Marilia Ornelas Fernandes (791A-5E1A-FAB4)

Curriculum Vitae

Marilia Ornelas Fernandes

Marilia Fernandes, Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, is an Assistant Professor at ISPA – Instituto Universitário, where she teaches Research Methods to undergraduate and master’s students. In 2020, she was awarded a junior research contract under the 3rd Edition of the FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus – Individual Call (CEECIND) [2020.01432.CEECIND]. Her research focuses on socio-emotional development, particularly in relation to attachment and peer relationships. She has published several articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at major international conferences in the field of Developmental Psychology. In addition to her research activities, she has completed specialized training in data analysis and research methods. She has supervised master’s theses and undergraduate research projects, co-supervised a Ph.D., and participated in collaborative research initiatives at both national and international levels. She is also a member of the Ethics Committee at ISPA.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Marilia Ornelas Fernandes

Citation names

Fernandes, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 791A-5E1A-FAB4
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5023-0643
Researcher Id: R-9126-2017
Scopus Author Id: 36473199700

Email addresses

mfernandes@ispa.pt (Professional)
marilia10710@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Telephone

218811700 Ext.: 504 (Professional)

Addresses

ISPA- Instituto Universitário. Rua Jardim do Tabaco, 34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

www.orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-0643 (Professional)
www.researchgate.net/profile/Marilia_Fernandes (Professional)
https://williamjamescr.org/people/social-development/marilia-fernandes/ (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilia-fernandes-2124597/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Advanced (C1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2025/08/13 - 2025/08/13 Concluded	Connecting with Families Using their Child’s Behavior as Language (Outros) Brazelton Touchpoints Center, United States
2025/08/07 - 2025/08/07 Concluded	Supporting Well-being through Community Connections (Outros) Brazelton Touchpoints Center, United States
2025/08/05 - 2025/08/05 Concluded	Promoting Well-being: Managing Stress & Burnout (Outros) Brazelton Touchpoints Center, United States
2025/04/16 - 2025/07 Ongoing	VIPP-SD Intervener (Outros) VIPP-SD International, Netherlands
2025/06/11 - 2025/06/11 Concluded	Navigating Data: The Fundamentals of Data Management Plans (DMPs) [Navegando nos dados: o essencial dos Data Management Plans (DMP’s)] (Outros) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2025/04/29 - 2025/04/29 Concluded	Heterogeneity of Behavior: Order-Constrained Modeling and Data Analytics [Michel Regenwetter] (Outros) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/12/23 - 2024/12/23 Concluded	Formador certificado em Psicologia (Outros) Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal
2024/10 - 2024/10 Concluded	Psicoterapia Corporal Integrativa - workshop (Outros) Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2024/05/27 - 2024/06/03 Concluded	Media training (Outros) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/02/15 - 2024/05/27 Concluded	E-Trainer / E-Tutor: Pedagogical Specialization in Training [E-Formador / E-Tutor: Especialização Pedagógica em Formação] (Outros) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/04 Concluded	Parental Responsibilities Regulations (Regulação Do Exercício Das Responsabilidades Parentais) (Outros) Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2024/01/27 - 2024/01/27 Concluded	PIN tech day, applying new tech paradigms to mental health (novos paradigmas da tecnologia aplicada a saude mental) (Outros) PIN, Portugal
2023/09/16 - 2023/09/16 Concluded	The role of the psychologist in Autism Spectrum Disorder: from assessment to intervention (O papel do psicólogo na Perturbação do Espectro do Autismo: da avaliação à intervenção) (Mariana Crespo) (Outros) Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2023/03/23 - 2023/06/17 Concluded	Play Therapy with child and adolescents 9ª edicao (Filipa Alvarez) (Outros) Major in Clinica ISPA-IU, Portugal
2023/05/16 - 2023/05/18 Concluded	Grief: conceptualization and intervention (children, adolescents and adults (O luto: conceptualização e intervenção (crianças, adolescentes e adultos)(Ana Santos) (Outros) Major in Clinica Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2023/03/02 - 2023/03/02 Concluded	Python 101 (Niccolò Bonacchi) (Outros) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2023/02/23 - 2023/02/27 Concluded	Rating Caregiver Sensitivity Ainsworth and Erickson - (Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/02/23 Concluded	Guidelines for Supervision Practice (Orientações para a Prática de Supervisão) - 8ª edição. (Outros) Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2023/01/30 - 2023/01/30 Concluded	Workshop on Meta-Analysis (Bakermans-Kranenburg & van Ijzendoorn) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/10/10 - 2022/10/10 Concluded	Exploring Research with Virtual Reality (Mike DePhillips) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/03/09 - 2022/03/10 Concluded	The power of mediation: Power analysis and mediational models. (Marcello Gallucci) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/19 Concluded	More than money: Father-child relationships in early childhood (Natasha Cabrera) (Outros) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Concluded	Neuraldevelopment [Neurodesenvolvimento - Modulo VII] (Outros) Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria, Portugal
2021/06/28 - 2021/07/07 Concluded	Systematic Review with EndNote (Outros) Gades Solutions, Portugal
2021/01/19 - 2021/02/11 Concluded	Data Scientist in R (Outros) Gades Solutions, Portugal
2020/05/15 - 2020/05/29 Concluded	Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis (Andrew Hayes) (Outros) Statistical Horizons, United States
2020/04/15 - 2020/04/15 Concluded	Learn how to query databases with SQL (Outros) La Wagon - Webinar, Portugal
2020/04/14 - 2020/04/14 Concluded	Get started with Javascript (Outros) La Wagon - Webinar, Portugal
2020/04/08 - 2020/04/08 Concluded	Data Analytics with Python (Outros) La Wagon - Webinar, Portugal
2011 - 2020/02/14 Concluded	PhD Developmental Psychology [Psicologia do Desenvolvimento] (Doutoramento) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal "Attachment Representations and Social Competence in Preschool Children" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with distinction and laudation
2018 - 2018 Concluded	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapeutics in Chronomedicine and Sleep Medicine (Terapêutica Cognitivo-Comportamental em Cronomedicina e Medicina do Sono) (Outros) Associação Portuguesa de Cronobiologia e Medicina do Sono, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Concluded	Introdution to data base in R (Introdução a Análise de dados em R) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Concluded	Bayesian Analysis using Mplus and Blavaan (Rens van de Schoot) (Outros) Euro Stats Camp Lisbon, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Concluded	Longitudinal SEM (Todd D. Little) (Outros) Euro Stats Camp Lisbon, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Strutural Equations - Confirmatory Factor Analysis in AMOS (Equaçoes Estruturais - Analise Confirmatória, AMOS) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Advanced stats: How to perform and report mediation, moderation and planned (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Concluded	Qualitative analysis using NVivo and WebQDA(Análise Qualitativa com Apoio do NVivo e WebQDA) (Outros) Associação Formação Profissional e Investigação da Universidade Aveiro, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Concluded	Data Modelling - Marcelo Galluci (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Concluded	Multilevel analysis in HLM and SPSS (Análise Multi-nível no HLM e no SPSS) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Concluded	Growth Curve Analysis -Margaret Burchinal (Outros) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Concluded	Introduction to Adult Attachment Interview (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Concluded	Network analysis (Análise de Redes) (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Concluded	Interactions with caregiver Scale (Escala de Interação do Prestador de Cuidados - CIS) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Concluded	Person-Oriented approach methods - Lars Bergman (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Concluded	Alone Again, Naturally: Social Withdrawal, K.Rubin (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2009 - 2009 Concluded	Dealing with feelings - Susanne Denham (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Integrated Masters in Psychology (Mestrado) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal "Secure Base in family context: mother/Child and father/Child relationships [Análise do fenómeno de base segura em contexto familiar: as relações Criança/Mãe e Criança/Pai]." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	20
2008 - 2008 Concluded	New Opportunities - Recognition, Validation, and Certification of Competence [Novas Oportunidades-Reconhecimento, Validação e Certificação de Competência] (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Introdution to Structural equations modelling in AMOS (Introdução à Modelação de Equações Estruturais com AMOS) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Data analysis in Psychology - Markus Bruer (Análise de dados em psicologia) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Narratives about postdivorce family life, I. Bretherton (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Concluded	Children's social understanding during the preschool years, F.F. Strayer (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Concluded	School and Career Orientation [Orientação Escolar e Profissional] (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Concluded	Attachment assessment methods: Q-sort Attachment with B. Vaughn(Vinculação: Métodos de Avaliação. Q-sort Attachment) (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2001 - 2006 Concluded	Educational Psychology (Licenciatura) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal "Associations between attachment relationship to mother and father, and child temperament [Relação entre a qualidade da vinculação à mãe e ao pai e o temperamento da criança]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15
2005 - 2005 Concluded	Being happy: Social consequences of individual differences, B. Vaughn (Outros) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2004 - 2004 Concluded	Adolescence - Multidisciplinary Perspectives [Adolescência - Olhares Multidisciplinares] (Outros) Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciencias da Educação da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021 - 2023/10/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2018/10 - 2021/03	Research Assistant (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2016/06 - 2018/10	Research Assistant (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2011/07 - 2014/07	Research Assistant (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2007/10 - 2010/10	Research Assistant (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2005/07 - 2005/12	Research Assistant (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2005/02/20 - 2005/08	Research Assistant (Research)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11/01 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2020/02/24 - 2023/10/31	Lecturer (University Teacher)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2017/09 - 2023/10/31	Tutor (University Teacher)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

2015/09 - 2016/02	Tutor (University Teacher)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2007/04 - 2007/09	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Camara Municipal de Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal

2007/01 - 2007/06	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Associação Juvenil de Estudos e Comunicação, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013/10/24 - 2014/03/24	Parental Leave	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

2007/01 - 2007/07	Outra Situação (Técnica)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022 - 2023	Attachment, Empathy and Prosociality in preschool WJCR/014/BI/2022 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) ISPA-IU, Portugal Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James Concluded
2018/07/10 - 2020/04	Child Obesity - Risk of Childhood Obesity: The Role of Attachment, Temperament, and Self-Regulation [ChildObesity - Risco de Obesidade Infantil: O Papel da Vinculação, Temperamento e Auto-Regulação] PTDC/PSI-GER/29636/2017 Research Fellow	FCT Concluded
2014/06 - 2017/10/06	Attachment, sleep quality, and socio emotional development in preschool children PTDC/MHC-PED/0838/2014 Research Fellow ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal	Ongoing
2006 - 2010	Children's Attachment Security, Parental Secure-Base Scripts and Mother-child/Father-Child Narrative Styles PTDC/PSI64149/2006 Research Fellow Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Concluded
2006 - 2010	Positive Affect and the Socio-Emotional Development of Preschool Children PTDC/PSI/66172/2006 Research Fellow Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Concluded
2002 - 2005	Attachment and Social Adaptation to Preschool FCT/SAPIENS/36429 Scientific Initiation Fellow Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	Bullying and Cyberbullying Behaviors in Portuguese Schools [Comportamentos de Bullying e Ciber-Bullying nas Escolas Portuguesas] 0578000019 Researcher Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal	Ongoing
2024 - 2027	Strengthening Affective Bonds: Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline 325160 Researcher Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Ongoing
2023/09 - 2026/08	Shyness and unsociability: Subtypes of social withdrawal or two faces of the same risk? 95/2022 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal	Fundação Bial Ongoing
2023 - 2023	Study of perceptions about child development [Translation of the Portuguese title: Estudo de perceções sobre o desenvolvimento infantil] -- Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Fundação Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Coelho, L.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, A. J.. "Different views on Social Competence of Pre-school children: mothers, fathers and educators descriptions (Diferentes visões sobre a Competência Social de crianças em idade Pré-escolar: as descrições de mães, pais e educadoras)". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Aveiro, 2013. Published Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.; Veríssimo, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, O.. "Father's involvement and children's organization of secure base behaviours in portuguese families". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the WAIMH, Leipzig, 2010. Published Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, O.. "Parent's secure base knowledge, children's secure base behavior and child temperament". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the WAIMH, Leipzig, 2010. Published
Conference paper	Perpetuo, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veppo, F.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between health perceptions and sleep problems in pre-adolescence (Associações entre as percepções de saúde e problemas de sono na pré-adolescência)". Paper presented in 13º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, 2020. Published Roque, L.; Verrísimo, M.; Oliveira, T. F.; Fernandes, M.; Oliveira, Rui Filipe Nunes Pais de. "Insecure attachment, but not difficult temperament, is related to HPA axis suppression to challenging and positive emotional contexts, in children but not in mothers". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 2010. Published
Conference poster	Pires, E.; Duarte, S.; Arez, S.; Morais, I.; Costa Martins, Mariana; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.. "Attachment Representations and the Multidimensional Development of Empathy in Preschool Children". Paper presented in XII Congress of the European Society on Family Relations., 2025. Fernandes, M.; Guedes, M.; Ribeiro, O.. "Social and Emotional Contexts Associations with Adolescents’ Online Behaviours". Paper presented in XII Congress of the European Society on Family Relations., 2025. Arez, S.; Pires, E.; Morais, I.; Costa Martins, Mariana; Mango, Anwen; Pacheco, B.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.. "Attachment Representations and Prosocial Behavior in early Childhood". Paper presented in XII Congress of the European Society on Family Relations., 2025. Pires, E.; Arez, S.; Mango, Anwen; Pacheco, B.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.. "The Relationships between Multidimensional Empathy and Prosocial Behaviors in Preschool-aged Children [As relações entre a empatia multidimensional e os comportamentos pró-sociais em crianças de idade pré-escolar]". Paper presented in XII - Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia - SNIP, 2025. Mango, Anwen; Costa Martins, Mariana; Pacheco, B.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Malti, T.; Veríssimo, M.. "A Look at the Social-Emotional Responding Task (SERT) in a Portuguese Sample [Um olhar para o Social-Emotional Responding Task – SERT numa amostra portuguesa]". Paper presented in XII - Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia - SNIP, 2025. Arez, S.; Duarte, S.; Pires, E.; Mango, Anwen; Pacheco, B.; Costa Martins, Mariana; Morais, I.; et al. "Parental Empathy' Perception and its Relationship with Prosocial Behaviors in Preschool Children[Perceção parental da empatia e sua relação com comportamentos pró-sociais em crianças pré-escolares]". 2025. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "The Relationship between Adult Attachment and Children's Eating Behavior: The Mediating Role of Persuasive-controlling Practices [A relação entre a vinculação adulta e o consumo alimentar infantil: O papel mediador das práticas persuasivas-controladoras]". Paper presented in XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, SNIP, 2025. Silva, J. C.; Pereira, C. N.; Arez, S. S. ; Guedes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Gibhardt, S.; et al. "Acceptability of the RAISE Program in Portugal: Perspectices of Parents and Teachers in the Promotion of Child Well-Being [Aceitabilidade do Programa RAISE em Portugal: Perspetivas de Pais e Educadores na Promoção do Bem-Estar Infantil]". Paper presented in XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2025. Pires, E.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.. "The Relationships Between Empathy and Social Behaviours in Middle Childhood". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavoural Development (ISSBD), 2024. Costa Martins, Mariana; Pires, E.; Cardoso, E.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "“I can feel sympathy for you”: a preliminary validation of the Portuguese version of Sympathy Scale (for parents & children)". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavoural Development (ISSBD), 2024. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Rosa, D.; Fernandes, M.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between adult attachment, emotional responsiveness, and feeding practices". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISBBD), 2024. Mango, Anwen; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "The relationship between attachment security and healthy guilt". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavoural Development (ISSBD), 2024. Costa Martins, Mariana; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Malti, T.; Veríssimo, M.. "Are there really sex differences in the development of sympathy? Parent-reports vs self-reports of sympathy in children.". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), 2023. Pires, E.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.. "Empathy in Middle Childhood: Relation to Attachment, Parents Empathy, and Child Emotion Regulation.". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), 2023. Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Silva, C.. "Fathers and Mothers Perceptions of Gate-Opening and Gate-Closing Maternal Behaviors, in a Sample of Portuguese Families.". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), 2023. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Martins, F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Feeding Children: Associations Between the Method of Complementary Foods Introduction, Feeding Practices, and Children s BMI". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development- SRCD 2023 Biennial Meeting:, 2023. Santos, A. F.; Martins, F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Emotional and Food Responsiveness: Baby-Led Weaning VS. Traditional Method [Responsividade Emocional e Alimentar: Baby-Led Weaning VS. Método Tradicional]". Paper presented in 14º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, 2022. Perpétuo, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veppo, F.; Ribeiro, O.; El-sheikh, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between quality of sleep and quality of attachment to mother and father". Paper presented in 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 2022. Fernandes, C.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Bidirectional Effects of Parental Feeding Practices and Children´s Executive Function.". Paper presented in 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 2022. Pires, E.; Fernandes, M.; Costa Martins, Mariana; Fernandes, C.; Brito, A. T. ; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment relationship with Mother and Father and Child’s Empathy". Paper presented in XI Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2022. Pires, E.; Fernandes, M.; Martins, M.; Fernandes, C.; Brito, A. ; Veríssimo, M.. "What is the relationship between attachment with father and mother in children's empathy?". Paper presented in XI Simpósito Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia (SNIP), in UTAD, 2022. Martins Cardoso, E.; Fernandes, M.; Costa Martins, Mariana; Fernandes, C.; Malti, T.; Veríssimo, M.. "Children conceptualization of respect and its associations with child’s sympathy". Paper presented in 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavoural Development (ISSBD), 2022. Cardia, S.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Verísssimo, M.. "Association between Parental Practices of Food Control and Executive Functioning in Children (Associação entre Práticas Parentais de Controlo Alimentar e Funcionamento Executivo das Crianças)". Paper presented in 13º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, 2020. Perpetuo, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veppo, F.; Veríssimo, M.. "Comparison between maternal reports and objective measures of sleep at preschool age (Comparação entre relatos maternos e medidas objectivas do sono na idade pré-escolar)". Paper presented in 13º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, 2020. Perpetuo, C.; Fernandes, C.; Antunes, M.; Fernandes, M.; Bernardino, L.; Veríssimo, M.. "Sleep quality and representations of attachment in preschoolers (Qualidade do sono e representações de vinculação em crianças de idade pré-escolar)". Paper presented in X Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2019. Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Fernandes, C.; Antunes, M.; Santos, A. J.. "Correlated Trait Correlated Method Minus One Analysis of the Three SCBE-30 Traits Across Multiple Raters". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2019. Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Coelho, L.; Santos, A. J.; Gastelle, M.; Kerns, K.. "Measurement Invariance Across Mother/Child and Father/Child Attachment Relationships.". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2019. Antunes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Perpetuo, C.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Links Between use of the Secure Base Script and Preschool Children’s Knowledge About Emotions". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2019. Perpetuo, C.; Pohl, M.; Rodrigues, I.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment figures activated during ASCT situations: "Who" and "When"". Paper presented in 16th World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress, 2018. Antunes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "The role of internal working models of attachment in father's involvement.". Paper presented in 16th World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress, 2018. Fernandes, C.; Antunes, M.; Fernandes, M.; Perpetuo, C.; Veríssimo, M.. "Quality of Sleep and Attachment Representations in Portuguese Preschool Children". Paper presented in 16th World Association for Infant Mental Health World Congress, 2018. Fernandes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Branco, I.; Chora, M.. "Fathers parenting styles and their involvement in childcare. The moderating roles of fathers education and working hours". Paper presented in 2017 SRCD Biennial Meeting, 2017. Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Daniel, J.R.; Veríssimo, M.; Vaughn, B.; Santos, A. J.. "Early Father-child and Mother-child Attachment Relationships: Contributes to Preschoolers’ Social Competence". Paper presented in 2017 SRCD Biennial Meeting, 2017. Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Antunes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.. "Parents and Teachers Perspectives of Pre-School Children’s Social Behavior". 2017. Gatinho, A.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Vaughn, B.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Quality of Sleep and Attachment Representations in Portuguese Preschool Children". Paper presented in Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2017. Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Coelho, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.; Vaughn, B.; Sousa, T.. "Quality of Attachment Representations and Teachers’ Ratings on Preschoolers’ Social Adjustment". Paper presented in International Attachment Conference 2017, 2017. Antunes, M.; Cardoso, J.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Sousa, T.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment security and socioemotional adjustment in middle childhood". Paper presented in IAC2017, 2017. Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Sousa, T.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Parent-child attachment and preschoolers' self-regulation: Secure base support to emotional regulation and autonomy in preschool classrooms". 2017. Fernandes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.; Vaughn, B.. "Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and Daughters: Evidence for Sex Differences in the Organization of Secure Base Behavior in Early Childhood.". Paper presented in 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2015. Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Torres, N.; Sousa, T.; Santos, A. J.. "Considering Father’s Contributions to Children’s Non-social Behaviors in a sample of Portuguese Pre-school age children". Paper presented in 17th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, 2015. Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.; Shin, N.; Vaughn, B.; Fernandes, M.; Pinto, A.. "Social Competence in Preschool Children: Replication of Results and Clarification of a Hierarchical Measurement Model". Paper presented in 2013 SRCD Biennial Meeting, 2013. Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, A. J.; Santos, O.; Torres, N.. "Is children's organization of secure base behavior with dad that different from children's organization of secure base behavior with mom?". Paper presented in 2013 SRCD Biennial Meeting, 2013. Fernandes, M.; Torres, N.; Silva, F.; Santos, O.; Santos, A. J.. "Social competence in the context of interactive play in preschoolers: convergence between sociometric measures and the PIPPS questionnaire(Competência social no contexto de brincadeira interactiva no pré-escolar: convergência entre medidas sociometricas e o questionário PIPPS)". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2013. Daniel, J. R.; Santos, A. J.; Pipa, J.; Fernandes, M.; Sousa, T.. "Exponential random graph models of social attention in preschool peer groups". Paper presented in 10º Congresso Nacional de Etologia, 2013. Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Cardoso, J.; Torres, N.; Santos, A. J.; Vaughn, B.. "Affect Expression and Social Competence in Preschool Children". Paper presented in 9 Congresso Nacional de Etologia, 2012. Fernandes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, O.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.. "Similarities and Differences in the Quality of Attachment to Father and Mother". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional de Etologia, 2012. Pinto, A.; Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.. "Attachment quality to Father and Mother and Self-Esteem(Qualidade da Vinculação ao Pai e à Mãe e Auto-Estima)". Paper presented in 12º Colóquio Internacional de Psicologia e Educação, 2012. Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Child's Psychosocial Adaptation Scale: The Educator's perception (Escala de adaptação Psicossocial da criança: A percepção da Educadora)". Paper presented in I Congresso Internacional de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento, 2011. Roque, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Rebelo, A.; Fernandes, M.. "Attachment and toddlers' emotion regulation, expressiveness and intensity during different emotion-eliciting". Paper presented in SRCD Biennial Meeting, 2011. Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Vaughn, B.; wong, M.. "The influence of Secure Base Behaviors and Mother/Father Attachment Scripts on Children's Mental Representations of Attachment". Paper presented in SRCD, 2011. Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, O.. "Parents secure base, children’s secure base behavior and child temperament". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the WAIMH, 2010. Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.; Veríssimo, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, O.. "Father´s involvement and children´s organization of secure base behaviors in Portuguese Families". Paper presented in 12th World Congress of the WAIMH, 2010. Pessoa e Costa, I.; Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Torres, N.; Veríssimo, M.. "Paternal involvement in two-parent families: Associations with what is desired by the mother and with the child's characteristics(Envolvimento Paterno em famílias bi-parentais: Associações com o que é desejado pela mãe e com as características da criança)". Paper presented in VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2010. Pimenta, M.; Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.; Fidalgo, Z.. "What skills to acquire during Preschool: Comparison between the expectations of the educators and the parents (Que competências adquirir durante o Período Pré escolar: Comparação entre as expectativas das educadoras e dos pais)". Paper presented in VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, 2010. Roque, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Oliveira, R.; Fernandes, M.. "Emotion regulation strategies, attachment and cortisol variability in infant mother dyads, during fear, positive affect and anger episodes". 2009. Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Shin, N.; Vaughn, B.; Veríssimo, M.. "Association between mother and child attachment representations". 2009. Fernandes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Pessoa e Costa, I.; Pimenta, M.. "Fathers participation in child related activities: relations with mother’s expectations and children’s characteristics.". 2009. Roque, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Fernandes, M.; Rebelo, A.. "Emotion Regulation Strategies in Different Emotional Contexts, Temperament and Attachment in Mother-Infant Dyads Dyads". 2009. Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Shin, N.; Veríssimo, M.; Vaughn, B.. "Correspondence between maternal script security, secure base behavior with mother and later internal working models". 2009. Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Maia, J.; Ferreira, B.. "Stability between Secure Base Behaviour with Mother and Father at the first years of life and Later Internal Working Models". 2008. Monteiro, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.. "A Comparison of Quality of Child Attachment to Mothers and Fathers". 2005. Monteiro, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.. "Children's Secure Base Behaviour at Home with Mothers and Fathers.". 2005.
Journal article	Fernandes, M.; Morais, I.; Santos, C.; Guedes, M.; Ribeiro, O.; Fernandes, C.; Pires, E.; et al. "Factorial structure, measurement invariance and reliability of the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) in a sample of Portuguese parents". Análise Psicológica (2025): https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.2032. Published • 10.14417/ap.2032 Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment, feeling, and feeding: Associations between caregivers' attachment, emotional and feeding responsiveness, and Children's food consumption". Appetite 204 (2025): 107729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107729. Published • 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107729 Veríssimo, M.; Guedes, M.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Santos, C.; Diniz, E.; Oliveira, P. S.; et al. "Promoting socioemotional development in early childhood: implementation and evaluation of the VIPP-SD parenting intervention in Portugal". BMC Psychology (2025): Accepted Costa Martins, Mariana; Martins Cardoso, E.; Pires, E.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Malti, T.; Veríssimo, M.. "Respect and sympathy in Portuguese preschoolers and middle-school children". Análise Psicológica 42 1 (2024): 93-105. Published • UIDB/04810/2020, SFRH/BD/08093/2021). Gerulaitis, S.; Azevedo, J.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Guedes, M.. "Perceived attachment to fathers and mothers and shame in early adolescence". Análise Psicológica 42 1 (2024): 107-118. Published • doi: 10.14417/ap.2113 Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Barros, Luísa; Veríssimo, M.. "Validation of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) with Portuguese Caregivers of 2-to-8-Year-Olds". Children (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/children10121924. Open access • 10.3390/children10121924 Pires, E.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.. "The relationships between empathy and social behaviours in middle childhood". Análise Psicológica 41 2 (2023): 207-220. Published • 10.14417/ap.1996 Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Vaughn, B. E.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between secure base script knowledge in early childhood and perceived quality of attachment in middle childhood". Análise Psicológica 41 1 (2023): 61-68. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1869. Published Fernandes, C.; Martins, F.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Complementary Feeding Methods: Associations with Feeding and Emotional Responsiveness". Children 10 3 (2023): 464. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10030464. Open access • Published • 10.3390/children10030464 Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between Emotion Regulation, Feeding Practices, and Preschoolers’ Food Consumption". Nutrients 14 19 (2022): 4184. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14194184. Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu14194184 Fernandes, C.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.. "Caregivers Responses to Children s Negative Emotions: Associations with Preschoolers Executive Functioning". Children 9 7 (2022): 1075. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9071075. Open access • Published • 10.3390/children9071075 Costa Martins, Mariana; Santos, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment and the Development of Prosocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review". Children 9 6 (2022): 874. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060874. Open access • Published • 10.3390/children9060874 Fernandes, C.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Bost, K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Caregivers perceived emotional and feeding responsiveness toward preschool children: Associations and paths of influence". Nutrients 13 4 (2021): Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu13041334 Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Antunes, M.; Vaughn, B.E.; Veríssimo, M.. "Early attachment to mothers and fathers: Contributions to Preschoolers Emotional Regulation". Frontiers in Psychology- Developmental Psychology (2021): Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660866 Fernandes, C.; Verhaeghe, D.; Fernandes, M.; Perpétuo, C.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Caregiver responses to their children's negative emotion: Associations with preschooler's executive functioning". Análise Psicológica (2021): Accepted • 10.14417/ap.1688 Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Antunes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Monteiro, L.; Vaughn, B.E.; Veríssimo, M.. "Convergent and Discriminant Validities of SCBE-30 Questionnaire Using Correlated Trait Correlated Method Minus One". Frontiers in Psychology 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571792. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571792 Perpétuo, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Comparison Between Actigraphy Records and Parental Reports of Child's Sleep". Frontiers in Pediatrics 8 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.567390. Open access • Published • 10.3389/fped.2020.567390 Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Cardia, S.; Fernandes, M.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Agreement between reported vs. measured anthropometric data and relationship with parenting feeding practices in preschool years [Concordância entre dados antropométricos reportados vs. medidos e relação com as práticas parentais alimentares em idade pré-escolar]". Análise Psicológica 38 1 (2020): 33-50. Published • 10.14417/ap.1704 Fernandes, C.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, A. J.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Vaughn, B. E.; Veríssimo, M.. "Early father child and mother child attachment relationships: contributions to preschoolers social competence". Attachment & Human Development 22 6 (2020): 687-704. Published • 10.1080/14616734.2019.1692045 Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.; Ribeiro, O.; Vaughn, B. E.; Gastelle, M.; Kerns, K. A.. "Measurement invariance across mother/child and father/child attachment relationships". Attachment & Human Development (2020): 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2019.1710222. Published • 10.1080/14616734.2019.1710222 Monteiro, L.; Maia, R.