Personal identification

Full name

Ana Carolina Veríssimo dos Santos

Citation names

• Santos, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

FF18-E184-F681

ORCID iD

0000-0002-2776-8795

Researcher Id

AAW-3704-2020

Scopus Author Id

25948962200

Websites

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carolina_Santos24 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

• Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)

	Degree	Classification
2018/10 - 2024/03/15 Concluded	PhD in Psychology (Doctor of Philosophy) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal "Paternal involvement: Contexts and quality. Its implications for the quality of children's socio-emotional adjustment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/09 - 2016/11 Concluded	MSc in Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology: The Origins of Mind (Master) University of St Andrews, United Kingdom "The sunk cost effect in captive great apes (Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/09 - 2015/07 Concluded	Psychological Sciences (Bachelor) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/07 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany
	Universität Leipzig, Germany
2018/10 - 2024/03	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/04	Research Assistant (Research)	University of Dundee School of Psychology, United Kingdom
2016/05 - 2016/07	Research Trainee (Research)	Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany
	Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center (Pongoland), Germany
2014/10 - 2015/06	Research Trainee (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/03 - 2014/05	Research Trainee (Research)	Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/03 - 2023/05	Deputy Coordinator of the research group Community, Education and Development (CED)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/04	Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory	University of Dundee School of Psychology, United Kingdom

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2011/10 - 2012/01	Volunteer	Aquário Vasco da Gama, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/07 - Current	Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship # Post-doc Fellow Universität Leipzig, Germany	Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Ongoing
2018/10 - 2023/01	Paternal involvement: Contexts and quality. Its implications for the quality of children's socio-emotional adjustment SFRH/BD/138705/2018 COVID/BD/152763/2022 PhD Student Fellow ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/12 - Current	A Blog as open learning platform for the field of Early Childhood Education about Research and Innovation to support Disadvantaged and Diverse children (BECERID) 2017-1-be02-ka201-034755 Collaborator ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2019/07 - 2020/02	Adaptation and pilot study of the Multi-Component Early Intervention Turtle Program Process nº 222926 Technical development Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded
2016/05 - 2016/07	Constructing Social Minds: Coordination, Communication and Cultural Transmission 609819 Research Intern Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany	European Research Council Concluded
2014/03 - 2014/05	Comparative social cognition: zebrafish as a neurobehavioral model PTDC/PSI-PCO/118776/2010 Research Intern Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2018/10 - 2023/12	Dad's Involvement: is it just "cool and trendy" or does it really matter? N/A Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Not funded
2023/05 - 2023/07	Study of perceptions of child development in Portugal [First Years First Priority] #FirstYearsFirstPriority Technical development Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal	Fundação Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso Concluded
2020/06 - 2020/09	Challenging parenting behaviors from the perspective of Portuguese fathers and mothers (Pilot Study) Estudo Piloto_2020_LigiaMonteiro Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social Concluded
2014/10 - 2015/06	Dad's Involvement: is it just "cool and trendy" or does it really matter? N/A Research Intern ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Not funded

