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Ana Filipa Santos holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. Her main research interests are related to attachment relationships and their impact on children’s socioemotional development and health-related outcomes, namely on pediatric obesity. She is interested in understanding the connections between attachment relationships, emotion regulation, feeding practices, and household routines, in predicting children’s eating behaviors. Since 2021, she has been teaching Research Methods to undergraduate students at ISPA - Instituto Universitário.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Filipa Rodrigues Santos
Date of birth
1996/04/20
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Santos, A. F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6F10-7C51-476C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0833-3235
Researcher Id
ABA-9775-2021
Scopus Author Id
57218906496

Email addresses

  • afsantos@ispa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco, nº34, 1149-041, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2024
Concluded
 PhD in Psychology (Doutoramento)
Major in Developmental Psychology
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"Connecting, feeling, and eating: Understanding the role of attachment and emotion regulation in preschoolers’ obesity risk" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction and laudation
2023/01/23 - 2023/03/14
Concluded
 Workshop Rating Caregiver Sensitivity Ainsworth and Erickson (Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg) (Outros)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/01/30 - 2023/01/30
Concluded
 Workshop on Meta-Analysis (Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg and Marinus van Ijzendoorn) (Outros)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/06/19 - 2022/06/19
Concluded
 Benefits of SEM for Evaluating Developmental Processes (Elizabeth M. Grandfield) (Outros)
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Netherlands
2019/05/21 - 2019/05/23
Concluded
 How to Communicate Effectively with Young People in Clinical Settings (Helena Fonseca) [Como Comunicar Eficazmente com os Jovens em Contexto Clínico] (Outros)
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2019/03/28 - 2019/03/28
Concluded
 European project SAVE: Supporting Actions for Victims of Crime [Projeto europeu SAVE: Apoio a Vítimas de Crime] (Outros)
Vida+Vida | Associação Animam Viventem, Portugal
2017 - 2019
Concluded
 Master in Psychology (Mestrado)
Major in Clinical Psychology
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"Insatiable insecurity: The significance of attachment quality for obesity [Uma insegurança insaciável: A significância da qualidade da vinculação para a obesidade]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2014 - 2017
Concluded
 Licentiate in Psychology (Licenciatura)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09 - Current Tutor (University Teacher) ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - 2020 Research Fellow William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Psychology Intern Hospital de Santa Maria, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - 2024 The role of self-regulation processes in childhood obesity: Interactions between child characteristics and family relationships [O papel dos processos autorregulatórios na obesidade infantil: Interações entre as características da criança e relações familiares]
PhD Student Fellow
William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - 2020 ChildObesity - Childhood Obesity Risk: The Role of Attachment, Temperament and Self-Regulation [ChildObesity - Risco de Obesidade Infantil: O Papel da Vinculação, Temperamento e Auto-Regulação]
PTDC/PSI-GER/29636/2017
Research Fellow
William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Rosa, D.; Fernandes, M.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between adult attachment, emotional responsiveness, and feeding practices". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISBBD), 2024.
  2. Santos, A. F.; Maia, Rita; Veríssimo, Manuela; Santos, A. J.; Guedes, Maryse. "Interventions targeted at behavioral inhibition during the preschool years: A rapid review [Intervenções dirigidas à inibição comportamental nos anos pré-escolares: Uma revisão rápida] http://doi.org/10.54499/EXPL/PSI-GER/0395/2021". Paper presented in 15º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, 2024.
  3. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Martins, F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Feeding children: Associations between the method of complementary foods introduction, feeding practices, and children's BMI". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2023.
    10.54499/UIDB/04810/2020, 10.54499/UIDP/04810/2020
  4. Santos, A. F.; Martins, F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Emotional and feeding responsiveness: Baby-Led Weaning VS. Traditional Method [Responsividade emocional e alimentar: Baby-Led Weaning VS. Método Tradicional]". Paper presented in 14º Congresso Nacional em Psicologia da Saúde, 2022.
  5. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Cruz, C.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between emotion regulation, feeding practices, screen time, and children's food consumption". Paper presented in 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISBBD), 2022.
  6. Fernandes, C.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Effects of maternal feeding practices on children's executive functioning". Paper presented in 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISBBD), 2022.
  7. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Sara Cardia; Santos, A.J.; Bost, Kelly K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Caregivers' perceived emotional and feeding responsiveness toward preschool children: Associations and paths of influence". Paper presented in Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2021.
  8. Fernandes, C.; Cardia, S.; Santos, A. F.; Veríssimo, M.. "Relation between parental feeding practices and children's BMI [Relação entre práticas parentais de controlo alimentar e IMC das crianças]". Paper presented in 13º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Kelly K. Bost; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment, feeling, and feeding: Associations between caregivers' attachment, emotional and feeding responsiveness, and children's food consumption". Appetite 204 (2025): 107729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107729.
    10.1016/j.appet.2024.107729
  2. Fernandes, M.; Inês Morais; Santos, C.; Guedes, Maryse; Ribeiro, O.; Fernandes, C.; Pires, E.; et al. "Factorial structure, measurement invariance and reliability of the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) in a sample of Portuguese parents". Análise Psicológica 42 2 (2024): 197-207. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.2032.
