Maria Teresa Ribeiro

PhD in Psychology (specialization area – Clinical Social Psychology) by the University of Lisbon (2003) and Family Therapist certificated by Medicine Faculty of the University of Sevilha and Portuguese Association of Community and Family Therapy (1995). Has been teaching on undergraduate, master and doctoral courses. Currently full member of the CICPSI (Clinical and Health Psychology Group of Proadapt) since 2012, having previously been a member of other research center financed by FCT (CIPUL; since 2006).

Relationships – couple, family and community – are at the core of my research. I am specifically interested in understanding how couples and families adapt to different phases of the life cycle and how they overcome and grow in the face of difficulties, conflicts and crises. My research, grounded in systems theory, is aimed at identifying resources that promote better family, couple, and individual outcomes.

Family Psychology

Conjugality and transition to parenthood
Prevention and Intervention in Conjugality
Intervention in Divorce
Family Therapy
Family and Community Mediation
Family / Work Conciliation
Psychology and Intervention in Crisis and Emergency

Member of CICPSI – Research in Psychological Science Centre

Scientific Council Member

Inter-University PhD in Family Psychology and Family Intervention (PIDFIF) Co-coordinator

Co-Coordinator of the Systemic Clinical Psychology Section

Co-Coordinator of Psychology in Crisis and Emergency

Nogueira, A. J. & Ribeiro, M. T. (2023). A psychological experience assessment protocol of parent caregivers in paediatric palliative care. Annals of Medicine, 55(2), 2268093. DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2023.2268093.

Nogueira, A. J. & Ribeiro, M. T. (2023). “I’m Afraid If This Goes Wrong… What Will Become of Me?”: The Psychological Experience of Grandparents in Pediatric Palliative Care. Healthcare, 11(17), 2391. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11172391.

Santos, R., Francisco, R., & Ribeiro, M.T. (2022). Deployment Risk and Resilience Model Applied to Military Children. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 18(2):219–234. DOI: 10.5964/ejop.1694.

Vitória, B., Ribeiro, M.T. & Carvalho, V. (2022). The work-family interface and Covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.914474.

Carvalho, V., Santos, A., Ribeiro, M.T., & Chambel, M.J. (2021) Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work-Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing. Sustainability, 13(13), 7339. DOI: 10.3390/su13137339.

Faria-Anjos, J., Heitor dos Santos, M., Ribeiro, M.T., Moreira, S. (2019). Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: validation study in a Portuguese sample. BMJ Open.9:e026836. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026836.

Minas, M., Anglin,J., Ribeiro, M.T. (2018). Building reciprocity: the dialectic processes of creating a grounded theory and the emergence of a theoretical Framework. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 15, 51-67. DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2017.1392669.

Minas, M., Ribeiro, M.T., Anglin, J. (2017). Trajectories on the Path to Reciprocity – A Theoretical Framework for Collaborating with Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Communities, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000239.

Costa-Ramalho, S., Marques-Pinto, A., & Ribeiro, M.T. (2016). The retrospective experience of climate in the family-of-origin and dyadic coping in couple relationships: Pathways to dyadic adjustment. Journal of Family Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13229400.2015.1131732.

Pedro, Marta F.; Ribeiro, Teresa; Shelton, Katherine H. (2012). Marital satisfaction and partners’ parenting practices: The mediating role of coparenting behavior. Journal of Family Psychology, 26(4), Aug 2012, 509-522. DOI: 10.1037/a0029121. Full article: PDF.