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "The associations between father's attachment representations and his involvement in care/management and play/leisure activities: An exploratory analysis [Uma análise exploratória das relações entre as representações de vinculação do pai e o seu envolvimento em atividades práticas e lúdicas]". Análise Psicológica 37 4 (2019): 507-519. Published • 10.14417/ap.1536 Fernandes, C.; Veríssimo, M.; Fernandes, M.; Antunes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Vaughn, B. E.. "Links between use of the secure base script and preschool children s knowledge about emotions [Associações entre o uso do script de base segura e o conhecimento das emoções em crianças de idade pré-escolar]". Análise Psicológica 37 1 (2019): 71-80. Published • 10.14417/ap.1569 Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.; Fernandes, C.; Antunes, M.; Vaughn, B. E.. "Preschoolers secure base script representations predict teachers ratings of social competence and externalizing behavior". Attachment & Human Development 21 3 (2019): 265-274. Published • 10.1080/14616734.2019.1575549 Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Sousa, T.; Torres, N.; Rosado, A. F. (F315-1D5A-7217); Santos, A. J.. "Confirmatory factor analysis of the Portuguese version of the Preschool Play Behavior Scale for educators (Análise fatorial confirmatória da versão portuguesa da escala Preschool Play Behaviour Scale para educadoras)". PSICOLOGIA 31 1 (2017): 27-36. Published • 10.17575/rpsicol.v31i1.1157 Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Torres, N.; Santos, C.. "Fathers involvement and parenting styles in Portuguese families: The role of education and working hours". Análise Psicológica 35 (2017): 513-528. Published • 10.14417/ap.1451 Daniel, J. R.; Santos, A. J.; Antunes, M.; Fernandes, M.; Vaughn, B. E. "Co-evolution of Friendships and Antipathies: A Longitudinal Study of Preschool Peer Groups". Frontiers in Psychology 7 1509 (2016): 1-13. Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01509 Roque, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Oliveira, T.; Fernandes, M.; Rebelo, A.; Oliveira, R.F.. "Relationships between diurnal adrenocortical activity, children attachment security and mothers attachment representations". Análise Psicológica 33 (2015): 361-372. Published • 10.14417/ap.1012 Roque, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Fernandes, M.; Rebelo, A.. "Emotion regulation and attachment: Relationships with children’s secure base, during different situational and social contexts in naturalistic settings.". Infant Behavior and Development. 3 36 (2013): 298-306. Published • 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.03.003 Torres, N.; Maia, J.; Veríssimo, M.; Fernandes, M.; Silva, F.. "Attachment security representations in institutionalized children and children living with their families: links to problem behaviour". Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 1 19 (2012): 25-36. Published • doi:10.1002/cpp.739 Pinto, A.; Torres, N.; Veríssimo, M.; Maia, J.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, O.. "Modèles internes opérants de l'attachement et relations d'objet internalisées : l'analyse du devenir des relations « attachement par les récits à compléter »". Devenir 23 2 (2011): 145-145. Published • 10.3917/dev.112.0145 Afonso, A.; Veríssimo, M.; Fernandes, M.; Borges, P; Monteiro, L.. "Associations between paternal involvement and social competence preschoolers (Associações entre o envolvimento paterno e a competência social de crianças em contexto pré-escolar)". Psicologia Educação Cultura 15 (2011): 43-60. Published Monteiro, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Vaughn, B.; Santos, A. J.; Torres, N.; Fernandes, M.. "The organization of children's secure base behaviour in two-parent Portuguese families and father's participation in child-related activities". European Journal of Developmental Psychology 7 5 (2010): 545-560. Published • 10.1080/17405620902823855 Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Pessoa e Costa, I.; Torres, N.; Vaughn, B.E.. "Father's perception about their involvement in bi-parental families. associations with what mothers want and children's characteristics \| Perspectiva do Pai Acerca do seu Envolvimento em Famílias Nucleares. Associações com o que é Desejado pela Mãe e com as Características da Criança". Interamerican Journal of Psychology 44 1 (2010): 120-130. Published Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Torres, N.; Vaughn, B.E.. "Father's perspective on his involvement in two-parent families. Associations with what is desired by mother and with child's characteristics(Perspectiva do pai acerca do seu envolvimento em famílias bi-parentais. Associações com o que é desejado pela mãe e com as características da criança)". Interamerican Journal of Psychology 44 1 (2010): 120-130. Published Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Shin, N.; Vaughn, B.; Bost, K. K.. "Agreement between safe base behavior with the mother in the first years of life and the internal working models in preschoolers(A concordância entre o comportamento de base segura com a mãe nos primeiros anos de vida e os modelos internos dinâmicos no pré-escolar)". Análise Psicológica 26 3 (2008): 23-34. Published • 10.14417/ap.503 Monteiro, L.; Veríssimo, M.; Vaughn, B. E.; Santos, A. J.; Fernandes, M.. "Secure base phenomenon analysis in the family context: child/mother and child/father relationships (Análise do fenómeno de base segura em contexto familiar: as relações criança/mãe e criança/pai)". PSICOLOGIA 22 1 (2008): 105-125. Published • 10.17575/rpsicol.v22i1.340
Newsletter article	Fernandes, M.. "Unwrapping Empathy [Desembrulhar empatia]", ispa-n1-minuto-newsletter, 2023, https://www.ispa.pt/ispa-n1-minuto-newsletter-36-dezembro-2023/.
Translation	Maia, J.; Veríssimo, M.; Ferreira, B.; Silva, F.; Fernandes, M.. Portuguese adaptation of the Attachment Story Completion Task: Application and quote manual: Continuous dimension of security (Adaptação portuguesa do Attachment Story Completion Task¿Manual de aplicação e cotação: Dimensão contínua de segurança). **, Portugal: Não publicado. 2009.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/05/27	Empathy and Prosocial Behavior in Preschool Children: Exploring Profiles and Sociodemographic Associations	XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia (Porto, Portugal)
2025/05	Attachment Relationships, Sympathy and feeling of guilt in Childhood- A Longitudinal Study. {Relações de vinculação, simpatia e o sentimento de culpa - um estudo longitudinal na infância].	XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (FPCEUP) (Porto, Portugal)
2024/06/19	Relations between Attachment to Mother and Father, Peer Acceptance, and Self-Esteem in School-Age Children	27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavoural Development (ISSBD) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/10/17	Results of the ISPA study on child development [Resultados do estudo do ISPA sobre o desenvolvimento infantil]	Big Meeting 2.0 - Primeiros Anos (Portugal)
2022/09	Relationship between Pressure to Eat, Emotional Regulation and Children's Food Consumption [Relação entre a Pressão para Comer, Regulação Emocional e Consumo Alimentar Infantil]	14º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde: Funchal, Madeira (Portugal)
2022	Attachment to Mother and Father, Social Acceptance and the development of Self-Esteem and quality of frienships in children	VII Congreso internacional de la RIA 2022 Lima - Perú (Lima, Peru)
2021/06	Attachment to Mother and Father: a comparative and longitudinal study of quality of friendship in middle-school children	SEAS mini-conference on Father-Child Attachment and Relationships (online)
2019/03/21	Peer Influences on Self-regulation and School Adaptation at the Transition from Preschool to Primary School	2019 SRCD Biennial Meeting (Baltimore, United States)
2018	Secure Base Script Scores Predict Social Competence in Portuguese Preschoolers	25th Biennial Metting of International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development - ISSBD ISSBD (Queensland, Australia)
2018	Implications of early relationships for social competence development [Implicaciones de las relaciones tempranas para el desarrollo de la competencia social]	V Congresso de la RIA RIA (Montevideo, Uruguay, Uruguay)
2017	Scripted Secure Base Attachment Representations Predict Social Competence in Preschool Age Children	2017 SRCD Biennial Meeting (Austin, Texas, USA., United States)
2015	A longitudinal analysis of the effects of attachment behavior and social acceptance on the representations of self of preschool age children	XVII European Congress on Developmental Psychology European Association of Developmental Psychology (Braga, Portugal)
2014	Attachment within the family: Contributions to a better understand of children’s psychosocial adjustment during the pre-school years	14th World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) World Congress (Edinburgh, Scotland., United Kingdom)
2013	Supporting Functionality Profiles by Linking the MEISR to the ICF-CY	ISEI 2013 Regional Conference Siskin Children's Institute (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Russia)
