Joaquim Armando Gomes Ferreira

University of Coimbra | UC · Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences

A review of new and emerging conceptions of work and career is complemented by a description of a comprehensive systems framework that avoids many of the dichotomies found in current accounts of career development and intervention. This is followed by a description of Ford and Smith's (Educational Psychologist 42(3):153-171, 2007) "thriving with so...

This paper presents empirical findings from a 10-year longitudinal study of the educational and occupational socialization of 445 participants who were about 7 years old when first tested, and about 17 years old at the fourth time of measurement. In addition to collecting psychological measurements from the participants, behavioral reports were col...

This study examined how four different configurations of unemployment and reemployment (defined by history of past unemployment and unemployment/reemployment 3 years later) related to changes in psychological well-being. The longitudinal sample consisted of 566 Portuguese men and women who were unemployed at the beginning of the study. Using true c...

Decent work is positioned as the centerpiece of the recently developed Psychology of Working Theory (PWT; Duffy, Blustein, Diemer, & Autin, 2016). However, to date, no instrument exists which assesses all 5 components of decent work from a psychological perspective. In the current study, we developed the Decent Work Scale (DWS) and demonstrated sev...

The Sexual Double Standard is a complex multi-layered construct that functions as an organizing principle of heterosexual behavior. It is a dynamic, ubiquitous, two-dimensional sexual gendered norm, the quantitative exploration of which requires up-to-date assessment tools to better capture both personal endorsement and social recognition of the SD...

The purpose of this study was to describe the development of a new intervention for jobseekers and to assess its efficacy using a naturalistic, pre-post intervention design. In contrast to existing work-based interventions, the Work Intervention Network (WIN) intervention targets multiple intersecting domains through four modules and via six group...

Introdução O rastreio atempado das dificuldades na aprendizagem deverá ser considerado como uma medida universal de apoio à aprendizagem e à inclusão, que permite organizar uma intervenção multidisciplinar com intencionalidade pedagógica e científica e seja percursor de uma ação preventiva eficaz. Neste contexto, o rastreio insere-se no quadro de u...

According to the United Nations General Assembly, the current decade (2021–2030) is that of Healthy Aging. In this study, through the methodology of a single and exploratory case study, using the interview and exploratory content analysis, we highlight the case of the Museum of Trades of Arts and Crafts (Capelas, S. Miguel-Azores). This is a succes...

The aim of the current study was to examine whether the key constructs targeted in the Work Intervention Network (WIN) intervention uniquely predicted well-being outcomes and mediated relations between un/underemployment and these outcomes. Using data from a sample of 462 adults in the U.S., we positioned employment status as a predictor of life sa...

Well-being in tourism experiences has been the target of recent attention in the academic community, with divergent results, the impact of vacations pointing either to an increase or decrease in the well-being and quality of life of the individual. Nonetheless, recent studies have reported that senior tourists travel to enrich themselves personally...

Tourism has been affirmed as an activity that promotes health and well-being. The present study aims to present a confirmatory analysis of the PERMA model in a sample of Portuguese senior tourists who visited the island of São Miguel (Azores). After approval of the study by the ethics committee (reference 6/2022), a Sociodemographic Questionnaire,...

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar as relações entre a personalidade, a resiliência e o bem-estar subjetivo de alunos do ensino superior, testando o valor preditivo que a resiliência possa acrescentar às dimensões da personalidade. A amostra é constituída por 197 participantes, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 29 anos, de ambos os se...

RESUMEN Martin Seligman y sus colegas, al poner en el centro de la psicología positiva temas como "los motivos de la acción" y "el papel de las emociones", parecen haber desarrollado su propuesta en lo que se puede considerar un cierto vacío teórico dejado por la psicología cognitiva del siglo XX. Ampliando el campo de observación y análisis, surge...

Research on sexual satisfaction in Portugal is still limited; what exists, however, highlights barriers preventing optimal realisation of this dimension of sexuality and sexual health. Physical and relational barriers have been consistently evidenced, whereas social and cultural barriers have been less studied. Using focus groups, we aimed to explo...

O turismo sénior encontra-se num movimento de afirmação nos Açores como destino tu-rístico competitivo e sustentável. Assim, torna-se fundamental analisar as perceções dos stakeholders do turismo (empresários, autoridades, decisores políticos e outros agentes da oferta turística e cultural), de modo a integrar as suas conceções, preocupações, obje-...

Ao longo do tempo, e a par do envelhecimento demográfico mundial, emerge um novo foco de atenção na área do turismo – o turismo sénior, um novo nicho de mercado considerado sustentável e com reconhecida importância na promoção do envelhecimento ativo. Face ao aumento do fluxo de turismo sénior, aliado à necessidade de se adaptar as ofertas existent...

Resumo A expansão turística conduz a fatores inesperados num universo, por si só, muito dinâmico e em profunda transformação, ao nível mundial. Assim acontece com os espaços insulares e com os Açores, em particular. Em consonância com o que apuramos pela análise qualitativa quer nas respostas dos decisores e agentes económicos do setor, quer nas na...

A literatura de especialidade revela que o turismo sénior está em franca expansão e é um segmento de mercado muito heterogéneo, quer pelas suas características socioeconómi-cas, quer pelas suas motivações aquando da preparação e realização de uma viagem. Os Açores registam um número crescente de visitantes seniores, exigindo-se aos empresá-rios e d...

Manifestação do Duplo Padrão Sexual nas sociedades ocidentais (2011-2017): uma revisão abrangente Esta revisão abrangente analisa investigação publicada entre 2011 e 2017 (n = 46), que averiguou a emergência e a variação do Duplo Padrão Sexual (DPS) em sociedades ocidentais. Observa-se uma consistente manifestação do DPS na avaliação de condutas se...

Currently, due to demographic, social and life stage factors, the senior segment presents itself as being one of the most dynamic in its contribution to the growth of tourism. In the literature, the perceptions of the stakeholders of the sector have deserved increased attention, as they are essential to ensure the design and implementation of strat...

O ensino superior não deve ignorar que deve pensar-se como integrando um sistema educativo e que, como tal, deve abarcar um amplo conjunto de aspetos que influenciam não só o desenvolvimento pessoal e social do aluno mas, também, o desenvolvimento global da sociedade, que obviamente, depende dos conhecimentos científicos e técnicos mas igualmente d...

A growing number of studies show how gratitude can have a positive and significant impact on our physical and mental health. It is also known that implementing gratitude activities in daily life may play a role as a self-help tool to lower the level of psychological distress, enhance one’s satisfaction with life and strengthen social bonds. The pur...

Title: An exploratory study of college student’s perceptions about sexual protection Research on sexual protection indicates that heterosexual college students continue to expose themselves to sexual risk, namely risks related to inconsistent condom use. Despite these findings, in Portugal, the studies are more centered on the analysis of the pre...

This essay represents the collective vision of a group of scholars in vocational psychology who have sought to develop a research agenda in response to the massive global unemployment crisis that has been evoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research agenda includes exploring how this unemployment crisis may differ from previous unemployment period...

The personal pattern of coping with the stress associated with making decisions characterizes the way an individual makes choices and judgments. The Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ) analyses these personal patterns and has been used across various cultures in order to assess four main strategies: vigilance, buck-passing, procrastinati...

The personal pattern of coping with the stress associated with making decisions characterizes the way an individual makes choices and judgments. The Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ) analyses these personal patterns and has been used across various cultures in order to assess four main strategies: vigilance, buck-passing, procrastinati...

Despite the importance of the relationship between the sociodemo-graphic characteristics of senior tourists and travel motivation, research about senior consumer behavior intentions remains scarce. The purpose of this re-search is to outline the travel motivations of senior tourists and to investigate which sociodemographic characteristics are impo...

Our society is growing older and it is important to develop the senior tourism market. Consumers aged 55 and older are a fastest growing market segment and a major business opportunity. The purpose of this research is to develop and test a model to investigate the characteristics of the senior tourists that affect the factors of travel motivation a...

Despite the importance of the relationship between the sociodemo-graphic characteristics of senior tourists and travel motivation, research about senior consumer behavior intentions remains scarce. The purpose of this re-search is to outline the travel motivations of senior tourists and to investigate which sociodemographic characteristics are impo...

