Resume
Assistant Professor at the Lusófona University of Porto, Portugal and a researcher at HEI-Lab. PhD in Applied Psychology from the University of Minho. She has participated in several investigations on violence in intimate relationships, highlighting the project GAM - Intervention groups for women victims of intimate partner violence, violence in intimacy against men and bidirecional violence. She employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. In addition, she worked as a psychologist and forensic expert and as a trainer in the area of domestic violence and gender equality. She is author and co-author of publications at national and international level in the field of Victimology and Forensic Psychology and is also a reviewer of several international journals. Member of the Portuguese Board of Psychologists.
Graus
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DoutoramentoPsicologia Aplicada
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MestradoPsicologia
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Pós-GraduaçãoMaus-Tratos e Violência Familiar
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OutrosVictim support techician
Publicações
Journal article
- 2024-09-02, Female-perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence Against Men: Perceptions of Portuguese Police Officers, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
- 2023-10-19, Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 in Portugal: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
- 2023-10-02, The Influence of Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence on the Parent-child Relationship, Journal of Family Violence
- 2023-09-01, Men's perceptions of why they stay in intimate partner violent heterosexual relationships: A systematic review, Aggression and Violent Behavior
- 2023-08-18, Bidirectional Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Systematic Review, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
- 2023-04-01, (Un)Acknowledgment of Men as Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Violence and Victims
- 2022-08-18, Brief Report on a Systematic Review of the Experiences of Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence as Help-Seekers, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
- 2022-07-01, The Perspectives of Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence about Group Therapy, Psiquiatria, Psicologia & Justiça
- 2021-12, Police officers’ discourses about male victims of intimate partner violence in Portugal, International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
- 2021-03-14, Men Victims of Stalking in Portugal: Predictors of Help-Seeking Behaviours, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
- 2020-10, Male victims of female-perpetrated partner violence: A qualitative analysis of men’s experiences, the impact of violence, and perceptions of their worth., Psychology of Men & Masculinities
- 2020-09-17, Male Victims of Female-Perpetrated Partner Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Men’s Experiences, the Impact of Violence, and Perceptions of Their Worth, Default journal
- 2019-06, The prevalence of Bi-Directional intimate partner violence reported by Portuguese men, International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
- 2019-03-01, The prevalence of Bi-Directional intimate partner violence reported by Portuguese men, Default journal
- 2018, Characteristics of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Experienced by a Sample of Portuguese Men, Violence and Victims
- 2017-07-31, Exploring Help Seeking Experiences of Male Victims of Female Perpetrators of IPV, Journal of Family Violence
- 2017, Effectiveness of group intervention with women victims of intimate partner violence, Small Group Research
- 2016-07, Help-seeking and needs of male victims of intimate partner violence in Portugal., Psychology of Men & Masculinity
- 2016-06-28, Regulação das responsabilidades parentais: Discursos dos magistrados sobre a prática pericial, PSICOLOGIA
- 2014, Male victims of partner violence: Methodological analysis of prevalence studies | Homens vítimas na intimidade: Análise metodológica dos estudos de prevalência, Psicologia e Sociedade
- 2012, Intervenção em grupo com vítimas de violência doméstica: Uma revisão da sua eficácia, Análise Psicológica
- 2012, Homens de quem não se fala: As vítimas esquecidas da violência na intimidade, Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia e Psiquiatria
- 2012, Group intervention with victims of domestic violence: A review of their effectiveness,Intervenção em grupo com vítimas de violência doméstica: Uma revisão da sua eficácia, Analise Psicologica
- 2012, Group intervention with victims of domestic violence: A review of their effectiveness | Intervenção em grupo com vítimas de violência doméstica: Uma revisão da sua eficácia, Analise Psicologica
- 2011, Group Intervention with Battered Women: An Outcome Study, European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Book
- 2011, Violência Doméstica: Intervenção em grupo com mulheres vítimas. Manual para profissionais, Matos, Marlene; Machado, Andreia, Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género
Book chapter
- 2023, Male victims of domestic violence, Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence
- 2023, Male Victims of Domestic Violence, Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence, Springer International Publishing
- 2022, Men´s experiences with help seeking, Men's and Boy's Domestic Violence book
- 2020, Public policy and laws addressing women’s violence against male intimate partners, SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence, SAGE
- 2020, Intervenção Psicológica com Vítimas de Violência na Intimidade, Prática profissional da Psicologia da Justiça em Portugal
- 2018, Violência doméstica e intervenção com a vítima: Contributos para uma perspetiva inclusiva, Manual de Violência doméstica, Lidel/Pactor
- 2013, Intervenção em grupo com vítimas de violência doméstica: Desafios, Dificuldades e Dilemas, Violência, Agressão e Vitimação: Práticas para a intervenção, Almedina
- 2011, Intervenção Psicológica com Vítimas de Violência na Intimidade, Prática Profissional da Psicologia da Justiça , EDITORA CRV
- 2011, Avaliação psicológica da negligência e dos maus tratos, Manual de Psicologia Forense: contextos, práticas e desafios, Psiquilibrios
Working paper
- 2021, Intimate partner violence and group intervention: Meanings of women victims
- 2021, Intimate partner violence and acknowledgment of men as victims
Conference poster
- 2024-07, Couples therapy in cases of situational intimate partner violence: Translation and cultural adaptation of an intervention program for couples
- 2015, Homens vítimas de violência na intimidade: Do impacto à procura de ajuda, II Congresso em Psicologia da ULP - "(Des)construindo famílias: Propostas de investigação e intervenção
- 2014, Homens vítimas de violência, XX Jornadas (Entre)laços e desequilíbrios. Violências: reeditar o presente rumo a novos paradigmas
- 2013, Men victims of intimate partner violence in Portugal, 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology
- 2012-10, Narratives from group intervention with women victim of intimate violence, 3rd Joint EU/UK SPR Meeting
- 2012, Men – the forgotten victims of intimate partner violence: A review of the literature, 12th annual conference of the European Society of Criminology
- 2012, Group intervention with women victim of intimate violence: An outcome study, 14th international symposium of the world society of victimology
- 2011, Intervenção em grupo com mulheres vítimas de violência na intimidade: estudo de resultados, Seminário "Um olhar em torno da violência doméstica"
- 2010, Intervenção em grupo com mulheres vítimas de violência na intimidade: Estudo de resultados, VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Psicología
- 2010, Group intervention with battered women: An outcome study, 41st SPR International Meeting of Society for Psychotherapy Research Annual Meeting
- 2009, Abused women: A support group proposal, European Association of Psychology and Law
- 2008, Evaluación psicológica de la guardia y custodia: impacto de las perícias psicológicas forenses en la decisión judicial, IV Congreso de psicología juridical y forense