    Open access • Published • 10.14417/ap.2032
  3. Maia, R.; Santos, A. F.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.; Guedes, Maryse. "Evidence-based interventions targeted at behavioral inhibition, shyness, and anxious withdrawal during the preschool years: A rapid review". Current Psychology 43 18 (2024): 16288-16310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05574-1.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s12144-023-05574-1
  4. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Fernandes, C.; Barros, Luísa; Veríssimo, M.. "Validation of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) with Portuguese caregivers of 2-to-8-year-olds". Children 10 12 (2023): 1924. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10121924.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/children10121924
  5. Fernandes, C.; Martins, F.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Complementary feeding methods: Associations with feeding and emotional responsiveness". Children 10 3 (2023): 464. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030464.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/children10030464
  6. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A. J.; Veríssimo, M.. "Associations between emotion regulation, feeding practices, and preschoolers' food consumption". Nutrients 14 19 (2022): 4184. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14194184.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu14194184
  7. Fernandes, C.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.; Santos, A. J.. Corresponding author: Fernandes, C.. "Caregivers' responses to children's negative emotions: Associations with preschoolers' executive functioning". Children 9 7 (2022): 1075. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071075.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/children9071075
  8. Costa Martins, Mariana; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M.. "Attachment and the development of moral emotions in children and adolescents: A systematic review". Children 8 10 (2021): 915. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8100915.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/children8100915
  9. Santos, A. F.; Costa Martins, Mariana; Fernandes, C.; Bost, K. K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Relation between attachment and obesity in preschool years: A systematic review of the literature". Nutrients 13 10 (2021): 3572. http://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103572.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu13103572
  10. Fernandes, C.; Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, A.J.; Bost, K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Caregivers' perceived emotional and feeding responsiveness toward preschool children: Associations and paths of influence". Nutrients 13 4 (2021): 1334. http://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041334.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/nu13041334
  11. Santos, A. F.; Fernandes, C.; Cardia, S.; Fernandes, M.; Bost, K.; Veríssimo, M.. "Agreement between reported vs. measured anthropometric data and relation with parental feeding practices in preschool years [Concordância entre dados antropométricos reportados vs. medidos e relação com as práticas parentais alimentares em idade pré-escolar]". Análise Psicológica 38 1 (2020): 33-50. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1704.
    Open access • Published • 10.14417/ap.1704
  12. Barros, R.; Santos, A. F.; Serra, S.; Dias-Ferreira, P.. "Beyond symptom... Group intervention for adolescents with anxious symptomatology [Para lá do sintoma... Intervenção em grupo para adolescentes com sintomatologia ansiosa]". Revista de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente 10 2 (2019): 145-162. https://doi.org/10.34628/myqm-cq48.
    Open access • Published • 10.34628/myqm-cq48
Newspaper article
  1. Santos, A. F.. "Messages at the table that create picky eaters [Mensagens à mesa que criam “esquisitos com a comida”]", Público, 2022, https://www.publico.pt/2022/08/07/impar/opiniao/mensagens-mesa-criam-esquisitos-comida-2015897.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Connecting, feeling, and eating: Understanding the role of attachment and emotion regulation in preschoolers’ obesity risk". PhD, ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, 2024.
  2. "Insatiable insecurity: The significance of attachment quality for obesity [Uma insegurança insaciável: A significância da qualidade da vinculação para a obesidade]". Master, ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7252.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/22 Profiles of maternal emotions and attributions toward shy-inhibited behaviors, parenting practices, and children's social behaviors 9th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents
(Valência, Spain)
2022/09/09 Relationship between pressure to eat, emotion regulation, and child food consumption [Relação entre a pressão para comer, regulação emocional e consumo alimentar infantil] 14º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
2021/06/24 Attachment to mother and father: A comparative and longitudinal study of quality of friendship in middle-school children Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies (SEAS): Mini-Conference on Father-Child Attachment and Relationships
Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies (SEAS)
2019/04/11 Beyond symptom... Group intervention for adolescents with anxious symptomatology [Para lá do sintoma... Intervenção em grupo para adolescentes com sintomatologia ansiosa] X Congresso Internacional de Psicologia da Criança e do Adolescente: Psicoterapia e Outras Abordagens Terapêuticas
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Examining the impact of emotional regulation capacities on over- and underemotional eating tendencies among children aged 3 to 5 [Examinar o impacto das capacidades de regulação emocional nas tendências de sobre- e sub-ingestão emocional em crianças entre os 3 e os 5 anos]
Supervisor of Clara Berthe Tranchant
 Mestrado em Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Eating and caring: Associations between caregivers' attachment, feeding practices and eating behaviors in school-aged children [Comer e cuidar: Associações entre a vinculação dos cuidadores, as práticas alimentares e os comportamentos alimentares em crianças em idade escolar]
Supervisor of Joana Lacerda
 Mestrado em Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/07 Associations between emotion regulation, feeding practices, and food consumption in preschool years [Associações entre a regulação emocional, práticas alimentares e consumo alimentar em idade pré-escolar]
Co-supervisor of Diana Isabel Sampaio de Sousa Rosa
 Mestrado em Psicologia e Psicopatologia do Desenvolvimento (Master)
ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/06/16 - 2024/06/20 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISBBD) (2024/06/16 - 2024/06/20)
Conference (Other)
 ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/07/13 - 2022/07/16 10th International Attachment Conference (IAC) (2022/07/13 - 2022/07/16)
Conference (Other)
 ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) Member
2023 - Current European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) EuroPsy Psychologist
2021 - Current Portuguese Psychological Association (Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses - OPP) Effective Member (nº 25443)
2021 - 2022 International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/02 - 2024/03 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISBBD) Lisbon, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Research Methods II [Métodos de Investigação II] Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2021 - Current Research Methods I [Métodos de Investigação I] Licenciatura em Psicologia (Licenciatura) ISPA - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 Diploma of Academic Merit: Highest rating on the ECTS scale - A [Diploma de Mérito Académico: Mais elevada classificação na escala ECTS - A]
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Early Career Scholar Travel Grant - International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)
2020 FCT PhD Research Studentship (SFRH/BD/06367/2020)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal