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Addressing teacher occupational health in challenging times: The role of a posi...
Oliveira, S.; Roberto, M. S.; Veiga-Simão, A. M.; Marques-Pinto, A.Teacher occupational health is a critical issue worldwide that COVID-19 has worsened. While previous research has highlighted the impact of chronic work-related stress and limited personal resources on burnout, much of this research relies on cross-sectional data that do not capture how these effects develop over time. Additionally, the role of positive organizational factors remains underexplored. Our study ex...
Mind the (social and emotional competence) gap to support higher education stud...
Oliveira, S.; Maçarico, T.; Pacheco, R.; Janeiro, I.; Marques-Pinto, A.Today’s increasingly brittle, anxious, nonlinear, incomprehensible world of work calls for a socially and emotionally competent workforce. However, there is a clear gap in higher education settings regarding the assessment and promotion of students’ social and emotional competence (SEC). Our study aims to address the pressing need to evaluate and develop higher education students’ SEC by providing a tool to ass...
Gendered positions within the Portuguese populist radical right party Chega and...
Oliveira, S.Over the last three decades, populist radical right-wing parties have gained prominence in Europe, entering the political mainstream. Among the common features of such parties are included the support for traditional gender roles, opposition to so-called ‘gender ideology’ and feminist movements, and the protection of women’s rights through nationalist immigration policies. While research on gender in relation t...
Perceived stress, well-being, and academic performance of university students d...
Marques-Pinto, A.; Curral, L.; Costa, M. R.; Quadros, F.; Jesus, S. N. de.; Martínez, I. M.; Roazzi, A.; Oliveira, S.Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected university students globally, exacerbating their already existing academic stress. This study investigates how the first COVID-19 lockdown (March–July 2020) differently impacted Portuguese, Spanish, and Brazilian university students’ perceived academic stress, personal well-being, academic engagement, and performance. Methods: An online survey col...
Bridging the gap in teacher SEL training: Designing and piloting an online SEL ...
Oliveira, S.; Cardoso, A.; Martins, M. O.; Roberto, M. S.; Veiga-Simão, A. M.; Marques-Pinto, A.This study depicts the development of an online SEL intervention for Portuguese elementary-school teachers (A+), through an exploratory sequential design. First, to ensure the relevance and applicability of the A+ , ten focus group were conducted with 66 elementary-school teachers (90.9 % female, Mage=45.56 years, SDage=5.57). Results indicated strong interest and perceived relevance among teachers regarding SE...
Securing IoT sensors using sharding-based blockchain network technology integra...
Aslam, A.; Postolache, O.; Oliveira, S.; Pereira, J. D.Sharding is an emerging blockchain technology that is used extensively in several fields such as finance, reputation systems, the IoT, and others because of its ability to secure and increase the number of transactions every second. In sharding-based technology, the blockchain is divided into several sub-chains, also known as shards, that enhance the network throughput. This paper aims to examine the impact of ...
Bystander apathy in cyberbullying: When moral engagement disconnects
Pereira, N.; Ferreira, P. da C.; Oliveira, S.; Simão, A. M. V.This study explored how adolescents’ moral beliefs and moral disengagement explain bystander apathy in cyberbullying. Semi-structured interviews with adolescents aged 13 to 20 (n = 100, m = 15.74, sd = 1.52, 52% boys) were conducted. Results from a thematic analysis indicated four main themes. Theme 1 suggested that although perceived as morally wrong, the severity of cyberbullying was devalued. Theme 2 highlig...
Focus group as a tool in the development of procedures in radiation therapy
Ramos, Magda Cruz; Brás, S.; Oliveira, S.; Eiras, MargaridaMorgan defines a focus group as “a research technique that collects data through group interaction on a topic determined by the researcher.” This definition provides the 3 major components of the focus group research: (1) A method devoted to data collection, (2) interaction as a source of data, and (3) the active role of the researcher in creating group discussion for data collection. This technique emerged as ...
Effects of a social-emotional learning intervention on social-emotional compete...
Raimundo, R.; Oliveira, S.; Roberto, M. S.; Marques-Pinto, A.This study investigated whether a social–emotional learning program, implemented over a one-year period, could lead to gains in social–emotional competencies and to a reduction in internalizing and externalizing problems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the program analyzed how students (boys vs. girls) with varying levels of social–emotional competencies and externalizing and internalizing...
Existing concrete structures life management, testing and structural health mon...
Keßler, S.; Limongelli, M. P.; Apostolidi, E.; Andrade, C.; Bartolac, M.; Braml, T.; Cigada, A.; Duprat, F.; Gentile, C.; Kainz, C.; Küttenbaum, S.[Excerpt] The through-life management of our constantly ageing infrastructure is a basic requirement in order to ensure their structural safety and serviceability. Each structure experiences deterioration processes with time leading to a decrease of structural safety and serviceability. The design of new structures considers the expected deterioration for a defined period, the design service life. However, a fr...