The personal pattern of coping with the stress associated with making decisions characterizes the way an individual makes choices and judgments. The Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ) analyses these personal patterns and has been used across various cultures in order to assess four main strategies: vigilance, buck-passing, procrastinati...

The present study examined whether personality traits and drinking motives interact to predict binge drinking and alcohol-related problems in a cross-cultural sample of college students. Participants were undergraduate drinkers ( N = 904; 66% female) from universities in Portugal ( N = 391) and the US ( N = 513). Participants completed measures ass...

Trata-se de um livro cujo principal objectivo é dar a conhecer a investigação e intervenção em psicologia educacional desenvolvidas no âmbito do Programa de Doutoramento Interuniversitário em Psicologia, especialidade em Psicologia da Educação, constituindo-se como um instrumento para investigadores, académicos e profissionais a trabalhar nesta áre...

The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the European Portuguese version of a short-form instrument for assessing spiritual, religious and personal beliefs related to quality of life (WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF). The European Portuguese version of the WHOQOL-SRPB-BREF was completed by a heterogeneous sample of 606 participants (72.4%...

In today’s world, choosing career would be difficult for many people because of several barriers like social class, marginalization, having children and poverty. According to the studies, people have the capacity to choose the careers they want to follow, despite the barriers which may exist. This ability is conceptualized as “work volition” (Jadid...

The increased occurrence of natural and human-made disasters has led to a greater call for culturally sensitive engagement in disaster mental health. In this article, we aim to stimulate culturally focused participation and competence among counseling psychologists who engage in disaster mental health work. Framed within an ecological and systemic...

Decent work is an important contemporary theme in the career field which requires strong research regarding its social impact in worker's lives. The goal of the current study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Decent Work Scale (DWS) and extend our understanding of the construct among 345 working adults in Portugal. In addition to th...

In a time where employability issues are at the top of political agendas and employment prospects represent the most important predictor of satisfaction with higher education, the question about how higher edu- cation institutions can better prepare their graduates for the labour market becomes increasingly important. Taking the career construction...

Tourism in the Azores has grown considerably since 2014, having increased over 20% in the last two years. This very significant increase in tourism in the region requires monitoring and a holistic strategy based on the circular economy, with the development of measures that may be reflected in the promotion of quality and in the configuration of so...

Fred Vondracek’s biography and work are inseparable. The contributions of the authors who have had the privilege to be close to Fred Vondracek’s research and life provide a clear picture of him as a prototype of the concept person-in-context. His agency in contexts of dramatic structural changes and transitions in society are both his personal prin...

O grupo WHOQOL-SRPB da Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) desenvolveu o WHOQOL-SRPB, um instrumento de medida que avalia o domínio da espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais da qualidade de vida (WHOQOL-SRPB Group, 2006). A validação das versões nacionais desse instrumento de medida obedece a um protocolo definido pela OMS/Grupo WHOQOL, q...

A literatura sobre ensino superior tem dado destaque ao estudo do ambiente institucional, indicando que as perceções dos estudantes acerca da qualidade dos ambientes institucionais apresentam impacto no seu ajustamento e desenvolvimento. Com este estudo pretendeu-se desenvolver um questionário para avaliar a perceção do estudante sobre o Ambiente I...

O presente estudo procurou, a partir da análise das perceções de professores e estudantes do ensino superior sobre o que são para si interações de qualidade, construir o Questionário da Interação Professor-Estudante (QIPE). Para o efeito, partimos da análise de conteúdo de entrevistas realizadas junto de 31 estudantes e de 21 professores e do seu c...

Os resultados de aprendizagem assumem-se como importante ferramenta no quadro do Ensino Superior, já que permitem descrever os conhecimentos e competências que se espera que os estudantes demonstrem no final da sua formação. Este estudo descreve o nível de implementação, dos resultados de aprendizagem no contexto nacional, explorando quais as compe...

The quality of adaptation and success in Higher Education is related to students’ entry characteristics, as literature suggests the impact of gender, the field of studies, and family background on students’ results. In addition to sociocultural factors, social-cognitive variables such as outcome expectations and self-efficacy also influence student...

