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Introduction
Guida Veiga currently works at the Sports and Health Department, University of Évora.
Guida does research in Human Kinetics and Developmental Psychology. Her teachings and research specialties are mainly focused on body oriented techniques, such as play and relaxation techniques, and on methods of observation and assessment. She is also interested in socio-emotional and motor development.
Her current projects are 'ESACA - Ageing Safely in Alentejo. Understanding for Action', 'Being deaf at the playground - the effect of a hearing loss on children's social participation', and "Outdoor Oriented Practices for Early Childhood Education".
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Intimate Partner Violence negatively impacts both the physical and mental health of victims. General impairments include chronic pain, posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and eating disorders (WHO, 2021). There is growing evidence of the effectiveness of body-oriented interventions on most of those symptoms, namely through t...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the quality and speed of handwriting and the process characteristics of the handwriting of children in the second grade of elementary school considered as a function of age and gender. A sample of 57 children (mean age 7.25 years, SD 0.43) participated in the study. The Concise Asses...
Intimate-partner violence (IPV) is a major threat to women’s lives, with an impact on their physical and mental health, often causing trauma symptoms. The IPV consequences for embodiment-related features that are detrimental to the quality of life and identity structure of victims are understudied. With this study, we aim to examine embodiment-rela...
This study examined the relationship between the quality of the kindergarten physical and social environment to promote physical activity (PA) and preschoolers’ motor and social–emotional competence. Two Portuguese kindergartens (Gondomar city) were selected from a pool of seventeen with an assessment of kindergarten PA best practices (one with hig...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts both physical and mental health of victims. The embodiment refers to the inner and outer features that structure how we feel and act within our bodies. The study of the impact of violence on embodiment has led to a growing interest among researchers and practitioners. This is a review chapter about the embodi...
There has been a recent increase in body-oriented interventions implemented in educational contexts. Body-oriented interventions are grounded on the body–mind relationship, involving body and movement awareness and expression. In this systematic review of the literature on body-oriented interventions implemented in preschool contexts, we review the...
Despite the increase of scientific evidence, there is a lack of studies focusing on the effects of specific BOI in educational context, such as loose parts play (LPP), on children’s social-emotional competence. The present study aims to analyze the impact of a 12-week loose parts play program (two 30-min sessions per week) on behavioral self-regula...
Attachment seems to influence depression through emotion regulation. However, no study has yet examined the mediatory role of emotion awareness, a particular subset of emotion regulation abilities, in the relationship between attachment and depressive problems in early and middle adolescence. The aim of this study is to examine the direct and indir...
The ability to initiate and engage in relationships is a critical landmark and predictor of children’s development and well-being. In kindergarten, children exhibit greater social participation outdoors rather than indoors. Indeed, the physical environment influences preschoolers’ social proximity. In this study, we examine the relationship between...
Examine the experience of the body during the covid-19 pandemic, regarding gender differences and its relationship with age and year of studies in university students. Moreover, we aim to analyze association between the experience of the body and the experience of the pandemic. Two hundred and eighty university students, aged 18 to 29, filled out s...
Naturalistic playground observations are a rich source of information when studying the social interactions of preschool children. On the playground, children can interact with their peers, explore different places and activities, and engage in different types of play. For deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children, interactions at a playground can be...
Against the background of non-verbal communication, body language, the chapter focuses on touch used in psychomotor practice. It addresses the propaedeutic phase of touching, the typology of the psychomotrician's touch and the importance of non-verbal communication in the psychomotor intervention process.
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Objective: Considering the impact of continued violence on general health, we aimed to assess the physical activity (PA) and quality of life of female victims of domestic violence (DV) living in shelters. Also, we aimed to search for associations between PA, quality of life and violence length among our sample.
Methods: Seventeen female victims par...
The aim of this article is to reflect about the relevance of incorporating the paradigm of complexity in psychomotor thinking, which involves different epistemic frames. It describes the simplifying thinking that reduces and fragments the different areas of knowledge, as opposed to complex thinking, which integrates them in a systemic way. At the s...
Moral emotions are experienced in daily life and are crucial for mediating appropriate social behaviors, as they prevent individuals from committing transgressions. In this study, caregivers of 377 children aged between 2.5 and 6.5 years old completed the Moral Emotions Questionnaire (MEQ), a parent report aimed to separately identify the presence...
Empathy is an important building block for social interactions, that not only allows individuals experience and understand others’ affective states, but also to helpfully respond to them. Although empathy can already be observed from infancy, only one questionnaire has been specifically developed to examine young children's empathy. This study tran...
Objective
A growing body of evidence supports the effectiveness of body-oriented interventions (BOI) in educational contexts, showing positive influences on social-emotional competence. Nevertheless, there is a lack of systematization of the evidence regarding preschool years. This is a two-part systematic review. In this first part, we aim to exam...
This volume concerns emotional development and includes contributions from leading experts in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education. This is the first volume of its kind to include such a multidisciplinary group of experts to consider emotional develop...
Play is an important context for children’s emotional and social development. Most play research has been focused on pretend play; however, observational studies have shown that children spend a considerable amount of time engaged in physical play. Although it is thought to be important, little is known about the role of physical play in children’s...
Abstract Background Fall risk assessment and determination of older adults’ individual risk profiles are crucial elements in fall prevention. As such, it is essential to establish cutoffs and reference values for high and low risk according to key risk factor outcomes. This study main objective was to determine the key physical fitness, body compos...
A central notion in the field of embodiment is that body sensorimotor processes and body mental representations influence emotion, cognition and behavior. By affecting the body, intimate partner violence (IPV) can leave victims with a fragile self, and significant physical and mental health problems. In this study, we aim to examine embodiment-rela...
Women with breast cancer face a diversity of physical, psychological, and social changes that affect their health and well-being across the different stages of the cancer journey, including treatment and survival. Moreover, breast cancer often results in greater distress than any other neoplasm, challenging women’s body, identity, and quality of li...
Introduction: Higher education path is often marked by personal challenges which often
overwhelm students, leading them, in some situations, to emotional exhaustion. Thus, it is
essential to promote students’ social-emotional competence, allowing them to better deal
with the stressful daily events. Social-emotional competence helps students to adap...
The aims of the present study were:
(i) to compare the sense of body ownership between women with and without a history of IPV
(ii) to analyze the relationships between body ownership and mental health variables (e.g., behaviors of self-injury, suicidal ideation, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety or Depression diagnoses).
The RHI pr...
Individuals with special education needs have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as they have been shown to be at high risk of losing medical and institutional support at a time when people are being asked to stay isolated, suffering increased anxiety and depression as a consequence. Their families have often found themselves under...
Problem Statement:The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes in the life routines of preschool children, both during lockdown and post-lockdown periods. Approach:An online survey completed by parents, in-loco assessment scales filled in by a researcherand semi-structured interviews with preschool teacherswere used to investigate the effects o...
The stepping-forward affordance perception test (SF-APT) fills an important gap within the screening of falls risk factors by considering the perception of affordances. The test showed to be a valid instrument for community-dwelling older adults falls risk assessment. The present study aimed to distinguish and test the key outcomes of the SF-APT us...
Women with breast cancer face a diversity of physical, psychological, and social
changes that affect their health and well-being across the different stages of the cancer
journey, including treatment and survival. Moreover, breast cancer often results
in greater distress than any other neoplasm, challenging women’s body, identity,
and quality of li...
Play creates a joyful and stimulating environment to practice essential skills for children’s healthy and adaptive development. Rough-and-tumble play (RTP) has been argued to be particularly relevant to foster older children’s social-emotional well-being. This form of physical activity play gives children physical contact opportunities with signifi...
Depression is a recognized mental health problem in adolescence and body dissatisfaction is an important risk factor. The main goal of this study is to examine the relationship between body dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms, and whether it depends on adolescents’ weight status, an issue that remains understudied. Two hundred and fourteen adol...
Learning to regulate aggressive impulses is a significant developmental milestone for preschoolers. To date, there is no consensus about whether rough-and-tumble play (RTP) is positively or negatively related to the regulation of aggression. This study examined the relation of RTP with children’s levels of emotion regulation and aggression. RTP of...
The stepping-forward affordance perception test (SF-APT) fills an important gap within the screening of falls risk factors by considering the perception of affordances. The test showed to be a valid instrument for community-dwelling older adults falls risk assessment. The present study aimed to distinguish and test the key outcomes of the SF-APT us...
Introduction
For dual-task paradigms, the timed up and go (TUG) test along with other cognitive or motor tasks has been used to evaluate and predict the risk of falling in older adults. However, the interference between motor-cognitive tasks can differ by the cognitive task.
Objective
To evaluate the performance of the TUG test under a single task...
The stepping-forward affordance perception test (SF-APT) fills an important gap within the screening of falls risk factors by considering the perception of affordances. The test showed to be a valid instrument for community-dwelling older adults falls risk assessment.
Playing outdoors and being engaged in outdoor physical activities contributes to children’s motor development, and physical and mental health. Considering that the streets should be areas used not only for transportation but also for playing and learning, and assuming outdoor play as a crucial venue for development and education, an educational pla...
A violência doméstica contra as mulheres é uma realidade demasiado presente na sociedade contemporânea, sabendo-se muito pouco sobre todo o processo e, sobretudo, sobre as vítimas. É uma problemática de particular complexidade, por contar com múltiplos intervenientes, mas também pelas diferentes perspetivas teóricas que se podem adotar na sua compr...
The present pilot study was designed to examine the feasibility and the effects of a psychomotor relaxation program on nurses’ psychological (burnout symptoms, affective states) and physiological stress indicators (salivary cortisol).
Fifteen nurses engaged in an 8-week psychomotor relaxation program (two 20-minute sessions per week) and 15 maintai...
Introduction:
Falls are a common problem for older adults, and the identification of people at high risk of falling is a major challenge to health systems.
Objective:
To evaluate the association between the history of falls and single-task Timed Up and Go Test (single TUG) or dual-task TUG variables.
Methods:
Three hundred seventy seven commun...
Interoceptive awareness involves several mind–body dimensions and can be evaluated by self-report with the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), which has been translated and validated in several countries and is being used in research and clinical contexts. This study systematically translated the MAIA with six additional...
This work highlights the importance of the body in the comprehension and intervention
in several health conditions associated with stress. Taking into consideration the
relationship between the body and emotion, we develop the concept of interoception,
which reflects the physiological state of the organism and have an essential role in body awarene...
Este trabalho aborda o papel das técnicas de relaxação ao nível da regulação emocional.
Quer os modelos teóricos, quer os estudos empíricos sustentam o papel importante do corpo no processamento emocional, compreendido por três passos básicos: a atenção, a avaliação e a resposta. Apesar do papel motriz das emoções nos nossos comportamentos e decisõ...
Recentemente alguma literatura tem chamado a atenção para a relevância da vinculação
e seu papel no ajustamento emocional na adolescência. Neste período, os jovens
defrontam diversas mudanças desenvolvimentais, incluindo a importância crescente das
relações com pares. Os mecanismos adaptativos dos adolescentes são, pois, desafiados,
ao mesmo tempo...
Emotional functioning plays a crucial role in the social development of children and adolescents. We examined the extent to
which emotion control was related to the quality of friendships in pre-adolescents with and without hearing loss. We tested
350 pre-adolescents (75 deaf/hard of hearing in mainstream education (DHHm), 48 deaf/hard of hearing i...
Este trabalho estudou os efeitos de uma intervenção psicomotora baseada no Programa de Concentração-Relaxação de Jacques Choque ao nível de competências sócio-emocionais de crianças em idade pré-escolar. Um grupo de 20 crianças (5-6 anos) participou num programa de relaxação duas vezes por semana durante 12 semanas, enquanto outro grupo de 20 crian...
Objetivos:
O objetivo deste livro é proporcionar às pessoas idosas e respectivas famílias, profissionais de saúde e profissionais do exercício físico um método de rastreio do risco de queda da pessoa idosa. Um método que permite identificar os parâmetros funcionais de fragilidade que potencialmente contribuirão para a ocorrência de quedas.
Esta ide...
This study examined the construct and concurrent validity of the Portuguese version of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ) in 302 children and adolescents (mean age 13 years old). The EAQ is a self-report questionnaire that allows for analysis of how youth experience and understand their own and others’ emotions. Participants completed the EA...
Aim:
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between motor skill competence and body composition of 6- to 10-year-old children.
Methods:
Seventy girls and 86 boys participated. Body composition was measured by body mass index and skinfold thickness. Motor proficiency was evaluated through the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Profic...
O jogo constitui uma parte significativa da infância, assumindo um papel determinante para o desenvolvimento saudável e adaptativo da criança. Como acontece noutras espécies, brincar com os pais, os irmãos e os amigos cria um ambiente positivo, estimulante e facilitador para a prática de habilidades que são essenciais a curto e a longo prazo. Exist...
Play has an important role in various aspects of children’s development. However, time for free play has declined substantially over the last decades. To date, few studies have
focused on the relationship between opportunities for free play and children’s social functioning. The aims of this study are to examine whether children´s free play is rela...
Starting pre-school is a major stepping stone for children’s peer relations. Yet, some children spend their recess time alone, albeit in the presence of playful peers. These solitary behaviours have been noted in the literature as an alarm signal for a maladaptive social development. In this study, we identified four kinds of non-social behaviours...
Social interactions at the playground have been represented as a rich learning opportunity to hone and master social skills at preschool years. Specifically, all forms of social play (fantasy, role, exercise or rough-and-tumble) have been related to children's social competence. The main goal of this study was to examine whether it is a certain kin...
Adaptive emotion expression and communication are based on a lifelong learning process that depends on the social context through which the child experiences the world. Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children partly miss out on this learning environment. This affects their abilities for emotion understanding, regulation, and communication. This cha...
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Early childhood is a critical period for the child’s development and education. The support provided during this period allows the child to live the rest of his life as a healthy individual. In this process, besides the child’s learning, playing games has a vital role in his socio-emotional, cognitive, physical, and brain development (Chudacoff, 2007; Regina et al., 2012). When children play games in outdoors rather than indoors, they get the opportunity to explore the environment. There is a striking need to increase the exposure to outdoor activities in early childhood life in the light of research indicating the importance of outdoor activities in early childhood education (Clements, 2004).
Thus, the OPIECE project’s main objectives are:
to design a child-friendly educational street
to raise awareness of in-service and pre-service pre-school teachers by informing them about the importance of outdoor activities and providing implications for their implementations.
to raise awareness of other stakeholders by disseminating project results, for example, at a multiplier event or with booklets -to enhance children’s socio-emotional and psycho-motor development, and cultural awareness by providing them a real-life like environment as an educational context
to design appropriate pedagogical activities for children to take part and for teachers to get an opportunity to apply for outdoor-oriented education
To achieve these objectives, the following project outputs are aimed:
Educational Design of the Street
3D Model of the Street
Compiling an E-Book for Outdoor Practices
Online Training Modules
Designing an Outdoor Practice Course for Teacher Education Programs
