Docente
Raquel Alexandra Gonçalves Costa

Resume

RAQUEL ALEXANDRA GONÇALVES COSTA. Completed the PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2010/02/08 by Universidade do Minho, Master Degree in Clinical Psychology in 2004 by Universidade do Minho and Graduation in Psychology in 2001 by Universidade do Minho. Integradted Researcher at Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Member of the Doctorate Program in Perinatal and Child Psychology and Psychopathology in Universitat de València, Assistant Professor in Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Coordinator of the Perinatal and Pediatric Mental Health Lab at Laboratório Associado para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional and Executive Director in HEI-Lab, Digital Human-Environment Interacton Lab. Published 85 articles in scientific journals. Has 7 section(s) of books and 1 book(s). Organized 8 event(s). Supervised and co-supervised PhD thesis. Supervised 10 MSc dissertation(s) e co-supervised 4. Has received 5 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in several financed projects, and Researcher in 13 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Social Sciences with emphasis on Psychology and Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Epidemiology. In her professional activities interacted with 630 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Graduation in Psychology
• Doutoramento
  PhD in Clinical Psychology
• Mestrado
  Master Degree in Clinical Psychology
• Pós-doutoramento
  Post-doctoral researcher
• Outros
  Movement ABC-2
• Outros
  Hierarchical Linear Models
• Outros
  Advanced course on using Mplus
• Outros
  Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood DC:0-3R
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  LAB-TAB: Laboratorial procedure to assess children's temperament
• Outros
  Introduction to structural equation modelling using Mplus
• Outros
  ROC Curves (Receiver Operating Characteristic) as a decision tool - aplication to medicine
• Outros
  31st International Association Infant Massage (IAIM) Infant Massage Instructor Course
• Outros
  Strange Situation - Assessment of the attachment style
• Outros
  Global Rating Scales for mother-infant interaction
• Outros
  Neonatal Brazelton Assessment Scale
• Outros
  Working Model of the Child Interview - Assessment of parenting skills
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  Training School on Data Management and Data Analysis
• Outros
  Curso Universitario en Docencia Online y Competencias Digitales Docentes
• Outros
  Hyflex Experimental Learning
• Outros
  Formação em Ensino à Distância