This study aims to understand the importance of outdoor classes for Portuguese geoscience teachers. From 38 schools, 178 teachers, of different genders, teaching experience and complementary teacher training, answered a questionnaire. For this study, a questionnaire was developed which consists of two parts, one for the characterization of the samp...

p>A sociedade atual, do conhecimento e da informação, requer do ensino superior novas dinâmicas mediadas pelas tecnologias, constituindo-se, nesse contexto, a Educação a Distância como modalidade de ensino privilegiada. Tornam-se relevantes a análise e a compreensão das formas de aquisição de conhecimento nessa modalidade por parte dos alunos, send...

The present study aimed to evaluate the invariance of the factor structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised (DMQ-R) between Portuguese and US university students. Following tests of factor model invariance we further evaluated cross-cultural differences in (1) mean levels of the four motives, and (2) the association of the four motives...

Studies on spirituality have increased in recent years in the scientific field. Researchers try to understand to what extent spirituality affects human behavior, individually or collectively. The controversy lies, however, around the construct of spirituality and whether, or not, this is (in)separable of two other ones dating back to its conceptual...

Este é o capítulo "Pedagogia da Autonomia e Gestão Pedagógica no Ensino Superior" incluído na obra de S. Gonçalves, H. Almeida, & F. Neves (Eds.), Pedagogia no Ensino Superior (188-208). Coimbra: CINEP/IPC. Na plataforma ResearchGate, o título "Pedagogia da Autonomia e Gestão Pedagógica no Ensino Superior" está erradamente associado a um PDF com...

Sao em numero consideravel os investigadores que defendem que o grupo de pares desempenha um papel central no modo como os estudantes se ajustam e no quanto aprendem nos contextos formais e informais do ensino superior. A investigacao refere-se com particular enfase a qualidade dos relacionamentos interpessoais entre estudantes com efeitos desejave...

Quando se analisa a vasta literatura sobre o ensino superior, ha um dominio que se destaca fortemente, em parte por se constituir num dos grandes objetivos do ensino superior: a aprendizagem e aprofundamento de conhecimentos em determinadas areas disciplinares (e.g. Historia, Filosofia) e competencias academicas gerais ou fundamentais (e.g. Lingua...

Currently, the relationship between higher educational level and job attainment is not as linear as in the past, given the instability and saturation of the work world. In this sense, it was developed an exploratory study to analyze the current relevance of educational level in several dimensions of (un)employment: time in the (un)employment situat...

Indecisiveness it is a type of career indecision that is characterized by a pervasive difficulty in making decisions regarding several life dimensions besides just career choice. Research has associated indecisiveness with a set of characteristics that indicates lower levels of psychological adjustment, like high levels of anxiety, low self-esteem,...

The anthropologist Edward Hall wrote extensively on the concept of polychronicity in which he documented the differences between people and cultures in the extent to which they differentially managed their daily activities in the context of space and time. In the work reported here, we have broadened the definition of the polychronicity concept tha...

A indecisividade constitui um tipo de indecisão vocacional que se carateriza por uma dificuldade em efetuar escolhas em vários domínios de vida para além da dimensão da carreira. Pesquisas têm associado à indecisividade um conjunto de caraterísticas psicológicas reveladoras de um menor nível de ajustamento psicológico, como sejam elevados níveis de...

O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar a etapa qualitativa, recorrendo à metodologia de grupos focais, no desenvolvimento da versão em Português Europeu do WHOQOL-SRPB (Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs). A amostra incluiu 90 participantes, distribuídos por 12 grupos focais: Profissionais da Saúde, doentes, cuidadores informais, Católi...

We are particularly concerned with the increasing dropout rates observable in higher education in Portugal and in other European countries. According to the report “Drop-out and Completion in Higher Education in Europe Among Students from Under-represented Groups”, compiled for the European Commission by the NESET, “students with dependents, women...

This paper reports the procedures to design a physical education teachers' professional identity scale and its psychometric features. After reflecting on the construct and its operationalisation, we analyzed the procedures required for its design and validity of the construct (factorial analysis) and analyzed the internal consistency by calculating...

Adaptation to college has been widely studied, due to the level of problems experienced by many students, which translate into academic failure and attrition. This study analyses the impact of personality, social support and emotional intelligence on personal and emotional adjustment in higher education. Participants were 217 first year students fr...

Individual differences in the capacity for information processing in complex tasks can be predicted from both personality and temperament that derive from both the biological and social substrates of human development and behavior. If there are cultural differences in brain structure and function that govern information processing, then two differe...

Extant literature suggests that Portuguese college students frequently drinking alcohol and experience a variety of alcohol-related negative consequences. However, to our knowledge, there is no validated measure to assess negative consequences of drinking alcohol for college students in Portugal. This article describes a validation of thePortuguese...

This paper reports the procedures to design a physical education teachers’ professional identity scale and its psychometric features. After reflecting on the construct and its operationalisation, we analyzed the procedures required for its design and validity of the construct (factorial analysis) and analyzed the internal consistency by calculating...

Este trabalho apresenta um estudo que descreve os procedimentos da construção de uma escala de satisfação de professores da área da educação física, designada de Escala de Satisfação de Professores de Educação Física (ESPEF), e as suas qualidades psicométricas. Depois de considerações sobre o construto e sua operacionalização, realizou‑se a análise...

A adaptação ao ensino superior tem sido amplamente estudada, dadas as dificuldades vivenciadas por uma percentagem significativa de estudantes, e que resultam em insucesso escolar e abandono. O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar em que medida a personalidade, o suporte social e a inteligência emocional se relacionam com a adaptação pessoal e...

Person-environment fit models, especially in the work domain, highlight the importance of congruence between individual characteristics and occupational environment aspects, particularly in the context of job satisfaction (Gottfredson & Johnstun, 2009; Holland, 1959; Lofquist & Dawis, 1969). In addition, job satisfaction has been associated with...

De acordo com a literatura (Astin, 1993; Kuh, 2008; Kuh & col. 1991, 2005, 2006; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005; Tinto, 1993), o envolvimento do estudante do ensino superior em atividades educativas enriquecedoras apresenta um impacto positivo ao nível do seu desenvolvimento cognitivo, académico e psicossocial, pelo que se tem dado grande destaque a...

Facing the present difficulties of the politic and financial systems of the European countries, especially from South of Europe, to deal with the biggest known wages of unemployment in the history, the entrepreneurship option is rising in its importance within the politics of incentives to employment. Regarding the absence of answers in the market...

We had an Interpersonal Relationships course, a large class, around fifty students, working collaboratively in groups where students from different degrees, academic years, and ages, most of them deaf, tried, and to some extent were able, to communicate. We analyze this example of how diversity can be an asset and how learning management systems ca...

Career indecision is a complex phenomenon and an increasing number of authors have proposed that undecided individuals do not form a group with homogeneous characteristics. This study examines career decision statuses among a sample of 362 12th-grade Portuguese students. A cluster-analytical procedure, based on a battery of instruments designed to...

The purpose of this study was to provide additional validity evidence for a model of person–environment fit based on polychronicity, stimulus load, and information processing capacities. In this line of research the confluence of polychronicity and information processing (e.g., the ability of individuals to process stimuli from the environment alon...

This paper is concerned with sharing between students and teacher the power to manage a course that engages heterogeneous student populations in a blended learning environment in higher education. Our aim is not just to see how the students can be empowered to act autonomously, but rather to understand how they can fare as full partners of the cour...

This paper presents the results of the process of building self-efficacy for self-direction scales for disadvantage seniors in health, activity, education, citizenship and finances in six European countries. This process corresponds to the development of a work package of the PALADIN European project (Promoting Active Learning and Ageing of Disadva...

Apesar de algumas honrosas iniciativas, o ensino da Educação Física em Portugal tardou em generalizar-se e em ser devidamente valorizado por outras pessoas que não os que a ele estavam ligados. Na verdade, a disciplina de Educação Física e os seus professores foram claramente considerados com um estatuto “periférico” em relação às outras disciplina...

We examined the role of identification with violent TV heroes, enjoyment of TV violence, and perceived reality in TV violence as mediators of the relationship between viewing TV violence and subsequent physical and verbal aggression. A sample of 722 4th, 6th, and 8th grade students from schools in the central region of Portugal completed measures a...

Learning is social and mediated, as argued by social constructivism. When learning groups gather very different people, this difference can be challenging. We had an Interpersonal Relationships course, a large class, around fifty students working collaboratively in groups where students from different degrees, academic years and ages, some of them...