjective Age from Angolan and Portuguese Community-dwelling Older Adults' Perspectives

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Andropause symptoms severity inventory (ASSI): Preliminary study with a Portuguese sample

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Are Older Adults Well Sexually? Sexual Well-Being among a Cross-National Sample of Older Adults

Are the Fathers Alright? A Systematic and Critical Review of Studies on Gay and Bisexual Fatherhood

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Assessing Adjustment to Aging: A Validation Study for the Adjustment to Aging Scale (AtAS)

Assessing Subjective Age and Adjustment to Aging in a Portuguese and German Older Population: A Comparative Multiple Correspondence Analysis

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Atitudes de mulheres em relação à amamentação – Estudo exploratório

Atitudes e comportamentos sexuais de mulheres universitárias: A hipótese do duplo padrão sexual

Attitudes Toward Gay and Lesbian Parenting Scale

Avaliação da intervenção cognitivo-comportamental em gestão do stress em pacientes com fadiga oncológica, em radioterapia

BONDING AND PREMATURITY: EXPLORATORY STUDY ON EARLY PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN HOSPITALIZATION CONTEXTS

Beyond the body image: a qualitative study on how adults experience lower limb amputation

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Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for weight loss in midlife women: a controlled study with follow-up.

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Bullying e agressão: Estudo dos preditores no contexto de programa de intervenção da violência escolar

article published in 2017

Bullying in Old Age: A Qualitative Study on Older Adults' Perceptions About Being Bullied

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

CONCEPT OF GOOD DEATH IN PORTUGUESE POPULATION

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Caregiving and bereavement in palliative care: A cross-cultural study between Brazil and Portugal

scientific article published on 26 March 2020

Circunstâncias e consequências do cuidar: caracterização do cuidador familiar em cuidados paliativos

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Circunstâncias e consequências do cuidar: estudo prospetivo em cuidados paliativos

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Comportamentos sexuais de risco e preventivos masculinos: resultados de uma amostra recolhida através da internet em Portugal

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Contributos para a validação portuguesa do Family Relationship Index (FRI) reduzido

Correlates of adjustment to aging among the young-old and the oldest-old: A comparative analysis

Cross-cultural differences in adjustment to aging: A comparison between Mexico and Portugal

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DUTCH EATING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE: VALIDATION AND EXPLOITATION IN ADULTS WITH OBESITY

Dadoras de ovócitos: Quem são?

Depression and experience of vision loss in group of adults in rehabilitation setting: mixed-methods pilot study

scientific article published in January 2013

Differential effects of behavioral interventions with a graded physical activity component in patients suffering from Chronic Fatigue (Syndrome): An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Dimensões socio-cognitivas na adesão das mulheres à contracepção

Disclosing the challenges of older clients in person-centered therapy: the client’s perspective

Discrete subgroups of adolescents diagnosed with borderline personality disorder: a latent class analysis of personality features

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Does spirituality really matter?: A study on the potential of spirituality for older adult's adjustment to aging

ENVOLVIMENTO PATERNO NUM GRUPO DE PAIS DE CRIANÇAS DO 1º CICLO

Effects of a self-regulation based physical activity program (the "4-STEPS") for unexplained chronic fatigue: a randomized controlled trial

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Efficacy of a randomized controlled self-regulation based physical activity intervention for chronic fatigue: Mediation effects of physical activity progress and self-regulation skills.

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Estratégias de coping em estudantes do Ensino Superior

Estratégias de coping em mulheres com cancro da mama

Evaluation of the Impact of a Stress Management Intervention on Patients With Cancer Fatigue Undergoing Radiotherapy: Preliminary Results

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Examining occupational stress, sources of stress and stress management strategies through the eyes of management consultants: a multiple correspondence analysis for latent constructs

scientific article published on 11 February 2013

FOODLIT-PRO: Developing Food Literacy

FOODLIT-PRO: Food Literacy Domains, Influential Factors and Determinants-A Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 27 December 2019

FOODLIT-PRO: conceptual and empirical development of the food literacy wheel

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Factores de personalidade e comportamento alimentar em mulheres portuguesas com obesidade mórbida: Estudo exploratório

Factorial analysis and psychometric properties of the revised Valencia scale of attitudes and beliefs towards hypnosis-client version

From self-awareness to self-identification with visual impairment: a qualitative study with working age adults at a rehabilitation setting

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

Género e teoria organizacional

HIV knowledge and related sexual practices among Portuguese men who have sex with men.

scientific article published on November 2014

Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: subjective well being

scientific article published in March 2012

Homoparentalidade: O estado da investigação e a procura de normalização

Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in Midlife: Why do Some Women Have Them and Others do Not?

article by Filipa Pimenta et al published December 2015 in Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

How do formal caregivers experience the sexuality of older adults? Beliefs and attitudes towards older adults’ sexuality

How do older adults experience intergenerational relationships? Different cultures, ambivalent feelings

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INIQUITY, ETHNICITY AND SEX EDUCATION

In the eyes of older adults: Self-reported age and adjustment in African and European older adults

Increasing physical activity in older adults: Walking by prescription in primary care

Internalized Homonegativity, Disclosure, and Acceptance of Sexual Orientation in a Sample of Portuguese Gay and Bisexual Men, and Lesbian and Bisexual Women

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Interview of Personality Organization Process in Adolescence (IPOP-A): A Validation Study

scholarly article by Isabel Leal et al published 4 December 2018 in Adolescent psychiatry (Hilversum, Netherlands)

Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH), masculinity and relationship and sexual satisfaction: are sexual symptoms of LOH mediators of traditional masculinity on relationship and sexual satisfaction?

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Latent constructs of adjustment to aging and subjective age in Portugal and Romania: a comparative multiple correspondence analysis

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Living Well in Later Life: The Influence of Sense of Coherence, and Socio-Demographic, Lifestyle and Health-Related Factors on Older Adults’ Satisfaction with Life

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Masturbation among women: associated factors and sexual response in a Portuguese community sample

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Meaning of life after cancer: An existential-phenomenological approach to female cancer survival

scholarly article by Carlos Laranjeira published in September 2013

Medindo a homofobia internalizada: A validação de um instrumento

Menopausa, a experiência intrínseca de uma inevitabilidade humana: Uma revisão da literatura

Menopausal Symptoms: Is Spirituality Associated with the Severity of Symptoms?

scientific article published on August 1, 2014

Menopausal symptoms: do life events predict severity of symptoms in peri- and post-menopause?

scientific article published on 17 May 2012

Menopausal transition in Southern Europe: comparative study of women in Serbia and Portugal.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Menopause Symptoms Severity Inventory (MSSI) revised: Preliminary study for the adaptation with a Portuguese sample

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Menopause Symptoms' Predictors: The Influence of Lifestyle, Health- and Menopause-Related, and Sociodemographic Characteristics

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Menopause Symptoms' Severity Inventory (MSSI-38): assessing the frequency and intensity of symptoms

scientific article published on October 13, 2011

Motivation for Conjugality in Couples Life Cycle and Its Relation to Happiness and Satisfaction

scholarly article by José de Abreu-Afonso et al published 2015 in Psychology

Más allá de cáncer de mama en la edad avanzada: Bienestar subjetivo en mujeres mayores con cáncer de mama en remisión

O peso da mente – Uma revisão de literatura sobre factores associados ao excesso de peso e obesidade e intervenção cognitivo-comportamental

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Orientation to Life Questionnaire--Modified Portuguese Version

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Os determinantes da satisfação sexual feminina: um estudo português

PARENTAL CONCERNS DEFINITION: A SYSTIMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

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PORTUGUESE VERSION OF THE MOTHER AND BABY SCALES (MABS)

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Parental Stress Scale: Validation study with a Portuguese population of parents of children from 3 to 10 years old

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Parental concerns in parents of children attending pre- and primary school: analysis of the Portuguese population by District

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Parental stress in the postpartum period: Portuguese version of the Parental Stress Inventory

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Parent–child perceptions of quality of life: Implications for health intervention

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Patient Interview on Lower Limb Amputation

Perceived consequences of a successful weight loss: A pluralist qualitative study

scientific article published in January 2017

Perceived control, lifestyle, health, socio-demographic factors and menopause: impact on hot flashes and night sweats

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

Personality and emotional adjustment in infertility.

scientific article published in March 2012

Pornography Use by Sex Offenders at the Time of the Index Offense: Characterization and Predictors

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Portuguese norms for the Waterloo-Stanford Group C (WSGC) scale of hypnotic susceptibility

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Positive and Negative Thoughts in Ambiguous Anxiety-Related Stories: The Child’s Perspective

Posttraumatic Growth in the Aftermath of Trauma: A Literature Review About Related Factors and Application Contexts

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Predicting Sexual Offenders' Specialization/Versatility: The Role of Impulsivity and Moral Reasoning

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

Predictors of stress and depressive mood in Portuguese middle-aged women

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Predictors of weight variation and weight gain in peri- and post-menopausal women.

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Preocupações parentais dos pais de crianças nascidas por fertilização in vitro

Preventing and reducing school violence: development of a Student and Family Office—a pilot study

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Protocol for the "four steps to control your fatigue (4-STEPS)" randomised controlled trial: a self-regulation based physical activity intervention for patients with unexplained chronic fatigue

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Protocol for the psychotherapeutic group intervention for facilitating posttraumatic growth in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Psychologic adjustment to irreversible vision loss in adults: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese Version of the Checklist of Individual Strength (CIS20-P)

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Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese Version of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire for Physical Activity (TSRQ - PA)

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Psychometric properties of a brief version of the Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social for children and adolescents

scientific article published in May 2009

Psychometric properties of the parent's versions of the SDQ and the PANAS-X in a community sample of Portuguese parents

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Psychosocial Factors Related to Bullying and Victimization in Children and Adolescents

Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting

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Quality of life and well-being among children and adolescents

Reactions from family of origin to the disclosure of lesbian motherhood via donor insemination

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Relation between Life Events and Intimacy and Relational Satisfaction in Men from 40 Years of Age

Religious and Political Conservatism and Beliefs About Same-Sex Parenting in Portugal

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Representations and Perceived Consequences of Menopause by Peri- and Post-Menopausal Portuguese Women: A Qualitative Research

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Representações paternas na anorexia nervosa

scholarly article published 10 December 2012

Responsive Sexual Desire Questionnaire

SEXUAL EDUCATION INPORTUGAL: REVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN SCHOOLS

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SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN ELDERLY WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT BREAST CANCER IN REMISSION

Satisfação com o Suporte Social e Perda de Peso — Estudo Transversal

Self-regulation model applied to menopause: a mixed-methods study

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Sense of Coherence, Sociodemographic, Lifestyle, and Health-related Factors in Older Adults' Subjective Well-being

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Sexual Education in Schools in Portugal: Evaluation of a 3 Years Period

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Sexual function in women after delivery: Does episiotomy matter?

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Sobrecarga no cuidar e suas repercussões nos cuidadores de pacientes em fim de vida: revisão sistemática da literatura

scientific article published on 01 September 2015

Spatial Experiences of Female Cancer Survivors

Staying well in old age: Predicting older adults’ wellness

Structural equation modeling: a study of the impact of the breast cancer psychosocial pathway (diagnosis, surgery and treatment)

THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY: EXPECTATIONS AND EMOTIONS CONCERNING THE CHILDBIRTH

Temporal Experience Among Women Gynecological Cancer Survivors

The "silenced" voices of women cancer survivors: bodily experiences from an existential perspective

scientific article published in January 2013

The Impact of Childbirth on Sexual Functioning in Women With Episiotomy

The Old and the Oldest-old: Do They Have Different Perspectives on Adjustment to Aging?

The Orientation to Life Questionnaire: Validation of a Measure to Assess Older Adults’ Sense of Coherence

article by Sofia von Humboldt & Isabel Leal published 28 January 2015 in Educational Gerontology

The Portuguese Version of the Perceived Control over Hot Flushes Index: Evaluation of its Psychometric Properties

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The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: Factor Structure and Invariance in a Sample of Breast Cancer Patients and in a Non-Clinical Sample

The Role of Psychological Adjustment in the Decision-making Process for Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy

scientific article published on July 2013

The effectiveness of a group intervention to facilitate posttraumatic growth among women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

The factorial structure of the SCARED-R in a Portuguese community sample

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The impact of childbirth on female sexuality

The promotion of older adults' sense of coherence through Person-Centered Therapy: A randomized controlled pilot study

The relation between attachment, personality, internalizing, and externalizing dimensions in adolescents with borderline personality disorder

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Through the Lens of Sexual Stigma: Attitudes Toward Lesbian and Gay Parenting

University students' attitudes toward same-sex parenting and gay and lesbian rights in Portugal

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VALIDATION OF THE SCALE CONCEPT OF GOOD DEATH

Validation of the PANAS: A Measure of Positive and Negative Affect for Use with Cross-National Older Adults

Victim Crossover Index Offending Patterns and Predictors in a Portuguese Sample

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WILSON’S SEX FANTASY QUESTIONNAIRE: PORTUGUESE VALIDATION AND GENDER DIFFERENCES

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What Predicts Older Adults’ Adjustment to Aging in Later Life? The Impact of Sense of Coherence, Subjective Well-Being, and Sociodemographic, Lifestyle, and Health-Related Factors

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What is my Baby Like? Representations Concerning the Baby in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

article by Marta Pedreira & Isabel Leal published 27 November 2015 in Psychology, Community & Health

Women's motivations for sex: exploring the diagnostic and statistical manual, fourth edition, text revision criteria for hypoactive sexual desire and female sexual arousal disorders

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“The Contact Hypothesis” and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting

“We Look Beyond the Cancer to See the Person”: The Healing Path of Female Cancer Survivor