Publicações

Journal article

• 2023-05-17, Discussing the possibility of fertility treatment being unsuccessful as part of routine care offered at clinics: patients’ experiences, willingness, and preferences, Human Reproduction
• 2023-05-14, Developmental motor problems and health-related quality of life in 5-year-old children born extremely preterm: A European cohort study, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
• 2023-05, The impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding rates: An international cross-sectional study, Midwifery
• 2023-04-26, Perinatal anxiety and depression and birth-related post-traumatic stress disorder: Prevalence and determinants in a cohort of portuguese women, Population Medicine
• 2023-02-22, Prediction of movement difficulties at 5 years from parent report at 2 years in children born extremely preterm, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
• 2023-02-16, A cross-country study on the impact of governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health, Scientific Reports
• 2023-02-09, Childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and mother–infant neurophysiological and behavioral co-regulation during dyadic interaction: study protocol, BMC Psychology
• 2023-01-22, Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale: measuring parenting self-efficacy in Portuguese mothers during the first year postpartum, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
• 2022-12-02, Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding at discharge during the COVID-19 pandemic in 17 WHO European Region countries, International Breastfeeding Journal
• 2022-12, Women's assessment of the quality of hospital-based perinatal care by mode of birth in Romania during the COVID -19 pandemic: Results from the IMAgiNE EURO study, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Regional differences in the quality of maternal and neonatal care during the COVID -19 pandemic in Portugal: Results from the IMAgiNE EURO study, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Rates of instrumental vaginal birth and cesarean and quality of maternal and newborn health care in private versus public facilities: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 16 countries, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Quality of maternal and newborn care in Switzerland during the COVID -19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO quality standards, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Quality of maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth in Luxembourg during the COVID -19 pandemic: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Quality of maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth for migrant versus nonmigrant women during the COVID -19 pandemic: Results of the IMAgiNE EURO study in 11 countries of the WHO European region, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Quality of health care around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the IMAgiNE EURO study in Norway and trends over time, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-12, Individual and country-level variables associated with the medicalization of birth: Multilevel analyses of IMAgiNE EURO data from 15 countries in the WHO European region, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-11-07, Perinatal and social risk of poor language, memory, and learning outcomes in a cohort of extremely and very preterm children, Child Neuropsychology
• 2022-11, Large gaps in the quality of healthcare experienced by Swedish mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study based on WHO standards, Women and Birth
• 2022-09-01, The Mental Health of Women with Gestational Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Cross-Sectional Survey, Journal of Women's Health
• 2022-09, Science and beyond science in the reporting of quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic—Authors’ reply, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
• 2022-08-17, Health-related quality of life of children born very preterm: a multinational European cohort study, Quality of Life Research
• 2022-08, Corrections to “Quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Online survey investigating maternal perspectives in 12 countries of the WHO European Region”, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
• 2022-05-26, Movement Difficulties at Age Five Among Extremely Preterm Infants, Pediatrics
• 2022-04, WHO Standards-based questionnaire to measure health workers’ perspective on the quality of care around the time of childbirth in the WHO European region: development and mixed-methods validation in six countries, BMJ Open
• 2022-03-17, Motor-related health care for 5-year-old children born extremely preterm with movement impairments, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
• 2022-02-20, Quality of care at childbirth: Findings of IMA gi NE EURO in Italy during the first year of the COVID -19 pandemic, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022-02, Quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: online survey investigating maternal perspectives in 12 countries of the WHO European Region, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
• 2022-01, Is the association between dietary patterns and cognition mediated by children's adiposity? A longitudinal approach in Generation XXI birth cohort, Clinical Nutrition
• 2022, Women's perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care in childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia: Results from the IMAgiNE EURO study on 40 WHO standards-based quality measures, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2022, Women's perspectives on the quality of hospital maternal and newborn care around the time of childbirth during the COVID -19 pandemic: Results from the IMAgiNE EURO study in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2021-11-12, Economic costs at age five associated with very preterm birth: multinational European cohort study, Pediatric Research
• 2021-08, Association between postnatal growth and neurodevelopmental impairment by sex at 2 years of corrected age in a multi-national cohort of very preterm children, Clinical Nutrition
• 2021-02-17, Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study, BMC Public Health
• 2021-02-11, Exclusive Breastfeeding Moderates the Association Between Prenatal and Postpartum Depression, Journal of Human Lactation
• 2021-02-10, Follow-up after very preterm birth in Europe, Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
• 2021-02, Anxiety and depressive symptoms effects on cortisol trajectories from pregnancy to postpartum: Differences and similarities between women and men, Hormones and Behavior
• 2021, The Infant Behavior Questionnaire – Revised: psychometric properties at 2 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months of life
• 2020-09-18, Parents’ ratings of post-discharge healthcare for their children born very preterm and their suggestions for improvement: a European cohort study, Pediatric Research
• 2020-05, The impact of choice of norms on classification of motor impairment for children born very preterm, Early Human Development
• 2020-04-06, Choosing independence or affiliation: The case of Portuguese four- and five-star hotels, Tourism and Hospitality Research
• 2020-02-07, Cohort profile: Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) very preterm birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology
• 2020, Construção e validação de uma escala de fatores associados à confiança inter-organizacional., Revista E-Psi
• 2019-06-24, Anxiety and depression symptoms among pregnant women with different smoking habits, Psychology, Health & Medicine
• 2018-03-15, Infant behaviour questionnaire – revised version: a psychometric study in a Portuguese sample, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
• 2018, Pereira, S., Costa, R., Tojal, C., & Tendais, I (2018). Primeiras interações: Um estudo comparativo entre mães e pais. Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia, 70 (1): 98-109. ISSN 1809-5267.
• 2018, Impact of Prenatal Depressive Symptoms on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Mediation Effect of Perinatal Health, The Spanish Journal of Psychology
• 2018, Early interactions: A comparative study between mothers and fathers,Primeiras interações: Um estudo comparativo entre mães e paisi, Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia
• 2017-12-26, Aspetos psicofisiológicos da interação mãe/pai-bebé, Análise Psicológica
• 2015-02-02, Depressive symptoms and mental adjustment in women with breast cancer, Psycho-Oncology
• 2015, Parental tobacco consumption and child development, Jornal de Pediatria
• 2014-11, MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO BREAST CANCER: THE ROLE OF DEPRESSION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT, Psicologia, Saúde & Doença
• 2014, Screening for Depression and Anxiety Disorders from Pregnancy to Postpartum with the EPDS and STAI, The Spanish Journal of Psychology
• 2014, Effective perinatal intensive care in Europe (EPICE) - Project de description and first results in Portugal,Effective perinatal intensive care in Europe (EPICE) - Descrição do projeto e primeiros resultados em Portugal, Arquivos de Medicina
• 2013-11, THE ALARM DISTRESS BABY SCALE IN A LONGITUDINAL PORTUGUESE STUDY REANALYZED WITH ATTACHMENT DATA, Infant Mental Health Journal
• 2013, Psychometric Properties of Revised Conflict Tactics Scales: Portuguese Sibling Version (CTS2-SP), Journal of Family Violence
• 2012-03, EMOTIONAL ANTICIPATION AND EXPERIENCE OF CHILDBIRTH, Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças
• 2012, Infants' behavioral and physiological profile and mother-infant interaction, International Journal of Behavioral Development
• 2011-04, Infant's psychophysiological profile and temperament at 3 and 12 months., Infant Behavior & Development
• 2010-12, Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale: a psychometric study in a Portuguese sample., Infant Behavior & Development
• 2010-08, Mother's anxiety and depression during the third pregnancy trimester and neonate's mother versus stranger's face/voice visual preference., Early Human Development
• 2010-06, Mother's anxiety and depression and associated risk factors during early pregnancy: effects on fetal growth and activity at 20-22 weeks of gestation., Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
• 2009-12, Anxiety and depression during pregnancy in women and men., Journal of Affective Disorders
• 2009-07, Mother-to-infant emotional involvement at birth.
• 2009-06, Mother's stress, mood and emotional involvement with the infant: 3 months before and 3 months after childbirth.
• 2008, Perception of the childbirth experience: continuity and changes over the postpartum period
• 2008, Estudo de validação da versão portuguesa da Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) [Validation study of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) Portuguese version], Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa
• 2007, Prevalência e preditores de sintomatologia depressiva após o parto
• 2007, Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms after childbirth | Prevalência e preditores de sintomatologia depressiva após o parto, Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica
• 2007, Percepção da experiência de parto: Continuidade e mudança ao longo do pós-parto [Childbirth perception: Continuity and change throughout the postpartum period]., Psicologia: Saúde e Doenças
• 2007, Mother-to-infant and father-to-infant initial emotional involvement
• 2007, Depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period in adolescent and adult Portuguese mothers, Archives of Womens Mental Health
• 2007, Anxiété, dépression et investissement émotionnel de l'enfant pendant la grossesse, Devenir
• 2006-06, Teenage pregnancy, attachment style, and depression: a comparison of teenage and adult pregnant women in a Portuguese series.
• 2006, Qualidade das relações significativas da mulher na gravidez [Quality of significant relationships during pregnancy]. , Psicologia: Teoria, Investigação e Prática
• 2006, Qualidade da vinculação e dos relacionamentos significativos na gravidez, PSICOLOGIA
• 2006, Adolescent pregnancy: From risk circumstances to circumstances that beneficiate pregnancy adaptation | Gravidez na adolescência: Das circunstâncias de risco às circunstâncias que favorecem a adaptação à gravidez, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
• 2005, Envolvimento emocional inicial dos pais com o bebé [Parents’ initial emotional involvement with the infant], Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa, 36(2/3), 121-131.
• 2005, Bonding: Escala para avaliar o envolvimento emocional dos pais com o bebé [Bonding: Scale to assess parent’s emotional involvement with the infant]. , Psychologica
• 2004, Questionário de Experiência e Satisfação com o Parto (QESP) [Childbirth Experience and Satisfaction Questionnaire (QESP)]., Psicologia: Saúde & Doenças
• 2004, Memória de cuidados na infância, estilo de vinculação e qualidade da relação com pessoas significativas: Estudo com grávidas adolescentes, Análise Psicológica
• 2004, Antecipação da Experiência de Parto: Mudanças Desenvolvimentais ao longo da Gravidez [Anticipation of the childbirth experience: Developmental changes througouth pregnancy], Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática
• 2003, Utentes da consulta externa de grávidas adolescentes da Maternidade Júlio Dinis entre os anos de 2000 e 2003, Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa
• 2003, Tipo de Parto: Expectativas, Experiência e Satisfação [Type of Childbirth: Expectations, experiences, satisfaction and pain]., Revista de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia
• 2003, Parto: Expectativas, Experiência, Dor e Satisfação [Childbirth: Expectations, experiences, satisfaction and pain], Psicologia: Saúde & Doenças
• 2003, Estilo de vinculação, qualidade da relação com as figuras significativas e da aliança terapêutica e sintomatologia psicopatológica: Estudo exploratório com mães adolescentes [Attachment style, quality of the relationship with significant figures and of the therapeutic alliance, and psychopathological symptomatology: Exploratory study with adolescent mothers], International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
• 2002, Memórias de Cuidados Parentais na Infância, Estilo de Vinculação, Qualidade da Relação com Pessoas Significativas, Perturbação Psicopatológica e Aliança Terapêutica [Memories of parental care, attachment style, quality of the relationship with significant figures, psychopathological disorder and therapeutic alliance]. , Psicologia: Teoria, Investigação e Prática
• 2002, Experiência de parto: Alguns factores e consequências associadas, Análise Psicológica

Book

• 2016, Ampudia, F., Serafim, J., Cobra, J., Faria, L., Roque, I., Ramos, M., Carvalho, P., & Costa, R. (2016). Investigação em Ciências Sociais – Guia Prático do Estudante. , PACTOR-Edições de Ciências Sociais, Forenses e de Educação.

Book chapter

• 2023, Técnicas e instrumentos de avaliação psicológica em diferentes fases do ciclo de vida, Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde: Da Teoria à Intervenção, Sílabo
• 2023, Psicopatologia ao longo do ciclo de vida – Carga global da saúde mental e políticas de saúde pública, Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde: Da Teoria à Intervenção
• 2023, Infancy: Breastfeeding, Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior, Springer International Publishing
• 2022, Attachment Theory/Style: ABC Classification, Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior, Springer International Publishing
• 2022, Anxious Attachment: Sex Differences, Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior, Springer International Publishing
• 2021, Santos, T., Costa, R., Frasquilho, D., & Machado, M.C. Infância e Saúde (Childhood and Health), Manual de Psicologia da Saúde (Health Psychology Manual), PACTOR
• 2021, Lobo, F., Henriques, M., Costa, R. (2021). Ansiedade, Depressão e Stress nos Médicos Veterinários Portugueses. I, Dificuldades Psicossociais na classe profissional dos médicos veterinários. , Sindicato Nacional dos Médicos Veterinários.
• 2021, Costa, R. (2021). Génétique de soins parentaux de "caregiving", L'attachement: Approche théorique et évaluation, 5th, Collections les áges de la vie. Elsevier/Masson.

Report

• 2021, Incredible Years

Manual

• 2020, Quando a vida não escolhe tempo para nascer (VIDA), Portuguese speaking group of the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health

