Maria Leonor Teixeira

Maria Leonor Teixeira is a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Aveiro. Her research project focuses on sexual and reproductive health trajectories among Portuguese adolescents, adopting a longitudinal and intergenerational perspective. Maria Leonor is also a certified psychologist by the Portuguese Board of Psychologists (CP 31986) and co-coordinates the Sexuality Education Commission of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Justice and Deviance Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto. Her master’s thesis examined the mediating role of rape myth acceptance in the association between violent pornography use and sexual aggression.
Her main research interests focus on human sexual behavior, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health, sexuality education, pornography, and sexual violence. Her research is being conducted under the supervision of Professor Joana Carvalho and Dr. Hugo S. Gomes (ISPUP).

Supervised at WJCR by: Joana Carvalho