2013	The Quality of Parent´s Secure Base Scripts and Children's Secure Base Behaviour at Home: the Role of Father's Involvment in Child Related Activities	IAC - 6th Internacional Attachment Conference (Italy, Italy)
2013	The agreement between attachment behavior and attachment representations (A concordância entre os comportamentos de vinculação e a representação de vinculação)	VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia (APP) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2013	Exponential random graph models of social attention in preschool peer groups	10º Congresso de Etologia Centro Champalimaud (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013	Longitudinal Stability and Growth of Child Social Competence During the Preschool Years	10º Congresso de Etologia Centro Champalimaud (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013	Father Involvement and Attachment Quality (Envolvimento paterno e qualidade da vinculação )	VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia (APP) (Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal)
2012	Preschool Affiliative Networks and Social Withdrawal in Preschol Children	9 Congresso Nacional de Etologia cba- Centro de Biologia Ambiental (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011	Father involvement and organization of safe base behaviors in father-child relationship (Tipos de envolvimento paterno e organização dos comportamentos de base segura da criança na relação com o pai)	I Congresso Internacional de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento UIPCDE ( Lisboa, Portugal)
2011	Emotional regulation, temperament, attachment and adrenocortical functioning in children (Regulação emocional, temperamento, vinculação e funcionamento adrenocortical em crianças)	I Congresso Internacional de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento UIPCDE (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011	Mother internal working models, safe-based behaviors and representations of attachment in preschoolers (Modelos internos dinâmicos da mãe, comportamentos de base-segura e representações de vinculação em crianças de idade pré-escolar)	I Congresso Internacional de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento UIPCDE (Lisboa, Portugal)
2011	Are different views on the Attachment Story Completion Task an added value or methodological weakness? Two confronting quotation systems (Diferentes olhares sobre o Attachment Story Completion Task são mais valia ou fragilidade metodológica? Dois sistemas de cotação em confronto)	VIII Congresso Iberoamericano de avaliação/evaluacion Psicológica (Lisboa, Portugal)
2010	Father involvement and organization of safe base behaviors of children in Portuguese families (Envolvimento paterno e organização dos comportamentos de base segura das crianças em famílias portuguesas)	VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia (Braga, Portugal)
2010	Parents internal working models and child secure base behavior (O Modelo Interno Dinâmico da Mãe e do Pai e o comportamento de base segura dos seus filhos)	VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia (Braga, Portugal)
2010	Relationship between father involvement and social competence development in preschoolers (A relação entre o envolvimento paterno e o desenvolvimento da competência social em crianças de idade pré-escolar)	I Seminário Internacional: Contributos da Psicologia em Contextos Educativos (Braga, Portugal, Portugal)
2010	Emotional regulation, attachment and adrenocortical functioning during episodes of fear, positive affect and anger in mother-child dyads (Regulação emocional, vinculação e funcionamento adrenocortical durante episódios de medo, afecto positivo e raiva, em díades mãe criança)	VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia (Braga, Portugal)
2008	Attachment and emotional regulation (Vinculação e Regulação Emocional)	(Portugal)
2006	Relation between child temperament and attachment quality in the mother-child and father-child relationships (Relação entre o Temperamento da Criança e a Qualidade da Vinculação na Díade Mãe Criança e Pai Criança)	(Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/09 - Current	Empathy and Externalizing Problems in Pre-adolescence Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Attachment Representations, Loneliness, and Face-to-face, Online, and Mixed Friendships in Adolescents [Representações de Vinculação, Solidão e Amizades Face-a-face, Online e Mistas em Adolescentes] Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2024/09 - Current	Empathy and Internalising Problems in Preadolescence: Exploring Gender Variations Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2021/09/04 - Current	Attachment, Sympathy and the Feelings of Guilt: A Longitudinal Study in Childhood [Vinculação, Simpatia e o Sentimento de Culpa: Um Estudo Longitudinal na Infância] Co-supervisor	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/10/15	Associations between Online Behaviors, Friendships and a loneliness in Adolescents [As associações entre os Comportamentos Online, as Amizades nos diferentes Contextos e a Solidão em Adolescentes ] Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/09	Associations between empathy, simpathy, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, in adolescents. [Associações entre empatia, simpatia e comportamentos internalizantes e externalizantes, em adolescentes) Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/09	Associations between empathy, internalizing and externalizing behaviors, in adolescents. [associações entre empatia, comportamento internalizantes e externalizantes, em adolescentes] Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/03/08 - 2024/03/08	Professional Traineeship in Psychology of the Portuguese Board of Psychologists - OPP Supervisor	Professional Traineeship in Psychology of the Portuguese Board of Psychologists (Other) Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal
2022/09/14 - 2023/10/27	Friendship quality in the digital age: Associations between friendship quality and online behaviors in adolescence [Qualidade da amizade na era digital: Associações entre a qualidade da amizade e os comportamentos online na adolescência] Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/09/15 - 2022/09/28	Emotion Regualtion mediation between attachment and empathy [O Papel Mediador da Regulação Emocional na Relação entre Vinculação e Empatia] Supervisor	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2020/09/15 - 2021/11/22	Respect and Sympathy: Development of respect and moral emotions in portuguese children [Respeito e Simpatia: Desenvolvimento do respeito e das emoções morais em crianças portuguesas] Supervisor	Psicologia Clinica (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/06/16 - 2024/06/20	27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) (2024/06/16 - 2024/06/20) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/07/14 - 2022/07/16	International Attachment Conference 2022- Lisbon (2022/07/14 - 2022/07/16) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/10/27	Attachment Style, Coping Strategies, and Posttraumatic Growth in Grief [Estilo de Vinculação, Estratégias de Coping e Crescimento Pós-Traumático no Luto] President of the jury	Carolina Castanho (Master) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2025/10/27	Empathy and Internalising Problems in Preadolescence: Exploring Gender Variations Supervisor	Shahna Oliveira (Master) ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2025/09/25	The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Parenting Practices and Social and Non-Social Play in a Preschool Context [O Papel Mediador da Regulação Emocional na Relação entre Práticas Parentais e Brincadeira Social e Não-Social em contexto pré-escolar] (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Luísa Duarte Silva (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2025/07/24	The Influence of Childhood Trauma on the Adoption of Avoidant Patterns in the Intimate Relationships of Young Adults [A Influência dos Traumas Infantis na Adoção de Padrões de Evitamento, nos Relacionamentos Íntimos de Jovens Adultos] President of the jury	Cláudia Djaló (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2025/07/02	Between Support and Intrusiveness: Maternal and Paternal Interactive Behaviors and Emotional Regulation in Preschoolers [Entre o Suporte e a Intrusividade: Comportamentos Interactivos Maternos e Paternos e Regulação Emocional da Criança em Idade Pre-Escolar] (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Raquel Araújo (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/12/16	The relation between Attachment and loneliness in pre-adolescents [A Relação entre Vinculação Parental e Solidão em Pré-Adolescentes e Adolescentes] (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Alves (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/10	Differences between parental knowledge and parental beliefs, depending on sociodemographic characteristics, in parents with children aged 0-6 years [Diferenças entre o conhecimento parental e as crenças parentais, consoante as características sociodemográficas, em pais com filhos dos 0-6 anos] (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Patrícia Henriques (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/10	Associations between Empathy, Sympathy and Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors of Young People[Associações entre Empatia, Simpatia e os Comportamentos Internalizantes e Externalizantes dos Jovens] Supervisor	Raquel Martins (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/10	Empathy and Social Behaviors of adolescents [A Empatia e os Comportamentos Sociais dos Adolescentes] Supervisor	Margarida Pereira (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/05	Of Like a Nest, Like a Bird - Attachment Styles and its Relationship with Empowerment in Portuguese Women [De tal Ninho, tal Passarinho - Estilos de Vinculação e a sua Relação com o Empoderamento em Mulheres Portuguesas] President of the jury	Maria Margarida Esteves (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/04	Attachment, Emotional Regulation and Parental Relationship Quality [Vinculação, Regulação Emocional e Qualidade do Relacionamento com as Figuras Parentais] President of the jury	Patrícia Cardoso Godinho (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/04	The Relationships between attachment representations and development of empathy in preschool children [As Relações entre as representações de vinculação e o desenvolvimento da empatia em crianças em idade pré-escolar] (Thesis) Main arguer	Susete Duarte (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/12/04	The role of attachment representations in the development of prosocial behavior in preschool children [O papel das representações da vinculação no desenvolvimento do comportamento pró-social em crianças em idade pré-escolar] (Thesis) Main arguer	Sofia Arez (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/11/28	How I find myself in others: self-esteem as a mediator of relationship between adult attachment and intimacy in romantic relationships [Como eu me encontro nos outros: a autoestima como mediadora da relação entre a vinculação do adulto e a intimidade nas relações amorosas] (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Rita Garcia (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/10/21	Parents' Attachment Representations and Physical Punishment Practices in face of Disobedient Behaviors of Preschool and School-Age Children (3 to 10 Years Old)[Representações de Vinculação dos Pais e Práticas de Punição Física perante Comportamentos de Desobediência de Crianças em Idade Pré-escolar e Escolar (3 aos 10 anos)] (Thesis) Main arguer	Catarina Henriques (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/10/17	The Mediation Role of Self-Esteem between Attachment Styles and Relationships with Peers and Parents in Institutionalized Adolescents [O Papel Mediador da Autoestima entre os Estilos de Vinculação e as Relações com os Pares e Pais em Jovens Institucionalizados] (Thesis) Main arguer	Jéssica Monsanto (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/10/15	Friendship Quality: Associations between Loneliness and Online Behaviors in Adolescence [Qualidade da amizade: Associações com os Sentimentos de Solidão e Comportamentos Online na Adolescência] Supervisor	Bárbara Filipa Neves Correia (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/10/15	Family Dynamics: Parental Influence and Interparental Conflict on Child Development [Dinâmicas Familiares: Influência das Práticas Parentais e Conflito Interparental no Desenvolvimento das Crianças] President of the jury	Laura Gorjão Figueiredo de Oliveira (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/12/07	Social Withdrawal and Aggression in Adolescence: Relationships with School Skills, Parental Conflict and Punishment [Retraimento Social e Agressividade na Adolescência: Relações com Competências Escolares, Conflito e Punição Parentais] (Thesis) Main arguer	Bruna Branco (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2023/12/07	Attachment Quality, Empathy and Social Competence in Preschoolers [Qualidade da Vinculação, Empatia, Competência Social de Crianças em Idade Pre-escolar] President of the jury	Ana Raquel Fragoso (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2023/12/05	Social Networks in Young Adults: Relationship between the use of social networks and loneliness, self-esteem and life satisfaction [Uso das redes sociais em jovens adultos: estudo sobre a relação do uso das redes sociais com a solidão, autoestima e satisfação com a vida] (Thesis) Main arguer	Inês Gregório (Master) ISPA-IU, Portugal
2023/11/30	Relationships between Depressive Symptoms, Psychological Attributes, and Social and Emotional Skills of Young People [Relações entre Sintomas Depressivos, Atributos Psicológicos, e Competências Sociais e Emocionais dos Jovens] (Thesis) Arguer	Marisa Ramos (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/10/27	Friendship quality in the digital age: Associations between friendship quality and online behaviors in adolescence [Qualidade da amizade na era digital: Associações entre a qualidade da amizade e os comportamentos online na adolescência] Supervisor	Jussane Martha de Azevedo (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/12/06	"FATHER, MOTHER, I'M SHAME Association between Parental Practices and Shame in Adolescence ["PAI, MÃE, TENHO VERGONHA, Associação entre Práticas Parentais e Vergonha na Adolescência] President of the jury	Rita Santos (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/12/06	Profiles of Loneliness, Parenting Practices and Attachment Relationships [Perfis de Solidão, Práticas Parentais e Segurança nas relações de Vinculação] (Thesis) Main arguer	Davide Pinto (Master) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/09/28	Emotion Regulation mediation on attachment and empathy relation. [O Papel Mediador da Regulação Emocional na Relação entre Vinculação e Empatia] Supervisor	Eva de Oliveira Pires (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/09/28	Parents in Children's Feeding: Food Introduction, Emotional Regulation and Eating Practices [Os Pais na Alimentação das Crianças: Introdução Alimentar, Regulação Emocional e Praticas Alimentares] (Thesis) Main arguer	Fátima Martins (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/09/28	Tell me how you feel, I will help you to react: The impact of parental competence perceptions on the relationship between the reactions to negative emotions and children's emotional regulation [Diz-me como te Sentes, Ajudar-te-ei na forma como Reages: O Impacto do Sentimento de Competencia Parental na Relação entre as Reaçoes as Emoçoes Negativas e a Regulação Emocional das Crianças] (Thesis) Main arguer	Patricia Steffensen (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/07/19	Physical punishment: Caregivers’ beliefs and educational practices used in Portugal [Punição física: Crenças dos cuidadores e práticas educativas utilizadas em Portugal] (Thesis) Arguer	Telma Gonçalves Rancheiro (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2022/07	The heterogeneity of disruptive behavior in the preschool years: levels of organization and underlying mechanisms (substitute member) Thesis Member	Beatriz Domínguez Álvarez (PhD) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2021/12/10	Parenting styles: Parental perception in a sample of parents of preschoolers [Estilos Educativos Parentais: Perceção parental numa amostra de pais de crianças a frequentar o pré-escolar] President of the jury	Ana Isabel Barreiras (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/11/22	Respect and Sympathy: Development of respect and moral emotions in Portuguese children [Respeito e Simpatia: Desenvolvimento do respeito e das emoções morais em crianças portuguesas] Supervisor	Evlyne Cardoso (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/07/21	It takes a village: Parental practices, social support and a global pandemic. [It takes a village: práticas parentais, suporte social e uma pandemia mundial.] (Thesis) Main arguer	Tatiana Esperanço (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/02/05	Parental coping and negative emotions: associations with executive functioning in preschool [Coping parental para lidar com as emoções negativas: associações com o funcionamento executivo no pré-escolar] (Thesis) Main arguer	Déborah Verhaeghe (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2020/07/10	Friendship Quality and Self-concept in 3rd and 4th school year [A Qualidade da Amizade e as suas Implicações no Auto-conceito em Crianças do 3º e 4º ano] (Thesis) Main arguer	Joana Couto (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2020/07/07	Beyond Attachment: The role of social acceptance in the relationship between attachment and self-esteem [Para Lá da Vinculação: O papel da aceitação social na relação entre a vinculação e a auto-estima] (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Inês Varanda (Master) ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2025/03/20 - Current	Portuguese Pshychology Association [APP, Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia]
2023/05/25 - Current	InLuto Portuguese Association for grief integrated care in [InLuto Associação Portuguesa de Cuidados Integrados no Luto]
2019/01/10 - Current	International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)
2016/02 - Current	Portuguese Psychologists in Association (OPP, Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses)
2012/02 - 2013/02	SRCD - Society for Research in Child Development

