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Vanessa Russo

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Vanessa Russo holds a Ph.D in Psychology from ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon  (2023) and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon (2011). Her doctoral research focused on the importance of the quality of informal early childhood education environments (Playgroups) and their impacts on children and families. She collaborated on the pilot project "Playgroups for Inclusion", as well as on other research projects and social and community action projects.

She conducts psychological counseling sessions for children, adolescents, and young people (individual and group), with a focus on children and young people at risk. She also provides parental counseling and vocational guidance".

More recently, she developed an interest in the field of Science Communication. She currently works at CeiED - Lusófona University as a science communication manager.

Áreas de interesse académico e científico Areas of academic and scientific interest

  • Educational Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Early Childhood
  • Education and Care,
  • Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Services,
  • Playgroups

Publicações Selecionadas Selected Publications

  • Russo, V., Barata, M. C., Alexandre, J., Leitão, C. & de Sousa, B. (2022) Development and Validation of a Measure of Quality in Playgroups: Playgroups Environment Rating Scale. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.876367
  • Alexandre, J., Russo, V., Castro, C. Fazenda, D., & Barata, M.C. (2021). The powerful combination of group interviews and drawings: how to give children a voice in the understanding of well-being. In T. Fattore, S. Fegter, & C. Hunner-Kreisel (Eds.). Understanding Children’s Concepts of Well-being - Challenges in International Comparative Qualitative Research (pp. 115-135). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67167-9
  • Russo, V., Pereira, A. I. & Barros, L. (2016). Atribuições parentais em relação à ansiedade dos filhos: Estudo exploratório com pais de crianças ansiosas. Revista Portuguesa de Psicologia, 45, 3-19.
  • Pereira, A. I., Barros, L., Goes, R., Marques, T., Russo, V., & Muris, P. (2014). Agreement and discrepancy between mother and child in the evaluation of anxiety symptoms and anxiety life interference. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 4, 327-337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0583-2
  • Marques, T., Pereira, A. I., Pedro, M., Russo, V., Goes, A., & Barros, L. (2014). Preliminary analysis of the Portuguese version of the Children Anxiety Interference Scale. Psychology/Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica, 28(3), 454-462. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-7153.201528304