Rita Francisco

Assistant Professor

Rita Francisco

Assistant Professor

Generic Bio

PhD in Psychology from Universidade de Lisboa, is the Director of the CRC-W (Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing), coordinator of the Master’s in Psychology of Wellbeing and Health Promotion, and of the Post-graduation Program on Child Protection System. As researcher at CRC-W, she currently coordinates the “Be Well and Healthy Teen Project”, and the project “Impact of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of children and adolescents”. In 2010 was a visiting researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, within the scope of the European PhD. She is a member of the editorial board of Frontiers in Psychology, Eating and Weight Disorders, and Revista Portuguesa de Psicologia. Her current research interests are eating disorders, health literacy, wellbeing and adjustment of adolescents in different social situations, military families, and the impact of technologies on family functioning. She is a specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology by the Portuguese Psychologists Order.

Areas of Research:

Psychology

Sub-areas of Research:

Family Studies

Publications

Paper

Daily activities in European children and adolescents during COVID-19 school closure

Rita Francisco (with Mireia Orgilés). 2024. Journal of Prevention

Master's and PhD students in Culture Studies attend the Venice Biennale

"Imigração: o país precisa de políticas eficazes"

OpenSession PhD in Psychology: Emotions and Wellbeing (online)

Rita Francisco

Rita Francisco

Generic Bio

Daily activities in European children and adolescents during COVID-19 school closure

Families navigating macroeconomic hard times

#EntreViagenseAprendizagens

Análise psicométrica preliminar da versão portuguesa da Kansas marital satisfaction scale

Crises social sensing: longitudinal monitoring of social perceptions of systemic risk during public health crisis

Give me your best shot

Impact of #EntreViagenseAprendizagens on adolescents' well-being

Insatisfeitos com a vida ou em risco de depressão? Um estudo com adolescentes do 3º ciclo do ensino básico e ensino secundário

Literacia em saúde nos estudantes do ensino superior

Literacia em saúde nos estudantes do ensino superior: que relações com o uso de redes sociais?

Social participation in times of COVID-19

Social participation in times of COVID-19: effects on depression in the elderly

The person within

The person within: Parents and professionals’ views about the practitioner’s role in a parenting program

To take the vaccine or not, that is the question

A pandemia aos olhos dos portugueses

COVID-19

Deployment risk and resilience model applied to military children

Deployment risk and resilience model applied to military children

Emotional (dys)regulation and family environment in (non)clinical adolescents’ internalising problems

Estudo de avaliação de necessidades e expectativas

Evolution of psychological symptoms in youth in three European countries during (and after) COVID-19 quarantine

Health Literacy in Portugal: Results of the Health Literacy Population Survey Project 2019–2021

HLS19-NAV—Validation of a New Instrument Measuring Navigational Health Literacy in Eight European Countries

Intenção de vacinação contra a COVID-19 em três amostras representativas da população portuguesa

Intenção de vacinação contra a COVID-19 em três amostras representativas da população portuguesa: implicações para a comunicação

Perspetivas, conceitos e boas práticas de proteção e promoção do bem-estar de crianças e jovens

Psychological symptoms in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese youth during the COVID-19 health crisis

Qualidade de vida e bem-estar de jovens adultos à entrada do Ensino Superior Militar

Social sensing and human in the loop profiling during pandemics

To be great, be whole: The practitioners' role in the Incredible Years Parent Program.

Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating Behavior

Vaccination intentions against COVID-19

Well-being and emotional and behavior problems in children and adolescents in residential care: The role of social and emotional skills

1º relatório - vacinação para a COVID-19

2º relatório - vacinação para a COVID-19

A Psicologia em movimento

Anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic

Anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic: A transcultural approach

Atores e dinâmicas no sistema de promoção e proteção de crianças e jovens

Bem-estar e saúde mental de crianças e adolescentes em tempos de pandemia de COVID-19

Casas de acolhimento

Centros de apoio familiar e de aconselhamento parental

Coping Behaviors and Psychological Disturbances in Youth Affected by the COVID-19 Health Crisis

Corrigendum

Introdução

Less physical activity, more use of screens and changes in sleep pattern

Levels of health literacy

Literacia em saúde e comunicação na promoção da adesão à vacinação contra a COVID-19

Navigational health literacy

Para o bem-estar humano: Uma Psicologia inseparável da saúde de indivíduos e comunidades

Ponto de encontro familiar

Portuguese Version of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale: Preliminary Psychometric Properties

Psychological and emotional experiences during a military mission: A longitudinal study with soldiers and spouses.

Relações intergeracionais na família

ResiliScence 4 COVID-19

Study design

Um ano de pandemia por COVID-19

"Perto e longe"

Daily Life, Communication and Affections of Siblings and Parents of Military Service Members in Mission

Psychological Symptoms and Behavioral Changes in Children and Adolescents During the Early Phase of COVID-19 Quarantine in Three European Countries

Bidirectional Relations Between Disordered Eating, Internalization of Beauty Ideals, and Self-Esteem: A Longitudinal Study With Adolescents

e-Famílias: O impacto das TIC na vida contemporânea de famílias com crianças

Manual de Boas Práticas Literacia em Saúde - Capacitação dos Profissionais de Saúde

Os psicólogos perante o envelhecimento da população: Novos desafios na nossa profissão?

Perspetivas de profissionais e famílias adotivas sobre a criação de serviços de pós-adoção em Portugal

A promoção da saúde e do bem-estar dos adolescentes: Uma via para o florescimento?

Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes among adolescents from Portugal and Spain,Insatisfacción corporal y actitudes alimentarias alteradas en adolescentes de Portugal y España

Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes among girls and boys from Portugal and Spain

Correction to: ICTs and Family Functioning: A Study on Portuguese Families with Adolescents and Emerging Adults (Contemporary Family Therapy, (2017), 39, 4, (281-288), 10.1007/s10591-017-9436-8)

International Missions, Marital Relationships and Parenting in Military Families: An Exploratory Study

Studies on body image, eating, and weight in models, dancers, and aesthetic athletes

The predictive value of dyadic coping in the explanation of PTSD symptoms and subjective well-being of work accident victims

Use of Facebook in the maternal grief process: An exploratory qualitative study