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Maria Cristina Canavarro

Maria Cristina Canavarro

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Psychology
Portugal
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
59
Citations
10097
World Ranking
3755
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Maria Cristina Canavarro is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Their primary research focus lies in the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with significant contributions in Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The research portfolio includes work in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology as well as General Health Professions.

The scientist's research topics cover various areas, notably:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Resilience and Mental Health

Recent publications highlight contributions to understanding parenting, maternal mental health, and psychological flexibility. Selected papers include:

  • "The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress in the Relationship Between Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology, Mothers' Perception of Infant Temperament, and Mindful Parenting During the Postpartum Period" (2020), published in Mindfulness
  • "Postpartum during COVID-19 pandemic: Portuguese mothers' mental health, mindful parenting, and mother-infant bonding" (2021), Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "Uncovering the links between parenting stress and parenting styles: The role of psychological flexibility within parenting and global psychological flexibility" (2020), Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • "A bifactor analysis of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form (DERS-SF) in a sample of adolescents and adults" (2020), Current Psychology
  • "Be a Mom's Efficacy in Enhancing Positive Mental Health among Postpartum Women Presenting Low Risk for Postpartum Depression: Results from a Pilot Randomized Trial" (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Maria Cristina Canavarro include:

  • Ana Fonseca
  • Helena Moreira
  • Carlos Carona
  • Marco Pereira
  • Fabiana Monteiro

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues, with the most common publication outlets being:

  • Mindfulness
  • Current Psychology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Psychologica
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies

Maria Cristina Canavarro is also an author of a book titled MATERNIDADE, PARENTALIDADE E CONJUGALIDADE: NOVAS PERSPECTIVAS EM PSICOLOGIA PERINATAL (2020), published by EDITORA CRV eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Estudos psicométricos do instrumento de avaliação da qualidade de vida da Organização Mundial de Saúde (WHOQOL-Bref) para Português de Portugal

    Adriano Vaz Serra;Maria Cristina Canavarro;Mário Simões;Marco Pereira

  • Self-Compassion and Dispositional Mindfulness Are Associated with Parenting Styles and Parenting Stress: the Mediating Role of Mindful Parenting

    M. J. Gouveia;C. Carona;M. C. Canavarro;H. Moreira

  • A Avaliação da Vinculação do Adulto: uma revisão crítica a propósito da aplicação da Adult Attachment Scale-R (AAS-R) na população Portuguesa

    M. Cristina Canavarro;Pedro Dias;Vânia Sousa Lima

  • A longitudinal study about the body image and psychosocial adjustment of breast cancer patients during the course of the disease.

    Helena Moreira;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Women׳s help-seeking behaviours for depressive symptoms during the perinatal period: Socio-demographic and clinical correlates and perceived barriers to seeking professional help

    Ana Fonseca;Ricardo Gorayeb;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Pathways for psychological adjustment in breast cancer: A longitudinal study on coping strategies and posttraumatic growth

    Sónia Martins Silva;Carla Crespo;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Maternal Attachment and Children’s Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Self-compassion and Parenting Stress

    Helena Moreira;Maria João Gouveia;Carlos Carona;Neuza Silva

  • Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the Fertility Problem Inventory

    M. Moura-Ramos;Sofia Gameiro;Sofia Gameiro;M. C. Canavarro;I. Soares

  • Infidelity in Dating Relationships: Gender-Specific Correlates of Face-to-Face and Online Extradyadic Involvement

    Alexandra Martins;Marco Pereira;Rita Andrade;Frank M. Dattilio

  • Parental psychological distress and quality of life after a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of congenital anomaly: A controlled comparison study with parents of healthy infants

    Ana Fonseca;Bárbara Nazaré;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Family routines and rituals in the context of chronic conditions: A review

    Carla Crespo;Susana Santos;Maria Cristina Canavarro;Magdalena Kielpikowski

  • The Indirect Effect of the Mindful Parenting of Mothers and Fathers on the Child’s Perceived Well-Being Through the Child’s Attachment to Parents

    Catarina Medeiros;Maria João Gouveia;Maria Cristina Canavarro;Helena Moreira

  • Assessing adult attachment across different contexts: validation of the Portuguese version of the experiences in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures questionnaire.

    Helena Moreira;Teresa Martins;Maria João Gouveia;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Psychological and Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Populations: A Parent-Child Perspective

    Helena Moreira;Carlos Carona;Neuza Silva;Roberta Frontini

  • Is Mindful Parenting Associated with Adolescents' Well-being in Early and Middle/Late Adolescence? The Mediating Role of Adolescents' Attachment Representations, Self-Compassion and Mindfulness.

    Helena Moreira;Maria João Gouveia;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • The Portuguese version of the body image scale (BIS) - psychometric properties in a sample of breast cancer patients.

    Helena Moreira;Sónia Silva;Andreia Marques;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Examining the links between perceived impact of breast cancer and psychosocial adjustment: the buffering role of posttraumatic growth.

    Sónia Martins Silva;Helena Cruz Moreira;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Estudos psicométricos da versão em Português Europeu do índice de qualidade de vida EUROHIS-QOL-8

    Marco Pereira;Cláudia Melo;Sofia Gameiro;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Gender and age differences in quality of life and the impact of psychopathological symptoms among HIV-infected patients.

    Marco Pereira;Maria Cristina Canavarro

  • Patient centred care in infertility health care: Direct and indirect associations with wellbeing during treatment

    Sofia Gameiro;Sofia Gameiro;Maria Cristina Canavarro;Jacky Boivin

Frequent Co-Authors

Helena Moreira
Helena Moreira University of Coimbra
Mário R. Simões
Mário R. Simões University of Coimbra
Cláudia Ferreira
Cláudia Ferreira University of Coimbra
Mario Mikulincer
Mario Mikulincer Reichman University
Silvia Helena Koller
Silvia Helena Koller Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Fotios Anagnostopoulos
Fotios Anagnostopoulos Panteion University
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Guy Bodenmann
Guy Bodenmann University of Zurich
Isabel Leal
Isabel Leal ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Emma Haycraft
Emma Haycraft Loughborough University

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