Paula da Costa Ferreira

Paula Ferreira is a researcher in Educational Psychology atthe Research Center for Psychological Science (CICPSI) at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon. She has a PhD in Educational Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Science Education. Paula Ferreira is currently responsible for the Cyberbullying Line of Investigation of the Research Group entitled Educational and Vocational Psychology at the Research Center for Psychological Science (CICPSI) of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon. She is also a researcher at the Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering, Research and Development (INESC-ID) at the Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa, Lisbon.

Her main research interests focus on cyberbullying, the bystander effect, self-regulation of learning and behavior as well as technology to promote learning and pro-social behavior.

Cyberbullying: The regulation of behavior through language (PTDC/MHC­PED/3297/2014)

Project on Problem-solving in math through self-regulated learning for primary education in the Lisbon area.

Reviewer for journals such as, Educational Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior, Learning and Instruction and the European Journal of Psychology of Education.

Member of the European Association of Psychological Assessment.

Member of the International and Scientific Editorial Council of the Iberoamerican Journal of Education Studies (University of Alcalá de Henares – UAH and Faculty of Sciences and Letters of UNESP of Araraquara – FCLAr). E-ISSN: 1982-5587 / ISSN: 2446-8606

Veiga Simão, A.M., Ferreira, P., Francisco, S., Paulino, P., & Souza, S. (in press). Cyberbullying: shaping the use of verbal aggression through normative moral beliefs and self-efficacy.New Media & Society.

Souza, S.B., Veiga Simão, A.M., & Ferreira, P. (in press). Campus climate: the role of teacher support and cultural issues. Journal of Further and Higher Education.

Veiga Simão, A.M., Ferreira, P., Freire, I., Caetano, A.P., Martins, M.J., & Vieira, C. (2017). Adolescent cybervictimization – Who they turn to and their Perceived school climate. Journal of Adolescents, 58, 12-23. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.04.009

Souza, S.B., Veiga Simão, A.M., Ferreira, A., & Ferreira, P. (2017). University students’ perceptions of campus climate, cyberbullying and cultural issues: implications for theory and practice. Studies in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2017.1307818.

Neto, M., Ferreira, A., Martinez, L., & Ferreira, P. (2017). Workplace Bullying and Presenteeism: The Path Through Emotional Exhaustion and Psychological Wellbeing. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 61(5), 528-538. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxx022.