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2024/12/23 - Current	Member of the Ethics Committee Member	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/09 - Current	MSc Dissertation Seminar [Seminário Dissertação Mestrado]	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado integrado)	ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/02/14 - Current	Research Methods II (Métodos de Investigação II)	Psicologia (Licenciatura)	ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/09/14 - Current	Developmental Research Methods I (Métodos de Investigação Desenvolvimental I)	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2021/02/24 - Current	Developmental Research Methods II [Métodos de Investigação Desenvolvimental II]	Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Mestrado)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2018/09/20 - Current	Research Methods I (Métodos Investigação I)	Psicologia (Licenciatura)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2024/03 - 2025/07	Data analysis - Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis	(Doutoramento)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/10 - 2024/02/14	Developmental Pshychology I [Psicologia do Desenvolvimento I]	Psicologia (Licenciatura)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/06	Developmental Psychology I and II (Psicologia Desenvolvimento I e II)	(Mestrado integrado)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/02	Research Methods I (Métodos de Investigação I)	(Mestrado integrado)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/01 - Current	Developmental Psychology
2022/09 - Current	Análise Psicológica
2022/05 - Current	European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
2021/05 - Current	Psicologia
2021/04 - Current	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	SAGE
2020/07 - Current	Frontiers Psychology - Developmental Psychology

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/12/23 - 2025/01/13	Member of the evaluation panel (substitute member) for research fellowships (BSc) in the scope of the research project "Strengthening Affective Bonds" (WJCR/014/BI/2024), funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal
2024/08/21 - 2024/09/04	Member of the evaluation panel (substitute member) for the attribution of a research fellowship (bachelor) in the scope of the research-related activities in Psychology of the R&D Unit William James Center for Research (UIDB/04810/2020), (“RAISE – Parceria Investigação e Prática: Consciencializar e Potencializar a Capacidade Socioemocional nos Primeiros Anos”; reference of the call for applications: (WJCR/010/BI/2024)	ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2023/02/09 - 2023/02/24	Member of the evaluation panel (Substitute member) for a Research Fellowship (call reference: WJCR/004/BI/2023) in the scope of the research-related activities in Psychology of the R&D Unit William James Center for Research	ISPA-IU, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2020	2 position in CEEC 3.ª Edition [Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual, 2020.01432.CEECIND] Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2019	2019 Student and Early Career Council (SECC) Poster Competition Society for Research in Child Development, United States
2011	FCT Phd grant [Bolsa FCT doutoramento SFRH/BD/69863/2010] Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal