
PhD Student
Social Development Team
Marta Antunes is a Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology (FCT grant). She has a Master’s in Psychology, specialization in Clinical Psychology at ISPA. Marta Antunes’ main research interests are social competence and attachment relationships. Currently, she is interested in understanding how internal working models of attachment to parents and social competence in the peer group relate to the acquisition of a theory of mind in the preschool years. She also taught Developmental Psychology in undergraduate courses.
Supervised at WJCR by: António J. Santos
Main publications
Fernandes, C., Veríssimo, M., Monteiro, L., Antunes, M., Vaughn, B. E., Santos, A. J. (2018). Mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters: Are there sex differences in the organization of secure base behavior during early childhood. Infant Behavior and Development, 50 (1), 213 – 223. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.01.006
Daniel, J., Santos, A. J., Antunes, M., Fernandes, M., Vaughn, B. E. (2016). Co-evolution of Friendships and Antipathies: A Longitudinal Study of Preschool Peer Groups. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1509 – 1519. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01509
Torres, N., Freitas, M., Monteiro, L., Antunes, M., & Santos, A. J. (2014). Interação social lúdica no pré-escolar: Análise confirmatória da versão portuguesa da Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) para educadores. Laboratório de Psicologia, 12 (1), 57-65. doi:10.14417/lp.801
Maia, J., Veríssimo, M., Ferreira, B., Silva, F., Antunes, M. (2012). Singularidades de género nas representações de vinculação durante o período pré-escolar. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 25 (3), 491 – 498. doi:10.1590/S0102-79722012000300008
Maia, J., Veríssimo, M., Ferreira, B., Monteiro, L., & Antunes, M. (2011). Representações de vinculação na infância: Competência verbal, estabilidade e mudança. Análise Psicológica, 24, 403-424. doi:10.14417/ap.70
Contacts
E-mail: mantunes@ispa.pt
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta_Antunes