Teacher
Cláudia Noémia Soares De Sousa

Resume

Cláudia Noémia Soares de Sousa completed her PhD in Mathematics, in 2011, at University of Aveiro, her Master's in Mathematics - Fundamentals and Applications (specialization in Dynamical Systems), in 2005, and her Degree in Mathematics - educational branch, in 2003, both from Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto. She received 2 merit awards, a diploma of pedagogical recognition and works in the area of Exact Sciences with an emphasis on Statistics. She is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of Lusófona University - Porto, a main researcher at INSIGHT: Piaget Research Center for Human and Ecological Development (Piaget Institute) and a collaborator member of HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab (Lusófona University), having already collaborated, as the main responsible for data processing, in several projects from Psychology, Education and Health fields.

Graus

• Doctorate
  [Mathematics] Matemática
• Master's Degree
  [Mathematics - Fundamentals and Applications (specialization in Dynamical Systems)] Matemática - Fundamentos e Aplicações (especialização Sistemas Dinâmicos)
• Licenciate Degree
  [Mathematics - educational branch] Matemática - ramo educacional
• Intermediate Degree
  [English course - Profissional General English ] Curso de Inglês - Profissional General English
• Others
  SPSS
• Others
  [English course - Advanced level] Curso de Inglês - nível Advanced
• Others
  [Exploratory data analysis (using SPSS)] Análise Exploratória de dados (com recurso ao SPSS)
• Others
  [Free Course on Field Theory] Curso Livre sobre Teoria de Campo
• Others
  Spring School: Modelling, Automation and Control of Physiological Variables
• Others
  [Communication and Oral Presentation Techniques] Técnicas de comunicação e apresentação oral
• Others
  [The Use of Moodle Platform in an Educational Context] A Utilização da Plataforma Moodle em Contexto Educativo
• Others
  [Collaborative Activity with Projects] Actividade Colaborativa por Projectos
• Others
  [The Use of Blogs in an Educational Context] A utilização dos Blogues em Contexto Educativo
• Intermediate Degree
  R Programming
• Intermediate Degree
  Data Science "Cientista de Dados com Python e R"
• Others
  [Design an online course] Desenhar um curso a distância
• Others
  [Learning gamification] Ludificação da aprendizagem
• Others
  [Innovative Teaching Methodologies] Metodologias de Ensino Inovadoras
• Others
  [Innovative Teaching Methodologies] Curso de Metodologias de Ensino Inovadoras
• Others
  [Peer Mentoring in Higher Education - Introduction, Reasons and Benefits] Mentoria de pares no Ensino Superior - Introdução, Razões e Benefícios
• Others
  Workshop [The Supervising Teacher - Skills and Characteristics] O Docente Supervisor - Competências e Caraterísticas
• Others
  Workshop [The Rules of the Game - Ethics, Supervision, etc] As Regras do Jogo - Ética, Supervisão, etc.
• Others
  Workshop [Coaching Tools and Techniques in Mentoring] Ferramentas e Técnicas de Coaching na Mentoria
• Others
  [Research Management - Institutional Rules and Procedures] Gestão da Investigação - Regras e Procedimentos Institucionais
• Others
  [Tailor-made Digital Educational Resources: enhancing the productive aspect of teachers and students] Recursos Educativos Digitais à medida: potenciando a vertente produtora de professores e alunos
• Others
  [Re(arrange) content in Moodle 4] Re(organizar) conteúdo no Moodle 4
• Others
  Introdução à Análise de Dados com JASP
• Others
  SuperHumano IA
• Others
  3hrs Workshop on Mastering Regression Analysis: A Step-by-Step Guide with SPSS
• Others
  Como preparar uma aula em EaD?
• Others
  Profissionalidade docente no Ensino Superior
• Others
  AI4ALL - Literacia em Inteligência Artificial
• Others
  d/IA - Workshop (3h)
• Others
  Curso de Pedagogia e IA no Ensino Superior (20h)
• Others
  Ser/Atuar como Professor Mentor
• Others
  IAedu - IA ao serviço do Ensino Superior

Publicações

Preprint

• 2025-06-02, The Portuguese version of the Prenatal Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire: A psychometric study with expectant mothers

Journal article

• 2026-06-18, The tokophobia severity scale: a psychometric multicountry study with childbearing-age women, Archives of Women's Mental Health
• 2026-05-28, Psychometric Properties of the Portuguese Version of the Autotelic Personality Questionnaire, International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
• 2026-05-27, Psychopathic Traits in Forensic and Community Samples: Evidence From Portugal Using the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale -Short Form (SRP-SF), Behavioral Sciences & the Law
• 2026-04-16, Tuning in to Kids® for parents of preschool-aged children in Portugal: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, BMC Psychology
• 2025-12-29, Optimizing Motor Coordination in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Mini-Handball vs. Motor Skills Training, Sports
• 2025-12-18, Translation and Validation of the Selfitis Behavior Scale for the Portuguese Population, Revista de Enfermagem Referência
• 2025-07-29, Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into European Portuguese Language, Psychologica
• 2025-07-09, Neuromuscular Blockade Control based on a New Patient Identification Procedure, WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
• 2025-07-01, Corrigendum to “Psychometric properties of the Fear of Birth Scale in women in the perinatal period: A multicountry study” [J. Affect. Disord. 374 (2025) 365–380, (S0165032725000801), (10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.063)], Journal of Affective Disorders
• 2025-05-10, Psychopathy in Community: Social Status, Professional Occupation, and Antisocial Behavior, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
• 2025-01, Psychometric properties of the Fear of Birth Scale in women in the perinatal period: A multicountry study, Journal of Affective Disorders
• 2025, Self-efficacy in Higher Education for Students “over the age of 23”: study of a scale, Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• 2024-12-09, KNOWLEDGE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, Cogitare Enfermagem
• 2024-12-06, Psychological Distress and Well-Being in Emerging Adult Women: The Role of Positivity and Coping Strategies, The Journal of Psychology
• 2023-12-07, Exploring the Relationship between Capacity to Love and Well-being: A Comparative Study of Emerging Adults and Middle-aged Adults, Sexuality & Culture
• 2023-08-23, Kids Surfing the Web: A Comparative Study in Portugal, Computers
• 2023-07-17, Translation and Adaptation of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorder/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC) into Asian Uzbekistan, Sports
• 2022-09-19, Inventário de Envolvimento Académico em Estudantes do Ensino Superior [JCR], Psychologica
• 2021-08-01, High-risk HPV genotypes and cervical lesions association in postmenopausal women
• 2019-06-08, Autoeficácia formativa e envolvimento nos processos de aprendizagem de estudantes portugueses maiores de 23 anos, Revista Portuguesa de Educação
• 2015, Estratégias de resolução de problemas de matemática em estudantes do ensino superior, Ciências & Cognição
• 2010, Target mass control for uncertain compartmental systems, International Journal of Control

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2011-03, PhD, Control of uncertain compartmental systems
• 2005-10, Master, Recorrência múltipla em sistemas dinâmicos

Book chapter

• 2025, Senior generation project: evaluation of the impact on physical fitness and psychological health, Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health VII, Springer Nature
• 2025, Developmental Coordination Disorder Among Uzbekistan Adolescents: A Preliminary Study of Gender Prevalence, Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health VI, Springer Nature Switzerland

Conference paper

• Total mass control in uncertain compartmental systems, 8th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control – CONTROLO’2008
• Total Mass TCI driven by Parametric Estimation, 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED’09
• On the use of state-observers in compartmental systems control, 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED’09
• Control of uncertain compartmental systems, 2007 Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation

Conference abstract

• 2025-05, The Portuguese version of the Prenatal Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire: A psychometric study with expectant mothers, . XII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia (SNIP 2025)
• 2025, The prenatal parental reflective functioning questionnaire: An important tool to identify parenting difficulties, VI Encontro Anual do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
• 2025, Screening for Clinically Significant Fear of Childbirth: Results from a Multicountry Study Using the Fear of Birth Scale, VI Encontro Anual do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
• 2025, Profiles of internalizing symptoms across the perinatal period: A Longitudinal Latent Profile Analysis , VI Encontro Anual do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
• 2025, Mothers with cumulative adverse lifetime experiences can be more vulnerable to childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Findings from the INTERSECT study , VI Encontro Anual do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
• 2025, Improving the assessment of women’s internalizing symptoms in the perinatal period: an item-level factor analysis of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and State Anxiety Inventory , VI Encontro Anual do Grupo de Língua Portuguesa da Sociedade Marcé
• 2023-10, Competência em suporte básico de vida em estudantes do ensino secundário, XIII Bienal de Enfermagem e V Simpósio Internacional de Enfermagem
• 2023-09-01, Infants’ negative emotionality: The role of maternal distress and of early life affective touch experiences , European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP)
• 2009, Total Mass Target Controlled Infusion (TM-TCI), 2nd World Congress of Total Intravenous Anaesthesia – TIVA – TCI

Conference poster

• 2026-02-04, Morais, A., Pinto, T., Sousa, C., Alves, S., Costa, R., Jongenelen, I., & Lamela, D. (04 Feb 2026). Dimensions of Perinatal Affective Symptoms: Item-Level Modeling of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and State Anxiety Inventory. 1st TREASURE International Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom., 1st TREASURE International Conference
• 2026, Sebenta Digital de Introdução ao JASP® , Conferência Inovação Pedagógica no Ensino Superior: Impacto, Sustentabilidade e Transformação Institucional através dos Projetos Cecam e Inovedu
• 2026, Regulação Emocional Interpessoal na Transição para a Parentalidade: Protocolo de um Estudo Longitudinal Multimétodo , 5as Conferências Internacionais em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
• 2026, Psychometric properties of the Portuguese Prenatal Parental Reflective Functioning questionnaire in expectant mothers , 1st TREASURE International Conference
• 2026, Assessment of tokophobia in the perinatal period: Findings from an international multicountry study, 1st TREASURE International Conference
• 2024-09, Positive Life Orientation, Coping Strategies, and Well-being in Prisoners: Exploring Gender Differences, 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
• 2023-09, The capacity to love and well-being: A comparative study between emerging and middle-aged adults , 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
• 2023-07, The role of maternal distress and early affective touch experiences during COVID-19 on infant’s negative emotionality , XIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Psicofisiología y Neurociencia Cognitiva y Afectiva (SEPNECA)
• 2023-05, Educação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Cidadania Global, 3rd International Congress of Health and Well-Being Intervention – ICHWBI2023
• 2022-09, O papel da Orientação Positiva para a Vida e das Estratégias de Coping na saúde mental de Jovens Emergentes Portugueses, 5º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses