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O papel da luz natural nas respostas comportamentais do consumidor: um estudo e...
Silva, Joana Ribeiro daO ambiente único dos centros comerciais contribui para que estes estabelecimentos sejam considerados paragem obrigatória no quotidiano de muitos consumidores, frequentemente associados à procura por satisfação intrínseca e hedónica. A gestão eficiente dos elementos atmosféricos desses espaços é preponderante para assegurar uma experiência de consumo mais agradável, estimulada pela aparência distinta do espaço c...
Care4Mommies in action: Study protocol for promoting maternal psychological adj...
Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana; Conde, Ana; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Vagos, PaulaBecoming a mother is a life-changing event that requires mothers’ emotional regulation skills, namely self-compassion, to facilitate this transition. Compassion-based interventions (CBIs) may be useful, but their application to promote maternal wellbeing and mother-baby bonding has been scarcely considered. The current work aims to explore the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a CBI applied...
The meaning in loss protocol: A clinical trial of online grief therapy
Batista, João; Alves, Daniela; Pires, Nuno; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Mendes, Inês; Magalhães, Carina; Rosa, Catarina; Oliveira, João TiagoFor a minority of the bereaved, the loss of a significant other can trigger an overwhelming emotional reaction and impaired functioning across life domains, known as prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Hence, ongoing efforts have been made to refine existing treatments to increase their efficacy and to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of grief reactions. This study presents the results of an open clinical trial of th...
Three narrative-based coding systems: Innovative moments, ambivalence and ambiv...
Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Ribeiro, António P.; Mendes, Inês; Alves, Daniela; Rosa, Catarina; Silva, Joana Ribeiro daNarrative and dialogical perspectives suggest that personal meaning systems' flexibility is an important resource for change in psychotherapy. Drawn from these theoretical backgrounds, a research program focused on the identification of Innovative Moments (IMs)—exceptions to the inflexible meaning systems present in psychopathological suffering—has been carried out. For this purpose, three process-oriented codi...
A qualitative study of social anxiety and impairment amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
Coyle, Samantha; Masia, Carrie; Martin, Grace; Wimmer, Jessica; Kalvera, Avi; Jeyanayagam, Britney; Lekas, Helen-Maria; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Lima, LuizaThis qualitative investigation explored the social and academic experiences of socially anxious adolescents and young adults in Portugal and the US as they lived through the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 10 Portuguese adolescents (mean age = 16.9 years; 50% female) and 7 young adults in the US (mean age = 19.67 years; 71% female; racially/ethnically diverse). Participants comp...
Online Externalizing Metaphor Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Anxiety
Tavares, Lúcia; McGuinty, Everett; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Vagos, PaulaAnxiety has become more prevalent in recent years, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, although it remains largely unrecognized and untreated. Thus, there is a need for effective, short, and accessible forms of intervention. Externalizing Metaphor Therapy (EMT) is a post-modern brief treatment for mild to moderate anxiety. Its efficacy is herein analyzed by examining the process and outcomes of a four session...
What Can Therapists Learn from Coding Therapy Sessions? Interviewing Clinicians...
Fernández-Navarro, Pablo; Batista, João; Silva, Joana Ribeiro daInnovative Moment Coding System (IMCS) has influenced their clinical practice. Participants, that worked both as researchers and therapists, were interviewed using a semi-structured script written for the current study. The interviews explored whether or not coding psychotherapy sessions (participants’ research experience with innovative moments; IMs) had impacted their clinical practice. A descriptive–interpre...
Life Design Counseling outcome and process: A case study with an adolescent
Cardoso, Paulo; Gonçalves, Miguel M.; Duarte, Maria Eduarda; Alves, Daniela; Silva, Joana Ribeiro daThis article aims to explore the relationship between clients' narrative transformation and the promotion of vocational decidedness and career maturity in a mid-adolescent case of Life Design Counseling (LDC). To assess LDC outcomes the Vocational Certainty Scale and the Career Maturity Inventory — Form C were used before and after the intervention. To intensively analyze the process of LDC change two measures ...
The longitudinal impact of psychological flexibility and compassion on mother-b...
Mateus, Vera; Palmeira, Lara; Xavier, Ana; Silva, Joana Ribeiro da; Vagos, PaulaBecoming a mother is a life-changing event that is often experienced in a positive way, but may also encompass great vulnerability and uncertainty, with the potential to hinder the mother’s well-being and foster disorganization, particularly for women with attachment difficulties dealing with a difficult infant. Risk factors to the quality of mother-infant emotional bonding are well documented, whereas research...
The role of mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility in postp...
Mateus, Vera; Veloso, Bruna; Xavier, Ana; Palmeira, Lara; Vagos, Paula; Silva, Joana Ribeiro daThe transition to motherhood encloses several challenges that can hinder women’s psychological well-being and impact mother-baby bonding. Therefore, it is important to investigate which maternal characteristics promote their bond to the infant, especially those that can be modified through targeted interventions. This work aims to examine whether mother’s prenatal compassion and psychological flexibility have a...