Framework: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought several challenges at an economic, labor, social, and organizational level, and organizations had to adopt strategies to ensure their functioning, as well as to ensure and promote the health and well-being of workers. Research Question/Goals: This study aimed to identify and describe (1) the impact of Covid-19 on the world of work and (2) the strategies that organiza...
In this article, we intend to understand and discuss how immigrant men and women living in Portugal perceive their contributions to the performance of unpaid work and how they try to deal with the situation of the greater burden on women. To this end, a qualitative methodology was used to conduct an exploratory study with 10 focus groups of immigrant men and women in five regions of the country: North, Centre, ...
Habitual coffee consumers justify their life choices by arguing that they become more alert and increase motor and cognitive performance and efficiency; however, these subjective impressions still do not have a neurobiological correlation. Using functional connectivity approaches to study resting-state fMRI data in a group of habitual coffee drinkers, we herein show that coffee consumption decreased connectivit...
In this article, we intend to understand and discuss how immigrant men and women living in Portugal perceive their contributions to the performance of unpaid work and how they try to deal with the situation of the greater burden on women. To this end, a qualitative methodology was used to conduct an exploratory study with 10 focus groups of immigrant men and women in five regions of the country: North, Centre, ...
In this article, we intend to understand and discuss how immigrant men and women living in Portugal perceive their contributions to the performance of unpaid work and how they try to deal with the situation of the greater burden on women. To this end, a qualitative methodology was used to conduct an exploratory study with 10 focus groups of immigrant men and women in five regions of the country: North, Centre, ...
In this article, we intend to understand and discuss how immigrant men and women living in Portugal perceive their contributions to the performance of unpaid work and how they try to deal with the situation of the greater burden on women. To this end, a qualitative methodology was used to conduct an exploratory study with 10 focus groups of immigrant men and women in five regions of the country: North, Centre, ...
In Portugal, over the past decades, applications for Higher Education (HE) have increased substantially, with the consequent diversification of students’ characteristics, family background, as well as the courses and forms of access. This study aims to describe the academic expectations and anticipated difficulties of undergraduate students at the beginning of Polytechnic HE attendance, as well as to explore re...
Em Portugal, nas últimas décadas, as candidaturas ao Ensino Superior (ES) aumentaram substancialmente, com a consequente diversificação das características dos/as estudantes e suas famílias, assim como dos cursos e formas de acesso. Este estudo visa descrever as expectativas académicas e dificuldades antecipadas de estudantes de licenciatura, no início da frequência do ES Politécnico, assim como explorar relaçõ...
Exposure to methamphetamine (Meth) has been classically associated with damage to neuronal terminals. However, it is now becoming clear that addiction may also result from the interplay between glial cells and neurons. Recently, we demonstrated that binge Meth administration promotes microgliosis and microglia pro-inflammation via astrocytic glutamate release in a TNF/IP3R2-Ca2+-dependent manner. Here, we inves...
O estágio curricular é uma etapa formativa fundamental no desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional, proporcionando um contacto direto do estudante com o mundo de trabalho. Esta investigação explorou o papel do estágio curricular em psicologia na transição para o mercado de trabalho. Para isso, foram realizados dois estudos com design qualitativo. O Estudo 1 explorou como o estágio curricular é vivenciado por estu...