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Bárbara Figueiredo

Bárbara Figueiredo

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Psychology
Portugal
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
9267
World Ranking
6907
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Bárbara Figueiredo is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within medicine and psychology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to maternal and child health.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Their work further focuses on several subfields, notably:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Epidemiology

Key research topics in Bárbara Figueiredo's publications address:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Frequent publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Human Reproduction
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
  • Infant Mental Health Journal
  • Infant and Child Development

Collaborators who have co-authored multiple publications with Bárbara Figueiredo are:

  • Tiago Miguel Pinto
  • Raquel Costa
  • Ana Conde
  • Dipika Neupane
  • Brooke Levis

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Exclusive Breastfeeding Moderates the Association Between Prenatal and Postpartum Depression," 2021, Journal of Human Lactation
  • "Expanding the international conversation with fathers' mental health: toward an era of inclusion in perinatal research and practice," 2021, Archives of Women s Mental Health
  • "Depression prevalence based on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale compared to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders classification: Systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis," 2020, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
  • "Telephone-based psychological crisis intervention: the Portuguese experience with COVID-19," 2020, Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • "Unidirectional and bidirectional links between maternal depression symptoms and infant sleep problems," 2021, Journal of Sleep Research

Bárbara Figueiredo has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Frontiers Media titled Perinatal Mental Health and Well-being in Fathers (2022).

Best Publications

  • Breastfeeding and depression: A systematic review of the literature

    Cláudia Castro Dias;Bárbara Figueiredo

  • Anxiety and depression during pregnancy in women and men.

    César Teixeira;Bárbara Figueiredo;Ana Conde;Alexandra P. Pacheco

  • Breastfeeding is negatively affected by prenatal depression and reduces postpartum depression

    Bárbara Figueiredo;Catarina Canário;Tiffany Field

  • Comorbid depression and anxiety effects on pregnancy and neonatal outcome.

    Tiffany Field;Miguel Diego;Maria Hernandez-Reif;Barbara Figueiredo

  • Postnatal depression across countries and cultures: a qualitative study.

    Margaret R. Oates;John L. Cox;Stella Neema;Paul Asten

  • Adaptation of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM–IV Disorders for assessing depression in women during pregnancy and post-partum across countries and cultures

    Laura L. Gorman;Michael W. O'Hara;Barbara Figueiredo;Sandra Hayes

  • Maternal attachment style and depression associated with childbirth: preliminary results from a European and US cross-cultural study.

    Antonia Bifulco;Barbara Figueiredo;Nicole Guedeney;Laura L. Gorman

  • Depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period in adolescent and adult Portuguese mothers.

    Bárbara Figueiredo;Alexandra P. Pacheco;Raquel A. Costa

  • Anxiety and depression symptoms in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum: Parity differences and effects

    Bárbara Figueiredo;Ana Conde

  • Anxiety and depression in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum

    Bárbara Figueiredo;Ana Conde

  • Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review ☆

    Bárbara Figueiredo;Cláudia C. Dias;Sónia Brandão;Catarina Canário

  • Sleep disturbances in depressed pregnant women and their newborns.

    Tiffany Field;Miguel Diego;Maria Hernandez-Reif;Barbara Figueiredo

  • Typologies of Post-divorce Coparenting and Parental Well-Being, Parenting Quality and Children's Psychological Adjustment.

    Diogo Lamela;Bárbara Figueiredo;Alice Bastos;Mark Feinberg

  • Mother’s stress, mood and emotional involvement with the infant: 3 months before and 3 months after childbirth

    Barbara Figueiredo;Raquel Costa

  • Partner relationships during the transition to parenthood

    Barbara Figueiredo;Tiffany Field;Miguel Diego;Maria Hernandez‐Reif

  • Mother-to-Infant Emotional Involvement at Birth

    Bárbara Figueiredo;Raquel Costa;Alexandra Pacheco;Álvaro Pais

  • Massage therapy reduces pain in pregnant women, alleviates prenatal depression in both parents and improves their relationships

    Tiffany Field;Tiffany Field;Barbara Figueiredo;Maria Hernandez-Reif;Miguel Diego

  • Prenatal cortisol, prematurity and low birthweight

    Tiffany Field;Maria Hernandez-Reif;Miguel Diego;Barbara Figueiredo;Barbara Figueiredo

  • Screening for depression and anxiety disorders from pregnancy to postpartum with the EPDS and STAI.

    Iva Alexandra Barbosa Tendais;Raquel Costa;Ana Conde;Bárbara Figueiredo

  • Teenage pregnancy, attachment style, and depression: A comparison of teenage and adult pregnant women in a Portuguese series

    Barbara Figueiredo;Antonia Bifulco;Alexandra Pacheco;Raquel Costa

  • Pregnancy massage reduces prematurity, low birthweight and postpartum depression.

    Tiffany Field;Tiffany Field;Miguel Diego;Maria Hernandez-Reif;Osvelia Deeds

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiffany Field
Tiffany Field University of Miami
Maria Hernandez-Reif
Maria Hernandez-Reif University of Alabama
Miguel Diego
Miguel Diego University of Miami
Antonia Bifulco
Antonia Bifulco Middlesex University
Alan Stein
Alan Stein University of Oxford
Louise M. Howard
Louise M. Howard King's College London
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Adriana Sampaio
Adriana Sampaio University of Minho
Mark E. Feinberg
Mark E. Feinberg Pennsylvania State University

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