Publications

Book	van IJzendoorn, M. H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. Questões de significância: Reprodução, translação e liberdade académica nas ciências do desenvolvimento. Lisboa, Portugal: Ispa - Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida. 2024. In press • Translator
Book chapter	Nobre, D.; Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "Representações de vinculação em idade pré-escolar e autoconceito. O papel do sexo e competência verbal das crianças". In Crianças em Risco e Perigo: Contextos, Investigação e Intervenção - Vol. 7. Lisboa, Portugal: Edições Sílabo, 2024. Submitted Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "Caracterização de perfis de envolvimento do pai em atividades de cuidados e brincadeira, em famílias nucleares, com crianças em idade pré-escolar". In Crianças em Risco e Perigo: Contextos, Investigação e Intervenção - Vol. 6, edited by Magalhães, E.; Monteiro, L; Calheiros, M. M., 41-62. Lisboa, Portugal: Edições Sílabo, 2023. Published
Conference abstract	Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Ramos, M. "Profiles of coparenting relationships in a sample of Portuguese families: father's nurturance and well-being. In Aytac, F. K. (Chair), Coparenting and father's mental health at transition to parenthood across cultures". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lisboa, 2024. Accepted Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Ramos, M. "Profiles of father's engagement in a sample of Portuguese families: quality of parenting practices and coparenting relationships. In Monteiro, L. & Nóblega, M. (Chairs), Fathers here and there: looking at fathering in diverse socio-cultural contexts". Paper presented in 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lisboa, 2024. Accepted Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Costa, M. "Father's and mother's challenging behaviors, nurturance and restrictiveness, and father involvement. In Monteiro, L. & Nóblega, M. (Chairs), Characterizing father involvement in diverse sociocultural groups". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP) 2023, Turku, 2023. Published Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "Characterizing fathers' involvement in nuclear families with pre-school age children. In Veríssimo, M. & Monteiro, L. (Chairs) Invited paper symposium: Fathers, families, and child development". Paper presented in 7th International Conference of the Iberian-American Attachment Network, Lima, 2022. Published Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "Paternal involvement: Contexts and quality. Its implications for the quality of children's socio-emotional adjustment". Paper presented in XV PhD Meeting in Psychology, Lisboa, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Costa, M.; Monteiro, L.; Arriaga, P.; Santos, C. "Pre-schoolers attachment representations, father involvement, and emotion comprehension in a Portuguese sample". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP) 2023, Turku, Finland, 2023. Costa, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C. "Predictors of father involvement with their pre-school aged children in dual-earner Portuguese families". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP) 2023, Turku, Finland, 2023. Costa, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Torres, N. "Father involvement and mothers' family-work conflict: The protective role of authoritative fathering". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP) 2023, Turku, Finland, 2023. Nóblega, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Diniz, E.; Guimet, M.; Ugarte, A.; Marinelli , F. "Father's involvement and children's social competence in a Peruvian sample: The role of the child's sex". Paper presented in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP) 2023, Turku, Finland, 2023. Costa, M. R.; Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "The challenges of balancing work and family for mothers with small children. Does father's involvement matter?". Paper presented in 7th International Conference of the Iberian-American Attachment Network, Lima, Peru, 2022. Costa, M. R.; Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "Father's Involvement in child related activities with young children in Portugal. A socio-demographic characterization". Paper presented in 7th International Conference of the Iberian-American Attachment Network, Lima, Peru, 2022. Santos, C.; Costa, M. R.; Monteiro, L. "Father's positive and negative parenting: Contributions from parenting beliefs, self-competence and involvement". Paper presented in 7th International Conference of the Iberian-American Attachment Network, Lima, Peru, 2022. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Nobre, D. "Children's attachment representations and self-concept". Paper presented in International Attachment Conference 2022, 2022. Costa Martins, M.; Santos, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M. "Attachment and the development of prosocial behavior in children and adolescents: A systematic review". Paper presented in International Attachment Conference 2022, 2022. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N. "Quality of mothers' and fathers' parenting behaviors (sensitivity): the role of work and father involvement". Paper presented in International Attachment Conference 2022, 2022. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Ribeiro, O. "Temperament and siblings: Does it matter for the quality of play?". Paper presented in 26th ISSBD Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece, 2022. Santos, C; Monteiro, L. "Profiles of father involvement: Fathers sense of competence and the challenges of balancing work and family". Paper presented in 26th ISSBD Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece, 2022. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Amaral, R. "Work-family balance from men's perspective. Does higher involvement in child related activities lead to more strains?". Paper presented in 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Virtual Event, 2021. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Salinas-Quiroz, F.; Neves, A.; Amaral, R. "Father's involvement in Portuguese families: Fathers' and mothers' beliefs about the role of the father". Paper presented in 26th ISSBD Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece (Conference canceled), 2020. Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Neves, A. "Parenting and child temperament. The role of father involvement". Paper presented in 26th ISSBD Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece (Conference canceled), 2020. Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C. "Father's positive parenting and his beliefs about the role of the father in a Portuguese sample". Paper presented in 26th ISSBD Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Rhodes, Greece (Conference canceled), 2020. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Ribeiro, O.. "Preschool children's social and non-social play behaviors: The role of siblings and temperament". Paper presented in 2020 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topic Meeting: Learning Through Play and Imagination, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Conference canceled), 2020. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Ribeiro, O.; Amaral, R. "Children's play profiles during the pre-school years: Contributions from temperament, father's involvement and parenting styles". Paper presented in 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2019. Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C. "Comportamentos sociais e não-sociais em contexto pré-escolar: Um olhar sobre as características individuais da criança". Paper presented in XIV Colóquio Internacional de Psicologia e Educação, Lisboa, Portugal, 2018. Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C. "A parentalidade na perspectiva do pai". Paper presented in XIV Colóquio Internacional de Psicologia e Educação, Lisboa, Portugal, 2018. Santos, C.; Sanchez-Amaro, A.; Heintz, C.; Sperber, D.; Call, J. "The sunk cost effect in captive great apes (Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii)". Paper presented in Behaviour 2017, joint meeting of the 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the 2017 Summer Meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), Estoril, Portugal, 2017. Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Sousa, T.; Branco, I. "Coparenting quality in Portuguese nuclear families, associations with father involvement in care and socialization activities". Paper presented in 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, Texas, USA, 2017. Fernandes, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Branco, I.; Chora, M. "Fathers parenting styles and their involvement in childcare. The moderating roles of father's education and working hours". Paper presented in 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, Texas, USA, 2017. Cardoso, J.; Monteiro, L.; Ferreira, B.; Branco, I.; Ribeiro, O.; Santos, C. "Father's involvement and parental interactional styles in a sample of Portuguese families". Paper presented in 17th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Braga, Portugal, 2015. Sousa, T.; Magalhães, S.; Castro, F.; Ferreira, A.; Santos, C.; Arriaga, P.; Monteiro, L. "O papel do envolvimento paterno na compreensão emocional das crianças em idade pré-escolar". Paper presented in XIII Colóquio Internacional de Psicologia e Educação, Lisboa, Portugal, 2015. Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Branco, I.; Pessoa e Costa, I.; Santos, C. "Father involvement in care and socialization activities with children: Is it all about fathers or are mothers being gatekeepers?". Paper presented in 2015 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2015.
Journal article	Nóblega, M.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Diniz, E.; Guimet, M.; Ugarte, A.; Marinelli , F. "Father's engagement in direct care is associated with children's social competence for preschool boys but not girls in Peru". Psychology of Men & Masculinities (2024): https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000466. Published • 10.1037/men0000466 Torres, N.; Santos, C.; Monteiro, L. "Parenting sensitivity, salivary oxytocin levels and children’s behavioral problems in a Portuguese sample". PSICOLOGIA 36 2 (2022): 42-51. https://doi.org/10.17575/psicologia.1762. Published • 10.17575/psicologia.1762 Nóblega, M.; Guimet, M.; Ugarte, A.; Marinelli, F.; Apolinario, G.; Uchuya, D.; Santos, C. "Are fathers' rearing histories associated with their involvement in childrearing? A Peruvian study". PSICOLOGIA 36 2 (2022): 15-25. https://doi.org/10.17575/psicologia.1799. Published • 10.17575/psicologia.1799 Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N. "The role of child's age, sex, and temperament in father involvement during the pre-school years". Children 9 9 (2022): 1327. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9091327. Published • 10.3390/children9091327 Nóblega, M.; Núñez del Prado, J.; Guimet, M.; Apolinario, G.; Monteiro, L.; Diniz, E.; Santos, C. "Validez y confiabilidad de la Escala de Involucramiento Parental: Actividades de cuidado y socialización en padres peruanos [Validity and reliability of the Parental Involvement Scale: Caregiving and socialization activities in Peruvian parents]". Acta Colombiana de Psicología 25 2 (2022): 142-157. https://doi.org/10.14718/acp.2022.25.2.9. Published • 10.14718/acp.2022.25.2.9 Costa Martins, M.; Santos, C.; Fernandes, M.; Veríssimo, M. "Attachment and the development of prosocial behavior in children and adolescents: A systematic review". Children 9 6 (2022): 874. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060874. Published • 10.3390/children9060874 Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Torres, N.; Tereno, S. "Implication paternelle chez des enfants d'âge préscolaire. Contributions des styles parentaux et de l'affectivité négative de l'enfant [Paternal involvement with preschoolers: The contributions of parenting styles and child negative affect]". Devenir 33 3 (2021): 221-240. https://doi.org/10.3917/dev.213.0221. Published • 10.3917/dev.213.0221 Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C.; Torres, N. "Crenças sobre o papel do pai numa amostra de homens Portugueses [Beliefs about the role of the father in a sample of Portuguese men. Implications for a positive parenting]". PSICOLOGIA 34 2 (2020): 159-170. https://doi.org/10.17575/psicologia.v34i2.1517. Published • 10.17575/psicologia.v34i2.1517 Santos, C.; Monteiro, L.; Ribeiro, O.; Vaughn, B. E. "Children's play profiles: Contributions from child's temperament and father's parenting styles in a Portuguese sample". Frontiers in Psychology 11 (2020): https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01978. Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01978 Amaral, R.; Monteiro, L.; Santos, C. "Perfis de envolvimento relativo do pai: Implicações para o ajustamento social de crianças em jardim-de-infância [Profiles of father's relative involvement and children's socio-emotional adjustment during pre-school]". Análise Psicológica 37 4 (2019): 463-477. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1553. Published • 10.14417/ap.1553 Monteiro, L.; Fernandes, M.; Torres, N.; Santos, C. "Father's involvement and parenting styles in Portuguese families. The role of education and working hours". Análise Psicológica 35 4 (2017): 513-528. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1451. Published • 10.14417/ap.1451
Online resource	Santos, C.. [Translation From Early Years Blog] Por que é importante ter boas memórias dos contextos de educação de infância? [Blog post]. 2023. https://primeirosanos.iscte-iul.pt/2023/01/11/por-que-e-importante-ter-boas-memorias-dos-contextos-de-educacao-de-infancia/. Santos, C. Brincadeiras físicas e de lutas amigáveis: devemos inibir ou encorajar? [Blog post]. 2022. https://primeirosanos.iscte-iul.pt/2022/05/11/brincadeiras-fisicas-e-de-lutas-amigaveis-devemos-inibir-ou-encorajar/. Santos, C.. [Translation From Early Years Blog] Cooperação eficaz com as famílias - como preparar o terreno? [Blog post]. 2021. https://primeirosanos.iscte-iul.pt/2021/11/23/cooperacao-eficaz-com-as-familias-como-preparar-o-terreno/. Santos, C. Quando as crianças brincam sozinhas [Blog post]. 2021. http://primeirosanos.iscte-iul.pt/2021/05/26/quando-as-criancas-brincam-sozinhas/. Monteiro, L.; Santos, C. Parentalidade. Onde está o pai? [Blog post]. 2020. https://primeirosanos.iscte-iul.pt/2020/12/09/parentalidade-onde-anda-o-pai/.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Paternal involvement: Contexts and quality. Its implications for the quality of children's socio-emotional adjustment". PhD, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 2023. Santos, C.. "The sunk cost effect in captive great apes (Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii)". Master, University of St Andrews School of Psychology and Neuroscience, 2016.

Award

2023	Centre for Social Research and Intervention (ISCTE-IUL) Incentive for Scientific Publication Awards 2023 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2022	Centre for Social Research and Intervention (ISCTE-IUL) Incentive for Scientific Publication Awards 2022 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2021	Centre for Social Research and Intervention (ISCTE-IUL) Incentive for Scientific Publication Awards 2021 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2020	Centre for Social Research and Intervention (ISCTE-IUL) Incentive for Scientific Publication Awards 2020 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal

Other distinction

2024	Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany
2018	FCT Individual PhD Research Scholarship (SFRH/BD/138705/2018) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2015	Merit Diploma for Outstanding Academic Achievement Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal