Current PsychologyJuly 18, 2025Sofia Magalhães, Isabel Rasteiro, Inês Soeiro et al.
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly interfered with young people’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL), increasing the vulnerability of this population. As a result, researchers have been emphasizing the necessity to ascertain the protective factors against the pandemic impact. Still, little is known about these factors in adolescence. Pre-pandemic studies showed that dispositional...
MindfulnessSeptember 29, 2022Sofia Magalhães, Tânia Nunes, Inês Soeiro et al.
Objectives: Research into the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) in school settings has grown substantially. However, studies in the field are still scarce, present methodological limitations, and fail to examine how children's characteristics influence MBPs' effects. The twofold aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of an MBP on children's attention and emotional...
MindfulnessApril 22, 2021J. D. de Carvalho, Sofia Oliveira, M. Roberto et al.
Teachers’ stress can affect their occupational health and negatively impact classroom climate and students’ well-being. This study aims to evaluate the proximal and distal effects of a mindfulness-based program, specially developed to promote teachers’ social-emotional competencies (SEC), across teachers, classroom climates, and students’ outcomes. The study followed a randomized trial design...