Conference abstract

• 2021, Amaro J, Popovic M, Maule M, Mehlum, I., Lucas, R., & Costa, R. (2021). Association of child neurodevelopmental and behavioural problems with maternal unemployment in a population-based birth cohort, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• 2019-03, CHILDREN'S AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO WRITTEN AND SPOKEN IRONY: CONSTITUTION OF THE CORPUS AND METHODOLOGY OF DATA ANALYSIS
• 2018, Negative Developmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants with Neonatal Morbidity at 12 Months of Corrected Age: EPICE -Portugal Results., World Association for Infant Mental Health 16th World Congress
• 2018, Costa, R. (May, 2018). The Portuguese Study on Genetic and Environmental Factors Associated with Infant Mental Health: POSGEN – IMH. In R. Costa, S. Viaux-Savelon, C. Martinez, V. Skovgaard, & A. Guedeney (Chairs), Ongoing researches with the ADBB & the M-ADBB. , World Association for Infant Mental Health 16th World Congress
• 2018, BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AT AGE OF 3 IN VERY PRETERM INFANTS: EPICE-PORTUGAL STUDY, World Association for Infant Mental Health 16th World Congress
• 2016, Tojal, C., & Costa, R. (2016). Physiologic reactions during mother-infant and father-infant face-to-face interactions. Proceedings (S908) of the 17th ECDP, 45. Italy: Medimond – Monduzzi Editore International Proceedings Division. ISBN:978-88-7587-733-0, 17th ECDP
• 2013, Parto: Dados a propósito das expectativas, experiências, dor e satisfação da mulher (Childbirth: Data about expectations, experiences, pain and women’s satisfaction) , X Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados
• 2013, Parental Mental Health: Effects on infant social development. , I st World Congress of Children and Youth Health Behaviors / 4th National Congress on Health Education
• 2013, Mental health problems early in life: new perspectives in the comprehension of developmental pathways. , I st World Congress of Children and Youth Health Behaviors / 4th National Congress on Health Education
• 2013, Mental health among Portuguese women with breast cancer, st World Congress of Children and Youth Health Behaviors / 4thNational Congress on Health Education
• 2013, Interaction between the 5-HTTLPR serotonin transporter polymorphism and early environmental adversity for child psychopathology, Livro de Resumos das V Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia, p. 28.
• 2013, Do infant behavior and physiological characteristics account for the quality of mother-infant interaction?, The Marcé International Society International Biennial General Scientific Meeting
• 2013, Depression and Suicidal Ideation among Institutionalized Adolescents. , I st World Congress of Children and Youth Health Behaviors / 4th National Congress on Health Education
• 2013, Costa, R. (2013). “Construção da vinculação da criança no 1º ano de vida: fatores de risco e fatores protetores”, Livro de Resumos do Encontro Temático Contextos de sobrevivência: Conhecer para intervir eficazmente.
• 2012, Psicopatologia na gravidez, Livro de Resumos das 1ªs Jornadas do ACES Gaia: Do berço à bengala.
• 2012, Infant attachment: the contribution of infant functioning and mother-infant interaction, 39th Annual meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society,
• 2011, The organization of the NBAS in a Portuguese sample, WAIMH 12th World Congress
• 2011, Infant's psychophysiological profile and temperament at 3 and 12 months, WAIMH 12th World Congress
• 2011, Infant's psychophysiological profile and mother-infant interaction, WAIMH 12th World Congress
• 2011, Infant's psychophysiological profile and mother-infant interaction
• 2009, Social withdrawal in infants of postpartum depressed and non-depressed mothers, WAIMH 11th World Congress
• 2009, Neurobehavioral Organization in two-days-old infants of depressed and anxious mothers and non-depressed and non-anxious women during pregnancy., WAIMH 11th World Congress
• 2008, Teenage pregnancy, attachment style and depression in a Portuguese series.
• 2008, Maternal Anxiety and Depression during Pregnancy: Effects on Newborn Neurobehavioral Organization, 26th International Conference on Infant Studies
• 2007, Adolescent pregnancy, attachment style and depression, WAIMH 10th World Congress
• 2006, Depression during the transition to parenthood in adolescent and adult mothers
• 2006, Anxiety and depression in men and women during pregnancy
• 2005, Attachment and Relationship with Significant Others during Pregnancy: Study with Adolescent and Adult Mothers, 2nd World Congress on Women’s Mental Health March
• 2003, Utentes da consulta externa de grávidas adolescentes da Maternidade de Júlio Dinis no ano 2000 (Outpatients of the Obstetric Service for Adolescent Mothers at Júlio Dinis Maternity Hospital in the year 2000), X Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados
• 2003, Type of delivery: expectations, experiences, satisfaction and pain
• 2003, Pain at childbirth and initial maternal bonding
• 2003, Outpatients of the obstetric service for adolescent mothers at Julio Dinis Maternity Hospital (Porto, Portugal) in the year 2000
• 2003, Childbirth in Portuguese women: expectations, experiences, satisfaction and pain
• 2001, Vinculação e Processo Terapêutico: Intervenção com Mães Adolescentes com base na Teoria da Vinculação (Attachment and therapeutic process: Intervention with adolescent mothers based in the attachment theory), IV Jornadas de Consulta Psicológica de Jovens e Adolescentes: (Dis)cursos e Cenários do desenvolvimento Humano.

Conference poster

• 2023-03, Aubert, A., Costa, R., Barros, H., Johnson, S., Ådén, U., Pierrat, V., Cuttini, M., Männamaa, M., Sarrechia, I., van Heijst, A., Maier, R., Sentenac, M., Zeitlin, J., & SHIPS Research group (June, 2022). Motor disorders and health-related quality of life at age five in a European multi-country cohort of children born extremely preterm. , Pediatric Academic Society Conference, Washington, USA.
• 2022-09, Costa, R., Pinto, T., Conde, A., & Mesquita, A. (19th-23th September, 2022). Increased prevalence and severity of depressive and anhedonia-related symptoms may explain higher clinically significant symptoms of perinatal depression during COVID-19 pandemic. , International Marcé Society Conference, Londres, UK.
• 2022-06, Motor disorders and health-related quality of life at age five in a European multi-country cohort of children born extremely preterm., Society for Epidemiologic Research 2022 Meeting.
• 2021-09, Motor-related health care use among 5-year-old children born extremely preterm with movement difficulties: results from a European cohort., jENS Congress of Joint European Neonatal Societies. Online.
• 2021-05, Tojal, C., & Costa, R. (2021, May 25-27). Impact of socioeconomic disadvantage on attention and executive function in children born very preterm or very low birthweight: A systematic review [poster presentation]. , 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, Online Event.
• 2019-11-13, Tojal, C., & Costa, R. (2019). Saúde mental paterna no período pré-natal: associação com o desenvolvimento da criança nos primeiros 18 meses de vida. Novembro, Guimarães, Portugal, II ENCONTRO ANUAL 2019 GRUPO DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA DA SOCIEDADE MARCÉ PARA A SAÚDE MENTAL PERINATAL.
• 2019-03, Costa, R, Johnson, S., El Rafei, R., Barros, H., Zeitlin, J., & SHIPS research group. Motor performance using the movement ABC-2: The absence of national norms affects the clinical report? , 2019 Biennal Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
• 2018, Costa, R. & Tojal, C. Psychophysiology of early interactions. Presented at the XII Simpósio da Fundação Bial - Aquém e Além do Cérbero: Potenciar a mente, Porto, Portugal.
• 2016, Ribeiro, C., Fonseca, M. J., Costa, R., Santos, A.C., & Barros, H. (2016, October). Gestational diabetes and cognitive performance at 10 years of age. 8º Simpósio de Metabolismo. Porto, Portugal.
• 2015, Sousa, D., Tojal, C., Costa, R., Tendais, I., Conde, A. (September, 2015). Crying babies: Parental physiological reactions. Poster presented at the 17th European Congress on Developmental Psychology. Braga, Portugal.
• 2015, Costa, R., Tojal, C., Pereira, S., & Tendais, I. (March, 2015). Physiological reactions during early face-to-face interactions. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennal Conference, Philadelphia, USA.
• 2014, Santos, N, & Costa, R. (2014, June). Developmental problems in children exposed to biological and environmental risk factors. 14th World Congress da World Association for Infant Mental Health, Edinburg, Scotland.
• 2014, Pinto, A., & Costa, R. (2014, June). Exposure to parental psychopathology and development of social withdrawn behaviors. 14th World Congress da World Association for Infant Mental Health, Edinburg, Scotland.
• 2014, Infant recognition of infant vocal signals
• 2014, Costa, R., Tendais, I., Tojal, C., Canário, C., Figueiredo, B., & Guedeney, A. (2014, June). Environmental and genetic factors involved on child development outcomes. 14th World Congress da World Association for Infant Mental Health, Edinburg, Scotland.
• 2013, Costa, R., & Tendais, I. (February, 2013). Interaction between the 5-HTTLPR serotonin transporter polymorphism and early environmental adversity for child psychopathology. V Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia, Vila Real, Portugal.
• 2013, Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (April, 2013). Contributions of infant’s characteristics early in life to the co-construction of mother-infant interaction. Presented at the 2013 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Seattle, USA.
• 2012, Costa, R., Figueiredo, B., & Tendais, I. (July, 2012). Infant attachment: the contribution of infant functioning and mother-infant interaction. Presented at the 39th Annual meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society, Utrecht, Holanda.
• 2012, Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2012, April). Infant temperament from 3 to 12 months old: The influence of individual characteristics and of the quality of mother-infant interaction. Poster Workshop presented at the 13th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Cape Town, South Africa.
• 2011, Tojal, C. & Costa, R. (2011, January). Sintomatologia depressiva em mulheres com diagnóstico de cancro da mama. Poster presented at the 1st Congresso do Centro de Estudos em Psicologia Oncológica. Porto, Portugal.
• 2011, Tojal, C. & Costa, R. (2011, April). Depressão em mulheres com cancro da mama. Poster presented at the 6ª Jornadas de Saúde Mental “Acontecimentos de vida e saúde mental. Que relação?”. Porto, Portugal.
• 2011, Relva, I., Fernandes, O., & Costa, R. (2011, July). Propriedades psicométricas das “Escalas de táticas de conflito revisadas – versão irmãos (CTS2-SP)”. Poster presented at the VIII Congresso Iberoamericano de Avaliação / XV Conferência Internacional Avaliação Psicológica: Formas e Contextos. Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2010, Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2010, June). The organization of the NBAS in a Portuguese sample. Poster presented at the 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Leipzig, Germany.
• 2010, Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2010, June). Infant’s Psychophysiological Profile and Mother-Infant Interaction. Poster presented at the 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Leipzig, Germany.
• 2008, The characterization of permanent acoustic bonding agents
• 2008, Figueiredo, B., Costa, R., Pacheco, A., Conde, A., & Pais, A. (2008, March). Maternal Bonding: Hormonal Dimensions Involved in the Initial Process Of Mother-Infant Bonding. Poster presented at the 7th Symposium “Behind and Beyond the brain” of the Bial Foundation. Porto, Portugal.
• 2008, Figueiredo, B. & Costa, R. (2008, March). Maternal Anxiety and Depression during Pregnancy: Effects on infant social withdrawal at 3 months. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies. Vancouver, Canada.
• 2007, Figueiredo, B., Dias, P., Freire, T., Pacheco, A., Machado, B., Soeiro, F., Ferreira, J., Serra, M., Carvalho, P., Costa, R., Gonçalves, S. (2007, March). Intervention and research in a University child and adolescent clinical psychology unit. Poster presented at the European Meeting of the Society of Psychotherapy Research, Funchal, Portugal.
• 2007, Figueiredo, B., Conde, A., Costa, R., Pacheco, A. (2007, March) Anxiety, depression and cortisol levels in women before and after childbirth. Poster presented at the Biennal Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, USA.
• 2007, Costa, R., Figueiredo, B., Conde, A., Pacheco, A., & Pais, A. (2007, March) Are Maternal Depression, Anxiety and Cortisol Levels Both during Pregnancy and Postpartum Predictive of Newborn's Cortisol Levels? Poster presented at the Biennal Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, EUA.
• 2006, Pacheco, A., Figueiredo, B., Costa, R. & Magarinho, R. (2006, February) Vinculação, qualidade do relacionamento conjugal e depressão, em grávidas adolescentes e adultas. Poster presented at the VI Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2006, Figueiredo,B., Pacheco, A., & Costa, R. (2006, July). Mother-Infant Interaction in adolescent and adult mothers and in depressed and non-depressed mothers at three months postpartum. Poster presented at the X World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Paris, France.
• 2006, Figueiredo, B., Bifulco, A., Pacheco, A., Costa, R. & Magarinho, R. (2006, March). Teenage pregnancy, Attachment style and Depression: A comparison of teenage and adult pregnant women in a Portuguese series. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA.
• 2006, Costa, R., Figueiredo, B., Conde, A., & Pacheco, A. (2006, July). Pregnancy and postpartum mood and hormones: Effects on mother-to-infant bonding. Poster presented at the X World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Paris, France.
• 2005, Figueiredo, B., Pacheco, A., Costa, R. & Magarinho, R. (2006, March). Depression during the transition to parenthood in adolescent and adult mothers. Poster presented at the Third Biennial International Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders, Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2005, Figueiredo, B., Costa, R., & Pacheco, A. (2005, April). Mother and Father-Infant Initial Bonding. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, USA.
• 2004, Pacheco, A., Conde, A., Costa, R., Magarinho, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2004, September). Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression in Portuguese Adolescent and Adult Mother. Poster presented at the Marcé Society International Biennial Scientific Meeting, Oxford, UK.
• 2004, Figueiredo, B., Costa, R., Marques, A., Pacheco, A., Pais, A. (2004, May). Mothers’ and Fathers’ Feelings Toward Their Newborn Infant. Poster presented at the 2004 International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, USA.
• 2004, Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2004, September). Anticipation of childbirth and childbirth experience: Impact on the mothers’ psychological state. Poster presented at the Marcé Society International Biennial Scientific Meeting, Oxford, UK.
• 2003, Pacheco, A., Figueiredo, B., Costa, R., & Magarinho, R. (2003, September). Outpatients of the Obstetric Service for Adolescent Mothers at Júlio Dinis Maternity Hospital (Porto, Portugal) in the year 2000. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Conference Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology Conference, Dundee, Scotland.
• 2003, Costa, R., Figueiredo, B., Pacheco, A., & Pais, A. (2003, September). Childbirth in Portuguese Women: Expectations, Experiences, Satisfaction and Pain. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Conference Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology Conference, Dundee, Scotland.
• 2002, Pacheco, A., Figueiredo, B., Costa, R. & Magarinho, R. (2002, November). Utentes da Consulta Externa de Grávidas Adolescentes da Maternidade Júlio Dinis no Ano 2000. Poster presented at the “1º Encontro da Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente”, V. N. de Gaia, Portugal.
• 2002, Pacheco, A., Costa, R., Rodrigues, A., Cabeleira, C., & Figueiredo, B. (2002, July). Attachment Style and Quality of the Mother's Relationship with Significant Others: Partner, Baby and Therapist. Poster presented at the 8th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdan, Holland.
• 2002, Figueiredo, B., Pacheco, A., Costa, R., Rodrigues, A., & Cabeleira, C. (2002, June). Attachment and Therapeutic Process in Mother-Infant Psychotherapy With Adolescent Mothers. Poster presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
• 2002, Figueiredo, B., Pacheco, A. & Costa, R. (2002, July). Preventive-Intervention with Adolescent Mothers. Poster presented at the 8th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdan, Holland.
• 2002, Figueiredo, B., Costa, R., & Pacheco, A. (2002, July). Attachment Style and Social Support in Adolescent and Adult Mothers. Poster presented at the 8th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdan, Holland.
• 2002, Costa, R., Pacheco, A., Rodrigues, A., Cabeleira, C. & Figueiredo, B. (2002, July). Process Involved in Mother-Infant Psychotherapy: Childhood Experiences, Attachment Style, Social Support, Psychopathological Symptoms and Therapeutic Alliance. Poster presented at the 8th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdan, Holland.
• 2001, Pacheco, A., Costa, R., & Figueiredo, B. (2001, October). Estilos de vinculação, qualidade da relação com as figuras de suporte, qualidade da relação terapêutica, sintomatologia psicopatológica e cuidados ao bebé num grupo de mães adolescentes alvo de intervenção psicológica. Poster presented at the Encontro Internacional Percursos no Feminino: Saúde e Psicopatologia da Mulher, Porto, Portugal.
• 2001, Costa, R., Pacheco, A. & Figueiredo, B. (2001, October). Estilo de Vinculação, Qualidade da Relação com Figuras de Suporte, Memórias de Infância, Sintomatologia Psicológica e Aliança Terapêutica em Grávidas Adolescentes, alvo de Intervenção Psicológica. Poster presented at the Encontro Internacional Percursos no Feminino: Saúde e Psicopatologia da Mulher, Porto, Portugal.

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• 2020-11-25, COVID-19: Investigadores avaliam qualidade e resiliência dos serviços de saúde materno-infantis, Daily Journals
• 2014, Rodrigues, Carina; Baía, Inês; Costa, Raquel; Barros, Henrique. Newsletter nº 6 do Projeto EPICE-Portugal. Providing the research data to the comunity